Tag: Arnold Schumann

Southern scientists use artificial intelligence to reduce costs, labor on farms

by Brad Buck
September 17, 2024

Scientists throughout the South are using artificial intelligence (AI) to help growers save labor costs and time, spray with precision, detect diseases, control food quality, maintain animal health and help grow wheat. University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: #aiatuf, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agroview, Arnold Schumann, Citrus Research And Education Center, Daniel Lee, Drones, Fort Valley State University, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Land-grant Universities, Nathan Boyd, Oklahoma State University, Precision Agriculture, Precision Weed-spraying, Precision-ag, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Strawberries, Tree Canopy, University Of Georgia, Variable-rate Fertilizer, Virginia Tech, Water, Yiannis Ampatzidis

Robots may eventually help kill weeds that impede strawberry yield

by Brad Buck
June 9, 2021

BALM, Fla. --- Think of University of Florida scientists Nathan Boyd and Arnold Schumann a bit like surgeons. Except in this case, their operating room is a strawberry field. With their research, Boyd and Schumann hope to eventually help ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management
Tags: #aiatuf, Algorithm, Arnold Schumann, Artificial Intelligence, Citrus Research And Education Center, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Horticultural Sciences, Nathan Boyd, Precision Agriculture, Robots, Soil And Water Sciences, Spraying, Strawberries, Weeds

New Precision Ag Facility Adds to UF/IFAS Arsenal to Fight Pests, Diseases

by Brad Buck
December 10, 2019

In a new, 8,500-square-foot building at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, weed scientist Nathan Boyd uses images of weeds to train computers to identify them. Those pictures can be used to help growers know when, where and ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Andrew Koeser, Arnold Schumann, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Nathan Boyd, News, Sam Hutton, Yiannis Ampatzidis

Grapefruit Grown Under Protective Screens Maximizes Fruit Yield

by Brad Buck
April 23, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Growers of one of Florida’s signature citrus crops, the grapefruit, may see more production and possibly less of the deadly citrus greening disease. Researchers have worked for four years, growing grapefruit under protective ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture
Tags: Arnold Schumann, Citrus Research And Education Center, Citrus Under Protective Screening, CUPS, Grapefruit, Production, Psyllids, Soil And Water Sciences

‘CUPS’ Protects Citrus From Greening, Storms

by Brad Buck
September 17, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A system designed to protect citrus trees from the deadly greening disease withstood the ravaging winds of Hurricane Irma last year, University of Florida scientists say. With reinforcements installed after the storm, they’ll ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Ariel Singerman, Arnold Schumann, Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Citrus Under Protective Screening, CUPS, Greening, Soil And Water Sciences

UF/IFAS researchers awarded $10.5M to work on citrus greening resistance or tolerance

by Brad Buck
January 19, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- With citrus greening devastating Florida’s $8.6 billion-a-year citrus industry, three University of Florida scientists will use $10.52 million in federal grants to study ways to help growers cope with the disease, including ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Arnold Schumann, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Grants, Michael Rogers, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, News, Nian Wang, Nifa, Resistance, Soil And Water Sciences, Tolerance, Zhonglin Mou

UF study: Screen houses may help prevent grapefruit greening

by Brad Buck
December 7, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Grapefruit grows better under screen houses than in unprotected groves because the indoor facilities keep out the insect that causes citrus greening, new University of Florida research shows. Protecting citrus from greening ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Arnold Schumann, Citrus Research And Education Center, Citrus Under Protective Screens, CUPS, Grapefruit, Greening, Indian River Research And Education Center, News, Psyllid, Rhuanito Ferrarezi, Screen Houses

System screens out deadly citrus greening-carrying insect

by Brad Buck
August 24, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Imagine camping in the deep woods. You’d want a tent with mesh that prevents bugs – even those as small as gnats – from entering into your wildlife hangout. That’s the idea behind “Citrus Under Protective Screens,” ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Ariel Singerman, Arnold Schumann, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Citrus Under Protective Screens, CUPS, Food And Resource Economics, News, Soil And Water Sciences

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