GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- To protect personnel on Southeastern military installations from tickborne diseases, a federal program has awarded a five-year, $2.45 million grant to a team of researchers with the University of Florida Institute of ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchPlease see caption below story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher will lead a nearly $1 million project to increase worldwide wheat yield potential to help feed an anticipated ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS ResearchJames Collins GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- People with too much iron in their bodies can develop serious illnesses. So University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher James Collins plans to use a $2.5 million grant to ... READ MORE
Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFEPlease see caption below story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers hope to reduce possible pollutants emanating from soils in Florida cattle ranches by using a $710,000 ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Conservation, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFESee caption below story GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Major issues threaten American agriculture, but few outside the industry understand the gravity of these problems. University of Florida students are learning how to tell these stories. The ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFASChristine Miller GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher has won an $822,000 early-career award from the National Science Foundation recognizing her commitment to research and the ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS TeachingGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- International researchers, including ones at the University of Florida and Florida State University, are sharing in a $4 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to attack the problem of citrus greening, ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchPhoto cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Agricultural science could make huge leaps forward if scientists had reliable ways to examine seeds and accurately predict the physical characteristics of the fully grown plants that would ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A professor with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has been awarded a $499,348 grant to study the effects of blueberries and probiotics on the digestive tract. The U.S. Department ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida students will create obesity prevention programs for their peers and later, for high school students, as part of a $4.9 million federal research and extension grant awarded last week. University of ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE