GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A University of Florida researcher who helped develop a mathematical model to show how citrus greening spreads within infected trees has received a $300,000 grant from the Esther B. O’Keeffe Foundation to expand the model. Ariena ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFASCutline at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. A University of Florida-led research team has been selected to participate in a five-year, $125 million energy project involving the United States and India, U.S. Department of Energy ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFASCutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. A University of Florida-led research team has won a three-year, $6.3 million grant to develop genetically improved loblolly pine trees that yield greater amounts of terpene biofuels ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS, WORK & LIFETwo University of Florida-led teams have been awarded federal grants totaling $6.9 million for projects to develop heat-resistant corn and develop extension programs to help farmers cope with climate variability and climate change. The grants, ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFASCutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida-led research team has won a four-year, $5.4 million federal grant to develop methods of producing energy from a familiar southern crop, ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFASGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida formally accepted a $20 million federal grant last week on behalf of a consortium working to improve southern pine management; now it seems there’s a hidden benefit to the grant—the UF-led ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Conservation, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchCutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Pine trees are one of the most important crops in the southeastern U.S., and a consortium led by University of Florida personnel has been awarded a five-year, ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Conservation, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS ResearchCutline at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The multistate Southeast Climate Consortium has been awarded a five-year, $4 million grant that will fund climate research and outreach at the University of Florida ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchCutline at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A research and extension team based at the University of Florida has received a four-year, $2.9 million federal grant to expand efforts to forecast outbreaks of ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFASCutline at bottom, click here for high resolution image GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- It's bad enough that the Southeast is bedeviled by a tick that doesn't mind taking up residence inside homes. But now researchers say they believe the brown dog ... READ MORE
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