Tag: Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

UF/IFAS study: Most homeowners can’t properly assess damage to their trees

by Brad Buck
October 6, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The next time a storm tears up your yard, let an expert assess the damage to any trees. A study from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences shows that homeowners perceive the risk of a damaged ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Conservation, Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Environmental Horticulture, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Trees

UF/IFAS landscape management researcher named Early Career Scientist by global tree group

by Brad Buck
September 14, 2015

Andrew Koeser GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A UF/IFAS scientist, who has helped design a tree risk-management app and is co-writing tree identification books, has been named as a co-recipient of the International Society of Arboriculture’s Early ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Award, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center

UF/IFAS scientists warn of pharmaceutical peril for aquatic organisms in urban rivers

by Brad Buck
August 20, 2015

Please see caption below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- River beds in urban areas worldwide store pharmaceuticals, and University of Florida scientists warn they can pose a potential environmental danger to aquatic organisms. UF/IFAS Post-Doctoral ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Conservation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Gurpal Toor, Soil And Water Sciences

It’s a bug-eat-bug world out there for strawberry growers

by Brad Buck
August 13, 2015

See caption below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A new University of Florida scientist is trying to find an insect that will eat the fly that’s damaging such fruit as strawberries and blueberries in the Sunshine State. Such a finding would be critical ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Entomology, Entomology And Nematology, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center

UF/IFAS has new book to help identify North and Central Florida trees

by Brad Buck
March 18, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Want to know what that weird palm is growing in your backyard? How about that scraggy tree? The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has a new book coming out that will help: “Trees: North ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, UF/IFAS
Tags: Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Trees

UF/IFAS-created strawberry monitoring system set to expand

by Brad Buck
October 8, 2014

Cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A strawberry monitoring web system that will soon expand to South Carolina is one of many reasons a University of Florida faculty member has won the Lee M. Hutchins Award from the American Phytopathological ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Gulf Coast Research And Education Center

UF/IFAS strawberry breeder to receive new faculty research award

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 20, 2012

Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida strawberry breeder Vance Whitaker has been named the recipient of the Richard Jones Outstanding New Faculty Research Award for 2013. The award, named for a former UF/IFAS dean ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Balm, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Richard Jones Outstanding New Faculty Research Award, Strawberry, Vance Whitaker

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