Tag: Indian River Research and Education Center

Graduate student sees the future of worldwide crop production in new cultivars

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 3, 2021

By ROBIN KOESTOYO FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- Martin Zapien scans long rows of tree canopies each morning and thinks about how the future of food production will advance with new citrus cultivars. All of the more than 5,000 trees in the 20-acre UF/IFAS ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Cultivars, Graduate Student, Hlb, Indian River Research And Education Center, Martin Zapien, Rhuanito “Johnny” Ferrarezi

Plant sap analysis in citrus production workshop offered to growers

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 18, 2021

By RUTH BORGER FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- Monitoring the nutrient status of a citrus grove is a critical tool in successful grove management in the citrus greening environment. Plant sap analysis is an additional tool to assess nutrient uptake along ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research And Education Center, Growers, Horticulture, Indian River Research And Education Center, Nutrient, Nutrient Management, Rhuanito “Johnny” Ferrarezi, Workshop

UF/IFAS Florida Sea Grant survey seeks public input on existing Florida red tide communications

by Lourdes Mederos
March 15, 2021

[inlinetweet prefix="" tweeter="" suffix=""]University of Florida researchers want to hear from Florida residents and visitors to gauge the value and accessibility of information pertaining to Florida red tide events.[/inlinetweet] Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Sea Grant, Indian River Research And Education Center, Lisa Krimsky, Red Tide

Citrus growers tour of UF/IFAS Citrus Under Protective Screens Houses

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 20, 2021

By ROBIN KOESTOYO FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- Citrus growers from several of Florida’s production regions joined researchers recently for a field day inside 14-foot high screenhouses that protect fruit trees from an invasive insect. The insect ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research, Citrus Under Protective Screening, CUPS, Entomology And Nematology, Hlb, Horticultural Sciences, Indian River Research And Education Center, Jawwad Qureshi, Rhuanito “Johnny” Ferrarezi, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center

University of Florida citrus faculty highly sought after as research partners in fight against greening

by Brad Buck
November 23, 2020

By: Ruth Borger, 517-803-7631, rborger@ufl.edu MEDIA CONTACT: Brad Buck, 813-757-2224 (office); 352-852641(cell); bradbuck@ufl.edu University of Florida citrus researchers continue to be sought out as partners in ground-breaking research ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Huanglongbing, Indian River Research And Education Center, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, UF/IFAS Citrus Research And Education Center, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, USDA-NIFA

Aiming to Improve Production of Florida Grapefruit, UF/IFAS Student Earns Fourth Academic Scholarship

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 4, 2019

By Robin Koestoyo FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- Dinesh Phuyal, who is pursuing a master’s degree in horticultural sciences from the University of Florida’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, recently garnered a prestigious Yara North American ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: CALS, Citrus, Citrus Greening, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Grapefruit, Hlb, Horticultural Sciences, Huanglongbing, Indian River Research And Education Center, Scholarship

New Grapefruit Rootstock, Scion Experiment Rises from UF/IFAS Experimental Grove

by Brad Buck
October 1, 2019

BY ROBIN KOESTOYO FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- The world’s peerless grapefruit grows in the Indian River Citrus District. Fruit balanced with sugar and tart, and a thin rind for easy peeling, the fruit is sold mostly for export to European and Asian ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Citrus, Grapefruit, Indian River Research And Education Center, Rhuanito Ferrarezi, Ronald Cave, Rootstocks, Scions

New UF/IFAS Kits to Help Citrus Growers

by Brad Buck
September 25, 2019

Florida’s citrus growers can soon get additional help in managing citrus greening through the newly developed UF/IFAS Citrus Nutrition Program. The basis for the program is to improve the overall health and productivity of citrus groves affected ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Nutrition Box, Citrus Research And Education Center, Growers, Indian River Research And Education Center, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Tripti Vashisth

UF/IFAS Economist: Millions in Agricultural Crops at Risk as Dorian Approaches Florida

by Tom Nordlie
August 29, 2019

If Hurricane Dorian makes landfall mid-way up Florida’s Atlantic Coast – as many models predicted Thursday afternoon – the storm could devastate not only Central Florida tourist destinations, but also the region’s agricultural areas, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Disaster Preparation, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Christa Court, Food Resource Economics, Hurricane Dorian, Indian River Research And Education Center, News, Ron Cave, Saqib Mukhtar

UF/IFAS Researchers Honored for Avocado Integrated Pest Management

by Brad Buck
July 30, 2019

By Robin Koestoyo and Carolina Revilla-Vendrame University of Florida officials recognized a team of research scientists with a High Impact Research Publication award for an article published in the May 2018 edition of Applied Microbiology ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Avocado, Entomology And Nematology, High Impact Research Publication, Indian River Research And Education Center, Integrated Pest Management, Laurel Wilt, Miami-Dade County, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Research, Tropical Research And Education Center

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