Tag: Jason Smith

Keys to keeping Southeast, Southwest Florida trees and landscapes thriving is focus of monthly UF/IFAS webinar series

by Lourdes Mederos
April 3, 2023

Property owners, professional landscapers and arborists struggle to keep Florida's landscapes and tree canopies thriving amid hurricanes, pests, diseases, climate change and other impacts. To help communities and industries plan, manage ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: And Geomatic Sciences, Andrew Koeser, Arboriculture, Brian Bahder, Deah Lieurance, Deborah Hilbert, E UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture Department, Ed Gilman, Fisheries, Florida Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services, Florida Urban Forestry Council (FUFC), Hurricane, Hurricane Preparedness, Invasive Species, Jason Smith, John Roberts, Lethal Bronzing, R, Ryan Klein, Stephen Brown, Storm Damage, Storms, Sue Alspach, Termites, Thomas Chouvenc, Tree Pruning, Trees, UF IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, UF/IFAS Entomology And Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center, UF/IFAS School Of Forest

UF-led team receives Keck grant to study fungal infections spread by wildfire smoke

by Samantha Murray
August 3, 2021

A multidisciplinary team of scientists will study how wildfire smoke spreads fungi that can affect human health, using artificial intelligence to predict future threats This will be the first study of its kind in a new scientific field: ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Health & Nutrition, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Fungi, Jason Smith, News, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Wildfire

Florida Chapter of ISA Infuses UF/IFAS Arboriculture Research with $320K in Grants

by Lourdes Mederos
November 8, 2019

DAVIE, Fla. --- A lethal plant hopper species is slowly killing our Florida landscape of palm trees. Meanwhile, there are wood-decaying fungi causing several urban tree species to develop root and trunk rot affecting their stability. While ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, NATURAL RESOURCES, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Arborists, Brian Bahder, Florida Chapter ISA, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Ganoderma, Invasive, ISA, Jason Smith, Lethal Bronzing, Palms, Root Rot, Southeast Florida, Trees, UF/IFAS

UF-led team of scientists outlines novel approach to save endangered tree

by Samantha Murray
April 5, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- With fewer than 1,000 of them left in the wild, the Florida torreya tree is on the path to extinction. But now scientists have a plan to save it. Last month, scientists from universities, conservation groups and government ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Jason Smith, News, Plant Pathology, ProForest, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, Torreya

UF-led team mobilizes to save super-rare tree on the brink of extinction

by Samantha Murray
February 22, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Florida torreya is the most endangered tree in North America. And it may soon disappear entirely. But scientists such as the University of Florida’s Jason Smith are ready to fight for the species, which is a critical ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: CRISPR, Jason Smith, News, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, Torreya

Repellant could keep dangerous beetles away from avocado trees

by Brad Buck
February 23, 2017

Redbay ambrosia beetles. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Using some pleasant-smelling chemicals, avocado growers may soon be able to repel beetles that inject a potentially deadly fungus into their trees, saving fruit and money, University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Avocados, Entomology And Nematology, Jason Smith, Laurel Wilt, Marc Hughes, Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, Xavier Martini

UF/IFAS scientists to present plant diagnostic data at D.C. conference

by Brad Buck
March 2, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Researchers with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Plant Diagnostic Center will help shed light on potentially devastating plant diseases at the 4th National Meeting of the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Carrie Harmon, Entomology And Nematology, Jason Smith, Plant Pathology

UF/IFAS expert helps solve 80-year mystery, as team identifies fungus killing Torreya trees

by Tom Nordlie
January 7, 2013

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-res image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- An 80-year search for a tree killer has ended, says a University of Florida forest pathologist who helped identify the fungus that virtually wiped out the Florida Torreya ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests
Tags: Evergreen, Fusarium, Jason Smith, Liberty County, State Park, Torreya

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