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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

UF/IFAS Scientist to Work with Team Developing New Greening-Tolerant Citrus

by Brad Buck
February 11, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When Nian Wang pieces together sequences of genes, he hopes to make citrus varieties that are more tolerant to the deadly disease known as greening, which has devastated a multibillion dollar-a-year industry in Florida. Wang, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Grant, Greening, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Nian Wang

Evolution of Symbiotic Organs Helps Squids, Other Animals Survive

by Brad Buck
January 8, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Animals need microbes to survive and thrive, and many organisms have evolved mutually beneficial organs to house these microbes, said a University of Florida scientist. Scientists call the relationship between these ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Bacteria, Beneficial Microbes, Genome, Hawaiian Bobtail Squid, Jamie Foster, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Survival, Symbiosis

UF/IFAS Researchers Hope Better Technology Produces Less Costly Ethanol

by Brad Buck
May 17, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida scientists wondered how cheaply fuel ethanol can be made from inedible plant material – called biomass – using currently available technology. Their goal is to make this form of ethanol less ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Bagasse, Cellulosic Ethanol, Cost, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, News, Stan Mayfield Biorefinery Plant, Sugarcane, Sweet Sorghum, Wilfred Vermerris

UF/IFAS researchers awarded $10.5M to work on citrus greening resistance or tolerance

by Brad Buck
January 19, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- With citrus greening devastating Florida’s $8.6 billion-a-year citrus industry, three University of Florida scientists will use $10.52 million in federal grants to study ways to help growers cope with the disease, including ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Arnold Schumann, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Grants, Michael Rogers, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, News, Nian Wang, Nifa, Resistance, Soil And Water Sciences, Tolerance, Zhonglin Mou

UF/IFAS-developed sorghum cultivars can produce thousands of gallons of ethanol

by Brad Buck
December 13, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Sweet sorghum is not just for breakfast anymore. Although sorghum is a source for table syrup, scientists see a future in which we convert sorghum to biofuel, rather than relying on fossil fuel. That potential just grew ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Ethanol, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, News, Sorghum, Stan Mayfield Biorefinery Plant, Wilfred Vermerris
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UF/IFAS students drive toward Irma’s path to protect citrus experiment

by Brad Buck
September 8, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Some University of Florida students are heading right into the thick of the projected path of Hurricane Irma to collect citrus tree samples as part of an ongoing experiment on citrus greening. As Hurricane Irma churns ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: CALS, Claudio Gonzalez, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Hurricane Irma, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, News, Students