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UF/IFAS Researchers Will Try to Educate Public on Genetically Edited Food

by Brad Buck
May 29, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Genetic improvement of food crops sometimes gets a bad rap, but University of Florida researchers plan to educate consumers so they can make more informed decisions at the grocery store. To help combat misinformation, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Brandon McFadden, Food And Resource Economics Department, Genetically Edited Crops, Genetically Modified Organisms, Kevin Folta, News, Nifa, Usda

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-led team wins national award for research on heat-tolerant field corn

by Tom Nordlie
October 16, 2017

By Tom Nordlie GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Field corn is one of the world's most important cereal grains, and efforts to develop new heat-tolerant varieties of this crop have earned national recognition for a scientific team led by University of ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Award, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Corn, IFAS, News, Nifa

With $3 million grant, researchers hope to help find sites to grow tomorrow’s produce

by Brad Buck
July 19, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers are sounding a warning bell that fresh produce may be hard to come by in the future. Scientists with the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences cite changes in our climate, loss ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Crops, Department Of Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Grant, ILSI, News, Nifa, Senthold Asseng, Warming

UF/IFAS-based PINEMAP project earns national award from USDA

by Tom Nordlie
October 10, 2016

Caption: PINEMAP principal investigator Tim Martin, right, accepts congratulations from Sonny Ramaswamy, director of the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, at the NIFA Partnership Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Conservation, Crops, Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Loblolly, Nifa, Pine, Tim Martin

UF receives $6.7 million in federal funds to fight citrus greening

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 9, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences received $6.7 million in funding as part of a $20.1 million grant for research on citrus greening, a disease devastating Florida’s citrus industry. The ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Greening, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Nifa, University Of Florida

UF/IFAS researchers get $2 million grant to study organic strawberry production

by Brad Buck
November 5, 2015

  GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Researchers at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences will address production constraints for organic strawberry producers, thanks to a new $2 million federal grant. The grant comes ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Carlene Chase, Entomology And Nematology, Family, Horticultural Sciences, Mickie Swisher, Nematodes, Nifa, Usda

UF/IFAS researchers earn $11M in federal grants to study specialty crops

by Brad Buck
October 9, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers will work to improve avocado production, develop turfgrass with improved drought responses and combat a bacterial disease riddling tomatoes, ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Avocados, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Laurel Wilt, Nifa, Randy Ploetz, Tomatoes, Tropical Research And Education Center, Turfgrass, Usda

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