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National Science Foundation awards University of Florida $300K to reduce phosphorus in South Florida ecosystems

by Lourdes Mederos
January 16, 2025

University of Florida scientists have secured a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to address one of South Florida's most pressing environmental challenges: excess phosphorus in freshwater ecosystems such as the Everglades. The ... READ MORE

UF/IFAS researchers deploy drones to perfect nutrient rates

by Megan Winslow
January 13, 2025

The ability to detect crop nutrient deficiencies and promptly modify fertilizer application to address them is invaluable to agricultural producers — especially growers operating under slim profit margins. Identifying how much of a particular ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, UF/IFAS
Tags: Algorithm, Ayush Sharma, Best Management Practices Lab, BMP, Citra, Corn, Cotton, Crop, Drone, Environmental, Extension, Fertilizer, Grower, Hastings, Hastings Agricultural Extension Center, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lakesh Sharma, Megan Winslow, NDVI, Nitrogen, NMP, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, North Florida Research And Education Unit, Nutrient, Nutrient Management Program, Plant Health, Plant Science Research And Education Unit, Producer, Recommendation, Research, Soil Fertility, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sustainable, Suwannee Valley, UF, UF/IFAS

UF/IFAS study proves color coding nutrition labels may promote healthier eating

by Megan Winslow
December 9, 2024

What if understanding nutrition labels were as easy as reading a traffic light? Green for "go," amber for "caution" and red for "stop" could guide consumers toward healthier food choices. The United Kingdom has used this “traffic light” ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Consumer, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Department, Food And Resource Economics Research, Health, Healthy, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sceinces, Label, Lisa House, Megan Winslow, Nutrient, Nutrition, Nutrition Facts Panels, Nutritional, Purchasing Decisions, Research, Science Direct, Study, UF, University Of Florida, University Of Tennessee Institute Of Agriculture, Visual Aid, Xuqi Chen, Yujuan Gao, Zhifeng Gao

UF study reveals environmental impact of artificial sweeteners

by Megan Winslow
July 8, 2024

The human body’s inability to break down sucralose, an artificial sweetener found in many zero-calorie food and drink products, is well established by scientific research. The compound is so stable that it escapes wastewater treatment processing ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Algae, Amelia Westmoreland, Aquatic Biology, Aquatic Environment, Artificial Sweetener, Bacteria, Biology, Cyanobacteria, Diatom, Ecosystem, Envionrmental, Environment, Environmental Impact, Environmental Impacts, Food Chain, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Marine, Megan Winslow, Microbial Communities, Microbial Respiration, Nutrient, Photosynthesis, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sucralose, Tracey Schafer, UF, UF/IFAS, University Of Florida, Wastewater, Water And Ecosystem Sciences Department, Whitney Laboratory For Marine Bioscience, Zero-calorie

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

To help homeowners, industry personnel, UF/IFAS posts videos on turfgrass research

by Tom Nordlie
February 19, 2013

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Researchers with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences recently completed the state’s largest-ever study of landscape turfgrass and fertilizer use, and new online videos will help ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Bahiagrass, Centipedegrass, Cisar, Grass, Nutrient, Sartain, St. Augustinegrass, Trenholm, Turf, Unruh, Zoysiagrass

UF researchers develop first method to accurately measure zinc in humans

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 15, 2011

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Zinc is an essential nutrient, but until now, there has not been an effective way to measure it in our bodies, say University of Florida researchers. The researchers ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Bob Cousins, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Micronutrient, Moon-Suhn Ryu, Nutrient, Roger Sunde, Supplement, University Of Florida, Zinc

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