Tag: Oscar Liburd

AI could reduce the amount farmers spray to control strawberry pest

by Brad Buck
April 27, 2021

Artificial intelligence that might use smartphone images could lead to more accurate, early detection of a pest that ruins strawberries, a $300 million dollar-a-year industry in Florida. University of Florida scientists have developed a smartphone ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: #aiatuf, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Control, Damage, Daniel Lee, Deep Learning, Detection, Detection Box, Entomology And Nematology, Environment, Images, Mites, Oscar Liburd, Smartphone, Spray, Strawberries, Twospotted Spider Mite, USDA-NIFA

UF/IFAS-developed blueberry app to help growers battle diseases and pests

by Brad Buck
December 9, 2020

A new University of Florida app will help the state’s blueberry growers identify and manage disease and insect injuries commonly encountered in Florida before their crop is ruined. Collectively, blueberries are a $60 million-per-year crop ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: App, Blueberries, Disease, Doug Phillips, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Horticultural Sciences, Jeff Williamson, Nutrients, Oscar Liburd, Patricio Munoz, Pests, Peter Dittmar, Phil Harmon, UF/IFAS Blueberry Growers Guide

UF/IFAS findings show less need for pesticide to control strawberry pest

by Brad Buck
December 8, 2020

It’s harvest season for Florida’s $300 million-per-year strawberry season, so those who grow this fruit need help to control pests such as the tiny (up to 2-millimeters long), destructive chilli thrips. Farmers often use pesticides to ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Chilli Thrips, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Crop Damage, Entomology And Nematology, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Harvest, Integrated Pest Management, Oscar Liburd, Pesticide, Sriyanka Lahiri, Strawberries

New method could quash squash pests

by Brad Buck
July 21, 2016

Please see caption below story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Florida grows more zucchini squash than anywhere else in America – to the tune of $70 million a year. To help improve production, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Entomology And Nematology, Oscar Liburd

UF/IFAS organic strawberry research featured in e-book

by Brad Buck
November 19, 2014

Cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A new e-book from the University of Arkansas System features University of Florida scientists’ quest to establish a Florida organic strawberry industry. A chapter titled “Organic open-field and high ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Carlene Chase, Mickie Swisher, Organic, Oscar Liburd, Strawberries, Sustainability, Xin Zhao, Zhifeng Gao

UF/IFAS study finds simple solution to monitoring major berry pest

by Brad Buck
July 31, 2014

Cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Using a yeast-sugar-water mixture, berry growers can easily keep tabs on a pest that causes millions in damage each year in the U.S., a new University of Florida study shows. Farmers can conduct a test ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Oscar Liburd

UF/IFAS team awarded strawberry sustainability grant

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 6, 2013

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Nearly all of the strawberries in the United States are grown in Florida or California, but faced with growing competition in the industry from Mexico, a team of UF researchers is looking for ways to diversify the industry. Led ... READ MORE

Category: Crops
Tags: Carlene Chase, Mickie Swisher, Organic, Oscar Liburd, Strawberry, Xin Zhao, Zhifeng Gao

UF researchers use acoustic tools to detect underground insects that attack grapes

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 29, 2011

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers are finding new ways to thwart crop-devouring pests -- by being good listeners. High-tech acoustic equipment makes it possible ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Entomology, Florida, Grape Root Borer, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Oscar Liburd, Richard Mankin, Univversity Of Florida, Usda, Will Sanders, Wine

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