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AI may help kill weeds, preserve peppers, tomatoes


October 3, 2024

First, University of Florida scientists developed technology to kill weeds, instead of strawberries. Now, UF/IFAS researchers are designing a machine that can surgically eliminate weeds while preserving the tomatoes and peppers around them, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: #aiatuf, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Algorithm, Computer Vision, Detection, Doctoral Student, Peppers, Plastic Beds, Precision-ag, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Tomatoes, Vinay Vijayakumar, Weed Sprayer, Yiannis Ampatzidis

UF/IFAS faculty to use $141M in research funding to improve corn, manage citrus greening, suppress mosquito-borne diseases and more


September 2, 2020

Scientists at UF/IFAS are using this year’s allotment of $141 million in research funding to develop better sweet corn, improve cow-calf breeding, make further progress toward controlling citrus greening disease and more. Robert Gilbert, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Animal Sciences, Citrus Greening Disease, Cow-calf, Funding, Grants, Horticultural Sciences, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Mosquitoes, Nifa, Peppers, Plant Pathology, Research, Robert Gilbert, Sweet Corn, Usda

UF/IFAS scientists develop a specialty pepper with better resistance to root-knot nematodes


July 7, 2020

Bell peppers make for a delicious snack. Among additional choices, you can add them to sandwiches and pizzas, as they’re tasty and full of vitamin C, making them a popular vegetable. As a $235 million-a-year business in Florida, bell peppers ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Bala Rathinasabaathi, Bell Peppers, Breeding, Chili, Donald Dickson, Entomology And Nematology, Horticultural Sciences, Peppers, Resistance, Root-knot Nematodes, Variety

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