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UV light may help farmers vanquish deadly cantaloupe pathogen


February 27, 2023

Can’t get enough cantaloupe? University of Florida scientists want to help farmers in Florida and across the globe grow the cucurbit to satisfy consumers’ tastes. Even with fungicides, producers struggle to control powdery mildew, a disease ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE
Tags: Cantaloupe, Galvin Alonzo, Garry Vallad, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Natalia Peres, Pathogen, Powdery Mildew, Ultraviolet Light, UV Light

Strawberry growers globally could benefit from UF/IFAS research into dangerous disease


May 11, 2022

Strawberry farmers worldwide may get help from new University of Florida research that shows a way to battle one of the fruit’s fiercest foes. The key: combine genomic data with phenomics. The genome amounts to all the DNA in an organism. ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops
Tags: Detection, Disease, Genes, Genomics, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Horticultural Sciences, Phenomics, Plant Breeding, Powdery Mildew, Ronald Tapia, Sensor, Seonghee Lee, Strawberries, Vance Whitaker

UV system means ‘lights out’ for strawberry pathogen


March 4, 2021

When the light goes on, it’s lights out for a ruinous strawberry pathogen. Just imagine this: Pulling an ultraviolet lamp behind a tractor out into your farm in the middle of the night, pointing the UV light at the strawberries and zapping ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease
Tags: Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Natalia Peres, Night, Norway, Pathogen, Powdery Mildew, Strawberries, Tractor-drawn Machine, Ultraviolet Light, Usda, UV Light
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AI helps detect powdery mildew early so growers can manage disease in squash


August 11, 2020

IMMOKALEE, Fla. --- Plant detectives and engineers from the University of Florida are using artificial intelligence to find a disease early so growers who produce summer squash can keep it under control. Early detection gives farmers a fighting ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: #AI, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Algorithm, Artificial Intelligence, Drone, Pamela Roberts, Plant Disease Detection, Plant Pathology, Powdery Mildew, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Spectral Images, Squash, Yiannis Ampatzidis

It Could Be Lights Out for Some Strawberry Diseases and Pests


March 6, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Natalia Peres envisions a day when light from a machine that resembles a spacecraft helps prevent powdery mildew from causing much damage to strawberries. Peres, a professor of plant pathology at the University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease
Tags: Department Of Plant Pathology, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Natalia Peres, Pathogens, Powdery Mildew, Strawberries, UV Lamps