GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Despite facing a pandemic in 2020, UF/IFAS researchers were markedly productive, reaching new highs in the number of studies published over the calendar year. Altogether, UF/IFAS research posted 2,150 publications in 2020. “Our ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Research
The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season made history as the most active season since official records began in 1851, with a total of 30 named storms, 13 hurricanes and six major hurricanes. A new University of Florida-led study investigated the ... READ MORE
Category: Forests, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Although direct payments to Americans have been utilized during previous economically challenging times – the last as part of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 – never before had the world looked as it had in the spring ... READ MORE
Category: Home Management, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Florida agriculture is much more than our hallmark citrus. Producers statewide grow some 300-odd commodities, from avocado to zucchini. UF/IFAS researchers are continually exploring ways to help Florida farmers improve their crops, and Extension ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Fruits & Vegetables, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
A new study, co-authored by a pair of University of Florida researchers, presented a rare opportunity for most scientists: naming newly discovered species. In this case, the three new species were discovered as part of a new subfamily of ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture just announced funding for a project comprising an interdisciplinary team from the University of Florida. The three-year project, “Quantifying the nitrogen cycling ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS ResearchScientists 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
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla - Mosquito-borne viruses like West Nile and Eastern equine encephalitis pose a threat not only to humans, but also other animals. These viruses have caused disease and fatalities in birds, horses and wildlife. Captive orcas ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
DAVIE, FL. – In Florida, native snakes play an important role in the environment that we live and enjoy. Now that role is being threatened by invasive Burmese pythons introducing a non-native lung parasite to nearly half of the sunshine state’s ... READ MORE
Category: Invasive Species, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A study involving Arabian horses from 12 countries found that some populations maintained a larger degree of genetic diversity and that the breed did not contribute genetically to the modern-day Thoroughbred, contrary to ... READ MORE
Category: Livestock, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research