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Machine-harvestable tomatoes available from UF/IFAS; growers hope cultivars can help lower labor cost

by Brad Buck
April 25, 2024

Ever since Florida farmers have been growing tomatoes, they’ve picked them by hand or hired laborers. It’s painstaking work that might be made easier soon with machine-harvestable tomatoes developed by University of Florida scientists. Now ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Cultivar, Florida, Florida Tomato Committee, Growers, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Horticultural Sciences, Hybrid, Jay Scott, Jessica Chitwood-Brown, Machine Harvesting, Michael Schadler, Plant Breeding, Sam Hutton, Tomatoes
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New tomato breeder at GCREC now sits in her mentor’s chair, plans to continue legacy of bringing best data to growers and flavorful fruit to consumers

by Brad Buck
February 13, 2024

Jessica Chitwood-Brown grew up in rural Alma, Arkansas, where she rode horses, fished with her dad and played at the marina.  She also recalls participating in the Crawford County Fair, going to football games on Friday nights, horse ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Cultivars, Entomology, Flavor, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Horticultural Sciences, Jack Rechigl, Jay Scott, Jessica Chitwood-Brown, Kevin Wang, Machine Harvesting, Plant Pathology, Prec-ag, Precision-ag, Sam Hutton, Sustainable Agriculture, Tomato Breeding, University Florida, University Of Arkansas, Yield
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UF researchers find tomato plants resistant to devastating disease

by Brad Buck
May 3, 2023

University of Florida researchers may have found the key to developing tomatoes that can resist a catastrophic disease. Although it has been around for 50 years, target spot of tomato has become increasingly problematic during the last few ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE
Tags: Disease, Disease Resistance, Doctoral Student, Edgar Sierra, Fungicides, Fungus, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Horticultural Sciences, Plant Breeding, Sam Hutton, Target Spot, Tomatoes

UF study: Consumers like shelved tomato juice more than a refrigerated product

by Brad Buck
December 7, 2021

Tempted by the tangy taste of tomato juice? Consumers may prefer a product sold from grocery store shelves over a minimally pasteurized refrigerated product, but only by a small margin, new University of Florida research shows. Researchers ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition
Tags: Flavor, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Heat, Pasteurization, Paul Sarnoski, Refrigeration, Sam Hutton, Taste Panels, Tomato Juice, Tomatoes, Treatment, UF Sensory Lab

Tomato juice with UF/IFAS-bred Garden Gem pleases palates

by Brad Buck
October 21, 2020

Florida-grown tomatoes – particularly the UF/IFAS-bred Garden Gem – pack a tasty punch for tomato juice, new University of Florida research shows. By and large, the biggest market for Florida tomatoes remains food services. They’re ... READ MORE

Category: SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Breeding, Flavor, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Garden Gem, Horticultural Sciences, Paul Sarnsoski, Sam Hutton, Smell, Taste, Taste Panels, Tomato Juice, Tomatoes, UF Sensory Lab

New UF/IFAS website helps consumers understand importance of plant breeding program

by Brad Buck
August 13, 2020

Peruse the produce section of a grocery store and you can find citrus, strawberries, blueberries, tomatoes, sugarcane, corn and lettuce developed by UF/IFAS researchers. Go to a business that sells plants, and you’ll see lantanas, coleuses, ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Environmental Horticulture Department, Forages, Fred Gmitter, Genetics, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Horticultural Sciences, Plant Breeding, Sam Hutton, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Vance Whitaker, Website, Zhanao Deng

UF/IFAS Expert Urges Colleagues to Breed Tastier Tomatoes in Different Environments

by Brad Buck
January 23, 2020

A University of Florida tomato expert is calling on researchers worldwide to use genetics to help farmers grow tastier tomatoes in many geographic locations. Consumers crave tasty tomatoes, but the trick comes in growing flavorful fruit in ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE
Tags: Genetics, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Jay Scott, Sam Hutton, Soil, Special Topic, Tomato Flavor, Water

Featured UF/IFAS Cultivars Released in 2019 Include Fruits, Oat and Zoysiagrass

by Brad Buck
December 17, 2019

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Category: AGRICULTURE, Horticulture, Turf
Tags: Agriculture, Agronomy, Ali Babar, Blueberry, Breeding, Citrus, Cultivars, Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Horticultural Sciences, Jude Grosser, Kevin Kenworthy, Oat, Patricio Munoz, Plants, Sam Hutton, Tomato, Zoysiagrass

New Precision Ag Facility Adds to UF/IFAS Arsenal to Fight Pests, Diseases

by Brad Buck
December 10, 2019

In a new, 8,500-square-foot building at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, weed scientist Nathan Boyd uses images of weeds to train computers to identify them. Those pictures can be used to help growers know when, where and ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Andrew Koeser, Arnold Schumann, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Nathan Boyd, News, Sam Hutton, Yiannis Ampatzidis

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