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UF research: Recycle phosphorus before it goes into public waters – and save millions

by Brad Buck
August 5, 2020

IMMOKALEE, Fla. --- Recycle phosphorus while it’s still on the farm, and you can help prevent the nutrient from flowing downstream -- where it could pollute water bodies -- says a University of Florida scientist. Reusing phosphorus using ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Farm Management, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Compost, Farm Ponds, Phosphorus, Recycling, Sanjay Shukla, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Sugarcane, Vegetables

Mosquitoes Prey on Beneficial Barn Owl Nestlings, But Permethrin Can Help

by Brad Buck
March 13, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Barn owls make their homes in boxes put up by farmers in South Florida. The growers like the owls because they eat rodents that would otherwise munch on their sugarcane, sweet corn and rice. Researchers with the University ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Farm Management
Tags: Barn Owls, Bill Kern, Caroline Efstathion, Entomology And Nematology, Everglades Agricultural Area, Mosquitoes, Nathan Burkett-Cadena, Permethrin, Rice, Rodents, Sugarcane, Sweet Corn

UF/IFAS Researchers Hope Better Technology Produces Less Costly Ethanol

by Brad Buck
May 17, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida scientists wondered how cheaply fuel ethanol can be made from inedible plant material – called biomass – using currently available technology. Their goal is to make this form of ethanol less ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Bagasse, Cellulosic Ethanol, Cost, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, News, Stan Mayfield Biorefinery Plant, Sugarcane, Sweet Sorghum, Wilfred Vermerris

UF Joins New Center to Create Fuel from Plants

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 2, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida is one of 17 institutions partnering with the University of Illinois in the $115-million Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI). Researchers will work to develop efficient ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Conservation, Crops, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Biofuel, CABBI, IFAS, News, Sugarcane

UF assistant professor wins national agronomy award for innovative sugarcane research

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 19, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A University of Florida plant scientist, who has created varieties of sugarcane that are grown across more than 90 percent of Florida and in several Central American countries, has been given a national award for his innovative ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agronomy, Everglades Research And Education Center, IFAS, News, Sugarcane

UF study helps quantify biodiversity decrease around farmland

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 10, 2013

Click here for photo. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Animal biodiversity suffers near conservation areas that border big farms, and the effects can spread for miles, according to a new study by University of Florida researchers ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Conservation, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Africa, Biodiversity, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, PLoS One, Robert McCleery, Sugarcane, Swaziland, University Of Florida, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Zachary M. Hurst

UF researchers improve process to create renewable chemicals from plants

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 3, 2013

Click here for high resolution photo. Caption at bottom. Related video. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Crops aren’t just for food, fiber and fuel. Researchers at the University of Florida are making new industrial applications possible for them ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Bagasse, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lonnie Ingram, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, Renewable Chemicals, Succinic Acid, Sugarcane, University Of Florida, Xuan Wang

UF researchers develop plant-based technology that helps biofuels, may fight cancer

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 29, 2012

Image of synthesized lignin nanotubes GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For the first time, University of Florida researchers have developed plant-based technology that could reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil and may also help treat cancer. Known ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Conservation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Bioethanol, Biofuel, Biorefinery, Cancer, Ethanol, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lignin, Lignin Nanotubes, Luisa Amelia Dempere, Nanotechnology, Sugarcane, Sweet Sorghum, University Of Florida, Wilfred Vermerris

Sugarcane expert Rob Gilbert named director of UF Everglades research center

by Tom Nordlie
March 6, 2012

Click here for high resolution image. Sugarcane expert Rob Gilbert has been appointed director of the University of Florida’s Everglades Research and Education Center in Belle Glade by Jack Payne, UF senior vice president for agriculture ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Center, Director, Everglades, Everglades Research And Education Center, Gilbert, Muck, Sugarcane, Vegetables

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