Tag: Trees

UF researchers awarded $7M grant to improve how plants get nitrogen, reduce pollution

by Brad Buck
October 2, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A team of researchers at the universities of Florida and Wisconsin-Madison will use a $7.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to pinpoint genes that could improve plants’ ability to access nitrogen, an essential ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS
Tags: Crops, Featured Hot Topic, Fertilizer, Forest Resources And Conservation, Grant, Matias Kirst, News, Nitrogen, Pollution, Poplar Trees, Trees

UF/IFAS celebrates Arbor Day with research, Extension activities, including tree giveaways

by Brad Buck
January 17, 2017

Please see caption below story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As Florida Arbor Day approaches on Jan. 20, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension and research faculty are holding special commemorations and studying ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Arbor Day, Tim Martin, Trees

UF/IFAS study: Good tree care should yield environmental benefits

by Brad Buck
October 5, 2016

Please see caption below the story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Trees shade our homes and help clean the air of our cities. However, their production in the nursery and maintenance in the landscape requires energy and material resources. Some of ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Carbon, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Trees

Homeowners prefer property value boost brought about by city trees

by Brad Buck
August 17, 2016

Please see caption below the story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- If a city plants trees near a residential area, most homeowners value the likely subsequent boost to their property values, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Damian Adams, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, Trees

UF/IFAS Professor Ed Gilman: A legacy of tree growth

by Brad Buck
June 3, 2016

Please see caption below story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Among his legacies, Ed Gilman wants to make sure trees don’t snap in Florida’s tropical storm-force winds. When Gilman retires this month from the University of Florida Institute ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Environmental Horticulture, Trees

UF/IFAS study: Most homeowners can’t properly assess damage to their trees

by Brad Buck
October 6, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The next time a storm tears up your yard, let an expert assess the damage to any trees. A study from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences shows that homeowners perceive the risk of a damaged ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Environmental Horticulture, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Trees

UF/IFAS has new book to help identify North and Central Florida trees

by Brad Buck
March 18, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Want to know what that weird palm is growing in your backyard? How about that scraggy tree? The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has a new book coming out that will help: “Trees: North ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, UF/IFAS
Tags: Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Trees

UF/IFAS experts to share research at global symposium on urban tree economics

by Brad Buck
March 16, 2015

UF/IFAS Professor Ed Gilman GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Global experts, including three from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, will share knowledge at an international symposium focused on the economics ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests, UF/IFAS
Tags: Trees

Neighborhood designs can cut carbon emissions, electric costs

by Brad Buck
December 15, 2014

Cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A big tree next to your house can do more than just save home-cooling costs, it will also cut carbon emissions, University of Florida researchers say. Trees shade houses so that less energy is needed to ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Carbon, Mark Hostetler, Trees

Grants to help UF researchers grow pine trees faster, produce more energy

by Brad Buck
December 2, 2013

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida researchers will use $1.45 million in federal grants to develop trait-prediction models and accelerate the growth of loblolly pine trees to produce more bioenergy. In his grant application, UF associate ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Forests
Tags: Bioenergy, Faster Production, Genome, Trees

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