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Potato breeding program launches out of UF/IFAS Hastings Agricultural Extension Center

by Tory Moore
April 18, 2023

Highlights ·         UF/IFAS has launched a potato breeding program based out of Hastings. ·         These varieties will be developed to withstand Florida’s intense growing pressures including heat, humidity, ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Hastings Agricultural Extension Center, Plant Breeders, Plant Breeding, Potatoes, TCAA, UF/IFAS Plant Breeding, UF/IFAS Varieties, Varieties, Variety

Florida leads the world in caladium bulb production, thanks in part to UF/IFAS scientists

by Brad Buck
February 1, 2023

Terri Bates knows that if she wants to sell a good caladium, she can count on University of Florida scientists, including Zhanao Deng. “We grow 12 UF/IFAS varieties developed by Dr. Deng, and they are a huge asset to our business as well ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: 'Lava Glow', Caladium Bulbs, Caladiums, Cultivars, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Ornamental Plants, UF/IFAS Plant Breeding, Varieties, Zhanao Deng

Tasty craft beer brewed from UF/IFAS-grown hops

by Brad Buck
October 20, 2021

BALM, Fla. --- If you hopped over to the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center and tasted the craft beer made from hops grown by scientists at the University of Florida, you’d notice it’s a little bitter, but researchers and brewers say ... READ MORE

Category: Crops
Tags: Acid, Aroma, Bitter, Craft Beer, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, Hops Field Day, Shinsuke Agehara, Taste, Varieties, Zhanao Deng

UF professor recognized for a career of accomplishment

by Ruth Hohl Borger
August 12, 2021

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. --- Fred G. Gmitter, Jr., professor of horticulture and citrus breeder at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Citrus Research and Education Center, has been recognized as a 2021 Fellow by the ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: American Society For Horticultural Science, Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Cultivars, Fellow, Fred Gmitter, Genetics, Genomics, Grapefruit, Hlb, Mandarin, Sugar Belle, Varieties

Global gardeners help UF tomato breeding program; will send growth, flavor data to lab

by Brad Buck
January 12, 2021

Normally, University of Florida scientists such as Harry Klee gauge the taste and aroma of their new tomatoes by letting volunteers test them at the UF Sensory Lab in Gainesville. But now, people from across the globe who grow tomatoes in their ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Amateur Plant Breeders, Citizen Science, Data, Gardeners, Harry Klee, Production, Seeds, Taste, Tomatoes, UF/IFAS Advancement, Varieties

Plant Improvement Specialist to Ensure New Citrus Varieties Have Best Traits

by Brad Buck
September 24, 2019

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. --- Many citrus growers want to replant their groves that are withering because of greening. But they need field data to know which varieties to plant. Gathering that information takes time. As a rule, though, it takes 15 ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Field Data, Michael Rogers, Rootstocks, Varieties

UF Researchers to Breed a New Variety of Florida-Friendly Hops

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 8, 2019

APOPKA, Fla. – Researchers with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences have been awarded a two-year grant for $194,000 to breed varieties of hops that can grow in Florida. The researchers, based at the UF/IFAS ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Grant, Hops, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, News, UF/IFAS, Varieties

UF/IFAS Experts Suggest Varieties for Irma-Damaged Citrus Replanting

by Brad Buck
August 3, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As growers decide how to use USDA funding to recover from damages caused by Hurricane Irma – and as they cope with the lingering impact of citrus greening -- University of Florida researchers are suggesting varieties ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Development Foundation, Citrus Research And Education Center, Field Trials, Fred Gmitter, Jude Grosser, News, Orie Lee, Planting, Research, Rootstocks, Scions, Valquarius, Varieties, Vernia

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