GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When consumers buy wheat products, such as bread or pasta, they expect to get protein with their purchase. But in a warming world with high atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, the genes required to keep wheat production ... READ MORE
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Scientists, including many at the University of Florida, are trying to figure out how to feed 10 billion people worldwide by 2050. As they do, some UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers are studying ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFASPlease see caption below story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher will lead a nearly $1 million project to increase worldwide wheat yield potential to help feed an anticipated ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A new University of Florida-led study shows how Australian wheat farmers can use hypothetical 10-day weather forecasts to increase their annual profits by hundreds of thousands of dollars, a finding that can be applied ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchSee cutline below See video here: bit.ly/1Cbois7 GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For every degree Celsius that the temperature increases, the world loses 6 percent of its wheat crop, according to a new global study led by a University of Florida scientist. ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS ResearchFor photos, please contact Brad Buck at bradbuck@ufl.edu GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two new citrus cultivars with high industry interest are among 13 recently approved for release by the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFASClick here for high-resolution version. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have found, for the first time, that crop models predicting yields for one of the world’s most important crops begin to disagree ... READ MORE
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