GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Feed mosquitoes more nitrogen when they’re young, and the adults are less likely to transmit the Zika virus, University of Florida scientists say. Now, researchers want to know why, and they’re determined to discover ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Like humans, mosquitoes help shape who their children will grow up to be, and those patterns show how well mosquitoes can later transmit dangerous viruses to humans, a new University of Florida study shows. Researchers ... READ MORE
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Another mosquito may carry the zika virus, but more research is needed to confirm the early lab tests, University of Florida scientists say. UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers detected zika in the ... READ MORE
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Jorge Rey, who runs a University of Florida research and education center on the front line in the fight against Zika, brought his expertise to a roundtable discussion at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., focused ... READ MORE
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida entomologist is working with other scientists to detect the Zika virus in minutes, rather than days or weeks, allowing for faster and more targeted mosquito control practices and detection ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFASPlease see caption below story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences entomologist will use a $200,000 grant from the Florida Department of Health to improve tests for the detection of Zika ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFEPlease see caption below the story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Florida beekeepers are concerned after 2.5 million bees that were killed during an aerial spraying with Naled/Dibrom for Zika-carrying mosquitoes in Dorchester County, S.C. Now, Floridians ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFEPhoto of an Aedes aegypti mosquito. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty are on the front lines in the battle against the zika virus, as entomologists study the ability of at least ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFEJorge Rey GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Just as the Zika virus is causing concern worldwide, a University of Florida insect specialist with 36 years of experience at the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory has been named the lab’s new director. Professor ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE