As Americans prepare to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday, a slice of cold watermelon is nearly as iconic as the fireworks that light up the night sky. But researchers say the fruit’s journey from field to table is becoming increasingly ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Ten UF/IFAS Plant Pathology graduate students were honored at this week’s Plant Health 2025, the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society. Two students were honored with prestigious Storkan-Hanes-McCaslin Awards. ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Middle and high school teachers from across Florida gathered in Gainesville on Saturday, May 17, to learn about the viruses, bacteria and other pathogens that threaten our plants. Graduate students from the UF/IFAS Department of Plant Pathology ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
To visit Dr. Andrew Schuerger’s laboratory near the Kennedy Space Center is to visit the surface of Mars. His Mars simulation chamber mimics the conditions on the red planet – the soil, the temperature, the atmosphere. Samples placed ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS
A UF/IFAS professor has been selected to lead the largest and oldest organization of plant pathologists in the world. Dr. Karen Garrett, Preeminent Professor of Plant Pathology, was elected president of the American Phytopathological Society ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS
Eighteen middle and high school science teachers from around Florida gathered at Fifield Hall on Saturday, May 18, for the sixth edition of the Plants Get Sick Too! workshop, learning about plant diseases from UF/IFAS plant pathologists. Teachers ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
“I always wanted to be a scientist. I always wanted to be a biologist - I wanted to be a marine biologist” said Dr. Romina Gazis, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC) in Homestead. ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
With 90,000 tons produced a year, Florida is the second-leading grower of strawberries in the United States. Strawberries in Florida are typically transplanted from locations such as California and Canada. They are most susceptible to disease ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
"Put out your runners" exclaimed Dr. Natalia Peres, Professor of Plant Pathology and “Florida’s strawberry doctor,” according to University of Florida President Ben Sasse. Peres described how the sweet red fruit reproduces by spreading ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, UF/IFAS
More than 300 visitors had a chance to pick colorful flowers, harvest sweet potatoes and cassava, squeeze fresh orange juice, and learn about graduate programs, student organizations and agriculture-related businesses and career opportunities ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, EVENTS, UF/IFAS