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Investigador hispano de UF/IFAS liderará la primera Cátedra UNESCO de la universidad


February 20, 2025

Creado por Megan Winslow, especialista en relaciones públicas de UF/IFAS.  La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO, por sus siglas en inglés) ha reconocido a un investigador de UF/IFAS ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Brian Myers, Catedra UNESCO, Desarrollar Materiales Educativos, Educacion, Educacion Continua, Enseñanza, Espanol, Evaluacion De Programas, Evaluación De Programas En El Departamento De Educación Y Comunicación Agrícola, Extension, Impacto, Investigador De UF/IFAS, La Ciencia Y La Cultura, Martha Wayne, Mexico, Organización De Las Naciones Unidas Para La Educación, Robert Gilbert, Scott Angle, Sebastian Galindo, Spanish, UF/IFAS, UNESCO, Universidad Veracruzana, University Of Florida

Carrying on a family tradition, a UF/IFAS CALS grad inspires the next generation of citrus growers


February 20, 2025

Managing orange groves in Florida – a state prone to hurricanes and citrus greening disease – is no easy task. But for fifth-generation citrus grower and University of Florida alum Morgan McKenna Porter, it’s a passion. “[Growing ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE
Tags: Agricultural Education And Communication, Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Industry, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Family, Graduate, Lake Wales, McKenna & Associates Citrus Inc., McKenna Brothers Inc., Morgan McKenna Porter, Outdoors, Riley McKenna, UF/IFAS Research, Wedgworth Leadership Institute
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UF/IFAS researcher to lead university’s first UNESCO Chair


February 19, 2025

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has honored a UF/IFAS researcher through selection of his proposed project, a milestone establishing the first UNESCO Chair at the university. Sebastian Galindo, an ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Brian Myers, Department Of Agricultural Education And Communication, Evaluation, Extension, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, International, Lifelong Learning, Martha Wayne, Megan Winslow, Program Evaluation, Research, Robert Gilbert, Scientific And Cultural Organization, Scott Angle, Sebastian Galindo, UF, UF/IFAS, UNESCO, UNESCO Chair, United Nations Educational, University Of Florida

AI technology uses less herbicide to kill weeds


February 18, 2025

Vegetable growers use herbicides to kill weeds to prevent crop loss. Meanwhile, a University of Florida researcher is using artificial intelligence to reduce herbicide sprayed on crops. "We are building multiple AI-powered herbicide application ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE
Tags: #aiatuf, Artificial Intelligence, Crops, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Herbicides, Horticultural Sciences, Nathan Boyd, Plastic Mulch, Plasticulture, Pre-emergence Herbicide, Prec-ag, Tomatoes, Vegetables

UF/IFAS leadership advances Extension mission with stakeholder visit to the Bahamas


February 18, 2025

A team of Extension leaders from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) recently visited the Bahamas to support agricultural and youth development ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Andra Johnson, Bahamas, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Jomo Campbell, Leadership, Norma Samuel, UF/IFAS Extension, Vonda Richardson

Behind the scenes: How UF/IFAS risk assessments sustain Florida’s $191M aquaculture industry


February 17, 2025

From vibrant tropical fish for aquarium enthusiasts to succulent shellfish served as the center of the plate, Florida’s aquaculture industry serves as an economic powerhouse and a national leader. In 2022, the state’s tropical fish ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Blog Community, Conservation, Invasive Species, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Alligator Farming, Aquatic Environment, Aquatic Invasives, Aquatic Plant Production, BMP, Ecosystem, FDACS, Fish Tanks, Florida Aquaculture, Invasives In Florida, Jeffrey Hill, News, Ornamental Fish Farming, Risk Assessment, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Shellfish Cultivation, Species, Succeulent Shellfish, Sustainability, Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, Tropical Fish, UF/IFAS, University Of Florida

Investigadores de UF/IFAS trabajan para prevenir una enfermedad que pone en riesgo su chocolate favorito


February 13, 2025

Creado por Megan Winslow, especialista en relaciones públicas de UF/IFAS.  Mientras saborea un bombón o una fresa bañada en chocolate este día de San Valentín, piense en el fruto alargado y acanalado del árbol del cacao, el cual hace ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agricultores, Bombones De Chocolate, Cacao, CATIE, Centro Agronómico Tropical De Investigación Y Enseñanza, Chocolate, Chocolates, Costa Rica, Crecimiento Blanco Y Esponjoso, Destructor De Plantas, Dia De Los Enamorados, Dulces, Erica Goss, Espanol, Fitopatologia, Fruto Del Cacao, Genetica, Genética Tanto De Plantas Y Patógenos, Genoma, Ina Schlathoelter, Investigacion, Jeremy Brawner, Mariana Herrera Corzo, Mars, Materiales Vegetales, Mazorcas De Cacao, Modelo De Prediccion, Patogenos, Phytophthora, Phytophthora Megakarya, Podrición Negra Del Cacao, Productors, San Valentin, Spanish, Susceptibilidad Al Patógeno, Theobroma Cacao, UF/IFAS

Treatment for horses may lead to therapy for type of blindness


February 13, 2025

Picture a horse running across an open field, the wind blowing his mane, his hooves stamping into the grassy knoll, eyes on the horizon. Now picture that horse’s vision slowly spotting and fading, the horizon blurring, until ultimately, ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Blindness, College Of Veterinary Medicine, Department Of Microbiology And Cell Science, Equine, Equine Research, Horse, Horse Care, Horse Management, Horses, UF College Of Medicine, Uveitis

Where do invasive species spread and why? UF/IFAS researchers take a novel approach to find the answer


February 12, 2025

Science tells us invasive species — like the spotted tilapia — are always on the move, making it difficult for scientists to simulate their spread and predict where they will go next. Researchers at the University of Florida Institute ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS
Tags: Climate, Environmental Resistance Modeling, ER Modeling, Invasion Science Research Institute, Invasive Plants, Invasive Species, Journal Of Biogeography, News, Plants, Tegu, Temperature, Tilapia, UF/IFAS, Yunpeng Liu

From problem to on-farm solution: The journey of one UF/IFAS AI technology


February 11, 2025

A few weeks after Yiannis Ampatzidis started working at the University of Florida in 2017, Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc on the Florida peninsula and its citrus groves. Growers needed to count their trees with precision to get crop insurance, ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS
Tags: #aiatuf, Agricutural And Biological Engineering, Agroview, Artificial Intellgience, Citrus, Counting, Crop Insurance, Diseases, Farms, Insurance, Inventory, Lab, Pests, Prec-ag, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Trees, Yiannis Ampatzidis