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Brad Buck

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  • Hurricanes Can Bring Crop Diseases, but Plant Clinics Help Farmers Quickly and Accurately Battle Pathogens Spread by Storms

    1 week ago | m.farms.com | Brad Buck

    By Brad BuckLast fall, strawberry fields in the Tampa Bay region and at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC) were riddled by colletotrichum crown rot disease, which was spread by winds and rain from Hurricane Milton. The Category 3 storm – with winds of up to 120 mph and torrential rain — struck Oct. 9, right about when scientists and growers were starting to plant strawberries.

  • Hurricane Milton's Fury Unleashed Crop Disease; UF/IFAS Speedy Diagnostics Prove Critical For Strawberry Growers

    1 week ago | tampafp.com | Brad Buck

    Last fall, strawberry fields in the Tampa Bay region and at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC) were riddled by colletotrichum crown rot disease, which was spread by winds and rain from Hurricane Milton. The Category 3 storm – with winds of up to 120 mph and torrential rain — struck Oct. 9, right about when scientists and growers were starting to plant strawberries.

  • Hurricanes can bring crop diseases, but plant clinics help farmers quickly and accurately battle pathogens spread by storms

    1 week ago | blogs.ifas.ufl.edu | Brad Buck

    Last fall, strawberry fields in the Tampa Bay region and at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC) were riddled by colletotrichum crown rot disease, which was spread by winds and rain from Hurricane Milton. The Category 3 storm – with winds of up to 120 mph and torrential rain — struck Oct. 9, right about when scientists and growers were starting to plant strawberries.

  • UF study shows about 40% of residents don’t know they must follow irrigation rules

    2 weeks ago | mainstreetdailynews.com | Brad Buck

    About 22 million people already live in Florida, and it’s expected to grow to 33 million by 2070. Those who irrigate lawns tap into the same water, much of it from the Floridan aquifer. Many cities and counties, and all water management districts, impose irrigation restrictions to try to conserve the limited supply of water on which we all rely.

  • UF research into lantana earns Dissertation of the Year

    3 weeks ago | blogs.ifas.ufl.edu | Brad Buck

    Brooks Parrish has spent the past three years studying the genetics of lantana. These plants are beautiful, but if they’re not properly contained, they can escape cultivation, invade natural and agricultural lands, displace native plants, reduce biodiversity and pose risks to animals. Parrish graduated with his Ph.D. from the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences in August 2024.

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