Author: Brad Buck
![UF/IFAS Plows Forward To Breed And Grow A ‘Superfood’ The Pomegranate UF/IFAS Plows Forward To Breed And Grow A ‘Superfood’ The Pomegranate](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/UF_IFAS-plows-forward-to-breed-and-grow-a-%E2%80%98superfood-the-pomegranate.jpeg)
UF/IFAS Plows Forward To Breed And Grow A ‘Superfood’ The Pomegranate
Pomegranates are sweet, juicy and one day they could grow abundantly in Florida. They taste good, and they’re full of nutrients, including antioxidan [...]
![UF Project Hopes To ‘Certify’ Appropriate Plants As Wildlife-Friendly UF Project Hopes To ‘Certify’ Appropriate Plants As Wildlife-Friendly](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Monarch-larva-on-a-milkweed-UF-UF_Ifas.jpeg)
UF Project Hopes To ‘Certify’ Appropriate Plants As Wildlife-Friendly
By: Brad Buck
Increasingly, consumers want plants that support wildlife, such as pollinators. That’s why UF/IFAS researchers are combining hard an [...]
![University Of Florida Wildlife Ecologists Teach Public To Help Boost Bluebird Population University Of Florida Wildlife Ecologists Teach Public To Help Boost Bluebird Population](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/UF-wildlife-ecologists-teach-public-to-help-boost-bluebird-population.jpeg)
University Of Florida Wildlife Ecologists Teach Public To Help Boost Bluebird Population
As pest-eaters, Eastern bluebirds benefit Florida farmers. Not only that, they’re cute. Two good reasons Hance Ellington has started a program to pre [...]
![Robots May Eventually Help Kill Weeds That Impede Strawberry Yield Robots May Eventually Help Kill Weeds That Impede Strawberry Yield](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Strawberries-Florida.jpeg)
Robots May Eventually Help Kill Weeds That Impede Strawberry Yield
Strawberries growing in plasticulture at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Balm, Florida.Credit: UF/IFAS photography."
BALM, [...]
![New Florida-Friendly Plant App Guides You To The Right Plants For A Sustainable Landscape New Florida-Friendly Plant App Guides You To The Right Plants For A Sustainable Landscape](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/New-Florida-Friendly-plant-app-guides-you-to-the-right-plants-for-a-sustainable-landscapeer-Suicide-.jpeg)
New Florida-Friendly Plant App Guides You To The Right Plants For A Sustainable Landscape
As you’re finishing your spring planting, you can use a new, free UF/IFAS tool to help them select the right native and ornamental plants and turf fo [...]
![UF Scientists Discover How A Native Fish Prevents The Establishment Of A Globally Invasive Species UF Scientists Discover How A Native Fish Prevents The Establishment Of A Globally Invasive Species](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/a-guppy-and-a-mosquitofish.jpeg)
UF Scientists Discover How A Native Fish Prevents The Establishment Of A Globally Invasive Species
RUSKIN, Fla. - In the battle of mosquitofish against guppies, University of Florida scientists found that the native mosquitofish won, and that’s goo [...]
![UF/IFAS Develops Blueberry Cultivar Selection Tool For Florida Growers UF/IFAS Develops Blueberry Cultivar Selection Tool For Florida Growers](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/UF_IFAS-develops-blueberry-cultivar-selection-tool-for-Florida-growers.jpeg)
UF/IFAS Develops Blueberry Cultivar Selection Tool For Florida Growers
As growers wind down this year’s Florida blueberry season, they can look to a new UF/IFAS tool to help them decide whether to remove any existing blu [...]
![‘Can I Have That Candy Bar?’ More Than Anyone, Kids Influence Our Impulse Buying ‘Can I Have That Candy Bar?’ More Than Anyone, Kids Influence Our Impulse Buying](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/%E2%80%98Can-I-Have-That-Candy-Bar_-More-Than-Anyone-Kids-Influence-Our-Impulse-Buying.jpeg)
‘Can I Have That Candy Bar?’ More Than Anyone, Kids Influence Our Impulse Buying
Mommy, Daddy, I want that candy bar. Can we get it? Please?
As a parent, you might acquiesce when your child suddenly asks you to buy an item or t [...]
![Genetic Testing Shows Some ‘Touch-Me-Not’ Flowers Resist Deadly Disease Genetic Testing Shows Some ‘Touch-Me-Not’ Flowers Resist Deadly Disease](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/As-a-UF_IFAS-plant-breeder-Zhanao-Deng-.jpeg)
Genetic Testing Shows Some ‘Touch-Me-Not’ Flowers Resist Deadly Disease
BALM, Fla. – If you’re impatient for impatiens, a University of Florida scientist has good news for you: Some varieties of the popular flower resist [...]
![A Plant For Mothers’ Day? UF/IFAS Scientists Breed Top Ornamentals A Plant For Mothers’ Day? UF/IFAS Scientists Breed Top Ornamentals](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DR.-DAVID-CLARK-SHOWING-SOME-OF-HIS-COLEUS-AT-A-GREENHOUSE-AT-UF_IFAS-IN-GAINESVILLE.-CREDIT_-_UF_IFAS-photography._.jpeg)
A Plant For Mothers’ Day? UF/IFAS Scientists Breed Top Ornamentals
If you give mom a plant for Mother’s Day, you might appreciate the aroma and aesthetics of the flower you bought – and flora in general. You might ev [...]