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UF Researchers Zero in on Potential Threat of New Mosquito Virus

A virus responsible for an illness outbreak in Venezuela is spreading to other parts of the Americas, says a University of Florida scientist who is closely monitoring the Mayaro virus. Most recently, the virus was found in a child in Haiti in 2016. Even though the virus hasn’t infected anyone in Florida or the U.S., Barry Alto, an associate professor …

American Farmers Can’t Afford Enough Fertilizer
An overwhelming majority of American farmers responding to a nationwide survey said they cannot afford to purchase enough fertilizer to get them through the year. The American Farm Bureau Federation conducted the survey April 3–11. Seventy percent of respondents said fertilizer is so expensive that they will not be able to buy all they need. […]
Trunk-Injection Takeaways Presented
Researcher Ute Albrecht on April 21 shared lessons learned from three years of oxytetracycline (OTC) trunk injection for HLB management in Florida. Albrecht is an associate professor with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) specializing in citrus plant physiology. She works at the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center. Albrecht […]

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