Florun ‘T61’ is a market-type peanut cultivar developed in Florida w/ yields similarly to Florun ‘331’. T61 has great disease resistance and oil chemistry traits that will be beneficial to manufacturers. Congrats B. Tillman! Agronomy at UF UF IFAS Solutions doi.org/10.1002/plr2.2…

Dicen que las gambas al ajillo van con vino blanco Para nosotros van con esta delicia 🍷Alejandro Vigil

✨ Congratulations to Dr. Lynn Sollenberger, a Distinguished Professor Agronomy at UF Department UF IFAS Solutions, as he has recently achieved a significant milestone by surpassing 10,000 career citations on his Google Scholar profile.

Welcome to our fantastic group of Fall 2024 students! UF/IFAS-PlantBreeding now has 39 students ready to lead the next generation of plant breeders! UF IFAS Solutions is #1 for Plant Breeding!

Could humans live for 150 years? Join the UF Chapter of Sigma Xi for a biology of aging lecture from Steven Austad, Distinguished Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Register for the Zoom here: ufl.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

JPR featured article📢 ‘Newell’ bermudagrass: A public release from the USDA Cynodon collection doi.org/10.1002/plr2.2… Rios & colleagues Esteban Rios UF IFAS Solutions Agricultural Research Service UGA Agricultural & Environmental Sciences NC State Crop & Soil Sciences Noble Research ...

Practicing talks for the 7th World Cowpea Conference Habib Akinmade and Jack are traveling to Benin to represent the lab in the conference. Then traveling to 🇳🇬 to visit IITA in Kano and learn about cowpea breeding with Dr. Ousmane and his team. Safe travels!

I gave my talk today at the ongoing World Cowpea Research Conference. It has been a lot of knowledge sharing with veterans in Cowpea Research from all parts of the globe. Grateful to Esteban Rios for providing the funding to attend. Stay tuned for more updates!

Kicking off the International Forage and Turf Breeding Conference hosted by RG e Biotecnologia Dr. Casilda Borges do Valle, a superstar forage breeder, presented the legacy left by Drs. John Miles and Rainer Schultze-Kraftz

Thank you Miguel S. Castillo for the collaboration!

Informative session on Genetic Resources Alemayehu Teressa from ILRI.org Javier do Canto from INIA Tacuarembó Andrea Brugnoli ғᴀᴄᴜʟᴛᴀᴅ ᴅᴇ ᴄs ᴀɢʀᴀʀɪᴀs UNNE ⭐⭐⭐

Genetic and Genomic Tools session at IFTBC Debbie Samac from Agricultural Research Service showed the development of a new alfalfa genotyping platform Gabriel Gesteira from NCSU showed results on linkage mapping in polyploid species German Spangerberg reviewed their extensive breeding program

We're excited to 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗙 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺! Check out our website for more information: tinyurl.com/4kz8hk3b

We are reaching the end of the semester for our Phenomic Prediction Journal Club Students discussed the latest research in this topic and we also had hands-on demos for various crops and data sources (NIRS, drones, etc.) Thanks to Pablo Sipowicz & Rafaela Graciano for TAing!

*Just married We met in 2005 in college Legal marriage for student visas (and love) in 2012 Daughter in 2019 Covid! ❤️

Congratulations Pablo Sipowicz 🥳

Several students in UF/IFAS-PlantBreeding are Borlaug and Carver Scholars and it will be great to learn your stories! My first poster presentation in English was at #NAPB2013 in Tampa, FL. I missed some meetings since then, but NAPB is definitely my fav conference!

📢Job opening!!! Searching for Research Associate in Turfgrass Breeding at Mississippi State University. We are looking for someone who can commit for longer, with possibility to pursue PhD in the future. Pros-working with me, cons-working with me. explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/en-us/job/5088…

Did you know? Crop Science 🌱 is published by the Crop Science Society of America, a long-time nonprofit dedicated to conservation and wise use of natural resources crops.org 🌱

🌱📷 Which Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management articles caught your attention in 2024? Here are the top five downloaded articles published in 2024: 1️⃣Management strategies for preventing and recovering from bermudagrass winterkill: doi.org/10.1002/cft2.2…… [1/5]