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Thanks for visiting! 🌿 We're happy we could share our work and connect with new faculty. Thank you to the Office of the Provost and UF IFAS Solutions for the opportunity to showcase the #IFASResearch happening here at MREC. 🔬🌱

Classes start next week, but learning is already happening for some new UF faculty! Spent the day exploring Florida agriculture with stops at WEC, UF IFAS MREC and a UF IFAS Solutions Extension office. Looking forward to the semester ahead!

UF/IFAS researchers are tackling grapevine red blotch and grapevine leafroll disease. Drs. Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski and Ozgur Batuman UF/IFAS SWFREC have spent two years on a National Academies committee developing strategies to protect California’s vineyards and wine 🍷 tinyurl.com/bdffbs2h

UF IFAS Solutions students, staff & faculty from UF FFL Program Prog., UF IFAS Dept. of Environmental Horticulture Dept., & UF IFAS MREC are representing us well with educational booths Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association #2025Tropicalplantindustryexpo Broward County Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale Michael Dukes Dr. Andra Johnson UF/IFAS Dean for Research Kati Migliaccio Darryl Palmer

Our booth at @fngla’s 2025 TPIE had it all – from white mold samples to a whitefly infested papaya plant 🌱🔬 Learn more about our week in Fort Lauderdale and time at the show 🔗 bit.ly/4gtx51D

Why not plant some flowers while the weather's still nice? Delphiniums, snapdragon, and more. Find the text and printable versions of this infographic on UF IFAS Solutions Gardening Solutions. gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/ornamen…

Today's the day! Stand up and holler #AllForTheGators this Day of Giving 📣🐊 Find a cause close to your blue and orange heart 💙🧡 givingday.ufl.edu/pages/uf-ifas

It's #InvasiveSpecies Week! Want to learn about native alternatives to invasive plants? Find this graphic, the full text, and links to the full "Plant This, Not That" booklet on UF IFAS Solutions Gardening Solutions: gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/infographics-c… #NISAW

Congrats to graduate students Emily Rodriguez, Fangchen Liu & Nabeel Shaheen from UF IFAS Dept. of Environmental Horticulture associate professor Alfred Huo’s lab for receiving scholarships from Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club! 👏 Pictured are them at Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club’s Garden Fair last weekend. 🌷📷

Curious about the latest #IFASResearch at MREC? 💭 You’re in luck! Our 2024 fall/winter newsletter is now available and packed with the latest updates and insights. Read it here 🔗 tinyurl.com/yujuje5x

🌱DYK? In 2019, our Plant Diagnostic Clinic helped save a grower’s $350,000 poinsettia crop – just in time for the holidays! We’re honored that the National Land-Grant Impacts Database (NIDB) recognizes this impact. Read more 🔗 tinyurl.com/yx5vz63d

On #AgDay, we want to recognize the 18,690 Florida growers who are changing how they feed the world so they can help protect Florida. Our Nutrient Management Program is currently updating fertilizer recommendations to help take Florida agriculture to a new level of

Commissioner Wilton Simpson announced major updates to nine Best Management Practices (BMP) manuals and a new BMP manual for small farms & specialty livestock – providing real solutions that benefit our natural resources and agricultural producers. More: tinyurl.com/2s3zfn5c

Own a private well? 💧 UF/IFAS water resources Extension agents Yilin Zhuang & Andrea Albertin just launched the Florida Well Owner Network website – your go-to resource for wells, water quality, & more. Water you waiting for? Check it out🔗 go.ufl.edu/ifasfwon

Tiny thrips, big trouble! 🔍 Dr. Lance Osborne shared insights at the UF/IFAS Citrus Insect Workshop last month about 10 different pests that pose a threat to Florida citrus. Read more at Citrus Industry magazine about managing chili thrips 🔗 citrusindustry.net/2025/03/19/chi…

Last week, grad student Nabeel Shaheen, under Dr. Alfred Huo, presented his research on “Transposon Mutagenesis in Snapdragon” to first- & second-year Valencia College students. His presentation focused on developing climate-resistant snapdragon cultivars. ☀️

April is an ideal time to plant many species of flowers. From butterfly-friendly native milkweed to dazzling sunflowers, there's plenty for your landscape. Find the text and printable versions of this infographic on UF IFAS Solutions Gardening Solutions. gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/ornamen…

Have you visited our ✨ award-winning ✨ website yet? Our Florida Well Owner Network (FWON) website has been awarded the Gold Award by the ANREP! 🏆 Visit the site for expert guidance on wells, septic systems & more ➡️ water.ifas.ufl.edu/well/

Yesterday, graduate student Nabeel Shaheen represented MREC at the 2025 Graduate Student Research Day, presenting his research “Optimizing Tissue Culture Regeneration in Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) for Genetic Studies.” 🌱

Happy #GraduateStudentAppreciationWeek! We are incredibly grateful for our graduate students who are essential to our research. Their hard work and passion drive our mission forward every day. 🌱🔬 Thank you for all that you do! #TeamIFAS #IFASResearch