✨ Here are a few highlights of Day 1 and 2 of the 2024 #MOIAI Short Course taking place #StraughnCenter and organized by Dr. Diego Jarquin. This week-long course has brought participants from USA, MEX, BRAZIL, GREECE, INDIA, PERU, CANADA and the UK.

Attending the Multi-Omics Integration for AI Genomic Prediction breeding at the University of Florida with DiegoJarquin

🤩 Participants, students, and volunteers attending the 2nd #MOIAI #GenomicPrediction Breeding Short Course organized by Dr. DiegoJarquin, and currently under way at UF IFAS Solutions #StraughnCenter, have had the opportunity to visit iconic places FLORIDA #BatHouses #BenHillGriffinStadium.

GIS-based G×E modeling of #maize hybrids through enviromic markers engineering Resende et al. DiegoJarquin 📖 ow.ly/nb4r50SEskk

Attended the MOIAI course for the 2nd year! Learnt more about genomic prediction and AI in breeding. Also met with Tim, my previous instructor at Uni Göttingen. Congrats to DiegoJarquin & the team for a successful one. Thanks Esteban Rios for sponsoring!

Looks to be a great talk from Diego Jarquin (DiegoJarquin) one of our international friends of The Advanced Plant Growth Centre (APGC). Register to attend through the link please.

Time for another 'Bioenergy 101!' 🌱 This talk features #Feedstock Production Co-PI Diego Jarquin of Agronomy at UF on "Fast-tracking #Miscanthus Breeding: Multispectral Imaging as a Cost-Effective Tool for Early Yield Prediction." 🌾 WATCH ▶️ youtu.be/0p2spEiuR68?si…

A zoysiagrass variety first spotted during a family trip to the Florida Everglades developed by Agronomy at UF is ready to hit the golf market. golfcourseindustry.com/news/brazos-zo…

Honored and deeply moved to be awarded the William C. and Bertha M. Cornett UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Scholarship. Grateful for the opportunity to continue pursuing my passion in plant breeding, where every step forward is build on hard work and trusting the process. 🌱 #Thankful #CALS

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!

📣 Here is the latest edition of the Spring/Summer 2024 Agrogator Newsletter showcasing the latest news Agronomy at UF Department. To access the newsletter follow this link: express.adobe.com/page/FuOW3BUya… #IFASResearch #UFCALS #IFASExtension 🧡 💙 🐊

After back to back hurricanes in FL, we finally have our strawberries on the ground! We were able to do 2 weeks worth of planting in just a week! This was only possible because of the amazing people we have. We are truly grateful! UF/IFAS Strawberry Breeding Program Dr. Vance M. Whitaker

After back to back hurricanes in FL, we finally have our strawberries on the ground! We were able to do 2 weeks' worth of planting in just a week! This was only possible because of the amazing people we have. We are truly grateful! Ready for the 2024-2025 Strawberry season 🍓

Welcome Dr. Ivan Ayala-Diaz Ivan Ayala-Diaz, a Colombian researcher working Cenipalma in a multidisciplinary team that focuses on overcoming crop limitations through the application of physiology, conventional breeding, and genomic tools for accelerating the creation

Finally, CHiDO's manuscript is out. Thanks Francisco Gonzalez and Julian Garcia Abadillo Velasco for leading the team efforts. Keep an eye out for upcoming updates. acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tp…

Even after Hurricane Milton, Florida strawberry growers will try to bring you the finest fruit this winter. Two new UF/IFAS-PlantBreeding cultivars from UF Gulf Coast REC's Dr. Vance M. Whitaker will help.

We're excited to remove the interim from Jay Ferrell's title and promote him to chair of Agronomy at UF! He will continue to lead UF IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants with the help of a to-be-hired associate director. More on our new department chair 🔗 bit.ly/3US1dvr

✨Welcome Dr. Jason "Jay" Ferrell newly appointed Professor and Chair for the UF IFAS Solutions Agronomy at UF Department. #IFASResearch #UFatWork 🧡💙🐊

🥳 Congratulations to Dr. Nicolás Caram for receiving the 2024 Alec Courtelis Award for Outstanding International Ph.D. Students from University of Florida International Center (UFIC). He was one of 5 selected for this award across the entire university. The committee was extremely impressed with his dedication