The University of Florida is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville,Florida,United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. The university traces its origins to 1853 and has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906.
Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that improve on the original species in qualities such as color,shape,scent,and long-lasting blooms. There are many examples of fine ornamental plants that can provide height,privacy,and beauty for any garden. These ornamental perennial plants have seeds that allow them to reproduce. One of the beauties of ornamental grasses is that they are very versatile and low maintenance.
Taxodium ascendens,also known as pond cypress,is a deciduous conifer of the genus Taxodium,native to North America. Many botanists treat it as a variety of bald cypress,Taxodium distichum rather than as a distinct species,but it differs in habitat,occurring mainly in still blackwater rivers,ponds and swamps without silt-rich flood deposits. It predominates in cypress dome habitats.
Citrus greening disease is a disease of citrus caused by a vector-transmitted pathogen. The causative agents are motile bacteria,Liberibacter spp. The disease is transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid,Diaphorina citri,and the African citrus psyllid,Trioza erytreae. It has no known cure. It is graft-transmissible.
Imperata cylindrica is a species of perennial rhizomatous grass native to tropical and subtropical Asia,Micronesia,Melanesia,Australia,Africa,and Southern Europe. It has also been introduced to Latin America,the Caribbean,and the Southeastern United States. It is a highly flammable pyrophyte,and can spread rapidly by colonizing disturbed areas and encouraging more frequent wildfires.
Wesley Kent Fuchs is an American university professor and academic administrator. He was the 12th president of the University of Florida in Gainesville,Florida,serving from 2015 to 2023. He previously served as the provost of Cornell University from 2009 through 2014.
The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is a teaching,research and Extension scientific organization focused on agriculture and natural resources. It is a partnership of federal,state,and county governments that includes an Extension office in each of Florida's 67 counties,12 off-campus research and education centers,five demonstration units,the University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences,three 4-H camps,portions of the UF College of Veterinary Medicine,the Florida Sea Grant program,the Emerging Pathogens Institute,the UF Water Institute and the UF Genetics Institute.
Ilex decidua is a species of holly native to the United States.
E. Travis York,Jr. was an American agronomist,professor,university administrator,agricultural extension administrator,and U.S. presidential adviser. York was a native of Alabama,and earned his bachelor's,master's and doctorate degrees in agricultural sciences. He served as the director of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service,the administrator of the federal Extension Service,the interim president of the University of Florida,and the chancellor of the State University System of Florida.
Joseph C. Joyce,executive associate vice president for agriculture and natural resources at the University of Florida is a Jacksonville,Florida native. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Alabama. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1982.
The University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS),founded in 1964,is a college of the University of Florida.
University of Florida Center for African Studies (CAS) is a center within of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) at the University of Florida (UF). The Center provides teaching and research into issues of African languages,humanities,social sciences,agriculture,business,engineering,education,fine arts,environmental studies,conservation,journalism,and law.
Abdul Rashid,is a Pakistani agricultural scientist,who has served as a Member (Bio-sciences) of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 2008 to 2011 and Director General of Pakistan's National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) from 2006 to 2008. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii at Manoa,Hawaii,in the United States.
The University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is the agricultural and environmental sciences college of the University of Maryland and operates the Maryland Sea Grant College in cooperation with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Jimmy G. Cheek is Chancellor Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Higher Education in Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at The University of Tennessee,Knoxville (UTK) and Former Director of the Postsecondary Education Research Center. He is also Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida. As the state's flagship research campus,UT Knoxville is currently ranked as a Top 50 public institution.
Karen Koch is a plant biologist in the horticultural science department in the University of Florida. She is a professor in the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology (PMCB) Program,Horticultural Sciences Department,and Genetics Institute at University of Florida.
P. K. Ramachandran Nair is an Indian American agricultural scientist,Distinguished Professor of Agroforestry and International Forestry at the School of Forest,Fisheries,and Geomatics Sciences (SFFGS),Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS),University of Florida. He is known for his pioneering contributions to the science of agroforestry,for which he received global recognition including the Humboldt Prize (2006). The specific areas of his research include agroforestry in the tropics and subtropics,integrated farming systems,soil carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation,ecosystem services,and soil fertility management. He has written over 200 peer-reviewed articles,17 books and over 80 book chapters.
Bluggoe,Orinoco,Musa'Orinoco',or burro is a cultivar of banana.
Delia Grace is an epidemiologist and a veterinarian. Grace joined the University of Greenwich in May 2020 as Professor of Food Safety Systems at the Natural Resources Institute. She is also Joint Appointed Scientist,Animal and Human Health Program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI),Nairobi,Kenya.
Cheryl Palm was an American agricultural scientist who was Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Florida. Her research considers tropical land use and ecosystem function,including carbon and nutrient dynamics. She was the former Chair of the International Nitrogen Initiative and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Society of Agronomists.
