UF/IFAS in the news Sept. 30

Good morning! This is your UF/IFAS news roundup for Sept. 30, 2013

 

Florida Peanuts: Leaf Spot Appears in the Panhandle

http://agfax.com/2013/09/27/florida-peanuts-leaf-spot-appears-in-the-panhandle/

 

WOMEN AND MONEY: UNIQUE ISSUES SERIES being offered at the Ag Center in Bonifay

http://fosterfollynews.com/2013/09/27/women-and-money-unique-issues-series-being-offered-at-the-ag-center-in-bonifay/

 

Citrus Growers, Beekeepers at Loggerheads Over Pesticides

http://www.theledger.com/article/20130928/NEWSCHIEF/130929163/-1/NEWSCHIEF03

 

In Florida, the front lines of a high-pitched bite-size war

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/us/in-florida-the-front-lines-of-a-war-with-mosquitoes.html?_r=0

 

Citrus Legends Luncheon

http://southeastagnet.com/2013/09/27/citrus-legends-luncheon/

What’s to like about lovebugs? (Walton County)

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/local/what-s-to-like-about-lovebugs-1.210297

 

Termite poop might be key to new antibiotics

http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_34867fee-299b-11e3-b45d-001a4bcf887a.html

 

What's that fluttering around the Emerald Coast?

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/local/what-s-that-fluttering-around-the-emerald-coast-1.210532

 

Program offers survival tips for healthier trees (Flagler County)

http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20130928/NEWS0402/130929505/1064?Title=Program-offers-survival-tips-for-healthier-trees

 

4-H'ers earn top honors at congress (St. Johns County)

http://staugustine.com/living/youth/2013-09-28/4-hers-earn-top-honors-congress

 

Florida has been invaded, and the invaders are winning

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/lifestyle/columns/larry-williams/florida-has-been-invaded-and-the-invaders-are-winning-1.209317

 

Florida researchers discover possible cultivar resistance to citrus greening

http://southeastfarmpress.com/orchard-crops/florida-researchers-discover-possible-cultivar-resistance-citrus-greening

 

UF study gets support from NIH to cut the fat in rural areas

http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_90f09740-2998-11e3-a1ed-001a4bcf887a.html

 

Behavior Brief (third item)

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/37698/title/Behavior-Brief/

 

Greening Our Community – Sustainability Lessons From a Concrete, Electric, Solar Powered Sailboat

http://blogs.tallahassee.com/community/2013/09/27/greening-our-community-sustainability-lessons-from-a-concrete-electric-solar-powered-sailboat/

 

 

UF and other news

Semi-trailer being towed hits pedestrian bridge at 13th Street at Archer Road

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130929/ARTICLES/130929498/1139?Title=Semi-trailer-being-towed-hits-pedestrian-bridge-at-13th-Street-at-Archer-Road

 

 

STI clinic keeping busy with students getting tested

http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_a18f6b22-298d-11e3-9233-001a4bcf887a.html

 

 

Government shutdown: Get up to speed in 20 questions

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/30/politics/government-shutdown-up-to-speed/

 

 

Orbital Sends Ship to Space Station

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303918804579104920967608730.html

 

University of Florida to offer bachelor’s degrees online

http://tbo.com/news/education/university-of-florida-to-offer-bachelors-degrees-online-20130929/

 

Q&A: Dangerous bacteria reported off Florida's coast

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-09-29/news/os-vibrio-vulnificus-qanda-20130929_1_vibrio-vulnificus-bacteria-gulf-coast

 

 

With Murky Water And Manatee Deaths, Lagoon Languishes

http://www.npr.org/2013/09/26/223037646/with-murky-water-and-manatee-deaths-lagoon-languishes