As hop cones mature, they produce acids and essential oils that contribute to the bitterness and aroma of beer🍻 We sample cones for preharvest chemical analysis multiple times to monitor the maturity level and determine the optimum time to harvest! 2 weeks to go 😍 #UFHops

Discovery about chilli thrips behavior at UF Gulf Coast REC leads to new recommendations allowing #strawberry growers to manage the pest while cutting insecticide use by 60% or more. #FloridaAgriculture 🔗 go.ufl.edu/n55rlk7

We love hosting people from all around the world, and this past week we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Sergio Ruffo and Dr. Alessandro Sato from the State University of Londrina and the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil!

Our recent Hops Field Day was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who joined us 🥰 A special thanks to our incredible panelists from Emerald Coast Brewing Company, Swan Brewing, and Mastry's Brewing Co for your invaluable insights and engaging discussion! Big shoutout to

Our plant breeders have sequenced the Lantana camara genome, creating new tools to develop sterile varieties. This breakthrough helps preserve native lantana and prevents invasive species from taking over. 🔗shorturl.at/OIXkp

Seedlings for the 2024-25 season are off to the nursery! This year is special since the seedlings are back at UF Gulf Coast REC after 2 years at an outsourced facility. A lot of brainstorming definitely paid off! The UF/IFAS Strawberry Breeding Program and Dr. Vance M. Whitaker can now rest…for a while. 😁

A wonderful program that produces exceptional employees!

Experimenting with hops grown at UF Gulf Coast REC just got a little easier for Florida craft brewers thanks to a new hammer mill and pelletizer (seen in the video) donated by a local grower. #CraftBeer #FloridaAg #Hops updates from the GCREC team 🔗 go.ufl.edu/sjwiz8h

Ana Buzanini of UF Gulf Coast REC shows Youth Field Day participants how her lab uses #AIatUF and precsion ag to kill weeds. UF/IFAS Dept of Soil, Water & Ecosystem Sciences, @uf_ifas_rcrec

Dr. Zhanao Deng and Simon Bollin are evaluating 33 potential new Florida hop varieties. Could there be a pumpkin hop for that perfect Fall pumpkin stout? Stay tuned for exciting new aromas!🍺

Getting ready for our second hops crop of the season with new twine. New shoots are already emerging! Interested in learning how to install twines in a hopyard? Check out the link below 🔗 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼: shorturl.at/vy1qr 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: shorturl.at/Zqa1g

Dr. Chastity Perry on her Thailand trip with GIVE Volunteers: "Living in the moment, rock climbing, teaching kids, working on permaculture, bamboo rafting, and meeting a baby elephant—unforgettable adventures!" 🐘 #GlobalCitizen #UF

Our second crop of #hops this season is thriving, already reaching the 15-ft cable! By using LED lights to extend day length, we're successfully suppressing premature flowering until the plants hit 18 ft, ensuring a robust harvest ahead. 🍺

𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼🍅 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: Our amazing farm crew is top-notch at customizing fertilizer applicators for our study on nutrient-supplying patterns & leaching risks of controlled-release vs. water-soluble fertilizers. Big thanks to Florida Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services for

We are ready for the 2024-2025 Strawberry season #strawberrybreeding #pathology #entimology #nematology #ai 🍓🙂

Day 60: Hops reached 18-ft on both trellises! Lateral branches will now form to produce cones. #Hops #Floridahops #CraftBeer #UF

PhD student Roshni retrieves bags of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici—the fungus behind Fusarium wilt—treated with fumigants. This data will help her understand the long-term effects of fumigation on the survival and recovery of soil-borne pathogens in tomatoes and their

Our Strawberry Advisory System may get an #AIatUF-powered upgrade ➡️ go.ufl.edu/berry-ai thanks to a new algorithm developed by a @UFplantpath scientist UF Gulf Coast REC and a UF/IFAS Agricultural and Biological Engineering researcher. #AIinAg #FloridaAgriculture

Great challenges present opportunities for world-class scientists. We’re fortunate to have Drs. Dr. Vance M. Whitaker, Peres, and Lee leading the charge here in Florida! FLORIDA UF/IFAS-PlantBreeding UF IFAS Solutions Hort. Sciences at UF UF Gulf Coast REC UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department

Here at the center, grower input is vital to guiding our work. Recently, several Florida #caladium growers visited our breeder, Dr. Deng, to provide feedback on our caladium variety development and discuss how we can better support this industry moving forward.