Gulf Coast Life

UF/IFAS Celebrates its 100th Anniversary

By Mike Kiniry,

Published November 28, 2017 at 12:55 PM EST

The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is celebrating the 100^th anniversary of its Citrus Research Education Center on Wednesday. We’re joined by the center’s director, Dr. Michael Rogers, to talk about this century old partnership between scientists and the citrus industry.

We'll learn more about the current state of citrus research into Citrus Greening and other threats to the industry. The research center focuses only on citrus, making it the only UF/IFAS research facility that focuses on only one type of crop.

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