1. Agricultural and Horticultural Enterprises

3. Natural Resources and Environmental Quality

4-H Youth Development

Florida 4-H Youth Development Program

<h3>Useful Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://abe.ufl.edu/">ABE Extension website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_abe_authors">ABE EDIS Authors</a></li>
</ul>

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

<p>"The UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication (AEC) develops leaders, educators and communicators to meet the challenges society is facing in the agriculture and natural resource industries." --- <a href="https://aec.ifas.ufl.edu/about/">About AEC</a></p>
<h3>Useful Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://aec.ifas.ufl.edu/">AEC website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_aec_authors">AEC EDIS Authors</a></li>
</ul>

Agricultural Education and Communication

Department of Agricultural Education and Communication

Agronomy

Agronomy Department

<p>UF/IFAS Animal Science Department <a href="https://animal.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/">Extension</a> develops programs and activities in the areas of <a href="https://animal.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/beef/">Beef</a>, <a href="https://animal.ifas.ufl.edu/equine/equine-extension/">Equine</a>, <a href="https://animal.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/meat-extension/">Meat</a>, <a href="https://animal.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/dairy/">Dairy</a> <a href="https://animal.ifas.ufl.edu/smallruminant/">Small Ruminant</a>, and <a href="https://animal.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/youth/">Youth</a></p>

Animal Science

Department of Animal Sciences

<p>The UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) is the oldest and largest off-campus experiment station in UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) and is unique among research centers in that it focuses entirely on one commodity, citrus. [<a href="http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/">website</a>]</p>

Citrus REC

Citrus Research and Education Center

Environmental Horticulture

Environmental Horticulture Department

<p>The Department of Entomology and Nematology maintains tripartite priorities consistent with the mandate given to full-service landgrant universities and associated experiment stations: <a href="https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/research-areas/department-research-areas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Research</a>, <a href="http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Extension</a>, and <a href="https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/academic-programs/academics-directory/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Academics</a>. These programs are facilitated with state funding, extramural contract and grant funding, donations and gifts, and the collaborative efforts of cooperating agencies and institutions. The Department has coordinated faculty efforts and strengths into what could be considered major thrust areas for the Department. These areas of emphasis include: Behavior, Ecology, and Systematics; Biological Control; Medical, Veterinary and Urban Entomology; Nematology; Pest Management; and Physiology, Biochemistry, and Genetics.</p>

Entomology and Nematology

Entomology and Nematology Department

Everglades REC

Everglades Research and Education Center

<h3>Useful Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_FAS_authors">FAS EDIS Author pages</a></li>
</ul>

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

School of Forest, Fisheries, and Aquatic Sciences--Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

<p>Note: In March 2021, the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation (SFRC) changed its name to the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences (FFGS). Older publications will still use the older name.</p>
<h3>Useful Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://ffgs.ifas.ufl.edu">FFGS website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_sfrc_authors">FFGS EDIS Author pages</a></li>
</ul>

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Herbarium

University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Ft Lauderdale REC

Florida Medical Entomology Lab

Florida Medical Entomology Lab in Vero Beach

<p>"FRED" departmental programs reflect the diversity of Florida's agriculture which has more than 50 major commodities. The Department has 32 faculty members involved in a full range of research, extension, and teaching programs including Agricultural Marketing and Policy, Production/Farm Management, International Trade and Development, Marine Economics, Natural Resources, Community/Regional Development, and Labor Economics. In addition to 30 faculty members located at the main campus in Gainesville, three faculty are found at research and education centers located throughout the state. --- <a href="http://www.fred.ifas.ufl.edu/">Food and Resource Economics Department website</a></p>
<h3>Useful Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://fred.ifas.ufl.edu/">FRED website</a></li>
</ul>

Food and Resource Economics

Food and Resource Economics Department (FRED)

<p>The UF/IFAS Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition is among one of the world's largest combined programs in which food science, nutritional sciences, and dietetics are studied within one academic department.&nbsp;</p>

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Food Science and Human Nutrition Department

<h3>Useful Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/">FYCS Department website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_fy_authors">FYCSEDIS Author pages</a></li>
</ul>

Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences

Family Youth and Community Sciences

<div>UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center is located at
<div>14625 CR 672, Wimauma, FL33598</div>
. <a href="http://gcrec.ifas.ufl.edu/">http://gcrec.ifas.ufl.edu/</a></div>

Gulf Coast REC

Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

<p>"Florida's agricultural industry generates more than $103 billion in annual economic impact and employs more than 500,000 people. Florida's farmers produce nearly 300 commodities, and winter vegetables and citrus consistently lead the national rankings. To meet the needs of this diverse industry, research and extension programs in the areas of fruit and vegetable production, postharvest technology and weed science are delivered on a county, regional and statewide basis using a variety of methods including field days, intensive hands-on training, and distance learning. Excellence in programming facilitates the exchange of information and technology and contributes to the professional development of extension faculty and the agricultural clientele they serve." <br />--- <a href="http://www.hos.ufl.edu/extension-programs">Extension Programs, Horticultural Sciences Department</a></p>

Horticultural Sciences

Horticultural Sciences Department

<p>The <a href="http://www.irrec.ifas.ufl.edu/index.shtml">UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center</a>, or IRREC in Fort Pierce, is one of the 13 IFAS research and education centers. IRREC is known internationally for cutting-edge research and a high quality educational program and provides regional leadership to agriculturalists with research and extension programs. Specific research areas include: water and nutrient management for citrus and flatwoods soils; epidemiology and control of leaf and fruit diseases of citrus; evaluation of citrus and vegetable cultivars in Florida; utilization of soil amendments; micro-irrigation of horticultural crops in humid regions; leadership in citrus, vegetable and water management state extension programs on the east coast of Florida; economic production of agricultural products; post-harvest handling and packing of agricultural products; biological control of invasive plants and aquaculture.</p>

Indian River REC

Indian River Research and Education Center

<h3>Useful Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://microcell.ufl.edu/">Department of Microbiology and Cell Science website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_microcell_authors">Microcell EDIS Author pages</a></li>
</ul>

Department of Microbiology and Cell Science

Microbiology and Cell Science

Mid-Florida REC

Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Apopka

<a href="https://nfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/">The North Florida Research &amp; Education Center (NFREC)</a> is one of the largest and the most diverse units of UF/IFAS, consisting of research and education campuses in Quincy and Marianna, Florida. The research and extension programs at NFREC are designed to help agricultural and natural resource clientele adapt and manage resources and agricultural operations effectively and profitably in a changing socioeconomic and environmentally aware setting.

North Florida REC

North Florida Research and Education Center

Center for Public Issues Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (PIE Center)

PIE Center

<p>The University of Florida's Pesticide Information and Education Program provides information, educational programs, and materials to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Persons who use pesticides as a part of their livelihood</li>
<li>Consumers with questions about use and impact of pesticides in their daily lives</li>
<li>Faculty and students</li>
<li>Decision makers, such as local, state, and federal government regulators and legislators</li>
</ul>

Pesticide Information Office

<p>The department is recognized as a national and international leader in many areas of plant pathology. The research programs focus on diseases caused by fastidious microorganisms, bacteria, fungi, and whitefly- and aphid-transmitted viruses. We are known for our research on diseases of diverse crops including citrus; vegetables such as tomato, pepper and cucurbits; ornamentals including foliage plants and flowering and woody ornamentals; field crops including soybean, peanut and sugarcane; and tropical fruits. Our strengths also include expertise in epidemiology, molecular biology of host-parasite interactions, biological control, and post-harvest diseases. Our faculty has also been very active in international programs as evidenced by the many collaborative efforts in Florida and outside the U.S.<br />--- About Plant Pathology, <a href="https://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/about-us/">https://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/about-us/</a></p>

Plant Pathology

Plant Pathology Department

Range Cattle REC

Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona

<p>The Florida Sea Grant College Program supports research and education activities that help Florida's shoreline communities, industries and citizens wisely use the state's coastal and marine resources. <br />Source: <a href="http://flseagrant.ifas.ufl.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida Sea Grant Marine Extension</a></p>

Florida Sea Grant

Florida Sea Grant Program

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<p><span>The Southwest Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC) is located in a vibrant agricultural region, one mile north of Immokalee and approximately 35 miles southeast of Fort Myers, where faculty and staff are actively conducting research programs in citrus horticulture, vegetable horticulture, irrigation and water resource management, precision agricultural engineering, pest management, plant pathology, citrus pathology, agricultural and natural resource economics, soil microbiology, plant physiology, weed science, soil science, and agricultural economics.</span></p>

Southwest Florida REC

Southwest Florida Research and Education Center

<p>UF/IFAS Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Extension faculty translate current and relevant soil and water science knowledge into user-friendly form for Florida residents, visitors, industry, business, governmental agencies and county agents.</p>
<h3>Related Topics</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/entity/topic/nutrient_management">Nutrient Management</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/entity/topic/soil_and_water_by_county">Soil and Water by County</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/entity/topic/soil_testing">Soil Testing</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/entity/topic/waste_management">Waste Management</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/entity/topic/water">Water Resources</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/entity/topic/wetlands">Wetlands</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/entity/topic/spa_soil_and_water">Spanish Language Soil and Water resources </a></li>
</ul>

Department of Soil and Water Sciences

Soil and Water Science

<a href="http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu/">Tropical Research and Education Center(TREC)</a> was established in 1929 by an act of the state legislature in what is now Miami-Dade County. Due to the region's humid subtropical climate, TREC is the only state university research center in the continental U.S. focusing on a large number of tropical and subtropical crops. Also, the area's oolitic limestone soil is unique to extreme southern Florida.  In addition, the Center addresses water and environmental issues that impact crop production over a shallow aquifer and in proximity to Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Marine Park, Florida Bay and major well fields which provide drinking water to the several million people in neighboring urban areas.

Tropical REC

Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC)

<h3>Useful Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/">CVM website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_vm_authors">CVM EDIS Author pages</a></li>
</ul>

UF College of Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medicine-Large Animal Clinical Sciences

<p>"To serve, advise, and develop educational programs for Florida citizens in conjunction with county extension agents and other state, county, and local organizations interested in wildlife issues." <br />Programs are oriented toward the use, conservation, management, and appreciation of wildlife resources, and requests for such programs can be made through county Extension offices or directly with specialists.<br />(Source: <a href="http://www.wec.ufl.edu/extension/">Florida Wildlife Extension</a>)</p>
<h3>Useful Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.wec.ufl.edu/">WEC website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_wildlife_authors">WEC EDIS Author pages</a></li>
</ul>

Publications