Impact Magazine - Spring 2008 - (Page 3)

IMPACT is published by the Univer- sity of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and is produced by IFAS Communication Services (Ashley M. Wood, director) and IFAS External and Media Relations (Jack Battenfield, director). the institute of food and agricultural sciences magazine | vol. 24 no. 1 | spring 2008 © EDITORIAL BOARD jimmy g. cheek Senior Vice President Agriculture and Natural Resources joseph c. joyce Executive Associate Vice President larry r. arrington Dean for Extension mark r. mclellan 4 8 14 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 34 FeATures A Big Boost for Biofuels Top Priority Partnerships for Sustainable Agriculture Dean for Research r. kirby barrick Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences EDITOR charles t. woods PHOTO EDITOR thomas s. wright DESIGNER tracy bryant STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER tyler jones CONTRIBUTORS mickie anderson stu hutson tom nordlie COPY EDITORS nicole l. sloan darryl palmer NeWs uPDATes Eliminating the Evil Weevil Invasive Pest Defeating Resistant Roaches Biodiesel Boon User-Friendly Updates for FAWN Flat-Out Great for the Grill! Laser Labeling Cashing in on Caviar Saving Water with Soil-Moisture Sensors To change an address or to be added to the e-mail distribution list, e-mail kimmans@ufl.edu. IMPACT is available in alternate formats. Visit our Web site: http://impact.ifas.ufl.edu PeoPle , PlACes AND ThINgs Spotlight IFAS Development News On the Cover Citrus canker continues to be a serious disease for Florida’s $9.3 billion citrus industry, but citrus greening is now a more worrisome threat — and the top citrus research and extension education priority for UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. The two diseases are an unprecedented challenge for the industry, and IFAS is responding with expanded research and education programs. for more information, please see page 8. photo by thomas wright © copyright 2008 by the university of florida/ifas. all rights reserved | IMPACT | Spring 2008 IMPACT | Spring 2008 3 http://impact.ifas.ufl.edu

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Impact Magazine - Spring 2008 Contents A Big Boost for Biofuels Top Priority Partnerships for Sustainable Agriculture Eliminating the Evil Weevil Invasive Pest Defeating Resistant Roaches Biodiesel Boon User-Friendly Updates for FAWN Flat-Out Great for the Grill! Laser Labeling Cashing in on Caviar Saving Water with Soil-Moisture Sensors Spotlight IFAS Development News

Impact Magazine - Spring 2008

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