Research and Education Centers

• Mid-Florida Research and Education Center:
  
  
  • Apopka (1965)- Fertilizers and effects on ground water quality
    
    
• Citrus Research and Education Center:
  
  Lake Alfred (1917)- Citrus production, pest and weed control. Citrus rootstocks and root physiology and health. Postharvest handling and electronic grading. Soil microbiology, fertility and fertigation. Chronic tree decline disease of citrus. Cold protection. Breeding of new varieties by conventional and protoplast fusion techniques. Citrus fruit and product quality. Flavor and byproduct research and development. Irrigation technology, water relations and salinity research. Pesticide application research and applicator training. Biocontrol of citrus pests. Nematode Research.
  
  
• Everglades Research and Education Center:
  
  Belle Glade (1921)- Fertilizer and waste management for sugar cane and vegetable production on muck soils. Pest management for vegetables and sugar cane. Lettuce, celery and sweet corn variety development.
  
  
• Gulf Coast Research and Education Centers:
  
  
  
  
  • Balm (1925) - Tomato genetics,breeding and variety development with emphasis on disease resistance. Pre- and postharvest physiology of tomatoes and other vegetables. Vegetable variety evaluations for Florida. Water management, including microirrigation, water quantity and quality studies. Biological and chemical control of insects, diseases, nematodes and weeds. Bacterial and other diseases of vegetable crops.
    
    
  • Dover(1925)- Strawberry genetics,breeding, production, pest control, control of anthracnose and other diseases, and water management.
    
    
    
• North Florida Research and Education Centers
  
  
  
  
  • Quincy (1921)- Field crops, vegetables,tomatoes, tropical corn, watermelon production systems for North Florida, insect and disease management on agronomic and vegetable crops
    
    
  • Marianna (1948) - Peanut research
    
    
  • Monticello (1929)- Peach production research
    
    
  • Suwannee Valley (Live Oak - 1950) - Alternative crops evaluation. Field crops, blueberries, fruit and vegetable crops
    
    
    
• Southwest Florida Research and Education Center:
  
  Immokalee (1955) - Citrus and vegetable research on flatwoods soils. Irrigation and fertility technology for crops grown on soils with a high water table. Agro-ecology and biocontrol.
  
  
• Tropical Research and Education Center:
  
  Homestead (1929) - Subtropical fruits and vegetables, potatoes, tomatoes. Fertilizer and water management for fruit and vegetable production. Seed dormancy. Biological control of selected pests and weeds through introduction of natural enemies. Internationally renowned program on tissue culture breeding and propagation of tropical fruit trees.
  
  
• Indian River Research and Education Center:
  
  Ft. Pierce (1948)- Production and pest management of vegetables and citrus. Citrus production and water management for Indian River grove conditions. Citrus pest and disease control. Microirrigation systems research.
  
  
• Hastings Research and Education Center:
  
  Potatoes, cabbage and onions. Variety development. Chipping quality in potatoes. Pest management of insects, diseases, nematodes and weeds on vegetables. Irrigation and drainage of vegetables on flatwoods soils. Fertility studies.
  
  
• West Florida Research and Education Center:
  
  Jay (1943)- Field crops, vegetables,weeds, nematodes and pastures. Weed physiology. Soybean pests and diseases including nematodes. Weed control in field crops. Soil fertility.Sustainable agricultural systems.

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