As the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) celebrates its 100th anniversary, administrators are praising a decades-long relationship between researchers with CREC and the Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC) in bringing healthy, nutritious fruit and juice to your home.
“Housing the FDOC and CREC scientists at the same location has brought together the expertise needed to address any issue facing the Florida citrus industry, from the field to the grocery store shelf, and everywhere in between,” said Michael Rogers, director of the CREC. “We’ve had a long and productive history working together to support the Florida citrus industry and continue to do so, as we are both working together to develop solutions for citrus greening disease.”
UF/IFAS horticultural sciences professor Jude Grosser, working in his lab at the Citrus REC. Grosser is a Professor of plant cell genetics.
Rose Walsh, scientific research director for the FDOC, said easy dialogue among those active in both the research and in the industry allows for multifaceted projects, collaboration and combination of expertise.
In addition, access to shared space and equipment creates an overall savings of the industry’s investments, Walsh said.
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Brad Buck
University of Florida
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