UF/IFAS Researchers Seek Ways to Keep Pathogens, Pests From Traveling with Grain
Monday, October 12, 2015 - 12:50
in Earth & Climate
In a new analysis in the journal BioScience, UF/IFAS researchers evaluated how wheat moved along rail networks in the United States and Australia. Through their analysis, researchers identified U.S. states that are particularly important for sampling and managing insect and fungal problems as they move through the networks, said Karen Garrett, a UF/IFAS plant pathology professor and senior author of the study. The new knowledge could help make the food supply safer and save farmers hundreds of millions of dollars annually.