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    Environmental Horticulture

    Environmental Horticulture

    Nursery, Greenhouse and Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Production

    The Environmental Horticulture Dept has active research in specialty crop production (ornamentals, vegetables, fruit, medicinal, and other value-added crops) in container nurseries and protected structures that range from high tunnels to hydroponic greenhouses and indoor vertical farms.

    Paul Fisher

    Dr. Paul Fisher

    352-273-4581
    pfisher@ufl.edu
    Environmental Horticulture 
    University of Florida
    2549 Fifield Hall
    PO Box 110670
    Gainesville FL 32611-0670

    We collaborate in multi-state projects on applied research for the commercial greenhouse industry.

     

    • The Floriculture Research Alliance is a university-industry consortium for applied research on production, propagation, and shipping of floriculture crops. Our focus areas are root zone management (growing media, fertilizer, water), production training, and economics.
    • The Clean Water3 research program focuses on water sanitation and quality to help growers capture and reuse irrigation runoff.
    • The Resilient Plants Project is funded by a grant entitled “Production, Shipping and Postharvest Techniques to Maximize Sales and Sell-Through while Minimizing Inputs (including labor)” through the USDA-ARS Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative. The overarching research objective is to increase plant resilience in floriculture products to reduce crop losses at production, retail, and consumer phases.
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    Environmental Horticulture Department at the University of Florida, IFAS
    2550 Hull Road, Rm. 1549 (W.M. Fifield Hall) PO Box 110670 Gainesville, FL 32611-0670
    (352) 392-1831

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