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UF Researcher Uses Gene To Produce Longer-Lasting Flowers

GAINESVILLE—The petunias in University of Florida researcher David Clark’s greenhouse are the Energizer bunnies of flowers — they keeping blooming and blooming and blooming.

Filed under Research, Environment, Florida, Agriculture on Thursday, April 25, 1996.

Winter Chill Hurts Easter Lily Crop, But Survivors Will Be Beauties, UF Scientist Says

BRADENTON—It’s been a rough year for Florida-grown Easter lilies. Unseasonably cold weather earlier this year will cause some plants grown outside the warmth of a greenhouse — about 30 percent of the state’s crop — to bloom well after the April 7 holiday.

Filed under Research, Business, Environment, Florida, Agriculture on Friday, April 5, 1996.