See the in-house experts who will be sharing the panel sessions with our external speakers below:
Student Contributors |
Poster Title |
Jacobo Robledo - First Place Mónica Betancourt Vasquez Karen Garrett, Faculty Advisor |
Fusarium oxysporum f .sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (TR4): A pathogen of banana and plantain that threatens food security in Colombia
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Li-Ying Kuo- Second Place Nuria Castañeda Isabella Simonpietri Juan E Andrade-Laborde Jeanette Andrade, Faculty Advisor |
Protein-based nanoformulations to enhance vitamin D status in adults with CKD |
Chenjiao Tan Changying "Charlie" Li, Faculty Advisor |
Integration of Density Map and Segment Anything Model (SAM) for Cotton Boll Number, Size, and Yield Prediction from Aerial Images |
Daniel Petti Changying “Charlie” Li, Faculty Advisor |
Real-Time Flower Counting with Graph Neural Networks​ |
Gozde Gulseren Matthew E. Smith Juan Andrade Laborde , Faculty Advisor |
Edible Mycelium: A novel biofortification vehicle addressing iron deficiency |
Habib Akinmade Mario H. Murad Leite Andrade Rebecca Ulbritch Esteban Rios, Faculty Advisor |
Identification of the Genetic Basis of Pod, Seed and Yield Traits in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Using Genome-Wide Association Analysis |
John Harling Esteban Rios, Faculty Advisor K. Boote C. Messina J. Dubeux D. Atta O. Boukar P.O. Ongom |
Simulating Cowpea Phenology and Planting Time with DSSAT |
Lauren Lindow Ziynet Boz, Faculty Advisor Catherine Campbell Ana Martin-Ryals Ying Zhang |
Decision support tool adoption in controlled environment agriculture: A survey on influences and the diffusion of innovation |
Lizhi Jiang Changying "Charlie" Li, Faculty Advisor |
Cotton Boll Counting Based on 3D Gaussian Splatting and PointNet++ |
Moges Kidane Biru Marcio R. Nunes, Faculty Advisor |
Soil-grain-human health nexus: a geonutrition approach for addressing micronutrient deficiencies in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Mya Maybank Naim Montazeri, Faculty Advisor |
Enhancing Agricultural Water Safety Against Norovirus Through the Utilization of Hypochlorite-Based Sanitizer |
Nuria Castaneda Nadia Yammoul Juan Andrade, Faculty Advisor |
Physicochemical Characterization of Lupinus mutabilis Protein Isolate from the Andes of Ecuador |
Olga Shashkina Ziynet Boz, Faculty Advisor Gregory Kiker |
Resilience of Food Systems |
Pablo Sipowicz Esteban Rios, Faculty Advisor |
Developing genomic and phenomic prediction models in annual ryegrass |
Razieh Sadat Mirmahdi Samanta Dicker Naim Montazeri, Faculty Advisor |
Assessing the efficiency of RT-qPCR in distinguishing infectious from non-infectious norovirus using Tulane virus as a surrogate |
Roberto Cardenas Retamal Frank Asche, Faculty Advisor Di Fang, Faculty Advisor |
Salmon aquaculture in Chile: Production growth and socio-economic impact |
Sofia Acevedo, BS Malasia Milton Jeanette Andrade, Faculty Advisor |
Exploring spice consumption and spice taste preferences in adults: A qualitative study |
Sukhveer Singh Bhullar Sudeep Singh Sidhu, Faculty Advisor |
Integrating Precision Ag Techniques, Nitrogen Application Methods, and Preharvest Cover Cropping to Improve NUE and Water Quality |
Thiago Berton Ferreira Diego Pequeno José Mauricio Fernandes Willingthon Pavan Senthold Asseng Gerrit Hoogenboom, Faculty Advisor |
Modeling crop losses caused by pests and diseases under climate change |
Zhengkun Li Rui Xu Patricio Munoz Changying "Charlie" Li, Faculty Advisor |
Automated blueberry fruit trait phenotyping from field images by integrating a foundation segmentation model |
The Future of Food Forum 2023 was an exciting one-day gathering, on March 20, 2023, presented by the Global Food Systems Institute at the University of Florida. The Forum brought together great thinkers—academics, students, business leaders, farmers, growers, and policymakers—researching and implementing innovative ways to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) to transform food systems.
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Details including the program, recording, and posters are available at: Proceedings of the Future of Food Forum 2022
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The Future of Food Forum 2020, sponsored by the UF|IFAS Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, was an intensive and exciting one-day event at the University of Florida. It brought together leading experts, entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators to look at the future of food with an eye toward 2050.
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