@DrSaba

Professor, Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A. Views my own.

 Gainesville, FL
Joined March 2009
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Vitamin A deficiency affects 345M people worldwide. New research in @PlantPhys from Drs. Jingwe Fu, Denise Tieman and Bala Rathinasabapathi report a vitamin A–enhanced tomato with larger fruit, higher yields, and improved flavor. 🔗youtube.com/watch?v=bW5Pzbpe…

Vitamin Boosted Tomatoes

By introducing a pepper gene into tomatoes, UF scientists produced ...

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Interestingly they numb your taste buds temporarily leading to a unique flavor profile when mixed with other spices.
onionweigher 🧅⚖️
@onionweigherJan 12
Replying to @WIGGYWAMWAM
The Zanthoxylum are a genus in the Rutaceae (citrus family), not closely related to black pepper. If you look at them closely they look like tiny oranges
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Catalin Voiniciuc@cvoiniciuc5 Sep 2025
With deep sadness, we announce the passing of Dr. Andrew Hanson @ADHansonLab, C.V. Griffin Sr. Eminent Scholar in @ufhorticulture @UF_IFAS. To participate in a video montage honoring Dr. Hanson, please share a message by Sept 9: ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/S…
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Recently we have celebrated blueberry breeder Dr Paul Lyrene and his presentation on crop domestication was thought-provoking.
UF IFAS
@UF_IFAS11 Aug 2025
The @ufhorticulture Blueberry Breeding Building now bears the name Paul Lyrene! Listen to his @UF and industry colleagues describe this @ufplantbreeding legend ⤵️
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New #mushrooms pop up after every July rain in #Florida. #life #fungi
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It’s a joy to find something that you haven’t recognized in the native vegetation for a few years. Looks like Clematis. #Floriida #Nature
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The best of North Central #Florida #Nature is in pockets of wild vegetation left untouched in urban and rural neighborhoods!
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There’s something about #tomatoes, everyone loves them! #horticulture #food
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#Dandelion #field Many times unkept yard is truly beautiful! #Nature #Asteraceae
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#MorningGlory - several weeds in the Morning Glory family are true to their names. Sweet potato is an important #vegetable in this family
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#Florida #Nature #PaynesPrairie
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Nature’s #music
𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚 ⌧@Lauraxs1530 Apr 2025
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Rosary peas flower this time of the year in central #Florida. A bewitchingly beautiful but toxic vine of the bean family.
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#Summer#grape Is there an argument to be made to use wild Vitis germplasm in Eastern North America in improving grapes? #pllants
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Bala Rathinasabapathi retweeted
Science Magazine
@ScienceMagazine22 Apr 2025
In a new Science study, researchers estimate that as many as 1.4 billion people live in areas with soil dangerously polluted by heavy metals like arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, nickel, and lead. The results reveal a global risk, but also a previously unrecognized high-risk, metal-enriched zone in low-latitude Eurasia. scim.ag/4jdqOJB
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Happy #Easter! Happy #Spring!
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Tomatoes are versatile! US farms produce about 1/3rd of what we consume; another 1/3 frm Mexico ,1/3 frm Canada & the rest frm elsewhere. Production combined with postharvest tech ensures red tomatoes are there everytime you walk into a store! #food #stories
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⁦@UFPlantbreeding⁩ ⁦@UfLettuce⁩ Thanks to Dr German Sandoya for an excellent overview on Lettuce breeding at the Vegetable Breeding course! Apr 1, 2025
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Bala Rathinasabapathi retweeted
Andrew D Hanson Lab@ADHansonLab27 Mar 2025
Congratulations to 2 outstanding @ufhorticulture @UF_IFAS colleagues on their 2024 election to AAAS! 🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽 aaas.org/programs/fellows/20…
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#Florida #Springbreak Pear trees flower now getting ready for the coming fruiting season!
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