CANR News

Category: Research

December 07, 2023 Written by Kate Zincone

5 things to know about ticks this summer

August 21, 2026 | Written by UDaily Staff

Blue Hen faculty, students and alumni in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) work to advance our understanding of ticks and Lyme disease. Here are five things they want everyone to know before heading outdoors.
Global crops and drought

July 30, 2026 | Written by Adam Thomas | Illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase

A new study from the University of Delaware’s Kyle Davis examined production losses for 17 major crops accounting for three-quarters of the world’s food production and found that portions of the Midwestern United States, eastern Brazil, eastern Spain, and central and northern India were among the areas most sensitive to droughts.
AI flower power

July 27, 2026 | Written by Katie Peikes | Photo illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase

Yin Bao, University of Delaware assistant professor of digital agriculture, built a specialized AI tool called FLORIST to automatically analyze thousands of plant photos taken by everyday people, instead of manually sorting through 44,000 images. FLORIST efficiently filtered out the vast majority of photos that did not show active flowering, narrowing the dataset. Bao says the main takeaway is blending widespread public observations with deep genetic research gives a more complete understanding of how species evolve to survive in the wild.