Blueberry Research Facility

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF IFAS)

Gainesville, Florida

This project involved the creation of a state-of-the-art facility for conducting blueberry breeding, research, extension, and instruction in the United States. It is a single-story, 9,800-square-foot facility dedicated to blueberry research, aiding in the development of cultivars more quickly to help Florida producers and enhancing the University of Florida’s status as a leader in blueberry breeding and research. It contains molecular, tissue, culture, and fruit quality laboratories, as well as instructional rooms for lectures and the needed support space for the facility to be fully self-contained.