Category: Pests & Disease
Barn owl conservation efforts in South Florida — a soaring success for species, growers, environment
February 24, 2021
Rodents are responsible for millions of dollars in damage to crops and farm equipment each year. Through the University of Florida Barn Owl Project in the Everglades Agricultural Area, a beneficial relationship has quietly thrived for ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Barn Owls, Everglades Agriculture Area, Plant Pathology, Richard Raid, UF IFAS Everglades Research And Education Center
Parts of a Label 6…How Do I Use It?
February 23, 2021
Blogs 1-5 of “Parts of the Pesticide Label” covered safety, both personal and everything else. Now that safety is covered, we are ready, at long last, to get into the meat of the label “How Do I Use It?” Now we enter the bulk ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & DiseaseTags: Brett Bultemeier, National Pesticide Safety Education Month, Parts Of A Pesticide Label, Pesticide, Pesticide Information Office, Pesticide Label
The Concept of Integrated Pest Management
February 23, 2021
Authors: Liz Felter, Ph.D., and Caroline R. Warwick, M.S. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a holistic approach to managing insects, mites, pathogens, nematodes, weeds, and other pests in which multiple techniques, concepts, and practices ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Cflandscapes, Disease, Greenhouse, Insects, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, Mites, Nematodes, Nursery, Pathogens, Pest Management, Pests, Scouting, Weeds
It’s a Bee…It’s a Fly… It’s Stomach Bots!
February 23, 2021
Horse Bot Fly (Gasterophilus intestinalis) The horse bot fly or stomach bot is an internal parasite of the horse’s gastrointestinal tract. Geographical location influences seasonality of bot flies. In north Florida, the flies are more active ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Bot Fly, Horses. Internal Parasites, Stomach Bots, Topic Tuesday, UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee County
New Video: Mites of Industrial Hemp in Florida
February 23, 2021
The UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Pilot Project has a new video resource available for industrial hemp growers: Mites of Industrial Hemp in Florida. The video, narrated by UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center (MREC) professor of entomology ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Biological Control, Eriophyidae, Hemp, Industrial Hemp, Juanita Popenoe, Lance Osborne, Mites, Mites In Hemp, Osborne, Tarsonemidae, Tetranychida
Researchers return to field work for healthy infants in Ethiopia
February 22, 2021
Despite delays, newborn babies in Ethiopia are now being enrolled in a research study designed to reveal their vulnerability to bacterial infections from livestock. The project’s field work planned for April 2020 had been delayed by the COVID-19 ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot TopicTags: Disease, Ethiopia, Infant, Laboratory, Livestock, Special Topics
2021 Landscape Pesticide Applicator Training – 1st Quarter
February 19, 2021
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Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, WaterTags: CEU, Fertilizer, Pesticide, Pesticide Applicator, Pesticide Training, ProHort
Parts of a Label 5…How Do I Protect Everything Else?
February 18, 2021
Blogs 1-4 of “Parts of the Pesticide Label” covered personal safety, “How Do I Protect Myself?” At this point many are ready to start using the pesticide, I mean “hey I’m safe, let’s go!” That is all well and good, but our responsibility ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Water, WildlifeTags: Brett Bultemeier, Environmental Hazards, National Pesticide Safety Education Month, Parts Of A Pesticide Label, Pesticide Information Office, Pesticide Label, Pesticide Safety