Collier County Extension Archives

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1/ March 28, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. For Spanish employees of commercial landscape maintenance companies: Required 6 hour Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance “Roundup” Pesticide Class CEUs & Exam. Cost: $20 Where: UF|IFAS Collier County Extension… Read More

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease

Tags: Collier County Extension, pesticide class

Ficus Whitefly, Singhiella simplex, was One of the Most Destructive Landscape Pests

by Doug Caldwell "Dr. Dougbug"

Posted: October 9, 2018

Before ficus whitefly, this community was surrounded by a wall of Ficus benjamina. Same hedge, about 6 years after ficus whitefly invasion. Dr. Muhammed Z. Ahmed and Collier County MG Tatiana Burhart evaluate the hedge’s failure. Ficus whiteflies… Read More

Category: Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease

Tags: Ahmed, Baeoentedon balios, Collier County Extension, Doug Caldwell, DPI, ficus dieback, IPM, lady beetles, UF-IFAS, whitefly

Tag: Collier County Extension

Bugs & Shrubs Buzz: Spanish ‘RoundUp’ class; citrus; poisonous fruit alert

Ficus Whitefly, Singhiella simplex, was One of the Most Destructive Landscape Pests