Tag: tropical soda apple

Cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. — St. Lucie County ranchers have saved an estimated $850,000 a year, thanks to University of Florida experts who taught them how to release a beetle to eat an invasive plant… Read More

Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension

Tags: biological control, extension, tropical soda apple

South American beetle released by UF researchers benefits Florida ranchers

by BLOGS.IFAS2

Posted: January 27, 2011

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Over the past two decades, Florida cattle ranchers have spent as much as $16 million a year doing battle with an invasive weed… Read More

Category: Invasive Species, Livestock

Tags: biological control, Entomology and Nematology, Gratiana boliviana, Julio Medal, tropical soda apple