Category: Home Landscapes

Tactics on Preventing Small Ruminant Footrot

by Lizzie Whitehead
April 18, 2022

Small Ruminant footrot is caused by an infection from two organisms: Dichelobacter Nodosus and Fusobacterium Necrophorum. Fusobacterium necrophorum is in most sheep and goat environments and can set the stage for footrot to occur. Dichelobacter ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, EDUCATION, Farm Management, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Footrot, Infection, P, Prevention, Tactics, Treatment

Solutions to citrus greening top 10 2017 UF/IFAS stories

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 20, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – From lobsters to oranges, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences embraced stories of resilience and change during 2017. The top 10 stories for UF/IFAS during 2017 include finding ways to ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Archive, Beaks, Beetle, Citrus, IFAS, News, Plants, Top 10

Are Your Shrubs Planted Too Deep?

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 12, 2017

The question of the month is "Why do the shrubs look like this?" The answer might be that the shrubs are planted too deep which can eventually kill them. Roots are deprived of oxygen when smothered. The above-ground symptoms are similar to root ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Archive, Cflandscapes, Mulch, Planted Deep, Shrubs

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