Tag: Crops

Florida Beekeeping Management Calendar: June

by Amy Vu
June 1, 2024

Recommendations for your apiary in June: This beekeeping calendar is a tool for all beekeepers in Florida, small scale to commercial operations. This calendar is meant to be a reference point for beekeeping management and is not comprehensive. ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Beekeeping, Beekeeping Calendar, Bees, Bug, Crops, Honey Bee, Honey Bees, Honeybee, Insects, Management Calendar, UFBugs, UFHoneyBee, UFHoneyBeeLab, UFIFASExtension

Research Update: Honey Bees and Pesticides

by Amy Vu
May 15, 2020

The UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory (HBREL) collaborated on research that led to two 2019 publications on honey bees and pesticides. Below are summaries of the research as well as links to the full publications. More publications ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Beekeeping, Bees, Crops, Entomology, Honeybee, Insects, Pest, Pest Management, Pesticides, Pests, Research Update, UFBugs, UFHoneyBeeLab

Why is Nematode Damage Patchy in Crop Fields? How Does this Affect Management Decisions?

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September 29, 2017

I’ve had the opportunity to visit a number of grower fields this summer to assess potential nematode damage and I’ve often been asked this question: "Why is nematode damage worse in one section of a field than another, or worse in one field ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Corn, Cotton, Crops, Nematodes, Panhandle Agriculture, Peanut, Pest Management, Soybean

2016 Cotton Nematicide Trial Results

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May 5, 2017

Plant-parasitic nematodes can drastically suppress cotton yield, often without noticeable above-ground symptoms. For this reason, nematode management is an important part of a successful operation. Nematicides, pesticides that target nematodes, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Cotton, Crops, Nematodes, Panhandle Agriculture, Pest Management

Field Crop Nematode Management Publications Updated

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March 31, 2017

One of my goals since starting as field crop nematologist at the University of Florida last June was to update the nematode management guides for Florida field crops, so that extension agents and growers have access to active copies of these ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Corn, Cotton, Crops, Educational Training, Panhandle Agriculture, Publications, Soybean

Is it Cost-effective to Apply Nematicides to Field Corn?

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February 3, 2017

Zane Grabau, UF/IFAS Entomology & Nematology Department & Patrick Troy, Regional Row Crop Agent Plant-parasitic nematodes, including sting, root-knot (RKN), and stubby-root nematodes among others can cause significant damage to Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Corn, Crops, Nematicides, Nematodes, Panhandle Agriculture, Pest Management

Fall Sampling for Nematodes in Agronomic Crops

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October 7, 2016

Fall is the best time to take samples for nematodes, since populations often peak near harvest, and while crop roots are still viable. These samples can be used to help determine if nematodes caused damage in the current crop and help predict ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Cotton, Crops, Nematodes, Panhandle Agriculture, Peanut, Pest Management

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