Category: Crops
U.S.-Canada Greenhouse Certification Program (GCP) proposed changes meeting
July 21, 2014
Please join the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for one informational meeting on the proposed changes to the U.S.-Canada Greenhouse Certification Program (GCP). The meeting will be held ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, CropsTags: APHIS, Certification, Greenhouse, UF/IFAS Miami-Dade Extension
New on Featured Creatures! Cotesia congregata a gregarious endoparasitoid
July 18, 2014
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Cotesia congregata (Say) is a gregarious endoparasitoid that attacks more than a dozen species of sphingid caterpillars ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Beneficials, Featured Creatures, Pest Alert
New on Featured Creatures! Bagrada bug
July 17, 2014
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The bagrada bug, Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Figure 1), also known as the painted bug, is native to Africa. It was first ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Featured Creatures, Invasive Species, Pest Alert, True Bugs
iPhone and Android Apps for Citrus Pests and Disease Identification
July 7, 2014
Are you interested in screening for common and exotic citrus diseases and pests? The National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) CDiseases and CPests hand-held applications for iPhone and Android (2013) are searchable fact sheets from the Citrus ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Android, Applications, Citrus, Diseases, IPhone, Pests
The Great CEU Round-Up (Herbicides): July 9
June 30, 2014
For the fourth year in a row, the Florida Turfgrass Association (FTGA) has teamed up with the Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) to present The Great CEU Round-Up, a full day of education that will be simulcast to locations ... READ MORE
Category: Crops, Events, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: CEU, UF/IFAS Extension
UF/IFAS Collier County Extension, Tropical Fruit Production Class, Saturday, July 19, 2014
June 30, 2014
Interested in Tropical Fruit Production? Consider registering for the Tropical Fruit Production class in Naples Florida, on Saturday, July 19, 2014! Link to the course through the screen image of the Eventbrite course registration. Register ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Tropical Fruit Production; Collier County
Perennial corn crops? It could happen with new plant-breeding tool developed at UF/IFAS
June 10, 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Since the first plant genome sequence was obtained for the plant Arabidopsis in 2000, scientists have gene-sequenced everything from cannabis to castor bean. University of Florida scientists were part of a research team ... READ MORE
Category: Crops, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Database, Hanson
New on Featured Creatures! The convergent lady beetle.
June 5, 2014
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The convergent lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville, is among the most common lady beetle species throughout ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Beetles, Beneficials, Featured Creatures, Pest Alert, UF-IFAS Pest Alert
Florida State Horticultural Society from June 1-3 at Clearwater Beach!
May 27, 2014 Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Annual Meeting, FSHS, Horticultural Society Meeting