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SUSTA opportunity to promote your plant industry in Germany plant trade show

by Vanessa VassilarosAvatar photo
September 22, 2015

If you are interested in promoting your plant products to the international market, now there is an opportunity thanks to Southern U.S. Association’s (SUSTA) to be present at the IPM Essen Plant Trade Show in Germany on January 26-29, 2016 ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Crops, Horticulture, Professional Development
Tags: 2016 Plant Trade, Germany, International Market, Opportunity For Nursery International Trade, Plant Trade, SUSTA, Trade Show

Do you remember the Giant African Land Snail in Miami?

by Vanessa VassilarosAvatar photo
September 22, 2015

Below is an article published by the Southeast Farm Press Have you seen this snail in Florida? More than 159,000 giant African land snails have been eliminated in Florida since the giant invasive mollusk was found in Florida four years ago. In ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Achatina, Caracol Gigante, Florida Invasive Pest, GALS, Giant African Land Snail, Invasive Pest, Miami, Pest, September 2015

Cabbage Pest Management

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September 21, 2015

From stews to coleslaws to sandwiches, green and purple cabbage can be found in more than just sauerkraut. Cabbage—a cool-season crop grown throughout Florida—is one of many cruciferous vegetables or cole crops. Florida ranks third for ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: #ufbugs, Agriculture Hot Topic, Cabbage, Fruits And Vegetables, Horticulture, Pest Management

Divide Perennials in the Fall

by Mary Salinas
September 9, 2015

After a few years, many perennial plants have grown so large that they need to be divided in order to be revived. Overcrowding causes them to bear fewer flowers and, sometimes, to die in the center. Fall is a good time to divide perennials that ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Black Eyed Susan, Cast Iron Plant, Crocosmia, Daylily, Division, Flax Lily, General Gardening, Liriope, Native Plants, Panhandle Gardening, Perennials, Propagation, Prpagation, Stokes Aster

Oriental Fruit Fly (OFF) in Miami-Dade County!

by Vanessa VassilarosAvatar photo
September 8, 2015

There is a new Oriental Fruit Fly Detection in Miami-Dade County confirmed on August of 2015 by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS). Education on prevention, monitoring and eradication once is detected is the key to keep ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: FDACS, Florida Pest Alert, Fruit Pest, Miami-Dade, Mosca Oriental De La Fruta, OFF, Oriental Fruit Fly, Pest, UF/IFAS Miami-Dade Extension, Vegetable, Workshop
Figure 1. A peach limb with the blister symptom of fungal gummosis caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea. Credit: L. Pusey, USDA-ARS

Fungal Gummosis in Peach

by Diana Hagan (she/her)
August 26, 2015

Fungal gummosis in peach occurs when the fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea infects small openings or wounds in tree branches or trunks. The disease causes blisters on the tree that form lesions and eventually ooze gum (sap). This 3-page fact sheet ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Horticultural Sciences Department, Mercy Olmstead, Peach Plum And Nectarine Diseases, Philip F. Harmon, Sara Sherman, Thomas Beckman

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