Category: Pests & Disease

New on Featured Creatures! Cotesia congregata a gregarious endoparasitoid

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman

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 Extension
Tags: Beneficials, Featured Creatures, Pest Alert

New on Featured Creatures! Bagrada bug

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman

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 Extension
Tags: Featured Creatures, Invasive Species, Pest Alert, True Bugs

Giant African Land Snails-A Potential Unwanted Invader

by Amanda Hodges

July 15, 2014

The Giant African Land Snail (GALS) continues to make news around the US. In an online article, the Independent describes the confiscation of almost 70 unwanted GALS at the Los Angeles International Airport in California: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/slow-food-67-giant-african-land-snails-intended-for-human-consumption-seized-at-la-airport-9606495.html The ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Eradication, Exotic Species, FDACS-DPI, Giant African Land Snail, Invasive Species, Quarantine

Climate, genetics can affect how long virus-carrying mosquitoes live

by Patricia Standeford

July 9, 2014

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s just math: The longer a mosquito lives, the better its odds of transmitting disease to humans or animals. But as it turns out, factors such as the mosquito’s own genetics and the climate it lives in have a ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Barry Alto, Entomology And Nematology, Mosquitoes, West Nile

Beloved crape myrtle in nurseries now susceptible to bacterial leaf spot, researchers say

by Patricia Standeford

July 9, 2014

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- It's enough to send gardeners into conniptions. Crape myrtle, a tree adored for its bright flowers that scream summer, care-free maintenance and even its colorful bark, now has a disease problem – although so far, ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research

Core, Ornamental and Turf Pesticide Training & Exam July 31, 2014 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

by Matthew Orwat

July 7, 2014

Core, Ornamental and Turf Pesticide Training & Exam July 31, 2014 8:00 am – 5:00 pm ***** 2 CEUs available in CORE and 2 CEUs available in O&T***** Location: Washington County Agriculture Center 1424 Jackson Ave. Chipley, Fl. Suite ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Turf
Tags: Exam, Horticulture, Pesticide, Training

iPhone and Android Apps for Citrus Pests and Disease Identification

by Amanda Hodges

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 Extension
Tags: Android, Applications, Citrus, Diseases, IPhone, Pests

The Great CEU Round-Up (Herbicides): July 9

by Vanessa Vassilaros

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 Extension
Tags: CEU, UF IFAS Extension

Right of Way Training and Exam

by Ken Gioeli

June 23, 2014

By state law, an applicator must be licensed in order to apply restricted-use herbicides to highway roadsides, powerlines and railroad tracks. August 4, 2014, the Okaloosa County Extension office is offering a review class and exam. ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development
Tags: Agriculture, Commercial Horticulture

CORE Training

by Ken Gioeli

June 23, 2014

In order to obtain a pesticide license in any of the Chapter 487 categories ( Ornamental & Turf, Right of Way, Aquatic, Natural Areas, Private Applicator etc.) it is required to pass the CORE ( General Standards) exam. The next ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development
Tags: Agriculture, Commercial Horticulture, Lawn & Garden

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