Category: Pests & Disease

Spanish Moss, Ball Moss, and Lichens are Harmless Air Plants

by Michelle Atkinson
July 12, 2018

Epiphytes are “air” plants, including moss, that survive on moisture and nutrients in the atmosphere. Several epiphytic plants, like Spanish moss, ball moss, and lichen, are common to the Florida landscape and the southeast United States. ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Air Plant, Invasive Moss, ProHort, Spanish Moss

UF Study: Mosquito that Feeds on Worms, Leeches Can Carry Deadly Diseases

by Ken Gioeli
July 12, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the first time in more than 100 years, researchers have found that a species of mosquito feeds on the blood of earthworm and leeches, instead of frogs and toads like most other species. A study by University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Leeches, Mosquito, News, UF-IFAS, Worms

Beetle borers in blueberry

by Janine Spies
July 6, 2018

Since 2014, several Florida blueberry growers reported visible tunneling on the canes of their blueberry bushes. In the summer of 2016, the University of Florida Fruit and Vegetable IPM Laboratory found a flatheaded borer larva feeding on wood ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Blueberries

Peach Gummosis

by jpopenoe
July 6, 2018

Do your peach trees have some gummy looking sap exuding from the trunk? Gummosis is the term for the symptom of gummy sap oozing from the trunk and branches. It is not that unusual and can have several causes. Chemical, physical, insect, disease, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Botryosphaeria, Gummosis, Peach Disease

UF Doctorate Candidate Becoming Protected Agriculture Expert

by Robin Koestoyo
July 5, 2018

Ricardo Lesmes-Vesga left his native village in the Colombian Andes Mountains region to pursue higher education in protected agriculture and citrus advanced production systems. In only a few years, he will have achieved the highest degree education ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research

Fly Control for Cattle in Florida

by laurahbennett
July 5, 2018

Controlling flies on livestock in Florida is a challenge. Please note the word, “control.” We would love to substitute that word with “eradicate”, but that is not realistic. Our main pests are horn flies and face flies. In Florida, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Pests & Disease
Tags: Cattle Insecticide, Cattle Parasites, Fly Control Cattle, Horn Fly

UF/IFAS Partners with USDA Forest Service to Get Kids In The Woods

by Ken Gioeli
July 3, 2018

By Kim Scotto GAINESVILLE, Fla. –Is your child getting more ‘screen time’ than ‘green time’ this summer? Camp Kids in the Woods, a joint initiative between the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation and the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Camp, Events, Forests, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Camp, News, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, UF-IFAS

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