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University of Florida Experts offer Pest and Disease Workshop for Tampa Bay

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April 21, 2023

Join UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County as we host the Florida First Detector Workshop on Friday May 19th from 9:30 to 11:30am. This class offers residents an introduction to identifying pests and diseases in your home landscape from experts ... READ MORE

Category: , Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Central Florida, Disease, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Hillsborough County, Home Landscape, Master Gardener, Pest, Tampa Bay, Tsilvasy, UF IFAS Extension
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Científico de UF/IFAS trabaja en la identificación y control de una plaga que ataca al frijol, guisante y otras legumbres cultivadas en Florida y a nivel internacional

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April 21, 2023

https://youtu.be/2mOI86ta9KE Los trips de las flores del frijol, conocidos por su nombre científico Megalurothrips usitatus, atacan las leguminosas como los frijoles y los guisantes. En algunos casos, puede acabar con todo un campo de cultivo. En ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Arveja, Colombia, Control, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ejote, El Salvador, Entomologia, Español, FDACS, Florida, Frijol, Guatemala, Guisante, Honduras, Hugh Smith, ICTA, Insecticida, Insecto, Legumbres, Leguminosas, Megalurothrips Usitatus, Mexico, Nicaragua, Plaga, Spanish, Thrips, Trips, UF-IFAS
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UF/IFAS scientist works to identify, control pest invading beans, peas, legumes grown in Florida, internationally

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April 21, 2023

Bean flower thrips, known by the scientific name of Megalurothrips usitatus, attacks such legumes as beans and peas. In some cases, it can wipe out an entire field of crops. In the past three years, it became established in Florida, Mexico, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Bean Flower Thrips, Beans, Entomology And Nematology, GCREC, High Smith, Legumes, Megalurothrips Usitatus, News, Peas, Snap Beans, Thrips, UF IFAS Extension, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Entomology And Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research And Education Center
Dengue fever in the summer (close up of a mosquito)

Mosquitoes and Dengue Fever: A Summer Love Story Nobody Wants to Be a Part Of!


April 20, 2023

Introduction Last week, we published a blog post talking about neglected tropical diseases, and we thought it would be appropriate to follow up with a closer look at one of these diseases that is now present in Florida. Dengue fever is a neglected ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Alejandro Sanchez MDP, Climate Change, Dengue Fever, IFAS One Health, Interdisciplinarity, One Health At UF, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, Tropical Diseases

Florida Farm Pests: Southern Chinch Bugs

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April 14, 2023

If you have a sod farm in Florida or work in the landscape business, Chinch Bugs could become a major economic problem when not taking proper control.   What are Southern Chinch Bugs and how I can identify them? Southern ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida Farms, Florida Lawns, Florida Pests, IMP, Polksmallfarms, Sod, Southern Chinch Bug, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Polk County

Plagas de las Fincas de Florida: Chinches del Sur (“Southern Chinch Bug”)

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April 14, 2023

Si usted tiene una granja de césped en Florida o trabaja en un negocio de jardinería, las chinches pudieran convertirse en un problema económico importante si no se toma el control adecuado.   ¿Qué son las chinches y cómo puedo ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching,
Tags: Chinches, Chinches De Sur, En Espanol, Español, Florida Farms, Florida Lawns, Florida Pests, IPM, Polksmallfarms, Sod, Southern Chinch Bug, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Polk County
Neglected Tropical Diseases

Neglected Tropical Diseases?


April 13, 2023

Picture this, you were finally able to save up for that amazing trip to the Caribbean and you're there. Sipping on a pina colada, laying on a hammock on your last day, and of course, scratching the bites of those pesky mosquitoes that seem to ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: Alejandro Sanchez MDP, Circular Health, Climate Change, Covid-19, IFAS One Health, Interdisciplinarity, NTDs, Sustainable Development Goals

Chasing the Worm, Identifying the Species–Mezcal Science


April 10, 2023

Did you know that nobody knew what kind of worm was in mezcal? Recently, UF entomologists chased the worm all the way to the agave farms making mezcal in Mexico. Mezcal is a growing industry, and while it has been consumed for hundreds of ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Agave, Bug, Caterpillar, Cflandscapes, Cinco De Mayo, Cool, Discovery, Enews, Entomology, Ethnobotany, Farm, Farmer, Hwooten, Id, Identification, Insect, Interesting, Landscape, Larvaw, Liquor, Mexico, Mezcal, Natural History, Ocextension, Ornamental, Pest, Salud, Science

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