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Rose Rosette Disease Workshop and In-service Training

by Jennifer Gillett-KaufmanAvatar photo
March 11, 2014

The recent discovery of rose rosette disease (RRD) in Florida threatens the State's $20 million rose nursery industry as well as retail sales and landscape use. RRD is caused by rose rosette virus that is vectored by an eriophyid mite. Already ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Pest Alert, Rose Rosette Disease, Workshops

Spring 2014 Ornamental Plant Disease Update & Management Workshop

by Vanessa VassilarosAvatar photo
February 25, 2014

to update nursery growers, landscapers interested individuals on the latest and best management practices for tackling current ornamental fungal and bacterial plant diseases and to prevent some new ones for this next season. The workshop ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Bacteria, Clases, Class, Enfermedades De Plantas, Fungus, Hongo En Plantas, Miami, Nursery, Ornamental, Pesticides, Plant Disease, UF/IFAS Miami-Dade Extension, Update

Collaborative and Enhanced First Detector Training-Everglades Research and Education Center, February 19, 2014

by Amanda HodgesAvatar photo
February 14, 2014

The Everglades Research and Education Center will be hosting an invasive species workshop on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 from 9:00am to 3:30pm. Topics covered in the workshop include information on emerging invasive species issus that may affect ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Collaborative First Detector Training, Everglades Research And Education Center, UF-IFAS Pest Alert

Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance Certification & Test Seminar

by Eric LeVeen
February 12, 2014

  IFAS Collier County Extension and the Florida Landscape Management Association are offering two separate training seminars for the Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance Certification as well as the examination after completion of ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Collier County Extension, Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance Certification, UF-IFAS Pest Alert

New on Featured Creatures! Hydrilla leafcutter moth. By Baniszewski, Weeks, and Cuda.

by Jennifer Gillett-KaufmanAvatar photo
February 3, 2014

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen is an adventive Asian moth with an aquatic larval stage. The moth is found associated with ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Beneficials, Featured Creatures, Pest Alert

New on Featured Creatures! Corn wireworm. By Gill, Chahil, Goyal, Gillett-Kaufman, and Cherry.

by Jennifer Gillett-KaufmanAvatar photo
January 31, 2014

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Insects in the family Elateridae are commonly known as “click beetles”. Their name comes from the clicking sound they ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Featured Creatures, Pest Alert, UF-IFAS Pest Alert

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