Category: Pests & Disease

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

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
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-Kaufman
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

Limited Pesticide Training and Exam

by Kim Scotto
January 27, 2014

The next opportunity to attend a review class for Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance or Limited Lawn and Ornamental is Thursday, February 6, 2014 in Crestview. Licensed applicators can also earn the required CEUs for renewal by attending ... READ MORE

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

Rose Rosette Virus (RRV)- Confirmed in Florida!

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
January 16, 2014

Rose rosette (witches’ broom) symptoms were first observed in 1940 in Canada on wild roses. Subsequently symptomatic plants were discovered in California in 1941 and many other states in the U.S. In 2011, the disease was confirmed to be caused ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Mites, Pest Alert, RRV, UF-IFAS Pest Alert, Virus

Webinar: Plant Pathogens and Irrigation

by Vanessa Vassilaros
January 2, 2014

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Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Water
Tags: Classes, Free, Irrigacion, Patogenos, Webinar

UF develops first high-altitude device to help detect health threats from the sky

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 5, 2013

Click here for high-resolution version. Caption at bottom. African dust video GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida researcher is exploring whether the latest plant, animal or human health threats will come from the sky. Using the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: African Dust, Andrew Schuerger, Cape Canaveral, DART, Dust, Dust At Altitude Recovery Technology, Emerging Pathogens Institute, Florida, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Kennedy Space Center, Pathogens, Plant Pathology, University Of Florida

Citrus Canker in Panhandle

by Beth Bolles
November 26, 2013

A case of citrus canker has been positively identified from a residential yard in Santa Rosa County. At this time, homeowners should be on the lookout for any new infections on their citrus trees that they have not noticed in the past. There ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease

Irrigation Pathogens Webinar: December 3rd at 12:00

by Vanessa Vassilaros
November 26, 2013

Webinar on irrigation pathogens and water quality. Dr. Gary Moorman of Penn State will be the presenter next week. He has prepared an assignment for participants and will do a quick quiz when he begins his webinar. This assignment is posted ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Water
Tags: Irrigation, Pathogen, Patogenos En El Agua De Irrigacion, Webinar

Job/Trabajo opportunity in Homestead/Miami

by Vanessa Vassilaros
November 26, 2013

If you are looking for a job in Miami-Dade County. Read below. Pest Control Company with office located in the Homestead area looking for a motivated, clean-cut dynamic individual with a good driving record. We are a pest control company ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Pests & Disease
Tags: Homestead, Job, Miami, Pest, Trabajo

New on Featured Creatures! Sri Lankan weevil. By Neal.

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
November 15, 2013

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus Marshall, the Sri Lankan weevil, is a plant pest with a wide range of hosts. This weevil ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Crops, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Featured Creatures, Invasive Species, Pest Alert

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