Category: Pests & Disease
UF Researchers on the Watch for Nice Weather – and the Diseases It Could Bring
March 19, 2008
By: Stu Hutson - (352) 273-3569 Sources: Jonathan Day - jfda@ufl.edu, (561) 778-7200 x132 Roxanne Rutledge Connelly - crr@ufl.edu, (772) 778-7200 x172 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Calling it a silver lining may be a stretch, but the ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Disaster Preparation, Pests & Disease, Work & LifeTags: Jonathan Day, Mosquitoes, Roxanne Rutledge Connelly
Overfertilizing St. Augustinegrass Could Encourage Chinch Bugs, UF Researcher Warns
March 3, 2008
By: Tom Nordlie - (352) 273-3567 Sources: Eileen Buss - (352) 392-0400 Fred Baxendale - fbaxendale1@unl.edu, (402) 472-8699 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A little fertilizer can perk up a St. Augustinegrass lawn as spring arrives, but ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, Work & LifeTags: Chinch Bugs, Eileen Buss, Entomology And Nematology, Fred Baxendale, St. Augustinegrass
UF to release parasitic fly to combat “evil weevil” destroying native bromeliads
June 28, 2007
By: Tom Nordlie (352) 392-0400 Sources: Ron Cave rdcave@ufl.edu, 772-468-3922 Howard Frank jhfrank@ufl.edu, 352-392-1901 ext. 128 Howard Frank dennis.giardina@dep.state.fl.us, 239-695-4593 View Photo GAINESVILLE, FLA --- The free ride is ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & DiseaseTags: Bromeliad Weevil, Howard Frank, Ron Cave
UF Researchers test natural predators to control sago palm threat
May 10, 2007
By: Chuck Woods (352) 392-0400 Source(s): Ronald Cave rdcave@ufl.edu, 772-468-3922 ext. 145 Catharine Mannion cmannion@ufl.edu, 305-246-7001 ext. 220 View Photo View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In a prime example of how an exotic insect ... READ MORE
Category: Invasive Species, Pests & DiseaseTags: Asian Cycad Scale, Catharine Mannion, Entomology And Nematology, Ronald Cave
Finding too-small-to-see bedbugs no problem for these sniffers, UF researchers say
May 2, 2007
By: Mickie Anderson (352) 392-0400 Source(s): Pepe Peruyero pepe@jkk9.com, 386-454-3647 Phil Koehler ppgk@ufl.edu, 352-392-2484 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- At the sound of a bag of treats being latched onto her handler’s waist, she ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, Work & LifeTags: Bed Bugs, Entomology And Nematology, Phil Koehler
Arsenic-Absorbing Fern May Soak Up Toxic Metal to Repel Hungry Bugs, UF Researchers Say
May 1, 2007
View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In the struggle for survival, plants are often at the mercy of hungry animals - but one fern has turned the tables by using poisonous arsenic to reduce its appeal, say University of Florida researchers. A UF ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Bala Rathinasabapathi, Entomology And Nematology, John Capinera, Robert Boyd
New mosquito-borne illness may be headed to United States, UF experts say
April 26, 2007
By: Tom Nordlie (352) 392-0400 Source(s): Walter Tabachnick wjt@ufl.edu, 772-778-7200 ext. 124 Roxanne Connelly crr@ufl.edu, 772-778-7200 ext. 172 Stephen Higgs sthiggs@utmb.edu, 409-747-2426 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The next mosquito-borne ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Work & LifeTags: Chikungunya, Entomology And Nematology, Roxanne Connelly, Stephen Higgs, Walter Tabachnick
Potato farmers, scientists still fighting disease that devastated Ireland
March 13, 2007
By: Tom Nordlie (352) 392-0400 Source(s): Chad Hutchinson cmhutch@ufl.edu, 904-692-1792 Pam Roberts pdr@ufl.edu, 239-658-3400 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Each year, the world celebrates St. Patrick for ridding Ireland of snakes, but ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & DiseaseTags: Chad Hutchinson, Pam Roberts, Potatoes
Genetic modification turns plant virus into delivery vehicle for green-friendly insecticide, say UF researchers
December 12, 2006
By: Tom Nordlie (352) 392-0400 Source(s): Dov Borovsky – contact Tom Nordlie at: tnordlie@ufl, 352-392-0400 Charles Powell capowell@ifas.ufl.edu, 772-468-3922 ext. 123 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A plant-destroying virus farmers call ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Charles Powell, Dov Borovsky, Entomology And Nematology, Genetics, Tobacco Mosaic Virus