Category: Pests & Disease

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Hop into science: UF/IFAS guide empowers communities of all ages to explore tiny but mighty hoppers

by Lourdes Mederos
January 21, 2025

Spotted a tiny, colorful critter hopping on a leaf and wondered what it was up to? Meet the hoppers — leafhoppers, planthoppers and treehoppers. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Conservation, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agriculture, AskIFAS, Beneficial Insects, Brian Bahder, Citizen Science, Conservation Efforts, Corey Callaghan, Data, Department Of Entomology And Nematology, Department Of Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Ecosystems, Entomology And Nematology, Hoppers, Inaturalist, Insects, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Invasives, Leafhoppers, News, Observations, Pests, Planthoppers, Research, Treehoppers, UF-IFAS

UF/IFAS Extension Orange County Commercial Horticulture Classes–2025

by Hannah Eason
January 20, 2025

Good things are growing in Orange County, Florida! Let's keep our minds as sharp as our tools and learn together in 2025. The exciting line-up of classes is designed to build upon topics from the basics to specifics of commercial horticulture ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf
Tags: Basics Of Landscaping, Best Management Practices, CEUs, Cflandscapes, Commercial Horticulture, Commercial Landscaping, Commercial Lawn And Ornamental, Commercial Pesticide, GI-BMP, Growers, Home Hydroponics, Hydroponics, Landscape Maintenance, Lawn And Ornamental, Lawn And Ornamentals, Limited Lawn And Ornamental, Limited Urban Fertilizer Applicator License, Palms, PCO, Pest Control, Pest Control Operator, Pesticide, Pesticide Applicator License, Pesticide CEUs, Producers, Pruning Palms, Set It And Forget It

UF/IFAS researchers work to advance grapevine health, helping California’s wine industry

by Stella Canfield
January 15, 2025

UF/IFAS researchers are tackling a critical challenge: protecting California’s $73 billion wine and wine grape industry. Grapevine red blotch disease (GRBD) and grapevine leafroll disease (GLD), caused by complex insect vector-borne viruses, ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, MREC, National Academy Of Sciences, Ozgur Batuman, Research, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Wine
Florida with magnifying glass and insect

January 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
January 6, 2025

Recap of January 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector In this month's webinar, we covered invasive caterpillars that feed on vegetable crops. Florida's agriculture industry is home to a wide variety of high value vegetable production. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Biosecurity, Caterpillars, FFD24-25, FloridaFirstDetector, Invasive Species, Lepidoptera, Moths, Old World Bollworm, Vegetables
Earthstar mushrooms (left) and the star topper of a Christmas tree (right).

O Earthstar of Wonder, Earthstar of Potted Plants

by Gillian McGuire
December 19, 2024

While you have undoubtedly seen a star upon a Christmas tree, have you ever seen this star-shaped mushroom growing from the soil of your potted plants? This holiday season, I am reminded of the Earthstar mushroom. Earthstars Are Growing Slightly I ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Ask IFAS, Department Of Plant Pathology, Edis, Holidays, Horticulture Industry, Houseplants, Mushrooms, Plant Pathology Department
Avocados growing on a tree. Avocado fruit. UF/IFAS Photo by Tyler Jones.

UF/IFAS team secures $5M USDA grant to expand avocado production into Central Florida, combat Laurel wilt disease

by Lourdes Mederos
December 12, 2024

Scientists with the University of Florida have secured a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to combat the lethal Laurel wilt disease and the redbay ambrosia beetles responsible ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Events, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agricultural Pests, Avocado, Avocado Cultivation, California, Climate Change, Diseases, Florida Avocado, Florida Crops, Florida Economy, Growth, Insects, Jeffrey Rollins, Jonathan Crane, Kentucky, Laurel Wilt, Mexico, Miami-Dade County, Mitigation Strategies, Nifa, Pests, Red Ambrosia Beetle, Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, Research, Sustainability, Tropical Research And Education Center, U.S. Department Of Agriculture, USDA, USDA National Institute Of Food And Agriculture, USDA-NIFA, Workshop
A sliced avocado on a white and black marbled counter, with one slice containing the seed

UF/IFAS recibe una subvención de $5 millones del USDA-NIFA para expandir la producción de aguacate en Florida Central y combatir la marchitez del laurel

by Luz Bahder
December 12, 2024

Creado por Lourdes Mederos, gerente de relaciones públicas en español para el Departamento de Comunicaciones de UF/IFAS. Científicos de University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) han recibido una subvención ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Events, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Aguacate, Ambrosia, Arboles Nativos, Beneficios Nutricionales, California, Ciientificos, Coleoptera, Desastre Ecologico, Enfermedades, Escarabajo Ambrosia, Español, Especialistas, Estrategias De Mitigación, Florida, Florida Central, Insecto, Instituto Nacional De Alimentos Y Agricultura USDA-NIFA, Investigacion, Jeffrey Rollins, Jonathan Crane, Marchitez Del Laurel, NIFA Grant, Palta, Patrimonio Agricola, Perdidas De Arboles, Perdidas Economicas, Plagas, Seminario, Spanish, Subvencion, Subvención De $5 Millones, Subvencion De USDA-NIFA, Taller, TREC, USDA-NIFA, Variedades Tolerantes Al Frio
Florida with magnifying glass and insect

December 2024 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
December 9, 2024

Recap of December 2024 First Friday with Florida First Detector We finished out the calendar year talking about stink bugs and related insects. We focused on invasive insects in the subfamily Heteroptera. The subfamily Heteroptera includes ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Bagrada, Biosecurity, FFD24-25, FloridaFirstDetector, Fruit, Hemiptera, Invasive Species, Sample Submission, Spotted Lantern Fly, Stink Bug

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