Category: Pests & Disease

Mangos en árboles.

Cómo el clima cambiante de Florida influye en los cultivos de frutas tropicales y subtropicales en diferentes paisajes

by Luz Bahder
March 16, 2026

Creado por Lourdes Mederos, gerente de relaciones públicas en español para el Departamento de Comunicaciones de UF/IFAS. ¿Sabe cómo los cambios de temperatura, el suelo encharcado o el agua de riego salada afectan a los árboles frutales ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Blog Community, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agua Subterránea, Arbol, árboles Frutales Tropicales Y Subtropicales, Cambios Estacionales, Centro De Investigación Y Educación Tropical De UF/IFAS, Clima Variable, Cultivos Frutales, Drenaje, Enfermedades, Español, Estres, Haimanote Bayabil, Hidrología E Ingeniería Agrícola, Lluvias, Producción Frutal, Rangos De Temperatura, Riego, Riesgos Hídricos Locales, Salinidad, Sequías, Spanish, Suelos, Temperaturas, University Of Florida Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Young Gu Her

Forest health module added to UF Forest Landowner Academy online course

by Suzette Cook
March 10, 2026

What is a healthy forest? Not just a single tree but the full community of all trees, animals and plants that make up a forest. The answer: A healthy forest is made up of vigorous trees and understory, is able to recover after a disturbance ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Teaching, Wildlife
Tags: Florida Land Steward Program, Forest Health, Forest Management, Forestry, Online Course, Online Education, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences
Florida with magnifying glass and insect

March 2026 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
March 9, 2026

Recap of March 2026 First Friday with Florida First Detector This month, we took a closer look at thrips (Order: Thysanoptera), a group of tiny insects that can have outsized impacts on plants. Although there are more than 7,000 thrips species ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Early Detection, Eradication, FFD25-26, FloridaFirstDetector, Invasive Species, SeminoleCountyAg, Thrips

March 2026 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
March 9, 2026

Recap of March 2026 First Friday with Florida First Detector This month, we took a closer look at thrips (Order: Thysanoptera), a group of tiny insects that can have outsized impacts on plants. Although there are more than 7,000 thrips species ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Early Detection, Eradication, FFD25-26, FloridaFirstDetector, Invasive Species, SeminoleCountyAg, Thrips
Demonstration of targeted application using Ecorobotix ARA Research Unit. Courtesy UF/IFAS Pawel Petelewicz

March 26: UF/IFAS 37th South Florida Turfgrass – Landscape Research and Expo Field Day set

by Lourdes Mederos
March 5, 2026

  Turf professionals will get a first look at the future of weed control and sustainable turf when the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) unveils new research and pioneering technologies at the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Blog Community, Conservation, Crops, Events, Lawn, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agronomy, Artificial Intelligence, Athletic Field Managers, CEU, Commercial Applicators, Field Day, Golf, Golf Course Superintendents, Integrated Weed Management, Landscape Professionals, Lawns, Marco Schiavon, Pawel Petelewicz, Pest Control Operators, Sod Producers, Truf, Turf, Turfgrass, Turfgrass Managers, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center, Weed Control, Weed Science, Weeds

March 26: UF/IFAS 37th South Florida Turfgrass – Landscape Research and Expo Field Day set

by Lourdes Mederos
March 5, 2026

  Turf professionals will get a first look at the future of weed control and sustainable turf when the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) unveils new research and pioneering technologies at the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Blog Community, Conservation, Crops, Events, Lawn, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agronomy, Archive, Artificial Intelligence, Athletic Field Managers, CEU, Commercial Applicators, Field Day, Golf, Golf Course Superintendents, Integrated Weed Management, Landscape Professionals, Lawns, Marco Schiavon, Pawel Petelewicz, Pest Control Operators, Sod Producers, Truf, Turf, Turfgrass, Turfgrass Managers, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center, Weed Control, Weed Science, Weeds
Nearly mature watermelon growing in a field row.

What’s New on Ask IFAS: Plant Pathology (Jan.–Feb. 2026)

by Gillian McGuire
March 5, 2026

UF AgriGator Spray Program: Watermelon By Nicholas S. Dufault, Mathews Paret, Kiersten Fullem, Pamela D. Roberts, Gary Vallad, and Susannah Da Silva. This guide is intended as a resource for Extension agents and growers and contains information ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Ask IFAS, Blueberry, Department Of Plant Pathology, EDIS Journal, Plant Pathology Department, Spray Program, Watermelon
small hive beetle in cups

Research Update: Evaluating the Toxicity of Known Western Honey Bee-Safe Insecticides in Controlling Small Hive Beetles (Aethina tumida)

by Amy Vu
March 3, 2026

Members of the UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory conducted a research project evaluating the toxicity of pesticides on small hive beetles (SHBs) that have previously shown to have low toxicity to honey bees. Below is a summary ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: #ufbugs, Beekeeping, Bees, Entomology, Honey Bee, Honeybee, Pests, PolliNATION, UF-IFAS, UFHoneyBee, UFHoneyBeeLab, UFIFASExtension

Mites in the Garden

by Matt Lollar
March 3, 2026

Whether you want to know or not, mites are everywhere.  If it makes you feel any better, a lot of mite species are harmless to humans and plants.  However, there are quite a few mites that cause significant damage to garden and landscape plants. Before ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease
Tags: Agriculture, Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Extension, FFL, Florida Yards And Neighborhoods, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Franklin, FYN, Gadsden, Garden, Gardening, Gardening In The Panhandle, GI-BMP, Gulf, Holmes, Horticulture, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Office, Okaloosa, Panhandle, Panhandle Gardening, Santa Rosa, UF, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Walton, Washington
Hojas de caladio rojas aisladas con ruta de recorte sobre fondo blanco, estilo banner, en primer plano de una hoja en forma de corazón de color rosa intenso.

Cinco décadas de color: UF presenta sus caladios número 50 y 51

by Luz Bahder
March 2, 2026

Creado por Brad Buck, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS.  Este año marca un hito de oro para el programa de mejoramiento de plantas ornamentales de University of Florida y la celebración se viste de colores vibrantes: ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Caladios, Caladium, Centro De Investigación Y Educación De La Costa Del Golfo En Florida, Corazón Herido, Enfermedades, Español, Fitomejorador, Fitomejoramiento Genético, Johan Desaeger, Lirios De Corazón, Natalia Peres, Oreja De Elefante, Ornamentales, Plantas, Plantas Ornamentales, Spanish, UF, UF-IFAS, Variedades, Zhanao Deng

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