Category: Pests & Disease

ENTOMOLOGY DAY CAMPS USED FOR ECOLOGICAL OUTREACH & SCIENCE CAREER EDUCATION

by nladd

April 11, 2020

McCormick, Kaydie, Woodard, Chelsea, McIntyre, Tina, UF/IFAS Extension, Seminole County, 250 W. County Home Road, Sanford, FL Situation: Many of the integrated pest management (IPM) principles used in the home and garden to encourage beneficial ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Camp, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 2020, 2020 Central District Symposium, 2020 UF/IFAS Central District Symposium, C. Woodard, Central District, Horticulture, IPM, Kaydie McCormick, Sanford, Seminole County, T.McIntyre, UF IFAS Extension, Youth Entomology

Small Hand-Held Sprayers: An Easy and Inexpensive Tool to Combat Lawn and Garden Pests

by Dr. Michael Orfanedes

April 9, 2020

Small hand-held sprayers: an easy and inexpensive tool to combat lawn and garden pests. Small hand-held pump sprayers are a relatively inexpensive and easy way to control pests and weeds around the home and in the landscape. They can be purchased ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Application, Fertilizer, Herbicide, How To, Pesticide, Pressurized Sprayer, Sprayer

Witches’ Brews And Old Wives’ Tales: Insecticidal Soap

by Kaydie McCormick

April 9, 2020

Article by Kaydie McCormick, Residential Horticulture Agent & Master Gardener Volunteer Coordinator A large part of an Extension Agent's job is helping residents, businesses, and farms to determine what the most scientifically and economically ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease

A Snail that Rode the Rails

by Karen Stauderman

April 7, 2020

Bulimulus sporadicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) It wasn’t long ago when riding the rails was a glamorous form of transportation. In the recent outbreak of COVID-19, many of us ponder the opportunity to hop on a train to see some of our distant surroundings. ... READ MORE

Category: Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Citrus, COVID!9, Covid-19, Slug, Snail, Social Distancing, Volusia County

Topic Tuesday: How to ‘squash’ the squash bugs in your field

by Sylvia Willis

April 7, 2020

Spring has sprung and that means watermelon season in Suwannee County is here! Watermelons are quite a labor-intensive crop and controlling weeds, pests, and diseases throughout the entire season is not an easy task especially due to Florida’s ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease,
Tags: Squash Bug, Suwannee County Extension, Topic Tuesday, Watermelon

Online CEU opportunities for license renewal

by Tatiana Sanchez, DPM

April 6, 2020

There are multiple ways in which you could earn Continued Education Units (CEUs) to renew your pesticide license online. You can visit any of the websites below for online CEUs: University of Florida Online CEUs through the IFAS Catalog. ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agriculture, Alachua, Covid-19, FarmingAlachua, Horticulture, Licensing, Pesticide

Managing Corn to Reduce Early Season Damping Off

by Kevin Korus

April 3, 2020

Introduction There are a number of soil borne pathogens that can cause damping off in Spring planted corn. (i.e. Fusarium spp., Pythium spp., and Rhizoctonia spp.). Environmental factors such as cool, wet soils can exacerbate disease incidence ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease,
Tags: Corn, Damping Off, Disease

UF/IFAS Wakulla County Office CLOSED

by Les Harrison

April 2, 2020

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information, and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Crops, Events, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Recreation, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Extension, Florida, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Living Well In The Panhandle, Master Gardener, Master Gardeners, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Hello from Hydroponics Hannah!

by Hannah Wooten

April 1, 2020

I am as Florida native as it gets, and I love the plants, people, and cultures that have taken root in this wonderful place we call home. My name is Hannah Wooten, and I am proud to be your new UF/IFAS Extension Agent for Commercial Horticulture ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Cflandscapes, Commercial Horticulture Agent, Green Industry, UF/IFAS Extension Orange County

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