Category: Pests & Disease

Online CEUs: Diseases of Ornamentals and Fungicide Resistance Training

by Ken Gioeli
May 26, 2020

Looking for ways to earn Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credit this summer? Join UF/IFAS for our Diseases of Ornamentals and Fungicide Resistance Training on June 5, 2020. The training will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. during ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Ag Row Crop, CEU, Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Continuing Education Unit, CORE, Education, Horticulture, O & T, Ornamental, Ornamental Plants
Honey bees on a hive.

Pollinator Wanna-bees?

by Adam Dale
May 22, 2020

This is a guest post by Kelly Laplante, an undergraduate student and research assistant in the Dale Lab at the University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department. With the arrival of spring and warmer weather, you may have noticed ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf
Tags: #ufbugs, Beneficial, Beneficial Insects, Biological Control, Entomology, Insects, Pest Management, Pollinators, UFIFASExtension, What's Bugging You?

Plant Identification & Weed Management

by Ken Gioeli
May 21, 2020

Licensed pesticide applicators know the importance of identifying potential pest and disease issues before they apply any type of pesticide, including an herbicide. Pest identification is always the first step in Integrated Pest Management, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Botany, Invasive Species, Martin County, Plant Identification, UF Herbarium, UF/IFAS Extension, Weeds

Contact-free Plant ID: Collecting Good Quality Images

by Ken Gioeli
May 21, 2020

How to take a good photo of a plant UF/IFAS Extension Botanist Marc Frank shares his tips for taking good-quality images to identify plants: Plant identification is often not merely a matter of recognition, but a process of diagnosis based ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Botany, Commercial Horticulture Digest, Invasive Species, Martin County, Plant Identification, UF Herbarium, UF/IFAS Extension, Weeds
Partially submerged alligator with green plant matter on it's head and body

Les Harrison is Retiring

by Les Harrison
May 21, 2020

The Wakulla News presents 5/21/2020 Article & Photo By WES MAYBERRY The Wakulla News Staff Writer   Les Harrison stands outside of the Wakulla County office of the UF/IFAS Extension office. Les Harrison’s final day as director ... 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, Relationships & Family, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Master Gardeners, Up-coming-events
Rows of research lettuce at the EREC in Belle Glade. Photo taken 10-22-15

UF/IFAS awarded $850K USDA grant to lead multistate research, study disease resistance in lettuce, boost cultivar production

by Lourdes Mederos
May 21, 2020

BELLE GLADE, Fla. – Lettuce is one of the top ten vegetables cultivated in the United States and for good reason. Romaine, iceberg, leaf and butterhead types of lettuce are staples in refrigerators around the world. Used as a basis for salads, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Bacteria Leaf Spot, Calvin Odero, Everglades Research And Education Center, FDACS, German V. Sandoya-Miranda, Grant, Lettuce, Lettuce Breeding, Plant Pathology, UF IFAS Everglades Research And Education Center, United States Department Of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Services (USDA-ARS), USDA-ARS
An invasive Cuban Tree Frog specimen. Invasive species, amphibians and reptiles. frogs, pests.

Florida Is So Nice Everything Wants To Live Here, Including Non-Native Animals And Plants!

by Michael Sipos
May 15, 2020

“Invasions of exotic species cost Floridians over $500 million per year” -Ivegot1.org. May 16th-23rd is Florida Invasive Species Awareness Week and there will be plenty of educational resources to check out during this time to expand your ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Anole, Brazilian Pepper, Cane Toad, Collier County, Control, Critter Corner, FISAW, FLinvasives, Florida Sea Grant, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Invasive Species, Lionfish, Plants, Poisonous, SW FL, Venomous

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