Category: Pests & Disease

April Plant Clinic in Fort Walton Beach this Friday
April 15, 2025
The April plant clinic will be provided from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday, April 18 at the temporary UF/IFAS Extension Annex located at the Okaloosa Technical College (OTC) in Fort Walton Beach. The plant clinic is designed to provide a place ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & DiseaseTags: Plant Clinic, Plant Diagnostics, Soil Testing, Weed Control, Weed Identification

Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers
April 11, 2025
Recently, I went for a troll along the UF/IFAS, St Lucie County Extension Nature Walk, when I came across some beautiful Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera) nymph. The nymphs have a red variation, showing a blood-red coloration ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & DiseaseTags: Lubber Grasshopper

Disease Management for Watermelons in North Florida
April 11, 2025
Disease Management for Watermelons in North Florida Managing watermelon diseases is one of the most critical aspects of successfully growing watermelons in North Florida. There are both soil and air-borne pathogens and insect-vectored plant ... READ MORE
Category: Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & DiseaseTags: SV Ag Update

Springtime and the Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
April 4, 2025
THEY’RE BAAAACK.... Those monster munchers of your amaryllis, crinum, other lilies and, well, many of your favorite garden ornamentals and edibles! We’re talking about lubber grasshopper nymphs currently hatching out in many of our ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease,Tags: Anne Yasalonis, Ayasalonis, Central Florida, Florida Pests, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Grasshopper, Insect, Lubber Grasshoppers, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer, Polk County, Polkmg, UF/IFAS Polk County, Your Central Florida Yard Podcast

Los floridanos están fertilizando su césped sin ninguna orientación: una campaña de UF/IFAS tiene como objetivo brindarles información
April 1, 2025
Creado por Megan Winslow, especialista en relaciones públicas de UF/IFAS. Un informe recientemente publicado por UF/IFAS revela importantes deficiencias de conocimiento sobre fertilizantes entre los floridanos que los utilizan para cuidar ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Center For Land Use Efficiency, Césped, Encuesta, Español, Fertilizantes, Grama, Informe, Jardines Residenciales, Kit De Herramientas, Ordenanzas, PIE Center, Regulaciones, Seminario En Línea, Seminario En Línea Gratuito, Spanish, Zacate

Protecting your plate and farmer’s harvests: UF/IFAS entomologist fights for Florida’s crops against costly pests
March 31, 2025
Behind every fresh head of lettuce and pepper on your plate, there’s a team of scientists working tirelessly to protect crops and farmers’ harvests from pests and plant diseases. De-Fen Mou, an assistant professor of entomology at ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, , Conservation, Crops, Events, Farm Management, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Agricultural Pests, Aphids, De-Fen Mou, Department Of Entomology And Nematology, Diseases, Entomology, Entomology And Nematology, EREC Agricultural Vector Entomology Lab, Everglades Research And Education Center, Hemiptera, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Invasive, Leafhoppers, News, Pests, Plant Diseases, Planthoppers, Samira Daroub, Thrips, Thrips Parvispinus, Thysanopterans, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Whiteflies

¿Es su vecindario un foco de termitas? Investigadores de UF/IFAS monitorean la propagación de esta plaga destructiva con una herramienta en línea
March 19, 2025
Creado por Lourdes Mederos, gerente de relaciones públicas en español para el Departamento de Comunicaciones de UF/IFAS. Investigadores de University of Florida advierten al público que un número creciente de comunidades se han convertido ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Home Management, Invasive Species, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Centro De Investigación Y Educación De UF/IFAS En Fort Lauderdale (FLREC), Cientificos, Comejen, Control De Plagas, Daños Costosos, Danos Estructurales, Distribucion De Termitas, Español, Especies Invasoras, FLREC, Hot Spots, Investigadores, Laboratorio De Termitas, Madera En Descomposicion, Mapa, Mapa De Termitas, Mapa En Línea De Acceso Público, Mapa Interactivo, Muestras, Operadores Certificados De Control De Plagas, Propietarios De Viviendas, Puntos Calientes, Spanish, Termita De La Madera Seca De Las Indias Occidentales, Termita Subterránea Asiática, Termita Subterránea De Formosa, Termitas, Thomas Chouvenc, UF-IFAS, Zonas Foco

March Plant Clinic in Fort Walton Beach this Friday
March 17, 2025
The first plant clinic for 2025 will be provided from 10 to 11 a.m. on Friday, March 21 at the temporary UF/IFAS Extension Annex located at the Okaloosa Technical College (OTC) in Fort Walton Beach. (See Below Map) The plant clinic is designed ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & DiseaseTags: Plant Clinic, Plant Diagnosis, Soil Testing, Weed Identification