Category: Invasive Species

Papaya plants reduce the need for pesticides on tomatoes in Florida, new UF study finds

by BLOGS.IFAS
June 29, 2011

Cutline at bottom. Click here for a high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Whiteflies can be biologically controlled in Florida greenhouse tomatoes, according to a new University of Florida study, which helps reduce the need for pesticide ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Biological Control, Entomology And Nematology, Florida, Greenhouse Tomatoes, Lance Osborne, Papaya, Wasp, Whitefly, Yingfang Xiao

Efforts to control invasive lionfish not likely to curb population, UF researchers say

by BLOGS.IFAS
June 22, 2011

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Lionfish are causing problems for native fish populations in Florida’s coastal waters, such as grouper and snapper, prompting efforts to try and curb populations ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species
Tags: Allen, Barbour, Frazer, Invasive Species, Lionfish

Rosemary Loria appointed chair of UF plant pathology department

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 31, 2011

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A Cornell University professor has been selected as chair of the University of Florida’s plant pathology department, UF officials announced today. Rosemary ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Cornell, IFAS, Jack Payne, Plant Pathology, Rosemary Loria

UF: Insecticide resistance developing in psyllid that carries citrus disease

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 9, 2011

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In Florida’s war against citrus greening, producers face a new threat -- the insects they’re fighting are becoming less sensitive to insecticides, according ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Citrus, Entomology And Nematology, Florida, Psyllid, Stelinski

UF study traces global red imported fire ant invasions to southern U.S.

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 25, 2011

Caption at end of story. Click here for high-res image GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Red imported fire ant invasions around the globe in recent years can now be traced to the southern U.S., where the nuisance insect gained a foothold in the 1930s, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Work & Life
Tags: Ascunce, Entomology And Nematology, Red Imported Fire Ant, Shoemaker

South American beetle released by UF researchers benefits Florida ranchers

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 27, 2011

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Over the past two decades, Florida cattle ranchers have spent as much as $16 million a year doing battle with an invasive weed called tropical soda apple, known ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Livestock
Tags: Biological Control, Entomology And Nematology, Gratiana Boliviana, Julio Medal, Tropical Soda Apple

UF researchers find renewable energy leftovers could fertilize, cut carbon emissions

by Ken Gioeli
September 30, 2010

Click for full image. Caption at end of story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For hundreds of years, farmers in Brazil’s Amazon Basin have hunted through dense jungles for what is called “terra preta” -- mysterious plots of super-fertile black ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Invasive Species, Work & Life
Tags: Andrew Zimmerman, Bin Gao, Biochar

Mosquito research shows ‘your worst enemy could be your best friend’

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 25, 2010

Caption at end of story. Click for full image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Your worst enemy can sometimes also be your best friend, according to entomologists from the University of Florida and Illinois State University. Their research has shown ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species
Tags: Entomology And Nematology, Mosquitoes, Phil Lounibos, Steven Juliano

UF research finds that ‘killer’ bees haven’t stung U.S. honey production

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 26, 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In just a few years after Africanized honey bees were introduced to Brazil in 1956, the aggressive bees had dominated and ruined domestic hives throughout South and Central America. According to University of Florida research, ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species
Tags: Charles Moss, Entomology And Nematology, Jamie Ellis, Jerry Hayes

UF research improves production of sea oats essential to dune restoration

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 5, 2010

Caption at end of story. Click here for full image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- It might be easy for the casual beachgoer to write off sea oats as mere weeds. However, the lanky grass holds the soil of beach dunes, making it a keystone of the natural ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS
Tags: Micropropagation, Mike Kane, Sea Oats

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