Have you ever wondered what kinds of mushrooms are growing in your front yard or how they keep spreading? The answer to both of these phenomenon is spores. We could create hundreds of blogs about how fungi spores work. But the short answer ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture
My husband’s best friend was a nature nerd like me. If I didn’t know what something was, Anthony was the first person I’d send a photo to for identification help. We lost him unexpectedly last year, but he shows up in small ways for ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Recreation
Compiled by Mara L. Johnson, UF/IFAS Extension, Pinellas County Horticulture Program Assistant Using fungicide to combat Take-all Root Rot? If a fungicide that you are using to combat the fungus becomes ineffective, it is possible that ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic
University of Florida researchers may have found the key to developing tomatoes that can resist a catastrophic disease. Although it has been around for 50 years, target spot of tomato has become increasingly problematic during the last few ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture
In this installment of TREC’s Research Report, you’ll learn about Dr. Romina Gazis, an Assistant Professor in the UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department and Director of the UF/IFAS Tropical Research & Education Center’s Plant Diagnostic ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
The pathogens mantra “keep going” In these blog posts, we might have discussed how amazingly pathogens manage to transmit themselves. And if we have not discussed it, this type of information can easily be extracted from the many wildlife ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease
When ancient plants first evolved to live on land, they found a harsh and unforgiving environment. On land, water and nutrients are much more difficult to acquire. Compared to the watery habitats they came from, plant roots on land are not surrounded ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, , Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources
Rain, heat, and humidity generally aren’t the greatest growing conditions for roses. The hybrid teas that look stunning in a garden up north turn into leafless twigs in a Central Florida summer without regular fungicide use. Is it even worth ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Q: What are those little black discs? You're suddenly finding mysterious black discs stuck to your favorite plants? (...or your walls, cars, windows, screens, pets, etc.) Let me guess... it's been raining lately... ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease
A plant-loving fungus Armillaria root rot is a problematic disease of woody plants through Florida and much of the world. There are several species of Armillaria fungi that appear quite similar, but act in the same way by infecting ... READ MORE
Category: Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease