Tag: virus

Lo que debe saber sobre el Virus del Mosaico de la Caña de Azúcar (SCMV) y la Necrosis Viral Letal (LVN) que afectan a la grama de San Agustín

by Henry Mayer
December 7, 2022

La enfermedad del mosaico y la necrosis viral letal (LVN)son enfermedades virales de la grama San Agustín (SAG) causadas por el virus del mosaico de la caña de azúcar (SCMV). Los primeros síntomas incluyen un patrón de mosaico en la hoja ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Español, Grass, Landscape, LVN, SCMV, Turf, Turf Problem, Virus

Keeping your workers and customers safe against COVID-19

by Vanessa Vassilaros
May 12, 2020

Sanitation in your workplace We know that agricultural operations and workers are essential. But now that we might enter a "new normal" phase where we still have to practice sanitation while opening businesses like plant nurseries, farms, gardens ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Community Volunteers, Crops, Disaster Preparation, Farm Management, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Ag Safety, Agriculture, COVID-19, Farmworkers, Germs, Horticulture, Industry, Sanitation, Tool, UF, Virus

Virus throttles Florida’s lucrative ornamental plant industry (Interview)

by Vanessa Vassilaros
April 27, 2020

How is COVID-19 pandemic affecting the ornamental plant industry in Florida? Follow this interview by AFP news to a nursery grower and UF/IFAS Extension expert in Miami-Dade County By AFP. The palm trees that line many US boulevards, the ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture
Tags: Agriculture, COVID-19, Farmworker, Florida, Homestead, Industry, Miami, Nursery, Ornamental, Plant, Planta, Trabajo, UF/IFAS, Virus, Vivero

Rose Rosette Disease: What is it?

by Vanessa Vassilaros
February 21, 2018

Rose Rosette Disease (RRD) is caused by the Rose Rosette Virus (RRV) and spread by eriophyid mite (Phyllocoptes fructiphilus), Wild and ornamental rose species and cultivars are susceptible to this disease. And it has been spreading through ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Acaro, Free, Mite, Nursery, Ornamental, Rose, RRD, RRV, Virus, Viruses, Vivero, Webinar

Enfermedades en ornamentales del sur de Florida

by Vanessa Vassilaros
June 3, 2017

He recibido muchas preguntas acerca de que enfermedades causadas por virus, hongos, bacterias o algas afectan a las plantas ornamentales que crecen en el sur de la Florida. Si tu piensas en crecer tus planta o trabajas en un vivero o paisajismo ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Alga, Bacteria, Enfermedad, Florida, Hongo, IPM, Manejo De Plagas, Ornamental, Patogeno, Planta, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade, Virus, Vivero

Zika vector control video

by Vanessa Vassilaros
August 29, 2016

Enjoy this new video of how to control Zika vector (mosquitoes) The title of the song is: Zika 101 Enjoy while learning: A rap video with simple steps for personal protection against Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, the two known ... READ MORE

Category: NATURAL RESOURCES
Tags: Control, Education, Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Prevention, Vector Control, Video, Virus, Zika, Zika Virus

Zika: OSHA guidelines for outdoor workers

by Vanessa Vassilaros
August 18, 2016

OSHA guidelines for outdoor workers: OSHA recommends employers train workers on how to protect themselves about the importance of eliminating areas where mosquitoes breed on the work site. In addition, OSHA suggests employers provide ... READ MORE

Category: Work & Life
Tags: OSHA, Outdoors, Protection, Virus, Worker, Zika

Protecting Workers and Zika Virus

by Vanessa Vassilaros
June 7, 2016

Tips from UF/IFAS Extension mosquito experts and OSHA/NIOSH to protect outside workers to Zika virus exposure. The two mosquito species implicated in Zika outbreaks in other countries are established in Florida. They are the yellow fever mosquito,Aedes ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida, Occupational Exposure To Zika Virus, OSHA, Protecting Workers, Virus, Workers, Zika

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