Category: Lawn

December First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton

December 5, 2022

Recap of December First Friday with Florida First Detector On December 2nd, we covered the basics of invasive snails and slugs. Snails and slugs are a type of mollusk called a gastropod. Slugs are different than snails in that they typically ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops, Events, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Wildlife
Tags: Bioscurity, Early Detection, FFD22-23, FloridaFirstDetector, Gastropods, Giant African Land Snail, Invasive Species, SeminoleCountyAg, Slugs, Snails

Plant-parasitic nematodes in your yard

by Benjamin Waldo

June 19, 2020

Have you noticed patchy areas of yellowing or wilting turfgrass in your yard? Are there areas that are thin and declining? If so, nematodes might be feeding on the roots of your turfgrass. What are nematodes? Nematodes are microscopic ... READ MORE

Category: Lawn, Pests & Disease, Turf

FIVE grand ONLINE learning opportunities – Register Now!

by Gideon Alake

May 20, 2020

Do you want the opportunity to learn from professionals and hear from key UF researchers, all from the comfort of your home? Here are five grand events from FDACS, FNGLA, and other CEUs. Check out any of the classes that interest you and fit ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: CEU, FDACS, FNGLA

COVID-19 and UF/IFAS Extension

by Nick Place

March 15, 2020

Updated 03/15/20 As we continue to monitor COVID-19 in Florida, I wanted to take a moment to update our UF/IFAS Extension community about our current status, best practices and next steps. The personal health and safety of everyone in the ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Crops, Curriculum, Disaster Preparation, Events, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food Safety, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Livestock, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Recreation, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, , Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Covid-19, Featured Hot Topic, Hot Topic

February Flora and Fauna Festival

by Gideon Alake

February 7, 2020

All roads lead to the UF Entomology & Nematology Department this (February 8th and 9th) weekend for the first edition of the February Flora and Fauna Festival hosted by the Doctor of Plant Medicine (DPM) program. You are invited to ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Pests & Disease
Tags: Doctor Of Plant Medicine, February Flora And Fauna Festival

Feral Swine

by Alicia Kelley

May 25, 2018

Feral swine, Sus scrofa, were introduced to the United States by settlers in the 1500s as a food source. They were originally brought for agriculture, but escaped and released pigs have grown into a feral population across the US. They are ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Invasive Species, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Eurasian Boar, Feral Pig, Feral Swine, Invasive Species, Piney Woods Rooter, Razorback, Russian Boar, Sus Scrofa, Wild Boar, Wild Hog, Wild Pig

Spanish Course: Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance (“Roundup” certificate) CEUs & Exam

by Alicia Kelley

March 27, 2018

A pesticide application course taught in Spanish is being offered on March 29th, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. This is a licensing class and exam for commercial landscape maintenance employees who need to apply pesticides in landscape beds. It is commonly ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Lawn, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: CEU, Pesticide Applicator, Pesticide Certificate, Roundup, Spanish

Tunneling in your turf? Watch for mole crickets!

by Matt Borden

August 20, 2017

You may not have seen these subterranean pests, but during the summer months, juvenile mole crickets have been busy feeding and growing larger. During the autumn many of these insects will develop into adults, but all will be hungry and ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease
Tags: Pests, UF/IFAS Pest Alert

New on Featured Creatures! The sting nematode

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman

March 27, 2015

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The common name sting nematode is generally applied to nematodes in the genus Belonolaimus, particularly Belonolaimus longicaudatus ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf
Tags: Featured Creatures, Nematodes, Pest Alert

New on Featured Creatures! The tawny crazy ant (previously known as Caribbean crazy ant)

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman

January 12, 2015

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Nylanderia fulva was previously confused with Nylanderia pubens (Synonym: Paratrechina pubens). Nylanderia fulva is native ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Ants, Featured Creatures, Invasive Species, Pest Alert

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