Category: Pests & Disease

COVID-19 and UF/IFAS Extension

by Nick Place
March 15, 2020

Updated 03/16/20 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 ... 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

Grafting Tomatoes for Disease Resistance and Improved Yield

by Matt Lollar
January 30, 2019

Jonathan Kressin, a PhD candidate in Plant Pathology at NC State, is researching the effects of grafted tomatoes on bacterial wilt management. Jonathan is not only researching rootstock varieties, he is also looking at cultural practice impacts ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Grafted, Pest Management, Tomato, Variety

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Control Using Natural Enemies

by Matt Lollar
January 30, 2019

Stink Bug Control by Dr. Jim Walgenbach Distribution The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) was introduced into the United States from Asia. The insect pest was first found in Pennsylvania and is suspected to have made its way to the US in ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Biocontrol, Control, Insect, Natural Enemy, Pesticide, Stink Bug, Stinkbug, Tomato

Exclusion Techniques to Manage Greenhouse Insect Pests

by Matt Lollar
July 10, 2018

Greenhouse vegetable production can help diversify your farm. Florida possesses a competitive advantage during winter months, because of much lower heating costs compared to other states and Canada. A major disadvantage, however, to producing ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Control, Exclusion, Farm, Farmer, Farming, Greenhouse, High Tunnel, Insect, Manage, Netting, Pest, Screen

Miravis Fungicide Now Registered for Peanuts in Florida

by Matt Lollar
June 22, 2018

Article written by John D. Atkins, UF/IFAS Extension - Santa Rosa County. Syngenta has successfully completed the registration process with the Florida Department of Agriculture for a new fungicide for Florida peanut farmers called Miravis. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease
Tags: Control, Disease, Florida, Fungicide, Peanuts, Pesticide, Registered

APHIDS and PEANUTS

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 31, 2012

On July 16 I was called out to a peanut field in Santa Rosa County. There I met with producer Steven Godwin, and CPS agronomist Greg Esco, to examine aphids they had found in the field while they were scouting for lesser cornstalk borer. The ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Agriculture, Aphids, Insects, IPM, Peanuts

Managing Hog and Deer Damage, March 23,2012

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 5, 2012

2012-WildlifeFlyerFL-SRC-Esc Click the above link for more details about the vwildlife meeting. READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Pests & Disease

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