Amir Rezazadeh serves as the Multi-County Fruit and Field Crops Extension Agent in St. Lucie and Indian River Counties. Amir focuses on commercial fruit crops production, and he provides comprehensive need-based educational programs for local growers. Amir's major program areas include plant physiology, sustainable horticulture, integrated pest management (IPM), and citrus production. He can be reached at 772-462-1628 or amir2558 [at] ufl [dot] edu.

Posts by Amir Rezazadeh:

• Understanding Citrus Black Spot: A Threat to Your Citrus Groves
• Chilling Requirement and its Importance for Fruit Trees
• Drought Stress on Fruit Tress and its Management
• How to use Hydrogel as a Soil Amendment for Increasing Water Retention
• Fruit Splitting in Citrus
• Managing Anthracnose and Powdery Mildew on Mango Tree
• Lichens on Fruit Trees: Control and Management Strategies
• Bitter Melon: a New Crop in Florida
• Guava Pest and Disease: Spiraling whitefly
• Avocado Disease: Anthracnose

• Why Do My Mango Trees Not Produce Many Fruits Each Year?
• Hurricane Preparation Practices for Fruit Trees
• Pomegranate
• Protecting Citrus Trees from Heat Stress
• Aphids on Plants and their Management
• Mealybug on Tomato and Its Management
• Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV) and its Management
• Mango Anthracnose and its Management
• Beautyberry: An Edible Landscape Plant with Many Potentials
• Are Figs Pollinated by Wasp?

• Aquaponics: Sustainable Food Production System for Home Gardeners
• Tips to protect citrus trees from cold weather
• Cover Crops for Citrus
• Flood management in citrus groves
• Salt Stress and How to manage it in Citrus Grove
• Growing Blackberry in South Florida
• Growing Olive Tree in Florida
• Citrus Greening Myths and Facts
• Children’s Pesticides Poisoning and the Ways to Avoid it
• Citrus Mealybug and Control Methods

• Tips to Save Avocado from Root Rot
• Tips for Recovering Citrus Trees after a Freeze
• Integrated Pest Management for controlling Citrus Greening
• Citrus Under Protective Screen (CUPS) Overview and perspective
• How Many Avocado Varieties do you know? Which one is best for Guacamole?
• Growing Longan in Florida
• Papaya Disease: Anthracnose
• Growing Bamboo in Florida: A New Opportunity
• How to Apply for the Pesticide License Examination
• Growing Avocado in Florida

• Passion fruit woodiness virus
• Wild Grape of Florida
• Growing Jackfruit in Florida
• Growing Star Fruit (carambola) in Florida
• Growing Peanut Butter Fruit in Florida
• Growing Finger lime in Florida
• Growing Mangosteen in Florida
• Medicinal Plant of This Week: Lemon Balm
• Buddha hand (Citron)
• Why we graft vegetables?

• Scale Insect on Mango Tree
• Free Covid-19 testing in St. Lucie County for Agricultural Community
• Can We Grow Plant in MARS?
• Mango Tree Sooty Mold
• Common Problems of Mango in the Florida Home Landscape
• How U-Pick Farms Can Help Local Growers in Pandemic
• Vanilla is coming to our homes!
• Growing Fruit Trees in Container
• Wanted: Pure Avocado Oil
• Papaya Fruit Fly

• Dispose Your Diseased Plants Properly
• 10 Useful Zoom Tips and Tricks
• Flooding Injury in Citrus and Recommendation
• How to Prepare Citrus Groves for Hurricane Season
• Wild Pig (Feral hogs) Damage in Citrus Groves
• It Is Time to Turn Off the Irrigation Timers to Stop Phytophthora Root Rot
• Black Spot of Papaya: How to Recognize and Manage it
• My passion fruit vine does not make any fruit. Why?
• About Horticulture Therapy; Good Practice in Quarantine
• Tips for saving your citrus trees

• Leafminer is coming for citrus: Caution
• COVID-19: Facts vs. Myths
• Farmworkers are at high risk for coronavirus outbreak
• Dooryard Citrus
• Passion fruit: A new alternative crop for small farmers
• Growing Dragon Fruit (Pitaya) in Florida
• Dragon Fruit in Indian River: Great Alternative Crop
• What you don’t know about organic farming: Myths
• What is “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean 15”?
• Microgreens: Tiny plants with a big future