SL-3/SS170 The Florida Fertilizer Label

Revised! SL-3, a 5-page fact sheet by J.B. Sartain, is included in the Florida Lawn Handbook and the Florida Master Gardener Handbook. It describes the information required by law to be shown on the fertilizer label in Florida. Published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Science, October 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SS170

PI170/PI206 Carbofuran Cancellation Process

PI-170, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Frederick Fishel, provides a brief history of carbofuran’s use in the United States, describes risks associated with carbofuran use, and outlines the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) stated rational for revoking its regulations that have allowed carbofuran residues in food. This publication also describes the EPA’s plans announced in 2008 to cancel the pesticide’s registration due to risks carbofuran poses to pesticide applicators and to birds in treated fields. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, August 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PI206

FCS8831/FY901 Living without Lymph Nodes

FCS-8831, a 4-page fact sheet by M.C. Monroe, K. Roberts, and B.F. Shea, helps women understand why lymph nodes are important, why sometimes it is necessary to sacrifice them, and recommends measures women can take to prevent or minimize infection and lymphedema after surgery for breast cancer. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FY901

FCS8640/FY207 Facts about Vitamin D

Revised! FCS-8640, a 2-page illustrated fact sheet by Linda B. Bobroff and Isabel Valentín-Oquendo, summarizes key facts about vitamin D’s role in human nutrition — why we need it, what happens if we don’t get enough, how much we need, how we can get enough, supplements, and how much is too much. Includes links to reliable nutrition information on the Web. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, April 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FY207

FCS7006/FY228 Coping with a Money Crunch: Values, Goals, and Standards

Revised! FCS-7006, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Josephine Turner, Katey Walker and Michael S. Gutter, helps people experiencing a finacial crisis decide on goals and set priorities. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FY228

FCS7026/HE817 Federal Income Tax Management

Revised! FCS-7026, an 8-page fact sheet by Josephine Turner, Nayda I. Torres, Horacio Soberon, and Zeynep Copur, has been updated for the current tax season. It describes the advantages of filing a federal tax return, who must file a return, itemizing deductions, computing income tax rates, credits, payments, preparing and filing your return, recordkeeping, and where to get help. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HE817

FCS8810/FY1088 Facts about Magnesium

FCS-8810, a 2-page illustrated fact sheet by Jennifer Hillan and Linda B. Bobroff, summarizes key facts about magnesium’s role in human nutrition — why we need it, what happens if we don’t get enough, how much we need, how we can get enough, supplements, and how much is too much. Includes links to reliable nutrition information on the Web. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, April 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FY1088

FCS8874/FY1087 HIV/AIDS: Raising Minority Community Awareness

FCS-8874, a 4-page fact sheet by Eboni J. Baugh and Camille Callendar, describes strategies for raising awareness of HIV/AIDS in minority communities. Includes links to effective prevention programs and references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FY1087

HS1156 Review of Nutrient Management Systems for Florida Vegetable Producers

HS1156, a 17-page white paper from the UF/IFAS Vegetable Fertilizer Task Force, identifies differences between actual fertilization practices and UF/IFAS fertilizer recommendations, especially for vegetables grown with subsurface (Central and South Florida) and overhead (Miami-Dade County) irrigation. The recommendations of the VFTF aim at bridging the gaps between science-based results and the diversity in production systems found in the Florida vegetable industry. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Horticultural Sciences, April 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS1156

FOR215/FR277 Gainesville’s Urban Forest Canopy Cover

FOR-215, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Francisco Escobedo, Jennifer A. Seitz, and Wayne Zipperer, examines how tree cover changes over time, how tree composition and location influence urban forest canopy and leaf area, and how tree and ground surface covers vary across Gainesville.. Includes references. Published by the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, April 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR277

FOR214/FR276 Gainesville’s Urban Forest Structure and Composition

FOR-214, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Francisco Escobedo, Jennifer A. Seitz, and Wayne Zipperer, provides an overview of the composition and structure of the urban forest found in Gainesville, Florida. Includes references. Published by the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, April 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR276

ENH1118/EP383 Selected Miticides for Use on Ornamental Plants

ENH1118, an 11-page fact sheet by Robert H. Stamps and Lance S. Osborne, provides an overview of the main mite pests of ornamental plants, detection and control. Includes references and tables listing miticides and manufacturers/distributors. Published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, April 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/EP383

CH201 Scouting for Citrus Greening: Scouting Today to Protect Future Profits

CH201, a 2-page trifold brochure by J.D. Yates, S.H. Futch, and T.M. Spann, highlights the purpose of scouting, frequency, methods, grove conditions, tagging suspect trees, scout responsibilities, safety concerns, diagnostics, and what to scout for. Includes contact information for UF/IFAS Extension citrus experts. Published by the UF Department of Horticultural Sciences, August 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CH201

CH202 Exotic Citrus Diseases: Early Detection is the Solution to Protecting Florida Citrus

CH202, a 2-page illustrated trifold brochure by J.D. Yates, M.M. Dewdney and R.H. Brlansky, is best viewed in pdf format. It provides key information about citrus blackspot, sweet orange scab, citrus leprosis virus, citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC), and citrus tristeza virus (CTV) stem pitting. Includes contact information for UF/IFAS Extension citrus experts. Published by the UF Department of Plant Pathology, November 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CH202

An Assessment of Florida Boaters and their Awareness of the Clean Vessel Act and Clean Marina Program (TP151/SG069)

This revised 83-page report provides results from a study to determine boater awareness of the Clean Vessel Act (CVA) and Clean Marina Program, changes in awareness of the CVA since a 1998 assessment, and the practices and attitudes of Florida boaters. The report concludes with recommendations on how to better target future educational and outreach efforts among the general boating population. Written by Robert Swett, Susan Fann and Jan DeLaney, and published by the UF Sea Grant Program, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg069

EENY428/IN805 Zebra Longwing, Heliconius charitonia (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

EENY-428, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Jaret C. Daniels, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this neotropical butterfly with elongated wings and bold yellow stripes that is the state butterfly of Florida — it’s distribution, description, life cycle, and hosts. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, February 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN805

FE798 2008 Florida Land Value Survey: Farmland Prices Down

FE798, a 6-page report by Rodney L. Clouser, Ronald Muraro, Laila Racevskis, Charles Moss, and Allen Morris, presents the results of a 2008 land value survey to estimate the value of different types of agricultural land for geographic regions of the state. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, April 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE798

FOR210/FR272 Carbon Sequestration and Storage by Gainesville’s Urban Forest

FOR-210, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Francisco Escobedo, Jennifer A. Seitz, and Wayne Zipperer, presents analysis of data to determine the extent to which Gainesville’s urban and natural trees mitigate the effects of climate change by squestering CO2. Includes references. Published by the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR272