EDIS Update

<![CDATA[The following new publications have been added to the Florida Sugarcane Handbook, published by the UF Agronomy Department, June – October 2007.
Census Reports:
SSAGR265/SC080: Sugarcane Variety Census: Florida 2002
SSAGR266/SC081:Sugarcane Variety Census: Florida 2003
SSAGR267/SC082: Sugarcane Variety Census: Florida 2004
SSAGR268/SC083: Sugarcane Variety Census: Florida 2005
Variety Fact Sheets:
SSAGR270/SC084: Performance of Foreign Cane Germplasm on Florida Sandlands
Economics and Policy:
SSAGR284/SC085: Sugar and the World Trade Organization (WTO): Progress To-Date

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EENY-410, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by H. Alejandro Arevalo and Eleanor Groden, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this adventive stinging ant found mainly in the northeastern U.S. Includes sections on synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle, economic importance, and management. Includes selected references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, August 2007.

FE560, a 4-page fact sheet by Rodney L. Clouser, describes changes to the Florida Agricultural Land and Practices Act, the definition agricultural enclaves, and implications of the act. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, October 2007.

PI-157, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Frederick M. Fishel, describes this hydrocarbon fumigant which is specifically regulated in Florida, its effective dates, applicator requirements, application equipment, safety equipment, exemptions, and additional information. Published by the UF Agronomy Department, October 2007.

EENY-409, an8-page illustrated fact sheet by E. E. Grissell, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes a family of brightly patterned, stout-bodied wasps which are parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae. Includes sections on synonymy, biology, hosts, identification. Includes Key to Nearctic Genera and Species of Scoliidae and selected references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, June 2007.

FA 148, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by R. LeRoy Creswell, Cortney L. Ohs, and Christian L. Miller, describes this medium-sized fish of the drum family, its culture methods, and summarizes its potential for aquaculture in Florida. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, May 2007.

SS-AGR-278, a 2-page fact sheet by Ann Blount, Ronald Barnett, Jerry Johnson, Cheryl Mackowiak, and Yoana Newman, describes this rye cultivar, developed for early season forage production. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, October 2007.

SS-AGR-279, a 2-page fact sheet by Ann Blount, Ronald Barnett, Jerry Johnson, Cheryl Mackowiak, and Yoana Newman, describes this oat cultivar, considered to be an excellent choice for grain and forage use in the southeastern U.S. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, October 2007.

ENH-1043, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Zhanao Deng and Brent K. Harbaugh, describes two gerbera cultivars developed at UF specifically for landscape use, their origin, container and garden performance, and availability. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, June 2006.

HS-1116, a 2-page illustrated fact sheet by Bielinski M. Santos and Alicia J. Whidden, summarizes for growers the results of studies conducted to determine whether using preplant starter N fertilization increases strawberry early and total yield.

Revised! Circular 627, a 7-page illustrated publication by Sydney Park Brown, Thomas H. Yeager, and Robert J. Black, describes the technique of training plants against walls, fences, or trellises. It describes formal patterns, how to support, plant, and train them, general care, and trimming tips. Includes tables listing suggested trees, shrubs, and vines for espaliers in Florida. Published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, September 2007.

SS-AGR-288, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Jason Ferrell and Brent Sellers, describes this summer annual with sharp spines which is common in Florida pastures, especially around feeding pens and water troughs. Includes control recommendations. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, October 2007.

SS-AGR-281, a 2-page fact sheet by Ann Blount, Ronald Barnett, Jerry Johnson, Cheryl Mackowiak, and Yoana Newman, describes this oat cultivar, considered to be an excellent choice for grain, hat, grazing, or ensiling in the southeastern U.S. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, October 2007.

FE700, an 8-page paper by Chuck Adams, Betty Staugler, and Alan Hodges, describes an assessment of the economic activities in Charlotte County associated with the Water LIFE Kids Cup Fishing Tournament, to help tournament planners better anticipate the economic benefits associated with such community activities. Published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, October 2007.

FE698, an 3-page paper by Tom Stevens, Alan Hodges, and David Mulkey, reports estimates of economic impacts in order to asses the importance of TPC golf tournament to the northeast Florida economy and to the industries and institutions within it. Published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, October 2007.

ENY-824, a 10-page fact sheet by Eileen A. Buss, James F. Price, Elzie McCord, and Curtis Nagle, encourages landscape managers in Florida to implement resistence management practices. It provides definitions, discussions of resistance development and mangement, and the use of mixtures, rotations, and mosaics as strategies. Includes references and tables showing the mode of action of insecticides and miticides. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, July 2007.

EENY-405, a 7-page illustrated fact sheet by F. W. Howard, Dave Moore, Edwin Abreu, y Sergio Gallo, is part of the Featured Creatures collection, and is the Spanish-language version of EENY-398/IN709: A Coconut Mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer (Arachnida: Acari: Eriophyidae). It describes one of the worst arthropod pests of coconut palms, which attacks the young fruits and can cause scarring and distortion and premature fruit drop. Includes sections on distribution, description, biology and ecology, hosts, damage and economic importance, detection, management, and selected references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, June 2007

EENY-400, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Michael C. Thomas is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this relatively small, primarily tropical group of weevils in the subfamily Brentinae, discussing their identification and selected references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, September 2007.

Revised! ENH-36, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Sydney Park Brown, describes these popular and widely available epiphytic tropical plants native to the Philippines, including their selection, care and culture. Published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, October 2007.

SS-AGR-280, a 2-page fact sheet by Ann Blount, Ronald Barnett, Jerry Johnson, Cheryl Mackowiak, and Yoana Newman, describes this oat cultivar, considered to be an excellent choice for grain and forage use in the southeastern U.S. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, October 2007.