PI224, a 9-page fact sheet by F.M. Fishel, describes this program initiated by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 — advantages, criteria for consideration, carbamate and organophosphate pesticides and current use trends. Includes references and tables listing reduced risk and organophosphate alternative pesticides registered in the U.S. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, January 2010.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pi224
Category: Agriculture
AE452 Chill Accumulation Monitoring and Forecasting
AE452, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Clyde W. Fraisse and Alicia Whidden, introduces a new web-based tool for agricultural producers to track and forecast chill accumulation during the winter season to reduce risks associated with climate variability in the southeastern U.S.A. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, January 2010.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE452
AN232 Pasture-Raised Poultry: Getting Started
AN232, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by B. Burbaugh, E. Toro, and A. Gernat, provides information that will help identify the characteristics of alternative poultry production, explain the opportunities and challenges associated with pasture based production systems, provide an overview of breed selection for egg-type laying hens and meat-type birds, as well as discussing to the equipment and practices that facilitate getting birds off to a good start. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Animal Sciences, January 2010.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/an232
ABE368/AE396 South Florida Tropical Fruit Grower Perspectives: Water Conservation Management Practices
Revised! ABE368, a 6-page fact sheet by Kati W. Migliaccio, Jonathan H. Crane, Edward Evans, Bruce Schaffer, Yuncong Li, and Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, presents results of fruit grower responses from a survey designed to assess changing views of agricultural producers in Miami-Dade county from 2006 to 2009 regarding water quantity and quality management practices — methods, demographics, water quality and quantity opinions concerning lifestyle, agriculture, and best management practices (BMPs). Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, November 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE396
PP194/PP116 Homeowner Fact Sheet: Citrus Canker
Revised! PP194, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by M.M. Dewdney, P.D. Roberts, J.H. Graham, K.R. Chung, and M. Zekri, informs homeowners about this serious disease of citrus, its history, symptoms, spread, and control strategies. Published by the UF Department of Plant Pathology, October 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PP116
SSAGR225/AG234 IFAS Assessment of Non-native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas: Status Assessment
Revised! SS-AGR-225, a 28-page publication by Alison M. Fox, Doria R. Gordon, Joan A. Dusky, Linda Tyson, Randall K. Stocker, Kenneth A. Langeland, and Aimee L. Cooper, is the component of the IFAS Assessment that provides evaluations of plants that currently occur within Florida. designed to identify those non-native plant species that are invasive in areas of Florida where designated management objectives include the conservation of native biodiversity. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, April 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ag234
HS1078/HS323 University of Florida Potato Variety Spot Light: Red LaSoda
Revised! HS1078, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Chad M. Hutchinson, Doug Gergela, David Dinkins and Edsel Redden, provides key details of this red-skinned fresh market variety of potato and includes production statistics from the UF/IFAS research and demonstration farm in Hastings FL. Published by the UF Department of Horticultural Sciences, December 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS323
ENY857/IN839 Spotted Wing Drosophila New in Florida Berry Culture
ENY857, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by James F. Price and Curtis A. Nagle, describes this pest of strawberry, blueberry, raspberry and other thin-skinned fruit that was discovered in Hillsborough County in August 2009, and which strawberry growers should be prepared to encounter in winter 2010. It describes possible tactics for management. Includes references and a table of insecticides available for management of Drosophila spp. flies on strawberries in Florida. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, October 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN839
SSAGR86/AG100 The Story Behind the IFAS Assessment of Non-native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas
Revised! SS-AGR-86, an 8-page fact sheet by A. M. Fox, D. R. Gordon, J. A. Dusky, L. Tyson, R. K. Stocker, K.A. Langeland, and A.L. Cooper, provides a history, justification, and summary of the IFAS Assessment of Non-Native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, November 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AG100
EENY456/IN826 Tessellated Scale Eucalymnatus tessellatus (Signoret)
EENY456, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Adriana Espinosa, Amanda Hodges, Greg Hodges, Forrest Howard and Catharine Mannion, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this soft scale, native to South America, that can be a pest in greenhouses, commercial nurseries, and in the south Florida landscape — distribution, field characteristics, life cycle, hosts, general plant damage, and management. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, July 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN826
PI219 Pest Management and Pesticides: A Historical Perspective
PI219, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Frederick M. Fishel, provides a historical perspective on the impact of pests and pesticides on human society, including a chronological list of significant events involving pesticides. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, December 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PI219
SSAGR231/AG321 Range Cattle Research and Education Center Climatological Report–2007
SS-AGR-231, a 7-page illustrated research report by Brent Sellers, presents a summary of rainfall, air temperature, evapotranspiration, and solar radiation for 2007 obtained at the Range Cattle Research and Education Center (REC) in Ona, Florida, and is compared to a 66-year summary of data collected from this location. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, September 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AG321
ENY128/AA142 Infant Botulism and Honey
Revised! ENY128, a 2-page fact sheet by Malcolm T. Sanford, Eddie Atkinson and Jamie Ellis, prepares beekeepers to answer questions responsibly about honey as a potential source of C. botulinum spores, which can cause botulism in infants under 12 months of age. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, October 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AA142
EENY463/IN833 Chilli thrips Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
EENY463, a 10-page fact sheet by Vivek Kumar Jha, Dakshina R. Seal and Garima Kakkar, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this new introduced insect pest that is an important pest of vegetable, ornamental and fruit crops — synonymy, distribution, identification, life cycle and biology, hosts, damage, disease transmission, management. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, November 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN833
EENY465/IN835 Palmetto scale Comstockiella sabalis Comstock
EENY465, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Adrianna Espinosa, Amanda Hodges and Greg Hodges, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this scale pest of palms in southern U.S. Mexico and the Caribbean — distribution, description, life cycle, hosts, general plant damage and management. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, November 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in835
HS405 Hydroponic Vegetable Production in Florida
HS405, an 8-page illustrated fact sheet by Richard Tyson, Robert Hochmuth and Daniel J. Cantliffe, provides an overview of hydroponic vegetable production in Florida — history, marketing considerations, growing systems, seasonal limitations, and economic considerations. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Horticultural Sciences, November 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS405
SL309/SS521 Phosphorus Removal Rates from Sod Production Systems
SL309, a 6-page illustrated report by Maria L. Silveira, Randy Bateman, Joseph Walter, Jerry Sartain, Christa L. Kirby, and Pete Deal, presents the results of a study to evaluate P removal rates in different sod production systems in central and south Florida. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Sciences, November 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SS521
ENY853/IN779 Florida’s Established Arthropod Weed Biological Control Agents and Their Targets
ENY853, a 3-page fact sheet by J. P. Cuda and J. H. Frank, describes the role of biological control agents in controlling nonnative invasive weeds, lists the arthropod bilogical control agents that are established for seven invasive weeds, and provides links to additional resources. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, September 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN779
FE823 The Incidence of Greening and Canker Infection in Florida Citrus Groves from September 2007 through August 2008
FE823, a 5-page report by Robert A. Morris, Candice Erick, and Mark Estes, presents the results of a grower-based survey to estimate the degree of greening infection currently present in Florida citrus groves. Published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, December 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE823
SSAGR326/AG336 Wax Myrtle Biology and Control in Pastures
SS-AGR-326, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Brent Sellers, J. Ferrell, and Reyna Speckmann, describes the biology and control of this native evergreen shrub that, in dense infestations, can completely eliminate bahiagrass stands in pastures. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, November 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AG336