by Nicholas Dufault | Feb 16, 2018
Nicholas Dufault, UF/IFAS Crop Pathologist, and Patrick Troy, UF/IFAS Row Crop Regional Agent As the 2018 peanut production season approaches, it is time for producers to start considering their fungicide programs. Chlorothalonil has been a staple fungicide in many...
by Michael Mulvaney | Feb 9, 2018
It’s only February, but it will be April before you know it. That means it is time to start planning for peanut and cotton planting season. Variety selection Peanut If you’re a peanut grower, you’re placing your orders for GA-06G now. Which is great – it’s a cultivar...
by Zane Grabau | Jan 26, 2018
Zane Grabau, UF/IFAS Nematologist, and Ethan Carter, Regional Crop IPM Agent Nematicide application, along with crop rotation and use of resistant cultivars, is a key tool for nematode management. To that end, the number of nematicides/insecticides available to...
by btillman | Jan 19, 2018
After attending the annual meeting of the National Association of Plant Breeders in Davis, California last summer, I took a couple of days to drive down to Sequoia National Park to see the Giant Sequoia trees. As I walked through the forest, these trees were so large...
by Xavier Martini | Jan 5, 2018
Xavier Martini, Pete Andersen, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center In May 2017, Asian citrus psyllids (Diaphorina citri) were found in the experimental citrus grove at the Suwannee Valley Extension Center in Live Oak. The trees were quickly treated...
by Ethan Carter | Oct 13, 2017
After back to back mild winters, the 2017 growing season has been a banner year for pests. Prolonged cold weather normally diminishes pest populations, but this year pests of all types survived winter with populations that have increased dramatically. Most of the...
