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Overview of UF, IFAS Pesticide Research Programs

Overview of UF, IFAS Pesticide Research Programs. Norm Leppla 1 , Joan Dusky 2 & Jennifer Gillett 1 2 Office of the Dean for Extension & Director Florida Cooperative Extension Service University of Florida, IFAS 1 University of Florida, IFAS, IPM Florida.

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Overview of UF, IFAS Pesticide Research Programs

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  1. Overview of UF, IFAS Pesticide Research Programs Norm Leppla1, Joan Dusky2 & Jennifer Gillett1 2Office of the Dean for Extension & Director Florida Cooperative Extension Service University of Florida, IFAS 1University of Florida, IFAS, IPM Florida

  2. Areas of Activity for UF, IFAS Pesticide Research • Ornamentals and Turf • Vegetables • Citrus Production • Deciduous and Small Fruits • Water Sheds and River Basins • Medical and Veterinary • Pasture and Forage Crops • People and Communities

  3. Ornamentals and Turf • Scouting and application technology for ornamental plants • Landscape pest management (mole crickets, imported fire ants & chinch bugs) • Research on new pesticides (herbicides, fungicides & nematicides) • Orchid pest management (mites & insects)

  4. Vegetables • Tomato and pepper integrated pest management • New insecticides for corn pests • Pesticide-free greenhouse vegetables • Disease vector control in vegetables • Alternatives to methyl bromide fumigation • Organic and sustainable production

  5. Citrus Production • Vector management for disease control (brown citrus aphid & Asian citrus psyllid) • Insect and disease IPM research (citrus root weevil & mites) • Organic production systems • Weed management

  6. Deciduous and Small Fruits • Timing of pesticide applications • Thrips management

  7. Water Sheds and River Basins • Alien invasive species prevention and control • Local eradication of invasive weeds

  8. Medical and Veterinary • Mosquito abatement • Pesticides for the military • Pesticide impact on non-target organisms (dung beetles)

  9. Pasture and Forage Crops • Insect management (mole cricket, imported fire ant & armyworms) • Weed management (tropical soda apple & cogongrass)

  10. People and Communities • Pesticide drift- good neighbor policy • School IPM- IPM certification • Termite treatments for eradication and control • Pesticides in BMPs

  11. Spotlight Innovative Research with Pest Management • Raghavan Charudattan- bioherbicides for managing pasture weeds • Mike Scharf- research into low impact alternatives to conventional synthetic insecticides, with emphasis on termiticides

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