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Yaupon Holly Culture and Pest Management for Tea Production and Ornamental Use
EDIS, 2020 Yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria Aiton, is an evergreen woody plant native to the southeastern United States. The species is widely used as a landscape ornamental plant because it tolerates a wide range of soil and environmental conditions, is
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Optimizing Alternative Fumigant Applications for Ornamental Production in Florida
EDIS, 2009 ENY-901, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Erin N. Rosskopf, N. Kokalis-Burelle, R. McSorley, and E. Skvarch, presents the results of tests of two alternative fumigants for ornamental production, conducted in Gainesville and Ft. Pierce.
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Larger Elm Leaf Beetle, Monocesta coryli (Say) (Insecta: Coleoptea: Chrysomelidae)
EDIS, 2004 The larger elm leaf beetle, Monocesta coryli (Say), is one of the most conspicuous members of Florida's leaf beetle fauna. Although usually uncommonly collected in this state, it occasionally is abundant enough to cause defoliation of both native and ...
Michael C. Thomas
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Scale Insects and Mealybugs on Ornamental Plants
EDIS, 2006 Revised! ENY-323, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Eileen A. Buss and Jay Cee Turner, describes this group of serious pests of many ornamental plants.
Eileen A. Buss, Jay Cee Turner
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Management of Insect and Mite Resistance in Ornamental Crops
EDIS, 2008 ENY-843, an 11-page fact sheet by James F. Price, Elzie McCord, Jr., and Curtis Nagle, defines pesticide resistance, how it is established and resistance management.
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Lantana Lace Bug, Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae)
EDIS, 2004 The lantana lace bug, Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål, often causes extensive damage to lantana, Lantana camara L. Although lantana is sometimes used as an ornamental, it is usually considered a weed.
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Sampling Palms for Lethal Yellowing and Texas Phoenix Palm Decline Phytoplasmas
EDIS, 2018 In Florida, palms are an economically important group of trees in the nursery and landscaping industries. Phytoplasma diseases of palms are a major concern because they infect a wide variety of these valuable ornamental palms, and they are lethal.
Brian Bahder, Ericka Helmick
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Managing Thrips and Tomato Spotted Wilt in Pepper
EDIS, 2004 Thrips are serious pests of ornamental, vegetable, and fruit crops in the field and greenhouse. Feeding and egg-laying by thrips results in distortion, discoloration, silvering, and bronzing of leaves and fruits of vegetables reducing their market value.
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Managing Scale Insects on Ornamental Plants
EDIS, 2016 Scale insects are a diverse group of piercing-sucking pests (Hemiptera) commonly found on ornamental plants in landscapes and nurseries. There are over 180 species of scale insects in Florida, but only a small percentage are important pests of ...
Eileen A. Buss, Adam Dale
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INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT HOST PLANTS ON THE BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEYCHELLARUM MEALYBUG Icerya seychellarum (WESTWOOD). [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2015 Laboratory experiments were carried out to study the influence of different host plants on some biological characteristics of I. seychellarum .The experiments were conducted in the Insectary of the Economic Entomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture,
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