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Greenhouse Vegetable Production publications on EDIS:

Mitchell, J.M. and D.J. Cantliffe. The effects of the 2004 hurricane season on greenhouse vegetable production in Florida. EDIS HS1021. (view .pdf)

Rondon, S.I. 2005. Commercial availability of predatory mites. EDIS HS244. (view .pdf)

Cantliffe, D.J. and J.J. Vansickle. 2002.  Industria European de invernaderos, prácticas de crecimiento y competitividad en el Mercado Estadounidense. EDIS FE332. (view .pdf)

Cantliffe, D.J. and J.J. Vansickle. 2001. Competitiveness of the Spanish and Dutch greenhouse industries with the Florida fresh vegetable industry. EDIS HS918. (view .pdf)

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Protected Agriculture Publications - Tomato

Shaw, N.L. and D.J. Cantliffe. 2008. Greenhouse protected agriculture of vegetable crops at the University of Florida: an overview. Proc. of the 34th National Agricultural Plastics Conference, Plasticulture 2008. American Society for Plasticulture. Bellefonte, PA. 6 p.

Cantliffe, D.J. and J.J. Vansickle. 2004. Florida fruit and vegetable industry in 10 years. Prog. 4th Annual Conf. Intl. Ag. Trade Policy Center. UF/IFAS. Food Res. Econ. Dept. 5 p.

McCollum, T.G., P.J. Stofella, C.A. Powell, D.J. Cantliffe, and S. Hanif-Khan. 2004. Effects of silverleaf whitefly feeding on tomato fruit ripening. Post Harvest Biology and Technology.   Vol. 31:183-190.

Smither-Kopperl, M.L. and D.J. Cantliffe. 2004. Protected agriculture as a methyl bromide alternative?  Current reality and future promise. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 117:21-27.

Cantliffe, D. and J. Vansickle. 2003. Mexican Competition: now from the greenhouse. Proc. Florida Tomato Inst. Naples, FL. P. Gilreath and W.H. Stall (eds). pp:2-3.

Cantliffe, D.J. and J.J. Vansickle. 2002. Global competition, greenhouse production: Are they something for Florida vegetable producers to consider? FACTS Proc. pp. 10-13.

Cantliffe, D.J. and J.J. Vansickle. Can Florida compete with the Spanish and Dutch greenhouse industries? Part I. The Tomato Magazine 2002. Vol. 6(3) pp. 11-12, 17.

Cantliffe, D.J. and J.J. Vansickle. Can Florida compete with the Spanish and Dutch greenhouse industries? Part II. The Tomato Magazine 2002. Vol. 6(4) pp. 8-11.

Cantliffe, D.J., and J.J. Vansickle.  A sleeping giant: Can Florida compete with the Spanish and Dutch greenhouse industries? Practical Hydroponics and Greenhouses.  2002.  Issue 67, pp. 30-36.

Rondon, S.I., D.J. Cantliffe and J. Price. Augmentative biological control of insects: Possibilities for vegetable greenhouse producers. FACTS Proc. 2002. pp. 15-16.

Cantliffe, D.J. and J.H. VanSickle. 2001. Competitiveness of the Spanish and Dutch greenhouse industries with the Florida fresh vegetable industry. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc.  Vol. 114:283-287.

Cantliffe, D.J., N. Shaw, Jovicich, E., Rodriquez, J.C., Secker, I. and Z. Karchi. 2001. Passive ventilated high-roof greenhouse production of vegetables in a humid mild winter climate. Acta Hort. 559:195-201.

Rodriguez, J.C., Cantliffe, D.J. and N. Shaw. 2001. Performance of greenhouse tomato cultivars grown in soilless culture in North Central Florida. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 114:303-306.

Shaw, N. and D.J. Cantliffe. 2001. Vegetable production in Florida moves into the millennium with protected agriculture. HortScience 36(3):429.

Cantliffe, D.J. 2000. International cooperation: A key requirement for public/private horticultural research programs to succeed. Proc. XXV IHC - Part 14. Acta Hort. 514:235-241.

Cantliffe, D.J. and J.J. Van Sickle. 2000. European greenhouse industry: Growing practices and competitiveness to U.S. markets. 2000 Fla. Tomato Inst. Proc. PRO517 C.S. Vavrina, ed. pp. 6-9.

Cantliffe, D.J. and E. Jovicich. 2000. Vegetable production in the greenhouse: A worldwide growth phenomenon and an opportunity for research and graduate eduction. The 83rd Ann. meeting of the Fla. Ent. Soc., Protected Crop Entomology Symposium, Aug. 6-9, 2000.

Cantliffe, D. J., N. Shaw, E. Jovicich, J. C. Rodriquez, I. Secker, Z. Karchi. Passive ventilated high-roof greenhouse production of vegetables in a humid, mild winter climate. International Symposium on protected cultivation in mild winter climates: Current trends for sustainable technologies. Cartagena - Almeria Spain. 7-11 March 2000. pp. 20.

Cantliffe, D.J., Jovicich, E. and G.J. Hochmuth. 1999. Where has all the good land gone? Protected vegetable culture - Our future. Greenhouse techniques towards the 3rd millennium: An international conference and British-Israeli workshop. Haifa, Israel. Abstracts for ISHS 2000.

Hochmuth, G.J., Cantliffe, C.J., Karchi, Z. and I. Secker. 1998. The Florida Center for Plasticulture. Proc. 27th Nat. Agric. Plastics Congress of the Amer. Soc. Plasticulture, Tucson, AZ. pp. 231-236.

Hochmuth, G.J., D.J. Cantliffe, Z. Karchi and I. Secker. 1998. The Florida Center for Plasticulture. Plasticulture.118: 55-66.

Hochmuth, G.J., D.J. Cantliffe, Z. Karchi and I. Secker. 1998. The plasticulture research and demonstration project in Florida. Proc. Intl. Cong. for Plastics in Agric., Tel Aviv, Israel.  pp. 163-170.

Cantliffe, D. J. Integrating plastic in agriculture. 1997. International Congress for Plastics in Agriculture. Tel Aviv, Israel.  p. 2.

Hochmuth, G. and D. Cantliffe. 1997. The plasticulture research and demonstration project in Florida. International Congress for Plastics in Agriculture. Tel Aviv, Israel.  p. 44.

Vansickle, J.J. and D.J. Cantliffe. 1992. Florida-Mexico competition in the winter fresh vegetable industry. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 105:373-380.