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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., J.F. Price, and D.J. Canltiffe. Strawberries: main pests and beneficials in Florida. EDIS HS265. (view .pdf)

Rondon, S.I. and D.J. Cantliffe. Biology and Control of the Strawberry Aphid, Chaetosiphon fragaefolli (Cockerell) (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Florida. EDIS HS253. (view .pdf)

Rondon, S.I. 2005. Neoseiulus californicus McGregor: A predatory mite species for controlling two-spotted spider mites in strawberries. EDIS HS245. (view .pdf)

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

Peres, N. A., S. I. Rondon, J. F. Price, and D. J. Cantliffe. 2004. Angular leaf spot: a bacterial disease in strawberries in Florida. EDIS PP120. (view .pdf)

Rondon, S.I., J.F. Price, and D.J. Cantliffe. 2004. Sap beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) management in strawberries. EDIS HS234. (view .pdf)

Rondon, S., D.J. Cantliffe, and J.F. Price. 2003. Biological control for insect management in strawberries. EDIS HS180. (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 - Strawberry

Paranjpe, A.V., D.J. Cantliffe, P.J. Stoffella, E.M. Lamb, and C.A. Powell. 2008. Relationship of plant density to fruit yield of 'Sweet Charlie' strawberry grown in a pine bark soilless medium in a high-roof passively ventilated greenhouse. Scientia Horticulturae 115:117-123.

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., J.Z. Castellanos and A.V. Paranjpe. 2007. Yield and quality of greenhouse grown strawberries as affected by nitrogen level in coco coir and pine bark media. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 120:157-161.

Cantliffe, D.J., A.V. Paranjpe, Peter J. Stoffella, Elizabeth M. Lamb, Charles A. Powell. 2007. Soilless media, growing containers, and plug transplantsinfluence on vegetative growth and fruit yield of ‘Sweet Charlie’ strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) grown under protected agriculture. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 120:142-150.

Price, J.F., C.K. Chandler, J.R. Duval, S.I. Rondon, and D.J. Cantliffe. 2006. Thirty years of advances in arthropod management in Florida's commercial strawberries. Proc. 5th International Strawberry Symposium, Brisbane, Australia. Acta Hort. 708:151-154.

Hochmuth, G., D. Cantliffe, C. Chandler, C. Stanley, E. Bish, E. Waldo, D. Legard, and J. Duval. 2006. Fruiting responses and economics of containerized and bare-root strawberry transplants established with different irrigation methods. HortTechnology. 16(2):205-210.

Hochmuth, G., D. Cantliffe, C. Chandler, C. Stanley, E. Bish, E. Waldo, D. Legard, and J. Duval. 2006. Containerized strawberry transplants reduce establishment-period water use and enhance early growth and flowering compared with bare-root plants. HortTechnology. 16(1):46-54.

Rondon, S.I., D.J. Cantliffe and J. Price. 2005. Seasonal strawberry pests in Florida. Vegetarian. February 05-02. 5 pgs.

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.

Cantliffe, D.J. and A.V. Paranjpe. 2004. Growing the perfect strawberry. American Vegetable Grower. December 2004. pp. 51-52.

Cantliffe, D.J., Shaw, N. and E. Jovicich. 2004. New vegetable crops for greenhouses in the southeastern United States. Acta Hort. 633:483-487.

Paranjpe, A., D.J. Cantliffe, E. Lamb, and P.J. Stoffella. 2004. Economic feasibility of production strawberries in a passively ventilated greenhouse in North-Central Florida. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 117:27-37.

Paranjpe, A., D.J. Cantliffe, and R. Koenig.  2004. Developing a system to produce organic plug transplants for organic strawberry production. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 117:276-282.

Paranjpe, A.V. 2004. Soilless media, growing containers, plant densities, and cultivars for greenhouse strawberry production in Florida. Univ. of Florida, Masters Thesis. 261 p.

Rondon, S.I. and D.J. Cantliffe. 2004. Chaetosiphon fragaefolii (Homoptera: Aphididae) a new pest for the strawberry crop in Florida. Fla. Entomologist. 87(4):612-615.

Rondon, S.I., J.F. Price, and D.J. Cantliffe. 2004. An integrated pest management approach: monitoring strawberry pests grown under protected structures. Acta Horticulturae. 659:351-356.

Rondon, S.I., A.V. Paranjpe, D.J. Cantliffe, and J.F. Price. 2004. Strawberry cultivars grown under protected structure and their susceptibility to natural infestation of the cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii) and to powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca macularis F. sp. Fragarie). Acta Horticulturae. 659:357-362.

Rondon, S. I., D. J. Cantliffe, and J. F. Price. 2004. The feeding behavior of the bigeyed bug, minute pirate bug, and pink spotted lady beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) relative to main strawberry pests. Environ. Entomol. 33:1014-1019.

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.

Bish, E. B. and D. J. Cantliffe. 2003.  Plantlet size affects growth and development of strawberry plug transplants.  Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. Vol. 116 pp. 105-107.

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, N.L. Shaw, and E. Jovicich. 2003. New vegetable crops for greenhouses in the Southeastern United States. Acta Horticulturae. 626:483-485.

Cantliffe, D.J., N. Shaw, J. Funes, Jovicich, E., Paranjpe, A. and J. Rodriguez. 2003. Media and containers for greenhouse soilless grown cucumbers, melons, peppers and strawberries. Acta Horticulturae. 614:199-203.

Hochmuth, R. C., D. J. Cantliffe, and N. L. Shaw.  Alternative greenhouse crops.  Citrus and Vegetable Magazine. 2003. Vol. 67 pp. G 13-16.

Paranjpe, A., D. Cantliffe, E. Lamb, P. Stoffella, and C. Powell. 2003. Winter strawberry production in greenhouses using soilless substrates: An alternative to methyl bromide soil fumigation. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 116:98-105.

Paranjpe, A., D. Cantliffe, S. Rondon, C. Chandler, J. Brecht, E. Brecht, and K. Cordasco. 2003. Trends in fruit yield and quality, susceptibility to powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca macularis), and aphid (Aphis gossypii) infestation for seven strawberry cultivars grown without pesticides in a passively ventilated greenhouse using pinebark as soilless substrate. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 116:63-72.

Paranjpe, A.V., D.J. Cantliffe, E.M. Lamb, P.J. Stoffella, and C. Powell. 2003. Plant density affects fruit yield and quality of greenhouse strawberry grown in pinebark under pesticide-free conditions. Hortscience. Vol. 38(5):658.

Paranjpe, A., D. J. Cantliffe, E. M. Lamb, P. J. Stoffella, and C. Powell. 2003. Increasing winter strawberry production in North-Central Florida using passive ventilated greenhouse and high plant densities.  Acta Hort. Vol. 626:269-276.  

Rondon, S.I. and D.J. Cantliffe. 2003. Introduccion al manejo integrado de plagas en invernaderos en Mexico. In: Curso International de Produccion de Hortalizas en Invernadero. J.Z. Castellanos and J.J. Munoz (eds). Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agraria (INIFAP), Celaya, Guanajuato. pp. 233-244.

Rondon, S.I., A.V. Paranjpe, D.J. Cantliffe. 2003. Strawberry cultivars grown under protected structure and their susceptibility to natural infestation of the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover. HortScience. Vol. 35(5):806.

Bish, E.B., D.J. Cantliffe, and C.K. Chandler. 2002. Temperature conditioning and container size affect early season fruit yield of strawberry plug plants in a winter annual hill production system. HortScience.  Vol. 37(5): 762-764.

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.

Cantliffe, D. J., N. Shaw and E. Jovicich. New vegetable crops for greenhouses in the southeastern United States. XXVIth Intl. Hortic. Congress and Exhibition. 2002. Toronto, Canada. p. 430.

Paranjpe, A., D. J. Cantliffe, E. M. Lamb, P. J. Stoffella and C. Powell. Increasing winter strawberry production in North-Central Florida using passive ventilated greenhouses and high plant densities. XXVIth Intl. Hortic. Congress and Exhibition. 2002. Toronto, Canada. p. 392.

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.

Bish, E.B., D.J. Cantliffe, and C.K. Chandler. 2001. A system for producing large quantities of greenhouse grown strawberry plantlets for plug production. HortTechnology.  Vol. 11:636-638.

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.

Hochmuth, G. J., C. Chandler, C. Stanley, D. Legard, J. Duval, E. Waldo, D. J. Cantliffe, T. Crocker, and E. Bish. 2001. Containerized transplants for establishing strawberry crops in Florida. HortScience  Vol. 36 p. 443.

Paranjpe, A., Cantliffe, D.J., Lamb, E.M., Stoffella, P.J. and C. Powell. 2001. Strawberries grown in soilless substrate under greenhouse conditions can increase winter production in North-central Florida. HortScience 36(3):442.

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

Bish, E.B., D.J. Cantliffe, and C.K. Chandler. 2000. Strawberry daughter plant size alters transplant growth and development. Acta Horticulturae.  Vol. 533:121-126.

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., 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.

Bish, E. B., D. J. Cantliffe, G. J. Hochmuth and C. K. Chandler. 1997.  Development of containerized strawberry transplants for Florida’s winter production system.  Acta Horticulturae.   Vol. 439 I, pp. 461-468.

Bish, E. B. and D. J. Cantliffe. Development of a strawberry plug transplant system. 1997. In: The Fifth National Symposium on Stand Establishment. The Ohio State University. M. A. Bennett and J. A. Metzger eds.   pp. 225-230.

Bish, E. B. and D. J. Cantliffe. 1997. Container size and bulk density alter growth of strawberry transplants. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc.  Vol. 110, pp. 258-261.

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.

Bish, E. B., D. J. Cantliffe, and C. K. Chandler. 1997. Transplant container shape and strawberry transplant growth. HortScience. Vol. 32. pp. 505.

Bish, E. B., D. J. Cantliffe, and C. K. Chandler.  1996. Strawberry Fields Forever in Florida?  Citrus & Vegetable Magazine.  Vol. 60: 38-44.

Bish, E. B., D. J. Cantliffe, and C. K. Chandler.  1996. Strawberry plug transplants: Regulation of growth and production.  Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc.  Vol. 109:160-164.

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.