The Vegetable Production Handbook is available in an online version

The 2006-2007 edition of the Vegetable Production Handbook is available online. Click here to visit it now. Note:The online version of the handbook is currently being updated

USDA Preharvest Security Guidelines and Checklist 2006

The USDA Preharvest Security Guidelines and Checklist 2006 is avialable at http://www.usda.gov/documents/PreHarvestSecurity_final.pdf. The document provides preharvest security resources and guidelines to for agrucultural produces to help reduce security risks.

New EDIS Horticulture Publication

"Calibrating Sap-Testing Meters" was released by EDIS (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS328). This completely new publication was written by David Studstill, Eric Simonne, Robert Hochmuth and Teresa Olczyk and features valuable information on how to use sap-testing meters, where to buy them and other supplies needed. Click on the link above to read this great new publication!

Citrus Pest Management Course Offered This Spring

A Citrus Pest Management course will be offered this spring at the UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) in Lake Alfred for the Spring 2007 term. The Citrus Pest Management is a graduate-level course for students and citrus industry personnel working in the area of pest management. The course reviews the latest tactics and strategies available to manage diseases and arthropod, nematode and weed pests of citrus. Emphasis will be given to techniques by which pest and disease organisms are monitored and how this information is used to effectively manage pests with the least risk to the environment. Click here for more information.

Direct link to the BMP Manual for Vegetables & Agronomic Crops in Florida