The Vegetarian Newsletter

A Horticultural Sciences Department Extension Publication on Vegetable Crops
Eat your Veggies!!!!!

Issue No. 534 June 2008

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The 2007-2008 Vegetable Production Handbook is available on EDIS!
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The electronic version of the 2007-2008 Vegetable Production Handbook is available online!

 

New EDIS Horticulture Publications

Buckwheat: A Cool-Season Cover Crop for Florida Vegetable Systems is now available on EDIS at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS386. This publication by Dr. Danielle D. Treadwell and Pei-wen Huang, gives an overview of the use of buckwheat as a cover crop and includes and industry overview, the growth habits and requirements and more.Click on the link in the description above to read this great publication!

Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.): A summer cover crop for Florida vegetable producers is now available on EDIS at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS376. This publication by Dr. Danielle D. Treadwell and Mike Alligood, summarizes the recommended cultural practices to help vegetable growers grow a successful summer cover crop and to optimize the amount of nitrogen that is returned to a vegetable crop.Click on the link in the description above to read this great publication!

Florida Subtropical Peaches: General Concepts and Cultivars Recommended for Grower Trials is now available on EDIS at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS342. This publication by J. Ferguson, P.andersen, J. Chaparro and J. Williamson, summarizes the general concepts and subtropical peach cultivars recommended for grower trials. Click on the link in the description above to read this great publication!

"Plant Part Selection and Preliminary Sufficiency Ranges for Sap Testing Interpretation of Greenhouse Herbs" is now available on EDIS at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS372. This publication, written by Robert Hochmuth, Eric Simonne Lei Lani Davis and Wanda Laughlin, provides information on which plant parts to select when conducting sap testing on herbs. Click on the link in the description above to read this great publication!

Other sources of Horticultural Information.
Direct link to the BMP Manual for Vegetables & Agronomic Crops in Florida

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June 13 & June 20, 2008 – Plant Production Seminar - The Citrus Research and Education Center will be holding a plant production seminar on June 13, 2008 and June 20, 2008 at the Citrus Research and Education Center in the Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. Citrus Hall, room one at 11:oo am both days. For more information, contact N. Wang at nianwang@ufl.edu .

July 21-24, 2008 - ASHS Annual Meeting - The ASHS will hold their annual meeting in Orlando, FL July 21-24, 2008 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel. For more information visit their website at http://www.ashs.org/conferences.html .

August 2, 2008 – Small Farms Conference/ “Taste of Lee” - The Lee County Extension Office will hold a Small Farms Conference/expo August 2, 2008 at 3409 Palm Beach Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33916. For more information, contact Letha at 239-533-7514.

September 2-7, 2008 – The Florida Tomato Conference - The Florida Tomato Committee and the Florida Tomato Exchange will hold their joint conference September 2-7, 2008 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Naples, FL. For more information visit their website at: http://www.floridatomatoes.org/conference.html

September 11, 2008 – Packinghouse Day - The Citrus Research and Education Center will hold a packinghouse day on September 11, 2008 in the Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. Citrus Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Mark Ritenour at Ritenour@ufl.edu.

September 16, 2008 – Indian River Postharvest Workshop - The Indian River Research & Education Center will hold a Postharvest workshop on September 16, 2008 at the Indian River Research and Education Center in Ft. Pierce. The program will include presentations on the latest updates on citrus canker, the development of new fresh citrus varieties, changes in the maximum residue limits for important export markets, practices to reduce peel breakdown on fresh grapefruit and more. For more information contact Dr. Mark Ritenour at 772-468-3922 Ext. 167 or visit http://postharvest.ifas.ufl.edu

September 16-19, 2008 – International Citrus and Beverage Conference - The International Citrus and Beverage Conference will be held September 16-19, 2008 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater, FL. For More information contact R. Schneider at Goodrich@ufl.edu or visit http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/citrus/index.html

November 4-7, 2008 –2 nd International Symposium on Biological Control of Bacterial Plant Diseases - The 2 nd International Symposium on Biological Control of Bacterial Plant Diseases will be held on November 4-7, 2008 at the Grosvenor Resort in Orlando, FL. For more information, contact J. Jones at jbjones@ufl.edu or visit http://grove.ufl.edu/~biocon/.

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