This new 6-page publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department focuses on adjustment potato seed piece spacing table-stock cultivars for Florida production. The aim is to provide management strategies that minimize costs, increase yield, and reach marked demand specific tuber size distribution, all which are important factors industry. Written by Mario H. M. L. Andrade, Luis G. Pe...

Colletotrichum crown rot of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duchesne) can be caused by any of three fungi, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (teleomorph Glomerella cingulata), C. fragariae, or C. acutatum (17,27). The closely related species C. fragariae and C. gloeosporioides produce a reddish-brown necrosis of crown tissue following infection that causes plants to wilt and collapse (27). Under g...

The University of Florida strawberry (Fragaria ·ananassa Duch. ex Rosier) breeding program has maintained a continuous breeding effort since 1968 to develop cultivars that are highly adapted to winter production in west-central Florida. To gain insight into breeding progress over time, two advanced selections (UF1 and UF2) and 10 released cultivars, from Florida Belle (1975) to Florida Radiance...

We report here on the development and characterization of 15 microsatellite loci isolated from Mangifera indica L. These markers were evaluated using 59 Florida cultivars and four related species from the USDA germplasm collection for mango. Two loci were monomorphic and 13 polymorphic, with two to seven alleles per locus. Four loci departed significantly from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium and hav...

Root-knot nematodes suppress yields of flue-cured tobacco an estimated 0.1 to 4.8% annually in the southeastern United States, even though nematode management practices have been widely adopted. Although Meloidogyne incognita races 1 and 3 have predominated, M. arenaria, M. javanica, and M. incognita races 2 and 4 are increasingly important. Seventy-five percent of the flue-cured tobacco hectar...

difficult to maintain desired water tables after normal rainfalls. Sugarcane (interspecific hybrids of Saccharum spp.) in the EverA second factor that has complicated EAA drainage glades Agricultural Area (EAA) in Florida is frequently subjected to periods of higher-than-desired water levels. This study was conis the need to decrease P discharge to the Everglades. ducted to evaluate yields of n...

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) are common diseases of tomato in Florida. TYLCV occurs in central and southern Florida whereas TSWV occurs in northern Florida and throughout all states of the southeastern USA. TYLCVresistant cultivars and advanced breeder’s varieties are available for commercial use, but vegetable producers don’t often use them. A vari...

The ornamental horticulture industry has long been significant in its vast economic contributions to the US agricultural sector, with Florida ranking second nursery and greenhouse plant sales. A small proportion of introduced plants eventually escape cultivation become invasive, leaving fragile ecosystems at risk. In response, a series propagation production research studies have conducted over...