pest management
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I previously talked about fruit damage caused by birds scratching and puncturing green fruit. There is another type of damage to citrus fruit caused by an insect that looks like a grasshopper called a katydid. These insects are green and well camouflaged. They develop flat wings as adults that make them look like a leaf…
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There are two types of rust mites. The citrus rust mites (CRM) and the pink citrus rust mites (PCRM). The CRM are one of the biggest pests of citrus in our area on fresh fruit. I don’t know that I have seen the PCRM in Georgia but they are probably here. Every year CRM are…
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Good morning everyone! The entomology lab at the North Florida Research and Education Center is conducting a need assessment among extension agents, growers, and other stakeholders regarding the impact of slug and snail pests on horticulture as part of a USDA-SCRI project. This survey will help us establish the level of nuisance caused by those…