Topics in Subtropics

June 10 9-11 Mitigating Heat Hear what happens to a tree under heat stress and what can and is being done about it Giulia Marino, UC Davis Tree Physiologist, How Heat Affects a Tree and What Options Are there to Reduce the Effect Four Examples of Growers Modifying Overhead Irrigation to Affect Tree...

Trent Blare (tblare@ufl.edu), Assistant Professor in Food Resource Economics, University of Florida. There has been growing hype around finger limes from citrus growers, the retail sector, and their customers.

Possession of an Ag Pass during a wildfire or similar disaster allows farmers and ranchers access to areas that may otherwise be restricted to the public so that they can protect or care for agricultural assets (such as by irrigating crops or feeding, watering, and transporting livestock) or provide...

Dr. Ramina Gazis, pathologist from University of Florida, will offer a seminar on her current laurel wilt research Laurel Wilt-Ambrosia Beetle Grower's Seminar to update and discuss testing out-of-the-box control approaches research project.

By Brittney Goodrich, Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis If you own or manage a commercial avocado orchard, you have likely debated at one point or another whether to seek out honey bee colonies to pollinate your orchard,...