Pre/Post - Hurricane Preparations:

• Tropical Fruit Tree Recovery from the 2005 Hurricanes Season

• Pre-hurricane and Post-hurricane practices - Dr. Jonthan Crane

• Crop Loss Katrina (.doc)

• Crop Loss Rita (.doc)

• Crop Loss Wilma (.doc)

Pre/Post - Cold & Freeze Preparations:

• How to Prepare for Freezing Weather - Freeze Protection Check List

Ag. Economics:

• The Agricultural Economics Extension program at the Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC)

• Download the Florida Tropical Fruit Supplier Directory (PDF) - Click Here

• Download the Tropical Fruit Descriptions and Handling Pages (PDF) - Click Here

Tropical Fruit Pest & Disease Updates :

• Asian Citrus Psyllids (Sternorrrhyncha: Psyllidae) and Greening Disease of Citrus: A literature review and assessment of risk in Florida

• IFAS maintains this very informative website to which you may want to subscribe for email updates. It is free, and gives you updates of pests that affects plants/crops in Florida. To subscribe to these email alerts, click here: http://pestalert.ifas.ufl.edu/pestalert-l.htm

• CHILLI THRIPS MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES - http://cta.ufl.edu/thrips.htm

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University of Florida | IFAS Extension Agents

Dr. Jonathan H. Crane, Tropical Fruit Crops Specialist
Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL
Hompage: http://crane.ifas.ufl.edu
Email: jhcr@ufl.edu

Dr. Carlos Balerdi, Tropical Fruit Agent, Multi-County
Miami Dade UF/IFAS Cooperative Extension Service
Email: cfb@mail.ifas.ufl.edu

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- Tropical REC: Extension Specialists (PDF)

- Horticultural Sciences: Extension Specialists (PDF)

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Important Resources
	Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN) Florida Automated Weather Network: http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/
	Electronic Document Information Service: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu
FRUITSCAPES is the source for information on temperate, subtropical, and tropical fruit crops in the landscape.
Quick links to UF/IFAS Factsheets and Publications by topic:
General
- Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Crops for the Home Landscape: Alternatives to Citrus - New Plants for Florida: Tropical Fruit - Managing Your Tropical Fruit Grove Under Changing Water Table Levels - Calcareous Soils In Miami-Dade County - Edible Landscaping for Urban Sustainability
Pest & Pesticides
- Tropical Fruit Pest Management Strategic Plan (PMSP) - Lobate Lac Scale, Paratachardina lobata lobata (Chamberlin) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Kerriidae) - Pesticides Registered for Tropical Fruit Crops in Florida - Insect Management in Mango - Insect Management in Guava - Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Carambola - Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Guava and Wax Jambu - South American Fruit Fly, Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) - Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) - Guava Fruit Fly, Anastrepha striata Schiner (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) - Guava Fruit Fly, Bactrocera correcta (Bezzi) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) - Mexican Fruit Fly, Anastrepha ludens (Loew) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) - West Indian Fruit Fly, Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) - Control of Roof Rats in Fruit Trees
Diseases
- Some Common Diseases of Mango in Florida
Carambola
- South Florida Tropicals: Carambola - Carambola (Star Fruit) Production in the Home Landscape - Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Carambola
Guava
- The Guava - South Florida Tropicals: Guava - Insect Management in Guava - Guava Fruit Fly, Anastrepha striata Schiner (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) - Guava Fruit Fly, Bactrocera correcta (Bezzi) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
Longan
- Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Lychee and Longan
Lychee
- The Lychee in Florida - Litchi chinensis: Lychee - Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Lychee and Longan - Is It Still Profitable to Grow Lychee in Florida?
Mamey
- The Mamey Sapote - Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Mamey Sapote and Sapodilla
Mango
- Mango Fruit Fly, Marula Fruit Fly, Ceratitis cosyra (Walker) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) - Insect Management in Mango
Papaya
- The Papaya - Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Papaya - Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) - Papaya Fruit Fly, Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerstaecker - Some Common Diseases of Papaya in Florida - Insect Management in Papaya
Pitaya \ Dragon Fruit
- Dragon Fruit Cultivar Viewer - Pine Island Nursery
Sapodilla
- The Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota Van Royen) in Florida - Manilkara zapota: Sapodilla - Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Mamey Sapote and Sapodilla