Spring Mix—An Emerging Crop for Florida by Santiago Rosaro, Alan L. Wright, David D. Sui, Nikol Havranek, Yigang Luo

“…Sui, Nikol Havranek, and Yigang Luo, describes the components of spring mix, explains the reasons why consumers are looking for these mixes, and why growers in the Everglades Agricultural Area of Florida are producing them. …”
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An Overview of Risk Management Planning by Martie Gillen, Beatrice Pierre

“…This new 3-page document explores risk in agriculture, the need to understand risk, formation of strategies to manage risk, and government programs that exist to help growers and producers manage risk. Written by Martie Gillen and Beatrice Pierre, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, May 2019.  …”
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Soil pH Range for Optimum Commercial Vegetable Production by Guodong Liu, Edward Hanlon

“…This 11-page fact sheet provides information about soil pH basics to commercial growers, county Extension agents, and college students specializing in vegetable production. …”
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Handling Florida Vegetables Series - Round and Roma Tomato Types by Steven A. Sargent, Jeffrey K. Brecht, Qingren Wang, Teresa Olczyk

“…Proper postharvest handling of Florida tomatoes is critical to ensure the continued competitiveness of Florida growers.This publication focuses on round and roma (plum) tomatoes since these types are handled similarly under commercial conditions. …”
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Citrus Rootstocks and Their On-Site Evaluation by William S. Castle, James J. Ferguson

“…In conversations with growers, this question is asked frequently because of problems with Swingle citrumelo, continued loss of trees on sour orange, and low solids for grapefruit grown on Smooth Flat Seville. …”
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Consumers' Perceptions and Preferences toward Florida Orange Juice by Yan Heng, Lisa House, Sungeun Yoon

“… Faced with reduced domestic supply, competition from imports, and high production costs, the Florida citrus industry and Florida growers need to understand how consumers perceive Florida-produced orange juice and whether they value it more than OJ produced elsewhere. …”
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Citrus Rootstocks and Their On-Site Evaluation by William S. Castle, James J. Ferguson

“…In conversations with growers, this question is asked frequently because of problems with Swingle citrumelo, continued loss of trees on sour orange, and low solids for grapefruit grown on Smooth Flat Seville. …”
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Some fixed point theorems on nonlinear contractive mappings in Hilbert space by Namana Seshagiri Rao, Karusala Kalyani

“…The purpose of this paper is to establish the existence and uniqueness of a common fixed point for a pair of continuous self mappings over a closed subset of Hilbert space satisfying certain nonlinear rational type contraction condition. …”
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Galling Damage to Woody Ornamentals: Diagnosis and Potential Causes by Adam Dale, Erin Harlow, Carrie Harmon, Chris Marble

“…This -page fact sheet written by and published by the UF/IFAS is intended to help landscape managers, nursery growers, and pest control professionals diagnose characteristic galling damage, mitigate damage that occurs, and, when possible, prevent it from occurring. …”
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Yacon, a Potential Tuberous Crop for Florida by Sergio Laredo, Jianjun Chen, Guodong Liu

“… The purpose of this article is to introduce yacon as a potential crop to Florida growers and the Extension community by providing information on its propagation, production, and utilization as well as nutritional value. …”
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Florida's Organo-Auxin Herbicide Rule - 2007 by Frederick M. Fishel, Jason A. Ferrell, Gregory E. MacDonald, Barry J. Brecke

“…Brecke, clarifies and disseminates this rule enacted by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to growers and applicators. Includes a table of sources to buy wind meters. …”
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Florida Crop/Pest Management Profiles: Snap Beans by Wael M. Elwakil, Mark A. Mossler

“…In 2009-2010, Florida growers produced 193.2 million pounds of snap beans, with a value of $0.69 per pound and a total value of $135 million. …”
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Melon Fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, John B. Heppner, Thomas R. Fasulo

“… Within its range, the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett), is one of the most important pests with which vegetable growers have to contend. Although found in Hawaii, it is not present in the continental United States. …”
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An Overview of Risk Management Planning by Martie Gillen, Beatrice Pierre

“…This new 3-page document explores risk in agriculture, the need to understand risk, formation of strategies to manage risk, and government programs that exist to help growers and producers manage risk. Written by Martie Gillen and Beatrice Pierre, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, May 2019.  …”
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2003 Survey of the Florida Caladium Tuber Production Industry by Zhanao Deng, Brent K. Harbaugh, Rick K. Schoellhorn, R. C. Andrews

“…Andrews, reports the results of a survey of Florida caladium growers and industry to gather demographic information, to understand the industry’s needs, and to identify the leading cultivars grown commercially in Florida. …”
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Degree Days: Heating, Cooling, and Growing by Clyde W. Fraisse, John Bellow, Charles M. Brown

“…Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, October 2007. …”
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Cannabis sativa Plant Identification and Its Look-Alikes by Cliff G. Martin, Zachary T. Brym

“… The purpose of this document is to provide an identification guide for Cannabis sativa to be used by growers and land managers by showing key factors to distinguish it from similar-looking plants. …”
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Nutrition and Fertilization Practices for Southern Highbush Blueberry in Florida by Doug Phillips, Jeffrey G. Williamson

“…This new 7-page publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department provides guidance and management suggestions to Florida growers of southern highbush blueberry (SHB) for monitoring, supplying, and maintaining proper plant nutrition in commercial production operations. …”
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Spring Mix—An Emerging Crop for Florida by Santiago Rosaro, Alan L. Wright, David D. Sui, Nikol Havranek, Yigang Luo

“…Sui, Nikol Havranek, and Yigang Luo, describes the components of spring mix, explains the reasons why consumers are looking for these mixes, and why growers in the Everglades Agricultural Area of Florida are producing them. …”
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Novel nucleophilic addition SN2'–SN2' pathway: utilizing phosphonium salts as electrophilic agents for synthesizing new phosphine oxides of Morita–Baylis–Hillman (MBH) adducts... by Elleuch, Haitham, Yaccoubi, Ferid, Ayari, Sami, Saadi, Fatma

“…An efficient and practical approach has been developed for synthesizing phosphonates and phosphine oxides from Morita–Baylis–Hillman (MBH) adducts through the alkylation of trialkylphosphites and ethoxydiphenylphosphine using phosphonium salts derived from MBH as powerful alkylating agents.The alkylation proceeds via a Michaelis–Arbuzov mechanism. …”
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