Mindfulness: An Introduction by Parth Naik, Victor Harris, Larry Forthun

“…Learning to be mindful is a powerful skill that can help you face the stresses of day-to-day life and improve both your psychological and physical health. …”
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Weed Control in Beans and Peas (Bush, Pole, Lima Beans, English Peas and Southern Peas) by William M. Stall

“…Stall, describes effective weed management practices for beans and peas in Florida and provides a table listing herbicides available to growers for chemical weed control. This publication updates the 2003 table to reflect current recommendations. …”
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Common Questions When Using Soil Moisture Sensors for Citrus and Other Fruit Trees by Eric Herrera, Sandra M. Guzmán, Eduart Murcia

“… This guide is for Extension personnel who may encounter questions from growers about the functioning and accuracy of soil moisture sensors (SMSs) for fruit tree production. …”
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Vanilla Growing in South Florida by Xingbo Wu, Pamela Moon, Alan Chambers, Jonathan Crane

“…This publication aims to provide basic information to growers interested in establishing a vanillery. …”
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Nutrient Deficiencies in Production of Annual Floral Crops by James L. Gibson, Beth Bolles, Sheila Dunning, Theresa Friday, Dan Mullins, Carrie Stevenson, Larry Williams

“…Gibson, Beth Bolles, Sheila Dunning, Theresa Friday, Dan Mullins, Carrie Stevenson, and Larry Williams, describes practices for nutrition monitoring and management for growers of annual floral crops. It describes essential nutrients and their translocation, provides a table of essential nutrients, and several figures showing symptoms of nutrient deficiencies. …”
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Managing Thrips in Pepper and Eggplant by Joe Funderburk, Stuart Reitz, Phil Stansly, Dave Schuster, Greg Nuessly, Norm Leppla

“…Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, October 2009. …”
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Update and Outlook for 2005 of Florida's BMP Program for Vegetable Crops by Celeste A. Gilbert, Eric H. Simonne

“… With the onset of the implementation of the BMP program for vegetable crops, growers may be interested, concerned and confused about how the program will affect their production practices. …”
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Using Recyclable Water Containment Areas (RWCAs) to Treat Agricultural Stormwater Runoff For Watersheds: A Concept Paper by Edward A. Hanlon

“…Develop a means by which private land owners/growers can benefit from assisting with the management of water at the watershed level for control of non-urban stormwater runoff, nutrient sequestering, and soil quality improvement. …”
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Postbloom Fruit Drop (PFD) Identification and Management by Megan M. Dewdney, Natalia A. Peres, Jamie D. Burrow

“… This two-sided ID card is ideal for growers working in the field trying to identify or manage postbloom fruit drop (PFD) in citrus. …”
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Baits for Sampling Wireworms in Southern Florida's Agricultural Fields by José Alvarez, Ronald Cherry

“…It provides the basic data necessary for growers in the Everglades Agricultural Area to use rolled oats baits as a sampling tool to determine whether it is necessary to apply pesticides for wireworm control before planting. …”
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Citrus Cold Weather Protection and Irrigation Scheduling Tools Using Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN) Data by John L. Jackson, Kelly Morgan, William R. Lusher

“…Lusher, provides an overview of the water saving tools that are available to citrus growers on the FAWN Web site — the Cold Protection Toolkit and the citrus microsprinkler irrigation scheduler. …”
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Aechmea blanchetiana by Edward F. Gilman

“…The flower stalk is composed of a cluster of red and yellow showy bracts. …”
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Attracting Native Bees to Your Florida Landscape by Rachel Mallinger, Anne Yasalonis, Gary Knox, Wayne Hobbs

“… Florida is home to approximately 315 species of native wild bees. These bees rely on flowers for survival; their diets consist exclusively of pollen and nectar harvested from flowers. …”
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Attracting Native Bees to Your Florida Landscape by Rachel Mallinger, Anne Yasalonis, Gary Knox, Wayne Hobbs

“… Florida is home to approximately 315 species of native wild bees. These bees rely on flowers for survival; their diets consist exclusively of pollen and nectar harvested from flowers. …”
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Aechmea blanchetiana by Edward F. Gilman

“…The flower stalk is composed of a cluster of red and yellow showy bracts. …”
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Museographic narrating of dissonant heritage in Tianjin’s former international concessions by Maria Gravari-Barbas, Sandra Guinand, Yue Lu, Chensi Shen

“…However, in many respects, they are ‘dissonant’ heritage sites since they are the result of the several-decade-long ‘colonial’ presence in Tianjin of nine foreign powers. …”
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Combining zinc oxide nanoparticles with green and novel nanocomposites for enhanced oil recovery in porous media by considering asphaltene deposition and production parameters by Meysam Hemmati, Yaser Ahmadi

“…In some cases, zinc oxide nanoparticles caused a 93.6% decrease (lowering from 31.8 mN/m to 2.016 mN/m) in interfacial tension and 82.6% decrease (lowering from 161° to 28°) in contact angle that led to displacing water and improving the flow of oil toward production wells. …”
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Anti-Malarial Effects of Five Traditional Nigerian Medicinal Plant Extracts on Plasmodium Berghei-Infected Rats by Ugochukwu Vincent, Igbokwe, Ejike, Daniel Eze, Moses Dele, Adams, Karimah Mohammed, Rabiu, Iliya, Ezekiel, Prisca Ojochogu, Ajeka, Peace Ogechukwu, Okpara

“…Plasmodium berghei induction notably (p<0.05) lowered white blood cell (WBC) and monocyte (Mono) levels at all groups. …”
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Cost of Production for Fresh Market Grapefruit Grown in Indian River, 2016/17 by Ariel Singerman

“… This 5-page fact sheet written by Ariel Singerman and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department presents the cost of production per acre for growing fresh grapefruit in the Indian River region during 2016/17. Typical users of the estimates include growers and consultants, who use them as a benchmark; property appraisers, who use them to compute the taxes for property owners; and researchers, who use the estimates to evaluate the economic feasibility of potential new technologies. …”
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Cost of Production for Fresh Market Grapefruit Grown in Indian River, 2016/17 by Ariel Singerman

“… This 5-page fact sheet written by Ariel Singerman and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department presents the cost of production per acre for growing fresh grapefruit in the Indian River region during 2016/17. Typical users of the estimates include growers and consultants, who use them as a benchmark; property appraisers, who use them to compute the taxes for property owners; and researchers, who use the estimates to evaluate the economic feasibility of potential new technologies. …”
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