Florida Plant Diagnostic Network

Announcements


Update:  June 26, 2012-Have you seen the Downy Mildew on Impatiens video by Dr. Doug Caldwell, Collier County Cooperative Extension?  Click Here  

Whitefly probems in Florida, go to Florida Whitefly http://www.flwhitefly.org/ for more information!  Florida Whitefly was released in May of 2012.

Interested in Florida specific e-learning?  UF-IFAS and SPDN currently have Florida-focused e-learning available on:  European Pepper Moth and Invasive Whitefly Pests of Florida.  Click Here

Interested in more e-learning? Login to the NPDN First Detector website at: http://www.firstdetector.org/ Several of the national NPDN First Detector topics are also Florida related, some examples include Redbay Ambrosia Beetle and Laurel Wilt; Giant African Land Snail; Chilli Thrips; and Asian Citrus Psyllid and Citrus Greening Disease.  Your login credentials for NPDN e-learning are the same as for the Florida-focused modules.  Once you've created an account for one, you're ready to complete any module.

The presentations below are from the September 19, 2011 Pest Update.  The agenda is available as a PDF.  The presentations were also available as streaming video files through December 2011, but currently only the presentation files (PPTX, PPT, PDF) are currently available.

Download the Agenda as a PDF.  

Agenda (included file downloads)

9:30am-Welcome                                                                                                                                                                                     
Amanda Hodges, Ph.D., UF/IFAS, SPDN Associate Director
 
9:35am-Giant African Snail Situation Update PPT, PDF                                                                                                                                 
Paul Skelley, Ph.D., FDACS-DPI
 
9:45am-Passionvine Mealybug PPTX, PPT, PDF                                                                                                                                             
Ian Stocks, Ph.D., FDACS-DPI
 
9:55am-Daylily Leafminer PPTX, PPT, PDF                                                                                                                                                          
Gary Steck, Ph.D., FDACS-DPI
 
10:05am-Red Palm Weevil and South American Palm Weevil PPTX, PPT, PDF                                                                                             
Mike Thomas, Ph.D., FDACS-DPI and Leroy Whilby, DPM, CAPS State Survey Coordinator
 
10:25am-Kudzu Bug and Brown Marmorated Stinkbug PPTX, PPT, PDF                                                                                                       
 Susan Halbert, Ph.D., FDACS-DPI
 
10:45am-Laurel Wilt PPTX, PPT, PDF                                                                                                                                                          
Jonathan Crane, Ph.D., UF/IFAS, TREC
 
11:00am-European Pepper Moth PPTX, PPT, PDF                                                                                                                                      
Lance Osborne, Ph.D., UF/IFAS MREC
 
11:15am-Questions                                                                                                                                                                                                         
All Speakers