Disease Control for Florida Tomatoes

Border Disease Control Checkpoints: Are They Sufficient for Disease Control? The Present Situation in Thailand

Purple Tomatoes: Longer Lasting, Less Disease, and Better for You

A new study demonstrates that tomato fruits engineered for high anthocyanin accumulation have extended shelf life and are less susceptible to a fungal pathogen. These phenotypes are related to the increased antioxidant capacity of the fruits and shed light on the role of oxidative processes in the later stages of fruit ripening.

Steinernematid Nematode Drenches for Control of Fire Ants in Florida

The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, is considered an oil-loving feeder, however, carbohydrates are essential ingredients in the diet of the fire ant also. Comprehensive screening of mono-, di-, and tri-saccharides demonstrated that glucose, fructose, fucose, sucrose, maltose, turanose and raffinose were significant phagostimulants for fire ant workers. It was also found that wh...

Control of Aphids on Florida Citrus

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Florida Disasters and Chronic Disease Conditions

-The effects of various cytotoxic chemicals, as measured by viable cell counts, colony-forming ability and proliferative capacity, have been studied using Chinese hamster cells in exponential and plateau (stationary) phases of growth. The proliferating cells were altogether more sensitive to the action of the drugs than nonproliferating cells. However, imuran (azathioprine) a purine antimetabol...