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INVESTIGATOR: Haseeb, M. -.; Phills, B.; Mbuya, O.; Mobley, R.; Paret, M.; Taylor, J.; Umar, G.; Walters, L.

PERFORMING INSTITUTION:
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32307

ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF URBAN AGRICULTURE IN NORTH FLORIDA USING BEST MANAGEMENT OF FARMING PRACTICES

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: The project will focus on vegetable production in urban settings and will be utilizing best management of farming practices towards sustainable vegetable production. New online courses will be offered in the College of Agriculture and Food Sciences. Collaboration, partnership, and linkages with the other institutions will be further strengthened. Role of cooperative extension will enhanced using eXtension and online information to clienteles like growers, consumers, and industry for fresh vegetable produce.

OBJECTIVES: Objectives: The objectives of this education and extension proposal are i). Development of online curriculums on Principles of IPM in Urban Agriculture and Principles of Transitional Organic Farming in Urban Agriculture; ii). Develop student led projects on various aspects of urban vegetable production; iii).Carry out comprehensive survey and analyses of farming practices in Leon, Jefferson, Wakulla, and Gadsden counties; iv). Development and demonstration of training plots for various farming practices; v). Provide basic technical support and training to clienteles in areas such as soil testing, soil & bed preparation, crop and cultivar selection, efficient irrigation practices, identification & diagnostics of pest and beneficial species, pest management, conservation of beneficial species, economic analysis, farmer market etc., vi). Development of web-based (eXtension) and print-based digital training and extension tools in critical areas of agronomic practices, pest management, low inputs of agrochemicals, transitional organic farming, and conventional farming; and vii). Expand the linkages and partnership of the FAMU Cooperative Extension with the community (schools, backyard gardeners, homeowners, hospitals, fresh growers, farmer markets, and consumers) and partners.

APPROACH: The project team will integrate extension and teaching activities for this joint inter-and multidisciplinary proposed project. Two online courses including Principles of IPM in Urban Agriculture and Principles of Transitional Organic Farming in Urban Agriculture will be developed under this proposed project. One course will be offered in the spring and the other will be offered in the fall semester each year. Initially, these two courses will be offered to undergraduate students, however, advance courses will be also developed and offered to graduate students in the third year of this proposed project. Each course offered will be a 3 credit hours and will be taught online twice weekly. In case of extension component, we will conduct a comprehensive survey and review of available farming practices in urban agriculture. This survey tool will help us to gather clientele specific information on vegetable cultivation and their needs. The work will focus on selected vegetables including: tomato, okra, egg plant, cabbage, lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli, turnip, radish, leafy greens, spinach, pepper, onions, and cucumber. Basic technical support to clientele in areas such as soil testing, soil & bed preparation, crop and cultivar selection, efficient irrigation practices, identification & diagnostics of pest and beneficial species, pest management, conservation of beneficial species, economic analyses, and farmer market will be provided.

PROGRESS: 2012/09 TO 2017/08
Target Audience:- Urban vegetable growers - Graduate and undergraduate students - Backyard gardners - Extension agents - Summer school participants - Hobbyiest - Exchange students - Participants of field days and workshops - Participants in scientific meetings Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project's interdisciplinary team has successfully provided several training and professional development opportunties to our stakeholders and clientele. The cooperative linkages with extension collaborators and partners were further strengthened. Students and stakeholders were further trained in formal and informal settings (by organizing seasonal field days and workshops) specifically by focusing on the following: 1. Sustainable backyard vegetable gardening using IPM practices, 2. Pests (insects and diseases) identification and diagnosis, 3. Pests monitoring and scouting, 4. Pest management options/plant-mediated pest control, 5. Conservation of beneficial species (pollinators, parasitoids and predators), 6. Soil testing and fertilization, 7. Irrigation requirments and use of drip irrigation, 8. Use of plastic and plant based mulches, and 9. Production of healthy nursery plants in controlled conditions. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The urban vegetable growers in the selected counties have regularly participated in our seasonal vegetable production and pest protection demonstration site's trainings. These growers were provided necessary skills, hands-on training, hand-outs and flyers with respect to vegetble pest management and crop managment practices. The training and demonstration of seasonal vegetable production was provided to stakeholders and clientele by using both class rooms and fields. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

IMPACT: 2012/09 TO 2017/08
What was accomplished under these goals? The following were accomplished under the goals during this year: 1. Seven gradaute students trained participating in this project. Both student graduated with excellent academic records. 2. Offering a graduate course on Integrated Pest Management (PMA5407) in the fall 2017. Several graduate students took these courses. 3. Five undergraduate students was trained to monitor vegetable insect pests. 5. Based on a questionaire, the data on the current farming practices was obtained from stakeholders during the field days and workshops. 6. 15 seasonal training and demonstration plots were developed and training on the best mangement practices to stakeholders and clientele was imparted. 7. The U-scout webpage was developed and is continously used and updated with new information for the stakeholders and clientele. 8. Linkages with cooperative extension, community partners, and the UF, IFAS were strengthened. 9. Internships and training opportunities to summer school students, undergraduateand exchange students were provided. 10. 560 samples were processed in north Florida. Pathogen IDs and management recommendations were provided to stakeholders and clientele.

PUBLICATIONS (not previously reported): 2012/09 TO 2017/08
Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: A. Publications-Conferences(Total for the project duration=26 B. Training/Workshops/Field Days-Presentations (Total=32) C. Diagnostics: The diagnostic lab analyzed > 450 samples from 2014-2015 for confirmation of the casual organisms in vegetable crops in north Florida. This has led to a positive IDs on > 85% of the samples which is high success rate for identification of the causal organisms associated with symptomatic plant samples. Information pertaining to disease outbreaks have been uploaded to the U-scout website at routine intervals through the year and have been shared with county agents associated with Florida A&M University and University of Florida.

PROGRESS: 2016/09/01 TO 2017/08/31
Target Audience:- Urban vegetable growers, - Graduate and undergraduate students, - Backyard gardners, - Extension agents, - Participants of field days and workshops, and - Participants in scientific meetings Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project team is continously providing several training and professional development opportunties to our stakeholders. The cooperative linkages with extension collaborators and partners were further strengthened. Students and stakeholders were further trained in formal and informal settings (by organizing seasonal field days and workshops) specifically by focusing on the following: 1. Sustainable backyard vegetable gardening using IPM practices, 2. Pests (insects and diseases) identification and diagnosis, 3. Pests monitoring and scouting, 4. Pest management options/plant-mediated pest control, 5. Conservation of beneficial species (pollinators, parasitoids and predators), 6. Soil testing and fertilization, 7. Irrigation requirments and use of drip irrigation, 8. Use of plastic and plant based mulches, and 9. Production of healthy nursery plants in controlled conditions. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The urban vegetable growers in the selected counties are regularly participating in our seasonal vegetable production and pest protection practices. These growers are being provided necessary skills and hands-on training with respect to vegetble pest management and crop managment practices. We are providing trianing to our stakeholders and clientele by using both class rooms and fields. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?This was the final year of project.

IMPACT: 2016/09/01 TO 2017/08/31
What was accomplished under these goals? The following were accomplished under the goals during this year: 1. Two gradaute students trained participating in this project. Both student graduated with excellent academic records. 2.Offering a graduate course on Integrated Pest Management (PMA5407) in the fall 2017. Six graduate students are taking this course. 3. One undergraduate students was trained to monitor vegetable insect pests. 5. Based on a questionaire, the data on the current farming practices was obtained from stakeholders during the field days and workshops. 6. Two several seasonal training and demonstration plots were developed and further training to stakeholders and clientele was imparted. 7. The U-scout webpage is continously used and updated with new information for the stakeholders and clientele. 8. Linkages with cooperative extension, community partners, and the UF, IFAS were strengthened. 9. Internships and training opportunities to summer school students and undergraduate were provided. 10.560 samples were processed in north Florida. Pathogen IDs and management recommendations were provided to stakeholders and clientele.

PUBLICATIONS: 2016/09/01 TO 2017/08/31
Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Publications: Gordon, T., M. Haseeb, L.H.B. Kanga and J.C. Legaspi. 2017. Potential of Three Trap Crops in Managing Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on Tomatoes in Florida. J.Econ.Entomol. (in press). Legaspi, J.C., N. Miller, D. Wolaver, L. Kanga, M. Haseeb and C. Zanuncio. 2016. Repellency of mustard (Brassica juncea) and arugula (Eruca sativa) plants, and plant oils against the sweetpotato whitely, Bemisia tabacai (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Subtropical Agri. Environ. 67 (28): 28-34. Newark MJ, Paret ML, Dufault NS, Roberts PD, Zhang S, Vallad GE, Freeman J, McAvoy G. 2016. Management of Cucurbit Downy Mildew in Florida. PP-325, p 9. Dufault NS, Paret ML. 2016. Watermelon Spray Guide for Florida, University of Florida. p 2. Presentations: Haseeb, M., 2017. Monitoring and Management of the Spotted Wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) on Berry Crops in Florida. Talk pres

PROGRESS: 2015/09/01 TO 2016/08/31
Target Audience:- Urban vegetable growers, - Graduate and undergraduate students, - Backyard gardners, - Extension agents, - Summer school and community college students, - Participants of field days and workshops, and - Participants in scientific meetings. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project team is continously providing hands-on necessary skills, training and professional development opportunities to our stakeholders and clientele. The cooperative linkages with University of Florida, Cooperative Extension, and USDA, ARS were further strengthened. The students and stakeholders were trained via formal and informal settings by organising seasonal field days and workshops, specifically by focusing on the following: 1. Sustainable backyard vegetable gardening using IPM practices, 2. Pests (insect and diseases): Identifidation and diagnosis, 3. Insect pests and diseases monitoring and management (use of trap crops), 4. Conservation of beneficial species (pollinators, parasitoids, and predators) using refuge crops, 5. Irrigation and fertigation practices (using drip irrigation system), 6. Use of plastic and plant based mulches, and 7 . Production of healty nursery plants in controlled conditions. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The urban vegetable and fruit growers in the selected counties are regularly participating in our seasonal field days and workshops. The focus of these activies is on the crop production and protection aspects of urban farming. The growers obtained necessary hands-on skills and training with respect to vegetable pests identification, monitoring and managment. These trainigs were provided to stakeholders and clientele using both class room and field settings. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?The focus of the next reporting period will be to accomplish the following academic and extension goals: A. Academics: 1. Offer IPM and Organic Farming Courses to graduate and undergraduate students, 2. Develop and carry out student led projects on selected vegetable crops with respect to best management practices, 3. Continue developing and imparting field trainings to students and stakeholders, and 4. Provide internship opportunnity to summer schools, community college and undergraduate students. B. Extension: 1. Data collection and the current farming practices and its analysis and evaluation, 2. Evaluate U-scout website and training module, and 3. Continue expanding and strengthening the linkages with the cooperative extension, UF, IFAS, and USDA, ARS.

IMPACT: 2015/09/01 TO 2016/08/31
What was accomplished under these goals? The following were accomplished under the goals during this year: 1. One new IPM course for undergraduate students was developed. 2. One graduate student completed her MS study on the plant-mediated IPM practices on tomato crop. 3. Two undergraduate students completed internships on season vegetable crop production and protection practices. 4. Additional data on the current farming practices was obtained from the stakeholders during the field days and workshops. 5. Seasonal plots in summer and winter were developed to demonstrate best management practices to stakeholders and clientele. 6. The U-scout webpage is continously being used and updated with new information for the end-users. 7. Linkages with University of Florida, USDA, ARS, community partners and cooperative extension were strengthened. 8. Interships and training opportunities to summer school students, community college students, and undergraduate students were provided. 9. One graduate student defended her MS study on the identification, monitoring and management of spotted wing Drosophila.

PUBLICATIONS: 2015/09/01 TO 2016/08/31
Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: A. Conference Papers and Presentations: 1. Gordon, T., M. Haseeb, L. Kanga and J.C. Legaspi. 2016. Integrated Pest Management of the Southern Green Stinkbug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), for Tomatoes in North Florida. Research poster presented at the 90th Southeastern Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, held in Raleigh, North Carolina (13-16 March 2016). 2. Legaspi, C.L., N. Miller, M. Haseeb, L. Kanga, and D. Wolaver. 2015. Evaluating plant and plant oil repellency against the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. Research poster presented at the 63nd Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, held in Minneapolis, Minnesota (14-18 November 2015). 3. Legaspi, J.C., N. Miller, L. Kanga and M. Haseeb. 2015. Evaluating mustard and arugula plant volatiles and refuge plants for sustainable control of insect pests. Research Poster presented at the 98th Annual Meeting o

PROGRESS: 2014/09/01 TO 2015/08/31
Target Audience:- Urban vegetable growers, - Graduate and undergraduate students, - Backyard gardners, - Extension agents, - Participants of field days and workshops, and - Participants in scientific meetings Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project team is continously providing several training and professional development opportunties to our stakeholders. The cooperative linkages with extension collaborators and partners were further strengthened. Students and stakeholders were further trained in formal and informal settings (by organizing seasonal field days and workshops) specifically by focusing on the following: 1. Sustainable backyard vegetable gardening using IPM practices, 2. Pests (insects and diseases) identification and diagnosis, 3. Pests monitoring and scouting, 4. Pest management options/plant-mediated pest control, 5. Conservation of beneficial species (pollinators, parasitoids and predators), 6. Soil testing and fertilization, 7. Irrigation requirments and use of drip irrigation, 8. Use of plastic and plant based mulches, and 9. Production of healthy nursery plants in controlled conditions. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The urban vegetable growers in the selected counties are regularly participating in our seasonal vegetable production and pest protection practices. These growers are being provided necessary skills and hands-on training with respect to vegetble pest management and crop managment practices. We are providing trianing to our stakeholders and clientele by using both class rooms and fields. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?The focus of the next reporting period of this project will be to accomplish the following academic and extension goals: A. Academics: i) Offer IPM and Organic Farming course to graduate students, ii) Develop and carry out student led project on selected vegetable crops with respect to best management practices, iii) Continue developing and imparting field trainings to students and stakeholers, and iv) Provide interships to undergraduate students, B. Extension i) Data collection on the current farming practices and its analyses and evaluation, ii) Add additional vegetable diseases in u-scout website and training, iii) Continue expanding and strengthening the linkages with the cooperative extension, and iv) Continue summer school opportunities and vegetable gardening for high schools and community gardners.

IMPACT: 2014/09/01 TO 2015/08/31
What was accomplished under these goals? The following were accomplished under the goals during this year: 1. Two graduate curriculum., one on IPM and other on Organic Farming were developed. In the Spring 2015, two plant science students, two entomology students and one agribusiness student successfuly completed the organic farming (3 credit hrs) course. 2. One MS student was trained to carry out her research work on the plant-mediated pest mangement of Nezara viridula, a serious pest of vegetable crops. Her research work include the use of trap crops (sorghum and sunflowers) to prevent tomatoes damage from N. viridula. The second component of her research project is to conserve beneficial spcies (Orius and Geocoris species) using refuge crops (sweet alyssum, Lobularia maritima) which are natural biocontrol agents of vegetable insect pests. 3. One MS student was trained to carry out her research work on identification, monitoring and management of Drosophila suzukii a new serious insect pest of bluberries and strawberries. 4. One undergraduate students was trained to monitor vegetable insect pests. 5. Based on a questionaire, the data on the current farming practices was obtained from stakeholders during the field days and workshops. 6. Several seasonal vegetables training and demonstration plots were developed and further training to stakeholders and clientele was imparted. 7. The U-scout webpage is continously used and updated with new information for the stakeholders and clientele. 8. Linkages with cooperative extension, community partners, and the UF, IFAS were strengthened. 9. Internships and training opportunities to summer school students and undergraduate were provided.

PUBLICATIONS: 2014/09/01 TO 2015/08/31
Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2014 Citation: A. Presentation and Publications: Babu B, Paret ML, Dufault NS, Harmon CL. 2015. "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum": An Emerging Pathogen Infecting Potato and Tomato. PP-320, p9. ? Dufault NS, Paret ML. 2015. Watermelon Spray Guide for Florida, University of Florida. p 2. Haseeb, M., B. R. Phills, G. Umar, M. Paret, R. Mobley, O. Mbuya, J. Taylor, S. Leong, J. Legaspi, V. Richardson, A. Bolques and J. Peters. 2014. Enhancement of the Capacity of Urban Agriculture in North Florida using Best Management Practices. Talk presented at the Annual Meeting of the Project Directors held in Washington DC, The United States (16-17 September 2014). Umar, G., B. Phills and M. Haseeb. Training and Demonstration of Best Management Practices in Vegetables and Fruits on Small Farms in North Florida. Poster presented at the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences held in Orlando, Florida, The

PROGRESS: 2013/09/01 TO 2014/08/31
Target Audience: - Urban vegetables growers, - Graduate and undergraduate students, - Backyard gardeners, - Extension Agents, - Participants of field days and workshops, and - Participants in scientific meetings Changes/Problems: None during this period. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? The project team is continously providing several training and professional development opportunities to our stakeholers. The cooperative linkages with extension collaborators and partners were further strengthened with the urban vegetable producers. Students and stakeholers were further trained in formal and informal settings (organizing field days and workshops) specifically focusing on the following: 1. Sustainable backyard vegetable gardening using IPM practices, 2. Pests (insects and diseases) identification and diagnosis, 3. Pests monitoirng and scouting, 4. Pest management options/plant-mediated pest control, 5. Conservation of beneficial species (pollinators, parasitoids & predators), 6. Soil testing and fertilization, 7. Irrigation requirements and use of drip irrigation, 8.Use of plastic and plant based mulches, and 9.Production of healthy nursery plants How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The urban vegetable growers in the selected counties are regularly participating in our seasonal vegetable production. These growers are being provided the necessary skills and hands-on training with respect to best management practices. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? The focus of the next reporting period of this project will be to accomplish the following academic and extension goals: A. Academics: i) Offer Organic Farming course to graduate students, ii) Develop and carry out student led project on selected vegetable crops with respect to best management practices, and iii) Continue developing and imparting field trainings to students and stakeholers. B. Extension i) Data collection on the current farming practices and its analyses and evaluation, ii) Add additional vegetable diseases in u-scout website and training, and iii) Continue expanding and strengthening the linkages with the cooperative extension.

IMPACT: 2013/09/01 TO 2014/08/31
What was accomplished under these goals? The following were accomplished under the goals during this year: 1. Two curriculums., one on IPM and other on Orgnanic Farming were developed. In the fall 2014, four MS students were enrolled in the IPM course.The Organic Farmingcourse will be offered inthespring 2015. 2. One MS student's research project on the plant-mediated pest managment was developed and student is working on this project and getting training to manage insect pest using "push' and 'pull' strategy to conserve beneficial species (pollinators, parasitoids and predators) using and refuge crops to control serious pests on vegetables in North Florida. 3. Based on the questionnaire developed data on the current farming practices was obtained during the field days and workshops. 4. Several season vegetables training and demonstration plots were developed and further trainingto stakeholders and clienteles was imparted. 5. The U-scout webpage was further developed with numerousvegetable diseases in the plant disease database on tomato, cucurbits, pepper, and brassica. 6. Linkages with cooperative extension with community and partners were strengthened. 7. Interships and training opportunities to summer school students and undergraduate students were provided.

PUBLICATIONS: 2013/09/01 TO 2014/08/31
Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2013 Citation: A. Presentations and Publications: Babu B, Dankers W, Paret ML. 2014. First report of Cucumber mosaic virus associated with Capsicum chinense var. Scotch bonnet in Florida. Plant Disease 98:7 1016.2 Haseeb, M., B. R. Phills, G. Umar, M. Paret, R. Mobley, O. Mbuya, J. Taylor, S. Leong, J. Legaspi, V. Richardson, A. Bolques and J. Peters. 2014. Enhancement of the Capacity of Urban Agriculture in North Florida using Best Management Practices. Talk presented at the Annual Meeting of the Project Directors held in Washington DC(16-17 September 2014). Haseeb, M., T. Gordon, G. Umar and B. Phills. 2014. Vegetables Pest Management Strategies in North Florida. Talk presented at the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences held in Orlando, Florida, The United States (28-31 July 2014). Haseeb, M. and T. Gordon. 2014. Fruits and Vegetables IPM using Best Management Practices in North Florid

PROGRESS: 2012/09/01 TO 2013/08/31
Target Audience: Students, Extension Agents, Backyard gardeners, Urban vegetable growers, Participants (field days & workshops), and Participants in scientific meetings Changes/Problems: This year one Co-PI (Dr. Lurleen Walters) and one collaborator (Dr. Stuart Reitz) left the project becasue of their new jobs. However, we are moving forward to use the expertise of additional faculty including Dr. Stephen Leong (new Co-PI), Dr. Jesusa Legaspi ( new collaborator), and Ms. Vonda Richardon (FAMU Extension Director) to implement the objectives of this project. No salaries for this changes are needed in this project. Also, during this year, one biological scientist left the project and he took a permanent postion in the state department. We will fill this part-time position soon. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? The project is providing several training and professional development opportunities to our stakeholders. The cooperative extension linkages with the urban stakeholders were developed and vegetable growers and students in urban setting were trained in formal and informal settings (field days and workshops) specifically on the following topics: 1. Sustainable backyard vegetable gardening using IPM Practices, 2. Pests (insects and diseases) identification and diagnostics, 3. Pest monitoring and scouting, 4. Pest Management options/plant mediated pest control 5. Soil testing and fertilization, 6. Irrigation requirements, 7. Use of plastic and plant based mulches, 8. Production of healthy nursery plants, How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The urban growers communities in the selected counties are regualry participating in the seasonal vegetable production. These growers are provided the necessary skills and hand-on training with respect to best mangement practices. Necesary materials (hard copies and electronic resources) on the commodity-wise vegetable production in North Florida are being provided. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? The follownig plans are forumulized to accomplish the goals for this project: A. Academics: i) Develop and offer two new courses including., a) Principles of IPM in Urban Agriculture, and b) Principles of Transitional Organic Farming in Agriculture to undergraduate and graduate students, ii) Develop and carry-out student led project on selected vegetable commodities with respect to best management practices, and iii) Continue developing the permanent site for vegetable production for imparting hands-on training and necessary skills to North Florida's vegetable growers. B. Extension: i) Develop questionnaire(s) and survey tools for growers and data analyses in four selected counties, ii) Continue to provide basic training support and trainiing to stakeholders in North Florida, iii) Further develop web-based tools and electronic resources for training and extension activities, and iv). Continue expanding the linkages, partnership, and collaboration with the extension agents, stakehodlers, and partners to strenthen the Cooperative Extension Program of the Florida A&M University.

IMPACT: 2012/09/01 TO 2013/08/31
What was accomplished under these goals? The U-scout website is fully developed with plant disease databases on 4 major vegetable crop groups (Tomato, Cucurbits, Pepper, and Brassica). The databases, numerous plant disease blogs,disease watch for every season and extension tutor have been developedwhich the agents use on routine basis. Numerous extension agents and growers were trained on hands-on fielddiagnosis of the disease during the FAMU field day and training session. Several demonstration plots during the summer and winter season were established for onsite training and demonstrations to urban stakeholders. Growers from Leon, Jefferson, Wakulla, and Gadeson Counties are participating in these hands on taining and necessary skills. Also, vegetable raised-beds demonstrations were set up in the winter season. Several students in the summer program were involved in the vegetable cultivation in urban settings. Two new courses in the College of Agriculture and Food Sciences are being developed for the undergradute and graduate level.

PUBLICATIONS: 2012/09/01 TO 2013/08/31
Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2012 Citation: Publications: Paret ML, Pernezny K, Roberts P. 2013. Disease Control for Florida Tomatoes. University of Florida, PPP35, p7.http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/vh056. Paret ML, Dufault NS, Momol T, Marois J, Olson SM. 2012. Integrated disease management for vegetable crops in Florida. University of Florida, PP-193, p6. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pp111 Talks: Haseeb, M., J. Taylor, G. Umar, O. Mbuya, V. Richardson, A. Bolques and B.R. Phills. Implementation of Extension IPM on Selected Vegetable and Fruit Crops in North Florida. Talk presented at the 17th Biannual Association of Research Directors Symposium, held in Jacksonville, FL, The United States (6-10 April, 2013). Paret ML, Olson SM, Vallad G, Zhang S, Roberts P, Dufault N, and Langston, D. 2013. Talk on ?Cucurbits- Major Disease and Management for 2013?. 2013 Annual Cucurbit Meeting, Jackson County, FL, February, 2012. A total of 50 growers, extension agents, a