Authors
Shinsuke Agehara, Assistant Professor, Gulf Coast Research & Education Center - Wimauma
Julien Beuzelin, Assistant Professor, Everglades Research & Education Center - Belle Glade
Nathan S. Boyd, Associate Professor, Gulf Coast Research & Education Center - Wimauma
Johan Desaeger, Assistant Professor, Gulf Coast Research & Education Center - Wimauma
Peter J. Dittmar, Associate Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department - Gainesville
Nicholas S. Dufault, Associate Professor, Plant Pathology Department - Gainesville
Michael D. Dukes, Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department - Gainesville
Joshua H. Freeman, Associate Professor, North Florida Research & Education Center - Quincy
Ramdas Kanissery, Assistant Professor, Southwest Florida Research & Education Center - Immokalee
Sriyanka Lahiri, Assistant Professor, Gulf Coast Research & Education Center - Wimauma
Yuncong Li, Professor, Tropical Research & Education Center - Homestead
Guodong Liu, Associate Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department - Gainesville
Eugene McAvoy, Extension Agent IV, Hendry County, Labelle
Xavier Martini, Assistant Professor, North Florida Research & Education Center - Quincy
Christian F. Miller, Extension Agent II, Palm Beach County, Palm Beach
Kelly T. Morgan, Professor, Southwest Florida Research & Education Center - Immokalee
Joseph W. Noling (retired), Professor, Citrus Research & Education Center - Lake Alfred
Mathews L. Paret, Associate Professor, North Florida Research & Education Center - Quincy
Natalia Peres, Professor, Gulf Coast Research & Education Center - Wimauma
Jawwad Qureshi, Assistant Professor, Southwest Florida Research & Education Center - Immokalee
Richard N. Raid, Professor, Everglades Research & Education Center - Belle Glade
Pamela D. Roberts, Professor, Southwest Florida Research & Education Center - Immokalee
Dakshina R. Seal, Associate Scientist, Tropical Research & Education Center - Homestead
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Hugh A. Smith, Associate Professor, Gulf Coast Research & Education Center - Wimauma
Crystal A. Snodgrass, Extension Agent II, Manatee County, Palmetto
Phil Stansly, Professor, Southwest Florida Research & Education Center - Immokalee
Gary E. Vallad, Associate Professor, Gulf Coast Research & Education Center - Wimauma
Qingren Wang, Extension Agent II, Miami-Dade County, Homestead
Bonnie Wells, Extension Agent II, Brevard County, Cocoa
Alicia J. Whidden, Extension Agent II, Hillsborough County, Seffner
Vance M. Whitaker, Associate Professor, Gulf Coast Research & Education Center - Wimauma
Shouan Zhang, Associate Professor, Tropical Research & Education Center - Homestead
Lincoln Zotarelli, Associate Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department - Gainesville
Cover Photo:
Dr. Peter Dittmar
Handbook Design and Composition:
Wayne Smith, cover design
Bonnie Steer, graphic designer
Acknowledgments
The purpose of this book is to provide the best and most up-to-date information available to the primary users of this book - the Florida vegetable
industry. This is possible because of the efforts of many University of Florida faculty in several locations around the state. The editors gratefully acknowledge
their contributions. The editors also wish to acknowledge the contributions of the following faculty who have retired or are no longer involved in UF/IFAS
Extension: Craig K. Chandler, Richard P. Cromwell, Kent E. Cushman, James P. Gilreath, George Hochmuth, Chad Hutchinson, Freddie Johnson, Thomas A.
Kucharek, Mary L. Lamberts, Andrew MacRae, Donald N. Maynard, O.N. Nesheim, Stephen M. Olson, Kenneth Pernezny, James Price, Kenneth D. Shuler,
Allen G. Smajstrla, William M. Stall, David Sui, Charles Vavrina, and Susan Webb.
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