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Biology and Management of Dodder (Cuscuta spp.) in Ornamental Crop Production and Landscapes

Kaley Mierek, Chris Marble, Nathan Boyd, and Shawn Steed


Release Date: 4/11/2021

Reviewed At: 4/22/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ep556-2018

Agriculture

About this Publication

This document is ENH1292, one of a series of the Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2018. Revised March 2021. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Kaley Mierek, former research assistant, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center; Chris Marble, assistant professor, Department of Environmental Horticulture; Nathan Boyd, associate professor, Horticultural Sciences Department; and Shawn Steed, multi-county environmental horticulture production agent II, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Mierek, K., Marble, S. C., Boyd, N. S., & Steed, S. T. (2018). Biology and Management of Dodder (Cuscuta spp.) in Ornamental Crop Production and Landscapes. EDIS, 2018(3). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ep556-2018

Authors

Chris Marble
Chris Marble
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, ornamental and landscape weed management, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Apopka, FL

Nathan Boyd
Nathan Boyd
Specialist
University of Florida

associate center director and professor, weed management of strawberries and vegetables, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

Shawn Steed
Shawn Steed
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent IV, M.S., environmental horticulture/ornamental, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County

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