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Review of Nutrient Management Systems for Florida Vegetable Producers: A White Paper from the UF/IFAS Vegetable Fertilizer Task Force, 2009

Daniel Cantliffe, Phyllis Gilreath, Dorota Haman, Chad Hutchinson, Yuncong Li, Gene McAvoy, Kati Migliaccio, Teresa Olczyk, Steve Olson, Darrin Parmenter, Bielinski Santos, Sanjay Shukla, Eric Simonne, Craig Stanley, and Alicia Whidden

Release Date: 9/30/2018

Reviewed At: 8/23/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-hs1156-2012

Water Resources

Abstract

White paper from the UF/IFAS Vegetable Fertilizer Task Force, identifies differences between actual fertilization practices and UF/IFAS fertilizer recommendations, especially for vegetables grown with subsurface (Central and South Florida) and overhead (Miami-Dade County) irrigation. The recommendations of the VFTF aim at bridging the gaps between science-based results and the diversity in production systems found in the Florida vegetable industry.

About this Publication

This document is HS1156, one of a series of the Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original EDIS publication date, April 2009. This document previously published— Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 119:240–248. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Daniel Cantliffe, distinguished professor and chair, Department of Horticultural Sciences ; Phyllis Gilreath, Extension agent, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; Dorota Haman, professor and chair, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Chad Hutchinson, associate professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences; Yuncong Li, professor, UF/IFAS Tropical REC; Gene McAvoy, Extension director and Extension agent IV, UF/IFAS Extension Hendry County; Kati W. Migliaccio, assistant professor, UF/IFAS Tropical REC; Teresa Olczyk, Extension agent IV, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County; Steve Olson, professor, UF/IFAS North Florida REC; Darrin Parmenter, Extension agent, UF/IFAS Extension Palm Beach County; Bielinski Santos, assistant professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast REC; Sanjay Shukla, associate professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida REC; Eric Simonne, associate professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences; Craig Stanley, professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast REC; and Alicia Whidden, Extension agent II, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Cantliffe, D., Gilreath, P., Haman, D., Hutchinson, C., Li, Y., McAvoy, G., Migliaccio, K., Olczyk, T., Olson, S., Parmenter, D., Santos, B., Shukla, S., Simonne, E., Stanley, C., & Whidden, A. (2009). Review of Nutrient Management Systems for Florida Vegetable Producers: A White Paper from the UF/IFAS Vegetable Fertilizer Task Force. EDIS, 2009(2). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-hs1156-2012

Authors

Stephen Olson
Stephen Olson

retired Extension specialist, vegetables, and professor emeritus, Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy FL

Craig Stanley
Craig Stanley

professor emeritus, soil and water management, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma FL 

Eric Simonne
Eric Simonne

distinguished professor, vegetable production, UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Daniel Cantliffe
Daniel Cantliffe
Specialist
University of Florida

distinguished professor emeritus, chairman international Agricultural Trade and Policy Center, Department of Horticultural Sciences

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Phyllis Gilreath
Phyllis Gilreath
Dorota Haman
Dorota Haman
Specialist
University of Florida

professor emeritus, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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Chad Hutchinson
Chad Hutchinson

former associate professor, UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department, Gainesville, 32611.

Yuncong Li
Yuncong Li
Contact
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, soil and water quality, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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Eugene McAvoy
Eugene McAvoy

regional vegetable Extension agent IV emeritus and associate director for stakeholder relations, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL

Kati Migliaccio
Kati Migliaccio
Specialist
University of Florida

dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and professor of water conservation, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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Teresa Olczyk
Teresa Olczyk

retired county Extension director and Extension agent IV, M.S., agriculture/commercial ornamental horticulture, UF/IFAS Miami-Dade County Extension Homestead FL

Bielinski Santos
Bielinski Santos

former associate professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

Sanjay Shukla
Sanjay Shukla
Contact
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, water quality, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL 

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Alicia J. Whidden
Alicia J. Whidden

retired Extension agent III, M.S., vegetable crops, P.L., UF/IFAS Hillsborough County, Seffner, FL 

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