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Pest Management of Peppers in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Qingren Wang, Shouan Zhang, Dakshina Seal, and Teresa Olczyk

Release Date: 6/13/2021

Reviewed At: 4/22/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-pp316-2015

Agriculture

Abstract

To assist local pepper growers in maintaining crop productivity and improving the quality of produce, this publication illustrates common pests including major diseases and insects and their effective management. The targeted audiences are pepper growers, pest control operators, extension agents and specialists, crop advisors, industrial personnel, and graduate students. A minor revision of the UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department, written by Q. Wang, S. Zhang, D. Seal, and T. Olczyk; 8 pp.

About this Publication

This document is PP316, one of a series of the Plant Pathology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2015. Revised March 2018 and March 2021. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Qingren Wang. Extension agent, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade; Shouan Zhang, professor, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center; Dakshina Seal, scientist, UF/IFAS TREC; and Teresa Olczyk, county Extension director, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

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

Qingren Wang
Qingren Wang
Contact
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent IV, Ph.D., vegetable crops, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County, Homestead, FL

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Shouan Zhang
Shouan Zhang
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, vegetable and tropical fruit disease management, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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Dakshina Seal
Dakshina Seal
Specialist
University of Florida

scientist, pest management, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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