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Pepper Production in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Qingren Wang, Shouan Zhang, Yuncong Li, Dakshina Seal, Waldemar Klassen, and Teresa Olczyk


Release Date: 5/20/2024

Agriculture

Abstract

This publication provides general information and guidelines for pepper growers in Miami-Dade County, including major pepper varieties, their horticultural traits, and fundamental soil and water management requirements. A minor revision of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department by Qingren Wang, Shouan Zhang, Yuncong Li, Dakshina Seal, Waldemar Klassen, and Teresa Olczyk; 9 pp.

About this Publication

This document is HS-859, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date June 2001. Revised March 2018, March 2021, and April 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. This document is written specifically for growers in Miami-Dade County as a supplement to Vegetable Production Guide for Florida (SP170) (https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/cv292). We thank many colleagues, growers and representatives from seed and chemical companies and grower services for reviewing the document.

About the Authors

Qingren Wang, Extension agent, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade; Shouan Zhang, professor, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center; Yuncong Li, professor, UF/IFAS TREC; Dakshina Seal, scientist, UF/IFAS TREC; Waldemar Klassen, professor emeritus, 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
County agent
University of Florida

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

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

Yuncong Li
Yuncong Li
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

Dakshina Seal
Dakshina Seal
Specialist
University of Florida

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

Waldemar Klassen
Waldemar Klassen
Specialist
University of Florida

professor emeritus, agricultural entomology, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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