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Tropical Soda Apple: Biology, Ecology, and Management of a Noxious Weed in Florida

Brent Sellers, , , andJason Ferrell

Release Date: 2/4/2026

DOI: 10.32473/edis-uw097-2006

Agriculture

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered Management.

About this Publication

This document is SS-AGR-77, one of a series of the Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 1993. Revised April 2016, December 2022, and July 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Mullahey, J. J., Ferrell, J., & Sellers, B. (2006). Tropical Soda Apple: A Noxious Weed in Florida. EDIS, 2006(15). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw097-2006

Authors

Brent Sellers
Brent Sellers
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Specialist
University of Florida

center director and professor, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL

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Pratap Devkota
Pratap Devkota

former assistant professor, weed science, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center

J. Jeffrey Mullahey
J. Jeffrey Mullahey

professor emeritus, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center

Jason Ferrell
Jason Ferrell
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, weed science and invasive plants, and chair, UF/IFAS Department of Agronomy; and director, UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, Gainesville, FL

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