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PRODUCTION HANDBOOK of FLORIDA 2017-2018 Vegetable PRODUCTION HANDBOOK of FLORIDA 2017-2018 DR. GARY E. VALLAD DR. HUGH A. SMITH DR. PETER J. DITTMAR DR. JOSHUA H. FREEMAN Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, Assistant Professor of Entomology, Assistant Professor of Horticulture, Associate Professor of Horticulture, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Horticultural Sciences Dept., North Florida Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida IFAS, University of Florida IFAS, University of Florida IFAS, University of Florida Welcome to the twenty-first edition of the Vegetable Production Handbook for Florida. This handbook is designed to provide Florida growers with the latest information on crop cultivars, cultural practices and pest management. TheWelcome provided toinformation the eighteenth is a result edition of cooperative of the Vegetable effort among & SmallState and Fruit County Production Extension Handbook and Research faculty to shareof Florida. expertise This and handbookadvice that iscan designed help growers to provide maximize Florida production, growers sustainability with the andlatest profits. informationon crop cultivars, cultural practices, and pest management. The handbook is available as individual chapters and in its entirety at the University of Florida Institute of Food and The information is a result of a cooperative effort among vegetable crop specialists and Agricultural Sciences EDIS website (edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_vph). Expanded content from previous handbooks and for county agents to share expertise and advice that can help growers maximize other relevant topics available through EDIS are listed in Chapter 1 along with QR codes for quicker access to EDIS sustainability and profi ts. content on your mobile device. A new Asian Vegetable chapter (Chapter 5) was added to help growers with the various namesThe handbookassociated withis available Asian Vegetable as individual crops and chapters reference and appropriate in its entirety pesticide at the information. Chapter 5 will be expandedUniversity in the of futureFlorida to Instituteinclude other of Food ethnic and vegetables. Agricultural Finally, Sciences nematicide EDIS tables website were included in many chapters as(edis.ifas.ufl an additional reference.edu/topic_vph). for growers. Over Free time, hard chapters copies of havethe handbook been removed; are available these at UF/IFAS chapters research and educationare listed centers on page and county3 and extensionare available offices. on the EDIS website. Free hard copies of the handbook are available at UF/IFAS research and education centers and The authors wish to thank Florida vegetable growers for their continued support of UF/IFAS research and extension. county extension offi ces. The authors also thank The Grower’s Citrus + Vegetable Magazine, Farm Journal Media, and Dow Agrosciences for their continued support of this publication. The authors wish to thank the Florida vegetable growers for the continued support of UF/IFAS research and extension. The authors also thank The Grower’s Citrus + Vegetable Magazine and Vance Publishing for their continued support of this publication. Gary Vallad, Ph.D. Hugh Smith, Ph.D. Dr. Gary E. Vallad Dr. Joshua H. Freeman Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, Assistant Professor of Entomology, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, Assistant Professor of Horticultural, Gulf Coast REC, IFAS, University of Florida Gulf Coast REC, IFAS, University of Florida Gulf Coast REC, IFAS, University of Florida North Florida REC, IFAS, University of Florida Dr. Peter J. Dittmar Assistant Professor of Horticultural, Horticultural Sciences Department,Peter Dittmar, IFAS, Ph.D. University of Florida Josh Freeman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Horticulture, Associate Professor of Horticulture, Horticultural Sciences Dept., IFAS, University of Florida North Florida REC, IFAS, University of Florida Authors Shinsuke Agehara, Assistant Professor, Gulf Coast Research & Education Center - Wimauma Nathan S. Boyd, Associate Professor, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center - Wimauma Julien Beuzelin, Assistant Professor, Everglades Research and Education Center - Belle Glade Peter J. Dittmar, Assistant Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department - Gainesville Nicholas S. Dufault, Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology Department - Gainesville Michael D. Dukes, Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department - Gainesville Joshua H. Freeman, Associate Professor, North Florida Research and Education Center - Quincy Guodong Liu, Assistant Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department - Gainesville Ramdas Kinessary, Assistant Professor, Southwest Florida Research & Education Center - Immokalee Eugene McAvoy, Extension Agent IV, Hendry County, Labelle Xavier Martini, Assistant Professor, North Florida Research and Education Center - Quincy Christian F. Miller, Extension Agent I, Palm Beach County, Palm Beach Kelly T. Morgan, Professor, Southwest Florida Research & Education Center - Immokalee Joseph W. Noling, Professor, Citrus Research and Education Center - Lake Alfred Monica Ozores-Hampton, Associate Professor, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center – Immokalee Mathews Paret, Assistant Professor, North Florida Research and Education Center - Quincy Natalia Peres, Associate Professor, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center - Wimauma Richard N. Raid, Professor, Everglades Research and Education Center - Belle Glade Justin M. Renkema, Assistant Professor, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center - Wimauma Pamela D. Roberts, Professor, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center - Immokalee Eric H. Simonne, Professor, Office of District Extension Directors - Gainesville Dakshina R. Seal, Associate Scientist, Tropical Research and Education Center - Homestead Hugh A. Smith, Assistant Professor, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center - Wimauma Crystal A. Snodgrass, Extension Agent I, Manatee County - Palmetto Phil Stansley, Professor, Southwest Florida Research & Education Center Dakshina R. Seal, Associate Scientist, Tropical Research and Education Center - Homestead Gary E. Vallad, Associate Professor, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center - Wimauma Qingren Wang, Extension Agent I, Miami-Dade County - Homestead Bonnie Wells, Extension Agent I, St. Johns County, St. Augustine Alicia J. Whidden, Extension Agent II, Hillsborough County, Seffner Vance M. Whitaker, Associate Professor, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center – Wimauma Shouan Zhang, Associate Professor, Tropical Research and Education Center - Homestead Lincoln Zotarelli, Assistant Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department - Gainesville Cover Photo: Florida potato production Chapter Formatting and Composition Cover photos: Robert Hochmuth Laurie Chambers Acknowledgements The purpose of this book is to provide the best and most up-to-date information available to the primary users of this book - the Florida vegetable industry. This is possible because of the efforts of many University of Florida faculty in several locations around the state. The editors gratefully acknowledge their contributions. The editors also wish to acknowledge the contributions of the following faculty who have retired or are no longer involved in extension: Richard P. Cromwell, Kent E. Cushman, Craig K. Chandler, James P. Gilreath, George Hochmuth, Chad Hutchinson, Freddie Johnson, Thomas A. Kucharek, Mary L. Lamberts, Andrew MacRae, Donald N. Maynard, O.N. Nesheim, Stephen M. Olson, Kenneth Pernezny, James Price, Kenneth D. Shuler, Allen G. Smajstrla, William M. Stall, David Sui, Charles Vavrina, and Susan Webb. ii 2017 Vegetable Production Handbook for Florida Contents CHAPTER 1. COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN FLORIDA ................................................................1 Josh H. Freeman, Peter J. Dittmar, and Gary E. Vallad CHAPTER 2. FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT FOR VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN FLORIDA ................................................3 Guodong Liu, Eric H. Simonne, Kelly T. Morgan, George J. Hochmuth, Monica Ozores-Hampton, and Shinsuke Agehara CHAPTER 3. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT FOR VEGETABLES ....................................... 11 Lincoln Zotarelli, Michael D. Dukes, Guodong Liu, Eric H. Simonne, and Shinsuke Agehara CHAPTER 4. INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT. 19 Peter J. Dittmar, Nicholas S. Dufault, Joseph W. Noling, Philip Stansly, Nathan S. Boyd, Matthews L. Paret, and Susan E. Webb CHAPTER 5. ASIAN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION .................................................................................31 Guodong Liu, Christian F. Miller, Bonnie Wells, Yuncong Li, and Qingren Wang CHAPTER 6. COLE CROP PRODUCTION .......................................................................................33 Lincoln Zotarelli, Peter J. Dittmar, Monica Ozores-Hampton, Nicholas S. Dufault, Bonnie Wells, Joseph W. Noling, Eugene J. McAvoy, Qingren Wang, and Christian F. Miller CHAPTER 7. CUCURBIT PRODUCTION ........................................................................................53 Josh H. Freeman, Eugene J. McAvoy, Nathan S. Boyd, Monica Ozores-Hampton, Mathews Paret, Qingren Wang, Christian F. Miller, Joseph W. Noling, and Xavier Martini CHAPTER 8. EGGPLANT PRODUCTION ........................................................................................79 Eugene J. McAvoy, Nathan S. Boyd, Monica Ozores-Hampton, Pamela D. Roberts, Joseph W. Noling, and Hugh A. Smith CHAPTER 9. LEAFY VEGETABLE PRODUCTION ................................................................................107
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