Tropical Soda Apple Field Day

August 22, 2006

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Agenda

Tropical Soda Apple Beetle Fact Sheet

CEU Information

Sponsors

Directions / Maps

Meeting begins at the UF / St Lucie County Cooperative Extension’s Hurricane House and includes a field excursion to UF / Indian River Research & Education Center Quarantine Lab and St Lucie Co. cattle ranch release sites.

Learn about local efforts to manage the invasive tropical soda apple using an integrated pest management plan (IPM Plan).  Tropical soda apple beetle release sites will be visited.  

Topics

Tropical Soda Apple Program Overview

Results of Releases in St Lucie & Okeechobee

Results of Releases in GA & AL

Insect Rearing in Miami & Ft Pierce

Tropical Soda Apple Release Database

The Extension Agent’s Role

Results of Releases in Collier and Hendry, Polk, Summer, Orange

 

Insect Rearing in Seminole County Jail and Alachua County

 

Additional TSA Biocontrol Agents

 

Pre-registration is required.  Call (772) 462-1660 to pre-register.

This program is free-of-charge.