Alachua County News : October Commercial Horticulture Program
From: Alachua County Communications Office
October 6, 2022
ALACHUA COUNTY, FL - The UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County Office is pleased to announce the following Commercial Horticulture program for October 2022. This program is being offered by Dr. Tatiana Sanchez, Commercial Horticulture Agent.
Pest Management Through Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation (ASD) in Organic Agriculture - October 13, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. This is a Zoom webinar.
Anaerobic soil disinfestation is an environmentally friendly method to disinfest the soil and is a non-chemical alternative for disease and weed control. This webinar will explain how this method of soil disinfestation has worked in the southeast, its challenges and opportunities in organic agriculture, and how you can adopt it as a tool in your integrated pest management strategy. Speakers include faculty from the University of Florida, Clemson University, and the private industry.
There is no need to install additional software to participate in this event. Participants can join directly from their preferred browser or through the Teams app (optional).
For more information about this program contact Dr. Tatiana Sanchez (
tatiana.sanchez@ufl.edu), Commercial Horticulture Agent, UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County, at 352-955-2402. Visit the
Extension Office website for additional programs offered by the Extension Office.
An Equal Opportunity Institution. Extension Service, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Dr. Andra Johnson, Dean for UF/IFAS Extension. Single copies of Extension publications (excluding 4-H and youth publications) are available free to Florida residents from county Extension offices.
