Stonefruit

Insect Traps

Russ Mizell was the first to introduce the pyramid trap for plum curculio and citrus root weevils and he invented the Florida stink bug trap and the trolling deer fly trap. With colleagues, he developed the CD-ROM and web-based program "Woodybug", a computer knowledge-base system covering IPM for woody landscape plants.

Presenters

Bob Hochmuth is a multi-county Extension agent at the NFREC - Suwannee Valley working in the areas of small farms, commercial vegetables, and protected culture. His specialties include alternative crops, hydroponics, plastic mulch, and drip irrigation technology. Bob was raised on a commercial vegetable farm and has been an Extension agent since 1982.

Russ Mizell is a Professor of Entomology with the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and is located at NFREC-Quincy. Dr. Mizell has research and extension responsibilities for deciduous fruits, pecan, and woody landscape plants with focus on the development of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems. He has authored or coauthored around 300 publications concerned with IPM programs including pest biology, biological and chemical control, host plant resistance, population dynamics and insect-plant-disease interactions.