EDIS Update

Archive for March, 2009

FAR0077/FM338 Understanding Your Child's Temperament

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Children

FAR0077, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Diana Converse and Donna Davis, describes nine behavior traits that are present at birth and can be used by parents to understand their children’s temperaments. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM338

FAR0076/FM337 Grandmothers as Parents

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Aging & Caregiving, Children

FAR0076, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Suzanna Smith, describes seven parenting strategies reported in a study of caregiving grandmothers. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM337

FAR0075/FM336 Three Basic Types of Temperaments

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Children

FAR0075, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Diana Converse, describes three basic types of temperaments identified by child development experts to as patterns of behavior determined at birth.  Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM336

FAR0306/FM332 Who's Watching the Kids?

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Children

FAR0306, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Donna Davis, describes a study by the U.S. Census providing statistics on types of child care arrangements families are making for preschoolers.  Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM332

FAR0074/FM327 Co-parenting and Father Involvement

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Children, Relationships, Uncategorized

FAR0074, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Suzanna Smith, describes research findings about the co-parenting relationships between custodial mothers and fathers living apart from their biological children. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM327

FAR0101/FM304 Facts on Children's Lying: What Every Parent Needs to Know

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Children

FAR0101, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Kate Fogarty, describes research findings about lying in school-aged children and when parents should be concerned. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM304

FAR0100/FM303 Missing Children

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Children

FAR-0100, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Donna Davis, presents data from a report from the Department of Justice about the number of incidences of missing, abducted, runaway and thrownaway children to help parents put the risk of abduction into perspective. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM303

FAR0304/FM300 Child Care Safety

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Children

FAR-0304, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Suzanna Smith, describes research about the relative safety of child care settings. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM300

AE246 Herbicide Application Best Management Practices for Citrus Grove Workers

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Citrus, Pesticide Information

REvised! AE246, a 13-page illustrated fact sheet by Brian Boman, Darren Cole, Steve Futch, Ward Gunter, Jack Hebb, Chris Wilson, and Geovanne Stinghen, is part of the Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Citrus Grove Workers series. It covers personal protective equipment, tractor and herbicider preventive maintenance, mixing and loading, posting, herbicide application and spill containment. Includes quizzes and references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE246

ABE367/AE243 Understanding the Pesticide Label for Citrus Grove Workers

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Citrus, Pesticide Information

Revised! ABE-367, a 5-page fact sheet by Brian Boman, Darren Cole, Steve Futch, Ward Gunter, Jack Hebb, Chris Wilson, is part of the Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Citrus Grove Workers series. It emphasizes the importance of reading pesticide labels, the risks of misusing pesticides, and what is on the label. Includes a 10 question quiz and references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE243

PP113 2006 Florida Plant Disease Management Guide: Sweet Basil

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Crops

Revised! PP-113, a 2-page fact sheet by Shoan Zhang and Pamela D. Roberts, describes the symptoms and cultural controls for four plant diseases common to Sweet Basil in Florida — downy mildew, leaf spot, bacterial leaf spot, and fusarium wilt. Published by the UF Department of Plant Pathology, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PP113

TR001 Irrigation Scheduling for Tropical Fruit Groves in South Florida

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Crops, Water

TR001, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Kati W. Migliaccio and Yuncong Li, describes why irrigation is needed in south Florida, and the advantages and disadvantages of various tools available for determining an optimum irrigation schedule. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, January 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TR001

FE796 Fuel Sources and Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Electric Power Plants in the United States

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Sustainable Living

FE796, a 13-page illustrated report by Alan W. Hodges and Mohammad Rahmani, summarizes trends in carbon dioxide emissions of electric power plants by type of fuel and by state in the United States during the 2003–2007 period. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE796

SL283/SS496 Unintended Consequences Associated with Certain Urban Fertilizer Ordinances

March 31st, 2009
Topic(s):Environment, Lawn & Garden

SL-283, an 11-page illustrated fact sheet by George Hochmuth, Terril Nell, Jerry Sartain, Bryan Unruh, Michael Dukes, Chris Martinez, Laurie Trenholm, and John Cisar, discusses the research behind turfgrass growth, biology, and ecology, and soil nutrient cycling in the lawn. The unintended consequences of fertilizer ordinance restricted periods are presented to open dialogue among the stakeholders in the ordinance issue and to ensure that all information is presented to completely inform the policy-making process. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SS496

ENH1103/EP367 Establishment of Lanceleaf Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) in Roadside Right-of-Ways

March 27th, 2009
Topic(s):Ecosystems & Species, Lawn & Garden

ENH-1103, an 8-page illustrated fact sheet by Jeffrey G. Norcini, Anne L. Frances, Carrie Reinhardt Adams, provides recommendations for establishing northern-Florida ecotypes of this low-growing, short-lived perennial that blooms with yellow flowers in early to mid-spring, including site selection, site preparation, sowing seeds, establishment and maintenance. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/EP367

AE445 Smart Irrigation Controllers: Programming Guidelines for Evapotranspiration-Based Irrigation Controllers

March 27th, 2009
Topic(s):Lawn & Garden, Water

AE445, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Michael D. Dukes, Mary L. Shedd, and Stacia L. Davis, is part of the Smart Irrigation Controllers series. It presents programming guidelines for several examples of ET controllers available in Florida. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, February 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE445

AE447 4-H Weather and Climate Workshop

March 27th, 2009
Topic(s):4-H Youth Development, Environment

AE-447, an 11-page illustrated instructor’s guide by Clyde W. Fraisse, William R. Lusher, Melissa Griffin, and Arthur A. Texeira, provides instructors with directions, equipment lists, background resources, instructions for setup, script for the power point presentation, conducting the workshop, and followup questions. Includes relevant Sunshine State Standards in Science, Mathematics, and Visual Arts. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE447

AN215 Florida Dairy Farm Situation in 2009

March 26th, 2009
Topic(s):Livestock

AN215, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Albert De Vries and Russ Giesy, presents an analysis of the depressed profitability expected for Florida dairy production in 2009. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Animal Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AN215

DS-80/DS110 Labor Management

March 26th, 2009
Topic(s):Uncategorized

Revised! DS-80, a 7-page fact sheet by D. R. Bray, D. W. Webb, and J.E. Umphrey, discusses the importance of dairy producers having a program to manage the people who do work on the farm. It discusses wage incentive plans, employee retention, and good herdsmanship/cowmanship. Published by the UF Department of Animal Sciences, October 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/DS110

DS7/DS128 Mastitis Control

March 26th, 2009
Topic(s):Livestock

Revised! DS-7, a 5-page fact sheet by David R. Bray and Jan K. Shearer, describes ways to combat this complicated and expensive disease affecting dairy cows. Published by the UF Department of Animal Science, December 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/DS128

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