Gene McAvoy 
Associate Director | University of Florida
Immokalee, FL, UNITED STATES
Gene McAvoy can help on questions about crop damage, including to sugarcane, during and after hurricanes and how growers are recovering.
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Gene McAvoy can help on questions about crop damage, including to sugarcane, during and after hurricanes and how growers are recovering.
Areas of Expertise (5)
Pest and Disease Management
Vegetable Production
Crop Damage
Horticulture
Sugarcane
Media Appearances (5)
No more honor system: Florida ag commissioner promises inspections, reports to help clean up water
The Palm Beach Post online
2021-08-02
As some examples of best management practices, longtime Hendry County extension agent Gene McAvoy says, “If I was a cattle rancher, maybe I would rotate my pastures, or I could fence off the canals so the cows don’t poop in the water – there’s a whole litany of practices – not every farmer could do everything, but you do what’s technologically and economically feasible for you.”
Fort Myers breaks June 2 record for rainfall Wednesday, Bonita gets some rain, Naples still dry
News-Press online
2021-06-03
Inland areas like Clewiston and Immokalee are dry as well. "It's been real spotty," said Gene McAvoy, with the University of Florida's IFAS network. "If you happen to be under the clouds you might get an inch or an inch-and-a-half. It looks like the rainy season is starting but we haven't had really good soaking rains."
Florida agency says no to potent pesticide aldicarb for use on state's ailing citrus crop
News-Pres online
2021-04-21
And Hendry County’s Gene McAvoy, an associate director at UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences center in Immokalee, said, "You know, it’s kind of a moot point, now that Florida has said we won’t label it.” (To “label” an agricultural chemical certifies that it meets the state’s standards and can be used on its crops.)
How Florida left farmworkers out of its COVID-19 pandemic response
Naples Daily News online
2021-03-28
About 800 farm labor supervisors participated in COVID-19 training on protecting workers, said Gene McAvoy, an associate director at UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences center in Immokalee. The program relied on federal Centers for Disease Control guidance on how to protect agricultural workers against COVID-19. There are no state mandates on protecting farmworkers from the virus, according to Fried and other experts.
Antibiotics don't belong on orange trees, suit challenging EPA alleges
News-Press online
2021-03-25
As citrus yields have dwindled, growers are grasping for solutions, says Hendry County extension agent Gene McAvoy of the University of Florida IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center. Industry research shows that though antibiotics don't cure greening; they can buy the trees more years of reduced productivity, and farmers searching for ways to hang on are eager to try new methods that appear promising.
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Field distribution and disease incidence of tomato chlorotic spot virus, an emerging virus threatening tomato production in South Florida
Tropical Plant PathologyBindu Poudel, et al.
2019-08-01
Tomato chlorotic spot tospovirus is a species of the genus Orthotospovirus, family Tospoviridae. One of the causal agents of tomato spotted wilt, tomato chlorotic spot virus (TCSV) was first detected in tomato and bell pepper in south Florida in 2012 and is considered an emerging virus to the region. It has caused significant losses to tomato growers in the region since 2014. Field surveys were conducted in tomato fields in Miami-Dade County in the 2015–2016 and 2016–2017 growing seasons. Results of the surveys indicate that TCSV is the predominant virus among the three known orthotospoviruses [tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), groundnut ringspot virus (GRSV) and TCSV] present in south Florida.
Field Evaluation of Tomato Cultivars for Tolerance to Tomato Chlorotic Spot Tospovirus
Plant Health ProgressShouan Zhang, et al.
2019-04-01
Fourteen tomato cultivars resistant to tomato spotted wilt tospovirus (TSWV) were evaluated for their tolerance against tomato chlorotic spot tospovirus (TCSV) under field conditions during the 2014–2015 and 2015–2016 growing seasons in Homestead, FL. All TSWV-resistant tomato cultivars had significantly (P < 0.05) lower disease incidence of TCSV, compared with the commercial standard cultivars ‘FL 47’ or ‘Sanibel’, exhibiting intermediate to high levels of tolerance to TCSV. There was no significant effect of tomato genotype on the thrips vectors, western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) and common blossom thrips (F. schultzei). All tested tomato cultivars had equivalent or greater yields of total marketable fruit compared with the standard cultivar Sanibel.
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