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Publication #PI-15

2010 Florida Citrus Pest Management Guide: Useful Telephone Numbers1

O. Norman Nesheim and Frederick M. Fishel2

National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)

1-800-858-7378 6:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Pacific time. Provides general information on pesticide products, recognition and management of pesticide poisoning, toxicology, and environmental chemistry.

CHEMTREC®

CHEMTREC® is the Chemical Transportation Emergency Center. It is operated by the Chemical Manufacturers Association to assist in handling chemical emergencies.

  • 1-800-424-9300 Emergency number providing information to persons having large chemical spills or leaks.

The University of Florida/IFAS

  • Pesticide Information Office: 352-392-4721

  • Citrus Research and Education Center: 863-956-1151

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  • Division of Plant Industry: 352-372-3505

  • Pesticide Certification/Licensing Office: 850-488-3314

Footnotes

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This document is PI-15, one of a series of the Pesticide Information Office, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Date printed: December 1995. Date revised: November 2009. This publication is included in SP-43, 2010 Florida Citrus Pest Management Guide. For a copy of this guide, request information on its purchase at your county extension office. Please visit the EDIS Web site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

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O. Norman Nesheim, Ph.D., professor emeritus, Food Science and Human Nutrition Department and former director, Pesticide Information Office; Frederick M. Fishel, associate professor, Agronomy Department, and Director, Pesticide Information Office; Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Millie Ferrer-Chancy, Interim Dean.