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Florida Forage Handbook: Contributing Authors1

Yoana Newman (editor), C. G. Chambliss (deceased), and M. B. Adjei (deceased), former editors2

Adegbola T. Adesogan, professor, University of Florida, IFAS, Animal Sciences Department, Gainesville, Florida.

Martin B. Adjei (deceased), associate professor, forage agronomist, University of Florida, IFAS, Range Cattle REC, Ona, Florida.

John Arthington, center director and professor, beef cattle management, University of Florida, IFAS, Range Cattle REC, Ona, Florida.

Ann R. Blount, associate professor, forage breeding, University of Florida, IFAS, North Florida REC, Marianna, Florida.

Eileen A. Buss, associate professor, landscape and turfgrass entomology, University of Florida, IFAS, Entomology and Nematology Department, Gainesville, Florida.

Carrol G. Chambliss (deceased), associate professor, forage agronomist, University of Florida, IFAS, Agronomy Department, Gainesville, Florida.

John Erickson, assistant professor, crop physiology and ecology, University of Florida, IFAS, Agronomy Department, Gainesville, Florida.

Ike V. Ezenwa, former assistant scientist, sugarcane and forage crops, University of Florida, IFAS, Southwest Florida REC, Immokalee, Florida.

Jason A. Ferrell, associate professor, weed science, University of Florida, IFAS, Agronomy Department, Gainesville, Florida.

Ed Jennings, extension agent IV, regional specialized agent - livestock, University of Florida, Cooperative Extension Service, IFAS, Pasco County Extension.

Edward L. Johnson, associate professor, equine, University of Florida, IFAS, Animal Sciences Department, Gainesville, Florida.

Freddie A. Johnson, professor emeritus, field crop insects, IFAS, University of Florida, Entomology and Nematology Department, Gainesville, Florida.

Robert S. Kalmbacher, professor (retired), range management and forage crops, University of Florida, IFAS, Range Cattle REC, Ona, Florida.

Albert E. Kretschmer, Jr., professor emeritus, pasture, University of Florida, IFAS, Indian River REC, Ft. Pierce, Florida.

C. Mackowiak, associate professor, soil and water science, University of Florida, IFAS, North Florida REC, Quincy, Florida.

Paul Mislevy, professor (retired), pasture and forage crops and reclamation, University of Florida, IFAS, Range Cattle REC, Ona, Florida.

Rosa M. Muchovej, former assistant professor, sugarcane and forage crops, University of Florida, IFAS, Southwest Florida REC, Immokalee, Florida.

R. Mylavarapu, associate professor, University of Florida, IFAS, Soil and Water Science Department, Gainesville, Florida.

Yoana Newman, assistant professor, extension forage specialist, University of Florida, IFAS, Agronomy Department, Gainesville, Florida.

Findlay M. Pate (deceased), professor emeritus, beef-cattle management, University of Florida, IFAS, Range Cattle REC, Ona, Florida.

Kenneth H. Quesenberry, professor emeritus, forage breeding and genetics, University of Florida, IFAS, Agronomy Department, Gainesville, Florida.

Brent A. Sellers, assistant professor, weed science, University of Florida, IFAS, Range Cattle REC, Ona, Florida.

M.L.A. Silveira, assistant professor, soil scientist, University of Florida, IFAS, Range Cattle REC, Ona, Florida.

Lynn E. Sollenberger, professor, tropical forage management, University of Florida, IFAS, Agronomy Department, Gainesville, Florida.

Richard K. Sprenkel, professor emeritus, pest management, University of Florida, IFAS, North Florida REC, Quincy, Florida.

Robert L. Stanley, Jr., associate professor (retired), forage crops, University of Florida, IFAS, North Florida REC, Quincy, Florida.

Joao Vendramini, assistant professor, forage specialist, University of Florida, IFAS, Range Cattle REC, Ona, Florida.

Wilfred Vermerris, associate professor, breeding and genetics, University of Florida, IFAS, Agronomy Department, Gainesville, Florida.

E.B. Whitty, professor emeritus, University of Florida, IFAS, Agronomy Department, Gainesville, Florida.

Mary J. Williams, courtesy associate professor, forages, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Gainesville, Florida.

David Wright, professor, cropping systems and conservation tillage, University of Florida, IFAS, North Florida REC, Quincy, Florida.

Footnotes

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This document is SS-AGR-99, one of a series of the Agronomy Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. First Published June 2002. Revised August 2011. This publication is also a part of the Florida Forage Handbook, an electronic publication of the Agronomy Department. For more information you may contact Y.C. Newman (ycnew@ufl.edu). Please visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

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Yoana Newman, assistant professor and current editor of the Florida Forage Handbook, Agronomy Department; C. G. Chambliss (deceased), associate professor and former editor of the Florida Forage Handbook, Agronomy Department; M. B. Adjei (deceased), associate professor and former editor of the Florida Forage Handbook, Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL; Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.


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