
Jose Alvarez, IFAS-EREC, Belle Glade, FL
Andrew C. Bennett, NRCS, Frederick, OK
Ron Cherry , IFAS-EREC, Belle Glade, FL
Jack Comstock, USDA Sugarcane Field Station, Canal Point, FL
Samira H. Daroub, IFAS-EREC, Belle Glade, FL
Lawrence E. Datnoff, IFAS, Plant Pathology, Gainesville, FL
Chris W. Deren, University of Arkansas, Stuttgart, AR
Orlando A. Diaz, IFAS-EREC, Belle Glade, FL
Joyce T. Ducar, Formerly IFAS, Agronomy, Gainesville, FL
Joan A. Dusky, IFAS, Assistant Dean, Gainesville, FL
Barney R. Eiland, Florida Crystals, South Bay, FL
Robert A. Gilbert, IFAS-EREC, Belle Glade, FL
Barry Glaz, USDA Sugarcane Field Station, Canal Point, FL
David G. Hall, USDA-ARS, Fort Pierce, FL
Norman L. Harrison, IFAS-EREC, Belle Glade, FL
Timothy A. Lang, IFAS-EREC, Belle Glade, FL
Richard S. Lentini, IFAS-EREC, Belle Glade, FL (Retired)
William A. Messina, IFAS-FRED, Gainesville, FL
Jim Miller, USDA Sugarcane Field Station, Canal Point, FL (Retired)
Rosa M. Muchovej, IFAS-SWFREC, Immokalee, FL
Gregg S. Nuessly, IFAS-EREC, Belle Glade, FL
Findlay M. Pate, IFAS-Range Cattle REC, Ona FL
Leo C. Polopolus, IFAS-FRED, Gainesville, FL (Professor Emeritus)
Richard N. Raid, IFAS-EREC, Belle Glade, FL
Curtis R. Rainbolt, IFAS-EREC, Belle Glade, FL
Ronald W. Rice, IFAS-EREC, Belle Glade, FL
Thomas J. Schueneman, Palm Beach County Extension Office, Belle Glade, FL (Retired)
James M. Shine, Jr., SCGC, Belle Glade, FL
George H. Snyder, IFAS-EREC, Belle Glade, FL
Peter Y. P. Tai, USDA Sugarcane Field Station, Canal Point, FL (Retired)
Florida Sugarcane Handbook Editor and Coordinator
Dr. Robert A. Gilbert, Assistant Professor
Everglades Research & Education Center
IFAS - University of Florida
3200 E. Palm Beach Road
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This document is SS-AGR-251, one of a series of the Agronomy Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Revised April 2008. This publication is also a part of the Florida Sugarcane Handbook, an electronic publication of the Agronomy Department. For more information, contact the editor of the Sugarcane Handbook, Ronald W. Rice (rwr@ufl.edu).
R. A. Gilbert (editor), associate professor, Agronomy Department, Everglades Research and Education Center--Belle Glade, FL, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611.
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