Tropical REC in Homestead (TREC)

Tropical Research and Education Center(TREC) was established in 1929 by an act of the state legislature in what is now Miami-Dade County. Due to the region's humid subtropical climate, TREC is the only state university research center in the continental U.S. focusing on a large number of tropical and subtropical crops. Also, the area's oolitic limestone soil is unique to extreme southern Florida. In addition, the Center addresses water and environmental issues that impact crop production over a shallow aquifer and in proximity to Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Marine Park, Florida Bay and major well fields which provide drinking water to the several million people in neighboring urban areas.

Publications

• Ackee Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Análisis Marginal: Un Procedimiento Económico para Seleccionar Tecnologías o Prácticas Alternativas
• Atemoya Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Avocado Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Banana Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Branch Dieback of Syzygium paniculatum (Eugenia)
• Bush Snapbean Production in Miami-Dade County, Florida
• Carambola Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Cashew-Apple Fruit Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Chilli Thrips (castor thrips, Assam thrips, yellow tea thrips, strawberry thrips), Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, Provisional Management Guidelines
• Downy Mildew of Basil in South Florida
• Eight Steps to Developing A Simple Marketing Plan
• Entendiendo las Tasas de Cambio: Es el Debilitamiento del Dólar Americano—Bueno, Malo o Indiferente para los Agricultores y Negocios Agrícolas en Florida?
• Estimated Costs and Regional Economic Impacts of the Oriental Fruit Fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) Outbreak in Miami-Dade County, Florida
• Evolution of Water Quality Regulations in the United States and Florida
• The Florida Plant Diagnostic Network
• Florida's Use-Value Assessment Law: Questions and Answers for Miami-Dade County Agricultural Classification
• Insect/Mite Management in Annona spp.
• My Virtual Lawn Tool for Florida
• Jackfruit Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Lemon Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Longan Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Loquat Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Lychee Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Mamey Sapote Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Management of Orchid Pests with Silwet® L-77 and Horticultural Oils
• Managing Your Tropical Fruit Grove Under Changing Water Table Levels
• Mango Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Ocho Pasos para Desarrollar un Plan Simple de Mercadeo
• Orchid Pollination Biology
• Papaya Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Pest Management of Peppers in Miami-Dade County, Florida
• Pesticides Registered for Tropical Fruit Crops in Florida
• Pineapple Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• The Pomegranate
• Preparing for and Recovering from Hurricane and Tropical Storm Damage to Tropical Fruit Groves in Florida
• Redbay Ambrosia Beetle-Laurel Wilt Pathogen: A Potential Major Problem for the Florida Avocado Industry
• Smartirrigation Apps: Urban Turf
• SmartIrrigation Avocado App: A Step-by-Step Guide
• Spondias Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Total Maximum Daily Loads and Agricultural BMPs in Florida
• Vegetative Filter Strips—A Best Management Practice for Controlling Nonpoint Source Pollution
• Viburnum Downy Mildew
• What Else Can Surface Water Buffer Systems Do?—Exploring Multiple Ecosystem Services

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