Hurricanes occur periodically in southern Florida, resulting in severely damaged or destroyed orchards due to high winds, fresh-water flooding, and salt damage accompanying these storms. Commercial fruit production is often markedly reduced following hurricane damage. Orchard establishment and management practices that increase tree rooting depth and reduce tree size decrease tree losses due to high-velocity winds that accompany these storms. Cultural practices, such as post-hurricane pruning, whitewashing, resetting, and irrigation of trees, can rehabilitate a damaged orchard. Planning for a hurricane will increase the ability of orchards to withstand a storm and resume fruit production as soon as possible following a storm.

Este documento, HS1031, es uno de una serie de publicaciones del Horticultural Sciences, Servicio de Extensión Cooperativa de la Florida, Instituto de Alimentos y Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad de la Florida (UF/IFAS). Fecha de primera publicación: Octubre 1972 (como FC-10). Repasado 1998 y Octubre 2005. HS1031/HS275: Los Platanos en Florida (ufl.edu)

Within Persea americana, 3 horticultural races (more correctly botanical cultivars) are recognized, namely Mexican, Guatemalan and West India, each with distinguishable features of horticultural significance. This chapter focuses on the cultivars and rootstocks of subtropical and tropical climates.

Este documento, HS1034 (HS-12), es uno de una serie de publicaciones del Departamento de Horticultural Sciences, Servicio de Extensión Cooperativa de la Florida, Instituto de Alimentos y Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad de la Florida (UF/IUFAS). Fecha de primera publicación: marcha, 1994. Repasado octubre 2005.  HS1034/HS278: La Carambola en Florida (ufl.edu)

This fact sheet reports water conservation trends for tropical fruit producers based on an extensive survey carried out in Miami-Dade County. This document is Fact Sheet ABE345, one of a series of the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published December 2003.  https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ae257