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Since leafy brassicas are vegetative crops, the most important pest groups in Florida production include the early season diseases, weeds, and leaf-feeding insects. Mites, viruses, and nematodes are generally not problematic in Florida leafy brassica production. This document is PI-70, one of a series of publications of the Pesticide Information Office, Agronomy Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published November 2005.
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