Key Plant, Key Pests: Sycamore (Platanus spp.)
UF campus "moon tree," a sycamore tree (left) planted from a seed that was on an Apollo mission. Photo taken 09-10-19. Photo Credits: UF/IFAS Photo by Tyler Jones
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Borden, Matthew, Kelly Laplante, Juanita Popenoe, Adam Dale, Caroline R. Warwick, and Brian Pearson. 2021. “Key Plant, Key Pests: Sycamore (Platanus spp.): EP601/ENH1337, 3/2021”. EDIS 2021 (2). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ep601-2021.

Abstract

This series of Key Plant, Key Pests publications are designed for Florida gardeners, horticulturalists, and landscape professionals to help identify common pests associated with regional flora. This new 6-page publication of the UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture Department helps identify the most common pests found on trees in the sycamore group, Platanus spp., and it provides information and general management recommendations for sycamore lace bug, bacterial leaf scorch, powdery mildew, anthracnose, and canker stain. Written by Matthew Borden, Kelly Laplante, Juanita Popenoe, Adam Dale, Caroline R. Warwick, and Brian Pearson.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep601

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ep601-2021
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