MONICA OZORES-HAMPTON 2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF JOB …swfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/docs/pdf/faculty/cv_ozores.pdfMonica Ozores-Hampton -2-5. EMPLOYMENT Employer Rank or position Dates University

Monica Ozores-Hampton -1-

MONICA OZORES-HAMPTON

Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist - Vegetable Crops

University of Florida, IFAS/

Southwest Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC)

2686 State Rd 29 N

Immokalee, FL 34142-9515

Phone: (239) 658-3400 and Fax: (239) 658-3469

[email protected]

2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF JOB DUTIES (Assistant Professor 2009)

The mission of this position is to provide state-wide leadership and science-based research

and extension education programs on critical issues facing the vegetable industry in Florida related

to plant nutrition and fertilizer use efficiency to demonstrate the updated N recommended rate and

facilitate the adoption of nutrient BMPs by the industry; tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV)

variety evaluation. This 12-month tenure-accruing position is a split appointment between

Extension (60%) and Research (40%). The primary clientele groups of this program are county

agents, commodity groups, regulatory agencies, and vegetable growers.

3. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

This integrated program focuses on the development of new information and the extension of that

information in:

1. Inorganic and organic nutrient management and fertilization practices, plant-soil nutrient

cycling, and vegetable mineral nutrition;

2. Developed sustainable techniques for management of soil-borne pests, diseases,

nematodes and weeds in vegetables crops utilizing composted materials, solarization and

cover crops;

4. Vegetable variety testing, evaluation, and recommendation for Florida growers.

4. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Institution

Field of Study

Degree

Date Awarded

University of Florida, FL.

Horticulture

Minor Soil and Water Sciences

Ph.D.

1997

Florida International

University, FL.

Biological Science

M.S.

1993

Universidad Catolica de

Chile, Chile.

Animal Science Ingeniero

Agronomo

1983

Universidad Catolica de

Chile, Chile.

Horticulture B.S. 1981


5. EMPLOYMENT

Employer

Rank or position

Dates

University of Florida

Assistant Professor and Extension

Specialist

(Tenure-accruing)

2009


Post-Doctoral Fellow (Evaluate the effects

of N fertilization on tomatoes under

commercial growing conditions)

2004-2009


Post-Doctoral Fellow

(Develop non-chemical alternative to

Methyl bromide)

1998-2003


Graduate Research Assistant

1994-1997

Reuter Recycling Inc.

Research and development

1993-1994

Florida International University

Graduate Research Assistant

1991-1993

UF/ Tropical Research and

Education Center

Biological Scientist

1990-1992

6. TEACHING, ADVISING AND/OR INSTRUCTIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

a. Teaching Philosophy, Goals and Methods

Most of my teaching experience has been in short courses (national and international), as an

invited lecturer in graduate courses and two undergraduate level courses “Introduction to

Horticulture” (ORH 1008C). As a teaching philosophy, I like (or expect or help students to)

the student to learn the fundamental content of the courses, but beyond that, I hope to foster

critical thinking, facilitate the acquisition of life-long learning skills, and develop problem-

solving skills. As teaching tools, in addition to conventional lectures I have invited speakers,

hands-on trainings, field trips, student individual projects, and group‟s discussions. I like to

create my own evaluation to get more relevant feedback to improve and develop new ideas

for the next time teaching the course. Since I have multiple evaluations over the year it been

give me the opportunity to present the results in professional conference related to my

teaching methods to inspire other teacher around the world. Finally, as I reflect upon my

academic career, it is clear that has been greatly influenced by my teacher or mentors.

Therefore, I embrace teaching as an opportunity to inspire and empower students.


b. Instructional Activities and Accomplishments

b1. Courses taught and guest lectures:

Role

Semester

Course/section

Credits

Number

of

students

Activity


Guest

lecturer

Spring

2007

HOS 6412 and

HOS3430C,

Nutrition of

horticultural

crops

3

15+7

Prepared power point

and delivered a 1-hour

lecture on “Compost

production and

utilization in

horticultural crops” Guest

lecturer

Spring

2005

HOS-

3430/9444,

Nutrition of

horticultural

crops

3

11

Prepared power point

and delivered a 1-hour

lecture on “Compost

production and

utilization in

horticultural crops” Teaching

assistant

Fall 1995

AGG 4932,

Principles of

Horticultural

Compost

Technology

3

11

Prepared 12 laboratory

activities (1-hour lecture

on “Compost production

and utilization in

horticultural crops”

Universidad de las Américas, Santiago Chile Guest

lecturer

Fall

2006

HOR 2030

Vegetable

Production

3

60

Prepared and delivered a

1-hour lecture on

“Vegetable production in

Florida‟ Guest

lecturer

Fall

2006

ENV 1050

Environment

and Agriculture

3

30

Prepared and delivered a

1-hour lecture on

“Compost and the

environmental issues‟

Guest

lecturer

Campus,

Maipu

Fall 2005 HOR 101

Introduction to

Horticulture

3 30 Prepared and delivered a

1-hour lecture on

“Compost uses in

agriculture‟

Guest

lecturer

Fall 2005 HOR 101

Introduction to


1-hour lecture on


Role

Semester

Course/section

Credits

Number

of

students

Activity

Campus,

La Florida

Horticulture “Compost uses in

agriculture‟

Guest

lecturer

Campus,

Santiago

Centro

Fall 2005 HOR 101

Introduction to

Horticulture


1-hour lecture on

“Compost uses in

agriculture‟

Guest

lecturer

Campus,

Manuel

Montt

Fall 2005 HOR 101

Introduction to

Horticulture


1-hour lecture on

“Compost uses in

agriculture‟

Edison Community College. Fort Myers, FL. Instructor

Spring

1999

ORG 1008C,

Introduction to

horticulture

3

15

Prepared 13 power point

and delivered lectures

and one field day. Instructor

Fall 1999

ORG 1008C,

Introduction to

horticulture

3

11

Prepared 13 power point

and delivered lectures

and one field day. Fruit,

vegetables, ornamental

crops and turf.

c. Academic advisement activities:

c1. Students and post-doctoral mentoring:

Year

Student/Scientist

Category

Activity

2008

to

2010

Miriam Ortez Short-term scholar

from Zamorano

University,

Honduras

Nitrogen Best Management Practices

(BMP) in Southwest (SW) Florida

vegetable production.

2008 Mauricio Pinto Short-term scholar

Universidad de las

Americas, Chile

Nitrogen BMP in SW Florida vegetable

production (6 months).

2007 Francisco Zapata Sabbatical

Universidad Central

de Venezuela

Advised, mentored and provided

Francisco with guidance on creating a

vegetable BMP program to be

implemented in Venezuela.


Year

Student/Scientist

Category

Activity

2006 Brain Asmah Undergraduate

student, Universidad

de Mar, Vina del

Mar, Chile

Tesis “Evaluation of worm casting

(Ecobol-S) in tomato (Lycopersicum

esculentum, Mill.) transplant

production.

2006 Teresa Salame Short-term scholar

from Universidad

Catolica de Chile

Worked in the N BMP program for


2006 Pierrick Roulier Short-term scholar

from the Ecole

Nationale

Superieure

Agronomique de

Toulouse, France

Introduced Pierrick to our vegetable

production practices and N fertilization

program in tomato (2 months)

2005-

2006

Michaela Farneselli Research fellow,

University of

Perugia, Italy

Introduced Michaela to our vegetable

production practices and N fertilization

program in tomato (2 months)

2004 Olivia Riffo Short-term scholar

from Universidad de

las Americas, Chile.

Advised, mentored and provided Olivia

with guidance on producing herbs and

ornamental crops with composted media

(2 months).

2004 Jorge O‟Ryan Short-term scholar

from Universidad de

las Americas, Chile.

Taught Jorge the basics of the scientific

method and agriculture in SW Florida (2

months)

2001-

2003

Teresa Salame Short-term scholar

from Universidad

Catolica de Chile

Worked in the development a program

to measure the long-term effects of

composted materials and cover crops in


2002

Franchesca Vidal

Short-term scholar

from Universidad

Catolica de Chile

Worked in the development a program


composted materials and cover crops in

vegetable production (2 months).

2002 Claudia Gomez Short-term scholar

from Universidad

Catolica de Chile

Worked in the development of a training

program in production and utilization of

composted waste materials to improve

soils for horticultural cropping systems

(2 months).

2002 Lula Salame Short-term scholar

from Universidad

Catolica de Chile.

Worked in the development of a training

program in production and utilization of

composted waste materials to improve

soils for horticultural cropping systems

(2 months).

2000 Gustavo Gonzales Short-term scholar Worked in the development a program


Year

Student/Scientist

Category

Activity

from Universidad

Catolica de Chile.


composted materials in vegetable

production (2 months).

c2. Letters of recommendation:

Each year, I write 1 to 3 letters of recommendations for former technician, students and visitors

whom I also advise for resume development, application for jobs and graduate school, and

scholarships.

7. TEACHING EVALUATIONS

ORH-1008C Introduction to Horticultural

Fall, 1999

Item Description of Course Objectives and Assignments Means

1 Organization EX

2 Presentation S-EX

3 Rapport S-EX

4 Credibility/Control S-EX

5 Content EX

6 Interaction S

7 Active learning S

8 Syllabus EX-O

9 Tests S

10 Supplemental Materials EX

11 Overall assessment of course EX

12 Evidence of professional development/leadership S-EX

Note: means of 3 peer review evaluations

NA=not applicable; U=Unsatisfactory; NI= needs improvement; S= satisfactory; EX=

excellent; O = outstanding.

8. UNDER-GRADUATE COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

(1 B.S Under-graduate student) Applicant’s

role

Student

Research topic

Student

home

department

Graduatio

n date

Chair, 1 B.S.

committee

Brain Asmah

Tesis “Evaluation of worm

casting (Ecobol-S) in

Univeridad

de las

2005


Applicant’s

role

Student

Research topic

Student

home

department

Graduatio

n date

tomato (Lycopersicum

esculentum, Mill.)

transplant production

Americas,

Vina de mar,

Chile.

9. RESEARCH NARRATIVE

Florida ranks second nationally in fresh market vegetable production with 179,800 acres planted and

depending of the season with a farm value of $1.3 billion in 2006-2007. The major crops are staked

tomatoes (38,200 acres), bell peppers (18,000 acres), strawberry (8,300 acres), snap bean (36,400

acres) and potatoes. Depending on market conditions, the tomato production value ranges between

about $400 to 600 million annually. Seventy percent of the Florida tomatoes production is grown in

South Florida counties of Collier, Manatee and Palm Beach with approximately 26,740 acres in

2007. Southwest Florida is an important production area in the USA for winter fresh-market

tomato. The tomato production system in Southwest Florida generally includes raised beds, methyl

bromide fumigation, polyethylene mulch and seepage and drip irrigation has been very effective in

producing high tomato yields. These cultural practices attempt to maximize economic return by

maximizing productivity. Since, vegetables in Florida are grown in sandy soils with intensive used

of methyl bromide and fertilization/irrigation, the US. Government and state agencies have become

concern with issues affecting ozone layer and nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) entering our

environment the impact on air and water quality, therefore my research program is been involved in

the following issues:

1. Developing alternatives to Methyl bromide by developed and integrated sustainable techniques

for management of soil-borne pests, diseases, nematodes and weeds in vegetables utilizing

composted materials and cover crops in a 2.5 acre experiment at SWFREC/Immokalee. We were

able to measure the long-term effects of composted materials (12 years compost and non-composted

materials), cover crops, and soil solarization on soil biological, chemical and physical properties on

growth and yield of several vegetables. We concluded that effects of soil sanitation and weed

management with non-chemical alternatives varied with crop and season and that annual organic

amendment applications to sandy soils can increase plant growth and produce higher or comparable

yields with less inorganic nutrient input than standard fertilization programs.

2. Evaluate the effects of N fertilization on tomatoes under commercial growing conditions by

establish partnerships with selected southwest Florida vegetable growers to evaluate the N rates on

yield quality, plant growth, insect and disease pressure. Nitrogen (N) fertilizer management has

become an issue of environmental concern for Florida vegetable growers following the adoption by

the State of Florida of vegetable BMPs [Best Management Practices,

(www.floridaagwaterpolicy.com)]. BMPs emphasize the need to better manage fertilizer, increase

fertilizer efficiency, and reduce N loss to the environment. During 2004 to now, we conducted over

35 trials covering multiple commercial farms, locations (Collier, Manatee and Palm Beach

Counties) and seasons (fall, winter and spring) and multiple disciplinary under a team leader Dr.

http://www.floridaagwaterpolicy.com)/


Eric Simonne and in cooperation with Fritz Roka (Food Resource Economics Department), Pamela

Roberts (Plant Pathology), Kelly Morgan (Soil and Water Sciences Department), Tom Obreza (Soil

and Water Sciences Department), Phil Stansly (Entomology), Sanjay Shukla (Agricultural and

Biological Engineering) Phyllis Gilreath and Crystal Snodegrass (Manatee County Extension

Service), Eugene McAvoy (Hendry County Extension Service) and Darrin Parmenter (Palm Beach

County Extension Service). These projects cover over 650 acres under BMP research during 2004

to 2008. Together the cooperating farms represented 16,000 acres (80%) of staked tomato

production in southern and eastern Florida. In the field, vegetable crops are grown with a set of

possible fertilizer and irrigation BMPs, and yield and water quality parameters below the root zone

are measured. Off-the shelf and custom-made CRFs are tested with potato, tomato and bell pepper

production. Preliminary results show that the adoption of BMPs may reduce nitrate movement

below the root zone, without significantly reducing crop yields. Nitrogen treatments consisted of N

fertilizer rates ranged from 20 to 480 lb/acre soluble fertilizer under seepage and drip irrigation.

Additionally, since 2007 and 2008 off-the shelf and custom-made CRFs are tested in tomato and

bell pepper production. Preliminary results show that on farm research continue to be a grower‟s

preferred research for N BMP studies. The trend indicated an increase in total yield and first harvest

extra-large and total extra-large fruit from 20 to 240 lb/acre N, but a plateau with higher rates of N.

These results show that it may be possible to reduce N rates especially when the risk of rainfall is

low (winter, spring and dry year), or when only two harvests are expected (late spring).

3. Evaluate horticultural characteristics of tomato varieties for Florida growers since the spring 2008

by evaluating the horticultural performance of currently available tomato yellow leaf curl virus

(TYLCV)-resistant tomato varieties in the USA market today. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus

considered by some to be the worst tomato virus worldwide is now endemic to Middle East, North

Africa, the Caribbean and USA, Florida. Management of whitefly and TYLCV rests primarily on

insecticides and tomato-free planting periods. But, insecticide resistance is creating an urgent need

for alternative management tools such as TYLCV resistant varieties. Lack of consistencies in fruit

quality is a major factor for not adopting TYCLV varieties by the Florida tomato industry, therefore

growers will plant TYCLV varieties in limited acreages and will continue to take the risk in planting

susceptible varieties.

These projects have supported by competitive grants from IMP southern region, SARE, the Florida

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and private agricultural industry, and in-kind

support from commercial growers and suppliers of agricultural products.

10. CREATIVE WORKS OR ACTIVITIES

Establish, designed and maintained the “Compost production, utilization and education for the

Florida fruit, vegetable, ornamental and landscape, turf, and forestry industry” web site

accessible at http://swfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/compost/, since 2002. This web site is designed to be

compost production and utilization resource information for extensions, researchers, waste

industry, regulators, and general public national and international.

Establish, designed and maintained the “Best Management Practices for the Florida vegetable

industry” web site accessible at http://www.imok.ufl.edu/bmp/vegetable/, since 2006. This

web site is designed to be a resource for forms and information for growers and members of

the vegetable industry involved in the BMP program for vegetables.


11. PUBLICATIONS

a. Books, Contributor of Chapters (5)

Ozores-Hampton, M. 2006. Soil and nutrient management: Compost and manure, Chapter 3, pp.36-

40. In: Grower‟s IPM Guide for Florida Tomato and Pepper Production, Univ. of Fla., Gainesville,

210 pp.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., T.A. Obreza, and P.J. Stoffella. 2001. Biological weed control in

vegetables crops with compost. pp. 275-286. In: P.J. Stoffella, and B.A. Kahn (eds.). Compost

utilization in horticultural cropping systems. Lewis Publishers.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., T.A. Obreza, and P.J. Stoffella. 2001. Biological control of weeds in

vegetable production. pp. 275-286. In: P.J. Stoffella, and B.A. Kahn (eds.). Utilizacion de compost

en los sistemas de cultivo horticola. Mundi Prensa Ediciones (España).

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., and T.A. Obreza. 1998. Use of compost in Florida‟s vegetable crops. pp.

39-42. In: Florida Department Environmental Protection (ed.). Compost use in Florida.

Stoffella, P.J., Y. Li, N.E. Roe, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and D.A. Graetz. 1996. Utilization of

organic waste compost in vegetable crop production systems. In: R.A. Morris (ed.). Managing soil

fertility for intensive vegetable production systems in Asia. Asian Vegetable Research and

Development Center, Taiwan.

b. Refereed Publications (23 published)

Shinjiro, S., K. Morgan, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and E.H. Simonne. 2008. Phosphorous and

potassium spatial distribution and P transformation in a sandy and seepage irrigation on tomato

production. Soil Science Society of America Journal. (In Press).

Shinjiro, S., K. Morgan, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and E.H. Simonne. 2008. Spatial and temporal

distributions of ammonium and nitrate in sandy soils cropped with tomatoes under seepage

irrigation. Soil Science Society of America Journal. (In Press).

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., P. A. Stansly, and T.P. Salame. 2007. Soil Chemical, Biological and

physical properties of a sandy soil subjected to long-term organic amendments. Journal of

sustainable agriculture (In Press).

Inserra, R.N. and M.P. Ozores-Hampton, T. S. Schubert, J. D. Stanley, M. W. Brodie, and J. H.

O‟ Bannon. 2006. Guidelines for Compost Sanitation. Soil Crop Sci. Florida Proc. 65: 31-37.

French-Monar, R.D., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, J.B. Jones, and P.D. Roberts. 2006. Survival of

inoculum of Phytophthora capsici in soil through time under different soil treatments. Plant Disease


91: 593-598.

Ozores-Hampton, M., P.A. Stansly, y T.A. Obreza. 2005. Heavy Metal Accumulation in a Sandy

Soil and in Pepper Fruit Following Long-term Application of Organic Amendments. Compost

Science & Utilization. 13(1):60-64.

Ozores-Hampton, M., P.A. Stansly, R. McSorley, and T.A. Obreza. 2005. Effects of Long-term

Organic Amendments and Soil Solarization on Pepper and Watermelon Growth, Yield, and Soil

Fertility. HortScience 40 (1):80-84.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and C. Vavrina. 2002. Worm castings: An alternative to sphagnum peat

moss in organic tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) transplant production. In: Proc.

International Symposium Composting and Compost Utilization, Columbus, Ohio, June 6-8.

www.composting2002.org.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and D.R. Peach. 2002. Biosolids in vegetable production systems.

HortTechnology 12(3):18-22.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 2002. Organic materials in horticulture: An industry perspective.

Introduction. HortTechnology 12(3):326-327.

Litvany, M. and M.P. Ozores-Hampton. 2002. Compost use in commercial citrus in Florida.

HortTechnology 12(3): 332-335.

Bradshaw, J. and M.P. Ozores-Hampton. 2002. Recycle Florida today (RFT)/Florida Organics

Recyclers Association (FORA): Then, now, and beyond. HortTechnology 12(3): 328-331.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., T. A. Obreza, and P.J. Stoffella. 2001. Mulching with composted

municipal solid waste for biological control of weeds in vegetable crops. Compost Science

Utilization 9(4): 352-361.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., T. A. Obreza, P.J. Stoffella, and G. Fitzpatrick. 2001. Immature compost

suppresses weed growth under greenhouse conditions. Compost Science & Utilization 10(2): 105-

113.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., C. S. Vavrina, and T.A. Obreza. 1999. Yard trimmings-biosolids compost:

possible alternative to sphagnum peat moss in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) transplant

production. Compost Science & Utilization 7(4): 42-49.

McSorley, R., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, P.A. Stansly, and J.M. Conner. 1999. Nematode

management, soil fertility, and yield in organic vegetable production. Nematropica 29(2): 205-213.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., P.J. Stoffella, T.A. Bewick, D.J. Cantliffe, and T.A. Obreza. 1999. Effect

of age of co-composted MSW and biosolids on weed seed germination. Compost Science &

Utilization 7(1): 51-57.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., T.A. Obreza, and G. Hochmuth. 1998. Composted municipal solid waste


use on Florida vegetable crops. HortTechnology 8: 10-17.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 1998. Compost as an alternative weed control method. HortScience 33:

938-940.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E.A. Hanlon, H.H. Bryan, and B. Schaffer. 1997. Cadmium, copper, lead,

nickel, and zinc concentrations in tomato and squash in compost-amended calcareous soil.

Compost Science & Utilization 5(4): 40-45.

Hanlon, E.A., B. Schaffer, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and H.H. Bryan. 1996. Ammonium bicarbinate-

DTPA extraction of elements from waste-amended calcareous soil. Commum. Soil. Sci. Plant.

Anal. 27(9&10): 2321-2335.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., B. Schaffer, and H.H. Bryan. 1994. Mineral elements concentrations,

growth, and yield of tomato and squash in calcareous soil amended with municipal solid waste

compost. HortScience 29: 785-788.

Mannoin, C.M., B. Schaffer, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, H.H. Bryan, and R. McSorley. 1994.

Nematode population dynamics in Municipal solid waste-amended soil during tomato and squash

cultivation. Nematropica 24: 17-24.

Manuscripts in preparation

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E.H. Simonne, E. McAvoy and P.A. Stansly. 2008. Evaluation of TYLCV-

resistant Tomato Varieties under Commercial Conditions in Southwest Florida. To be submitted to

HortTechnology.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E.H. Simonne, S. Shinjiro, K. Morgan. 2008. Effect of fertilizer nitrogen rate

on biomass and root nitrogen partitioning on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) in sandy soils. To be

submitted to HortScience.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E.H. Simonne, P. Gilreath, S. Sargent, D. McClure, T. Wilkes, E. McAvoy, P.

Stansly, S. Shukla, P. Roberts, F. Roka, T. Obreza. 2008. Effect of nitrogen rates on yield of tomatoes

grown in the spring with seepage irrigation. To be submitted to HortScience.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E.H. Simonne, P. Gilreath, S. Sargent, D. McClure, T. Wilkes, E. McAvoy, P.

Stansly, S. Shukla, P. Roberts, F. Roka, T. 2008. Obreza. Effect of nitrogen rates on yield of tomatoes

grown in the fall with seepage irrigation. To be submitted to HortScience.

c. Non-refereed Publications

c1. Proceedings (25)


Ozores-Hampton, M.P., G. McAvoy, E.H. Simonne, and P. Stansly. 2008. Evaluation of TYLC

virus-resistant varieties under commercial conditions in Southwest Florida. Fla. Tomato Inst. Proc.

PRO525, pp.12-17.

Rockwood D.L., M.H. Langholtz, B Becker, DR Carter, M. Andreu, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and C.K.

Chandler. 2008. Cost analysis for using compost for fast growing trees in Florida. In: Proc. 16th

US

Composting Council Conf., February 16-19, 2008, Oakland, Ca. (In press)

Simonne, E.H., Ozores-Hampton, M.P., R. Little, K. Cushman, F. Roka, P. Stansly, S. Shukla, P.

Roberts, K. Morgan, T. Obreza, G. McAvoy, P. Gilreath, and D. Parmenter. 2007. Power analysis of

on-farm fertilizer trials with tomato. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 120: 191-196.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E.H. Simonne, P. Gilreath, S. Sargent, D. McClure, T. Wilkes, E. McAvoy,

P. Stansly, S. Shukla, P. Roberts, F. Roka, T. Obreza, K. Cushman, and D. Parmenter. 2007. Effect

of nitrogen rate on yield of tomato grown with seepage irrigation and reclaimed water. Proc. Fla.

State Hort. Soc. 120:184-188.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E.H. Simonne, E. McAvoy, F. Roka, P. Roberts, P. Stansly, S. Shukla, K.

Cushman, K. Morgan, T. Obreza, P. Gilreath, and D. Parmenter. 2007. Results of the nitrogen BMP

tomato trials for the 2006-2007 season. Florida Tomato Inst. Proc., PRO524, pp. 8-13.

Rockwood, D.L., B. Becker, M. Andreu, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and C.K. Chandler. 2007. Compost

benefits for fast growing trees used in windbreaks. In: Proc. 15th

US Composting Council Conf.,

January 21-24, Orlando, Florida.

http://www.compostingcouncil.org/PDF/2007_Proceedings/PAPERS/ROCKWOOD,%20DON.pdf

Cushman, K., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and E. Simonne. 2006. Yields of hurricane-damaged tomato

crops in Southern Florida. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 119:234-239.

Rockwood, D.L., B. Becker, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and P.A. Stansly. 2006. Compost benefits for

short rotation woody crops. In: Proc. 14th

US Composting Council Conf., January 22-25, 2006,

Albuquerque, NM.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E.H. Simonne, E. McAvoy, P. Stansly, S. Shukla, P. Roberts, F. Roka, T.

Obreza, K. Cushman, P. Gilreath, and D. Parmenter. 2006. Nitrogen BMP efforts with tomato

production in Florida: Update for 2005-2006 Season Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 119:284-288.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E.H. Simonne, E. McAvoy, F. Roka, P. Roberts, P. Stansly, S. Shukla, K.

Cushman, K. Morgan, T. Obreza, P. Gilreath, and D. Parmenter. 2006. Nitrogen BMP efforts with

tomato production in Florida in the 2005-2006 season. Fla. Tomato Inst. Proc. PRO523, pp. 16-23.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 2005. Compost use by South Florida vegetables growers. USCC 13th

Annual

Conference and Tradeshow. In: Proc. 13th

U.S. Composting Council Annual Conference. January

25-26, San Antonio, TX.


Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E.H. Simonne, E. McAvoy, F. Roka, P. Roberts, P. Stansly, S. Shukla, T.

Obreza, K. Cushman, P. Gilreath, J. Gilreath, and A. Whidden 2005. BMPs fertilizer trials in central

and southwest Florida. Fla. Tomato Inst. Proc., PRO522, pp. 8-16.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., H.H. Bryan, and N.E. Roe. 2002. Training in production and utilization of

composted waste materials to improve soils for horticultural cropping systems. In: Proc.

Composting in the Southeast Conference and Exposition. October 6-9, Palm Harbor, FL. (CD-

ROM).

Roe, N.E. and M.P. Ozores-Hampton. 2002. Using solarization to manage in warm climate

vegetable cropping systems. In: Proc. of the XXVIth

International Horticultural Congress. Acta

Horticulturae 638-642 (CD-ROM).

Ozores-Hampton M.P., N. E. Roe, R. McSorley, T.A. Obreza, P.A. Stansly, and D.O. Chellemi.

2002. Long term large scale soil solarization as a low-input production system for Florida

vegetables. In: Proc. of the XXVIth

International Horticultural Congress. Acta Horticulturae 638-642

(CD-ROM).

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., and T.A. Obreza. 2001. Evaluation in situ mineralization of composted

organic wastes applied to sandy soil. Proc. Fla. Hort. Soc. 114: 342-346.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., T.A. Obreza, and P.J. Stoffella. 2000. Residual effect of municipal solid

waste biosolids compost on snap bean production. Y2K composting in the Southeast Conf. & Expo.

Charlottesville, Va. October 9-11, pp. 33.

Obreza, T. A. and M.P. Ozores-Hampton. 2000. Management of organic amendments in Florida

citrus production systems. Soil Crop Sci. Soc. Fla. Proc. 59: 22-27.

Stoffella, P.J., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and D.T. Patterson. 2000. Potential of Solid Waste Compost

as a Biological Weed Control. In: P. J. Stoffella, D. J. Cantliffe, and G. Damato (Eds.) Eighth

International Symposium on Timing of Field Production in Vegetable Crops. International Society

for Horticultural Science. Wageningen, Netherlands. Acta Horticulturae, 533: 211-214.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and T.A. Obreza. 1999. Composted waste use on Florida vegetable crops:

A review. Proc. of the International Composting Symposium. Halifax/Dartmounth Nova Scotia,

Canada. September 19-23. pp. 827-838.

Stoffella, P.J., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and N.E. Roe. 1997. Compost utilization in vegetable crop

production systems. Proc. Interamer. Soc. Trop. Hort. 41: 50-54.

Stoffella, P.J., Y. Li, N.E. Roe, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and D.A. Graetz. 1997. Utilization of

composted organic wastes in vegetable crop production systems. International Workshop on Quality

Control of Organic Fertilizer (compost). Food & Fertilizer Technology Center. Suwecon, Korea.

Technical Bulletin 147. pp. 1-14.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and H.H. Bryan. 1994. Effects of municipal solid waste (MSW) plant


growth, yield and nutrient contento on papya (Carica papaya L.). Proc. Interamer. Soc. Trop. Hort.

38: 162-167.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and H.H. Bryan. 1993. Municipal solid waste (MSW) soil amendments:

influence on growth and yield of snap beans. Proc. Fla. Hort. Soc. 106: 208-210.

c2. Research reports (2)

Muchovej, R. M., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, P. D. Roberts and T. D. Salame. 2007. Effect of varying

rates of Efficient Microbes (EM) on the growth of the plant pathogens Fusarium oxysporum and

Xanthomonas campestris. SWFREC-IMM-2007-3.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and T.A. Obreza. 1997. Compost facilities in Florida. Southwest Florida

Research and Education Center Report No. IMM-1997-08. Immokalee, Fla.

c3. Peer-reviewed UF/IFAS Extension publications in the Electronic Data Information Source

(EDIS). (4)

Muchovej, R.M., E.A. Hanlon, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, S. Shukla, F.M. Roka, H. Yamataki, and I.

Ezenwa. 2006. Sugarcane production in Southwest Florida: mineral soils and amendments. EDIS

SL-230, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SC073.

Muchovej, R.M., E.A. Hanlon, E. McAvoy, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, F.M. Roka, S. Shukla, H.

Yamataki, and K. Cushman. 2006. Management of soil and water for vegetable production in

Southwest Florida. EDIS SL-233, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SS452.

Muchovej, R.M., E.A. Hanlon, T. Obreza, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, F.M. Roka, S. Shukla, H.

Yamataki, and K. Morgan. 2006. Citrus production on the sandy soils of Southwest Florida. EDIS

SL-234, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SS453.

Shukla, S., E. A. Hanlon, F. H. Jaber, P. J.Stoffella, T. A. Obreza, and M. P. Ozores-Hampton.

2006. Groundwater nitrogen: Behavior in flatwoods and gravel soils using organic amendments

for vegetable production. EDIS CIR 1494, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE400.

c4. Newsletters (10)

Cushman, K., K. Morgan, S. Shukla, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, E.H. Simonne and G. McAvoy. 2007.

Is the Ahot mix@ too cold for controlled-release nitrogen products? The Vegetarian, February

http://www.hos.ufl.edu/vegetarian/07/Feb%2007/Is%20The%20Hot%20Mix%20Too%20Cold%20

For%20Controlled%20Release%20Nitrogen%20Products.htm.

Simonne, E., T. Salame, and M.P. Ozores-Hampton. 2006. Vegetable BMP website: A quick

resource fro those involved in the BMP program for vegetables in Florida. The Vegetarian,

December,

http://www.hos.ufl.edu/vegetarian/06/Dec%2006/Vegetable%20BMP%20web%20site.htm.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., D. Rockwood, and P. Stansly. 2004. Demonstrating applications for

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SC073

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SS452

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SS453

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE400


compost Utilization. Renewable News. RFT. pp. 7.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and L Davidson. 2003. Field studies for elementary teachers in worm

composting. Renewable News. RFT. pp. 6.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and G. Yilmaz. 2003. Composting of yard trimmings in Collier County.

Renewable News. RFT. pp. 7.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 2002. Parrot Jungle and compost: A new landscape. Renewable News.

RFT. pp. 5.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., N. Roe, and H.H. Bryan. 2002. Training in production and utilization of

composted waste materials to improve soils for horticultural cropping systems. Renewable News.

RFT. pp. 5.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and T.A. Obreza. 2001. Immature compost used for biological weed

control. Renewable News. RFT. pp. 6.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and T.A. Obreza. 2000. Evaluation of mineralization of composted

organic wastes applied to sandy soils. Renewable News. RFT. pp. 11.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 2000. Yard trimming-biosolids co-compost as a substitute for sphagnum

peat moss in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) transplant media. Renewable News. RFT. p.

10.

c5. Popular press (4)

Stansly, P.A., B. McSorley, and M.P. Ozores-Hampton. 1999. Management of root-knot nematode

in organic production. Citrus and Vegetable Magazine. (March): 11-12.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., T. A. Obreza, and P.J. Stoffella. 1998. Immature compost used for

biological weed control. Citrus and Vegetable Magazine (March): 12-14.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 1997. Control disease with compost. Amer. Veg. Growers Magazine.

February 28-30.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., H.H. Bryan, and R. McMillan, Jr. 1994. Suppressing disease in field

crops. BioCycle 25(7): 60-61.

d. Abstracts (59)

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E.H. Simonne, P. Gilreath, G. McAvoy, S. Sargent, D. McClure, T. Wilkes,

and K. Morgan. 2008. Effect of nitrogen rates on yield and quality of tomato grown in the spring

with sub-surface (seepage) irrigation. HortScience 43(4):1157-1158.

Pinto, L., M.P. Ozores-Hampton and B. Pinilla. 2008. Evaluation of the levels of resistance to the


fungicide iprodione in isolates of Botritis cinerea in nectarines. HortScience 43(4):1253

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E.H. Simonne, E. McAvoy, P. Stansly, S. Shukla, F. Roka, T. Obreza, K.

Cushman, P. Gilreath, D. Parmenter, and K Morgan. 2007. Evaluation and analysis of fertilizer rates

for Florida tomato: Production in the context of Best Management Practices. HortScience

42(4):879.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 2007. The use of organic certified compost in the production of food and

fiber. USCC 15th

Annual Conference and Tradeshow. Program and Abstracts. January 21-24,

Orlando, FL. pp. 45.

Rockwood, D.L., B. Becker, M. Andreu, M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and C.K. Chandler. 2007.

Compost benefits for fast growing trees used in windbreaks. USCC 15th

Annual Conference and

Tradeshow. Program and Abstracts. January 21-24, Orlando, FL. pp. 48.

Simonne, E.H., R. Hochmuth, G. Hochmuth, D. Studstill, and M.P. Ozores-Hampton. 2007.

Development of a nitrogen fertigation program for grape tomato. HortScience 42(4):879-880.

Simonne, E.H., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, R. Littell, M. Brennan, and A. Gazula. 2007. So, you

wanted to accept the null hypothesis? Analysis and interpretation of fertilizer trials in the BMP era.

HortScience 42(3):440.

Sato, S., K.T. Morgan, and M.P. Ozores-Hampton. 2008. Spatial and temporal distribution of

phosphorus (P) and potassium and P forms in sandy soils cropped with tomatoes under seepage

irrigation. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting. Program and abstracts. Oct. 5-9,

Houston, TX, (CD-ROM).

Sato, S., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and K.T. Morgan. 2007. Nitrogen spatial distribution in a sandy

soil cropped with tomatoes under seepage irrigation. Soil Science Society of America Annual

Meeting. Program and abstracts. Nov. 4-8, New Orleans, LA (CD-ROM).

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 2007. Using organic amendments in citrus production. USCC 14th

Annual

Conference and Tradeshow. Program and Abstracts. January 22-25, Albuquerque, NM. pp. 43.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 2006. The use of organic certified compost in the production of food and

fiber. USCC 14th

Annual Conference and Tradeshow. Program and Abstracts. January 22-25,

Albuquerque, NM. pp. 43.

Cushman, K., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, E. Simonne, E. McAvoy, D. Parmenter, and T. Olczyk, 2006.

Impact of hurricanes on vegetable crops in South Florida. HortScience 41(4):986.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E. Simonne, E. McAvoy, P. Stansly, S. Shukla, F. Roka, T. Obreza, K.

Cushman, P. Gilreath and D. Parmenter. 2006. Update in nitrogen BMP efforts with tomato

production in Florida. HortScience 41(4):994-995.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and B. Mardones. 2006. The use of worm casting as an alternative to


sphagnum peat moss in tomato (Lycopersicom esculentum Mill.) transplant production in Chile.


Sato, S., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, K.T. Morgan. 2006. Nitrogen spatial distribution and

transformation in a Florida sandy soil cropped with tomatoes under seepage irrigation. 18th World

Congress of Soil Science, Program and abstracts. July 9-15, Philadelphia, PENN. (CD-ROM).

Sato, S., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, K.T. Morgan. 2006. Nitrogen spatial distribution and

transformation in a Florida sandy soil cropped with tomatoes under seepage irrigation. 7th Annual

Soil & Water Science Research Forum. Program and abstracts. August 15, Gainesville, FL. pp.61.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., P. Stansly, and R. McSorley. 2005. Effects of long-term organic

amendments on Florida sandy soils. Mid-Atlantic Composting and Compost use Conference &

Expo. Program and abstracts. Sept. 21-23, Beltsville, MD. (CD_ROM).

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E. Simonne, E. McAvoy, P. Stansly, S. Shukla, P. Roberts, F. Roka, and T.

Obreza. 2005. Challenges and opportunities with vegetable BMPs in South West Florida.


O‟ Ryan, J. and M.P. Ozores-Hampton. 2005. The Chilean organic wine industry. HortScience

40(4):1072.

Riffo, O. and M.P Ozores-Hampton. 2005. Use of food waste compost in ornamental plant

production in Florida. HortScience 40(4):1006.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 2005. Compost use by South Florida vegetables growers. USCC 13

th Annual

Conference and Tradeshow. Program and Abstracts. January 25-26, San Antonio, TX. pp. 55.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 2005. Food recovery and recycling hierarchy in Sarasota County Florida.

USCC 13th

Annual Conference and Tradeshow. Program and Abstracts. January 25-26, San

Antonio, TX. pp. 56.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 2004. Survey of compost by South Florida vegetable growers.


White, J., C. Jamieson, and M.P. Ozores-Hampton. 2004. Progressive state regulations in food

waste composting. USCC 12th

Annual Conference and Tradeshow. Program and Abstracts. January

25-28, Las Vegas, NV. pp. 71.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., E. Hanlon, C. Gardner, and N.E. Roe. 2004. Training in compost

production and utilization. USCC 12th

Annual Conference and Tradeshow. Program and Abstracts.

January 25-28, Las Vegas, NV. pp. 32.

Obreza T.A., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, M.P. T. Hanselman and D. Graetz. 2004. Integrating biosolids

and poultry manure into Florida citrus fertilization programs. Sustainable land application

Conference. Program and Abstracts. January 4-8, Lake Buena Vista, FL. pp. 115.


Ozores-Hampton, M.P., P. A. Stansly, and T.A. Obreza. 2004. Biosolids and soil solarization

effects on bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) production and soil fertility in a sustainable production

system. Sustainable land application conference. Program and Abstracts, January 4-8, Lake Buena

Vista, Florida, pp. 116.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., L. Davidson, T. Salame, and F. Vidal. 2003. Train the trainer workshops

and field studies for elementary teachers in worm composting. HortScience 38(5):728.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., N. E. Roe, E. Hanlon, C. Gardner. 2003. Training in compost production

and utilization: An educational experience. HortScience 38(5):728.

Roe, N.E. and M.P. Ozores-Hampton. 2003. Compost application increases some soil

microbiological populations. HortScience 38(5):728.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., H.H. Bryan, and N.E. Roe. 2002. Training in production and utilization of

composted waste materials to improve soils for horticultural cropping systems. Composting in the

Southeast Conference and Exposition. Program and abstracts. Palm Harbor, Fla. October 6-9. pp.

40.

Fuks, D. and M.P. Ozores-Hampton. 2002. Variety evaluation of containerized cherry tomato

(Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.). Book of Abstracts, XXVI Intl. Hort. Congress, Aug. 11-17, 2002,

Toronto, ON. pp. 243.

Roe, N.E. and M.P. Ozores-Hampton. 2002. Using solarization to manage in warm climate

vegetable cropping systems. Book of Abstracts, XXVI Intl. Hort. Congress, Aug. 11-17, 2002,

Toronto, ON. pp. 321

Ozores-Hampton M.P., N. E. Roe, R. McSorley, T.A. Obreza, P.A. Stansly, and D.O. Chellemi.

2002. Long term large scale soil solarization as a low-input production system for Florida

vegetables. Book of Abstracts, XXVI Intl. Hort. Congress, Aug. 11-17, 2002, Toronto, ON. pp. 324.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and C.Vavrina. 2002. Worm castings: An alternative to sphagnum peat

moss in organic tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum). International Symposium Composting and

Compost Utilization. Programs and abstracts, May 6-8, Columbus, OH. pp. 43.

Ozores-Hampton M.P., N. E. Roe, R. McSorley, D. O. Chellemi, P. A. Stansly, and T.A. Obreza.

2001. Soil solarization affects weed and nematode populations in a large-scale vegetable production

system. HortScience 36(3):474.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 2001. From waste reduction to resource utilization: use of compost in

California crops. HortScience 36(3):518.

Roe, N., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, T.A. Obreza, R. McSorley, and P. Stansly. 2001. Pepper plant

growth and yield in alternative production systems. HortScience 36(3):474.


Ozores-Hampton, M.P., P. A. Stansly, and T. A. Obreza. 2000. Biosolids and soil solarization

effects on bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) production and soil fertility in a sustainable production

system. HortScience 35(3): 443.

Carrington, M., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, and J. J. Mullahey. 2000. Effects of nitrogen fertilization

on saw palmetto (Serenoa repens). HortScience 35(3):455.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 2000. Organic materials in horticulture: An industry perspective.


Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 2000. Non-chemical weed control methods for organic farming. Florida

Organic Farming Workshop. pp. 6.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., T.A. Obreza and G. Hochmuth. 1999. Composted waste use on Florida

vegetable crops: A review. International Composting Symposium. Program and Abstract.

Halifax/Dartmounth Nova Scotia, Canada. September 19-23. pp. 43.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and T.A. Obreza. 1999. Evaluation of in situ mineralization of composted

organic wastes applied to sandy soil. HortScience 34(3):486.

McSorley, R., M.P. Ozores-Hampton, P.A. Stansly, and J.M. Conner. 1999. Nematode management

in organic production. Program and Abstracts, XXXI Annual Meeting ONTA, June 21-25, San

Juan, Puerto Rico, p. 33.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., C. Vavrina, and T. A. Obreza. 1998. Yard trimmings-biosolids co-compost

can substitute for sphagnum peat moss in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) transplant media.


Ozores-Hampton, M.P., T.A. Obreza, P.J. Stoffella, and G.E. Fitzpatrick. 1997. Utilization of

municipal solid waste compost mulch for weed control. Agronomy Abstracts. pp. 55.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., T.A. Obreza, P.J. Stoffella, and D.A. Graetz. 1997. Utilization of

municipal solid waste-biosolids compost as an alternative weed control agent in commercial

vegetable production systems. Weed Sci. Soc. Amer. 37: 78.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., T.A. Obreza, P.J. Stoffella, and D.A. Graetz. 1997. Immature compost as

potential biological weed control agent in commercial vegetable production systems. Beneficial co-

utilization of agricultural municipal and industrial by-products. Program and Abstracts. Beltsville

Symposium XXII. Beltsville, Maryland. May 4-8. pp. 42.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P., T.A. Bewick, P.J. Stoffella, D.J. Cantliffe, and T.A. Obreza. 1996.

Municipal solid waste (MSW) compost maturity influence on weed seed germination. HortScience

31(4):577.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 1996. Weed control consideration in compost production and use.

HortScience 31(4): 698.


Ozores-Hampton, M.P. 1996. The marketplace of herbs, spices, and medicinal plants in the United

States. HortScience 31(4): 547.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and H.H. Bryan. 1995. Effects of municipal solid waste (MSW) compost on

growth, yield and soil analysis of papaya (Carica papaya L.) HortScience 30(4):843.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and H.H. Bryan. 1994. Influence of municipal solid waste (MSW) compost

on growth, yield, and heavy metal content of tomato. HortScience 29(5):451.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and H.H. Bryan. 1994. Efecto de compost de desperdicios municipales

solidos (DMS) en crecimiento, rendimiento y nutrimiento en papayas. Interamer. Soc. Trop. Hort.

pp: 34.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and H.H. Bryan. 1993. Effect of amending soil with municipal solid waste

(MSW) compost on yield of bell peppers and eggplant. HortScience 28(5):463.

Ozores-Hampton, M.P. and H.H. Bryan. 1993. Municipal solid waste (MSW) soil amendments:

influence on growth and yield of snap beans. Program and abstracts Fla. State Hort. Soc. pp. 49.

Bryan, H.H., B. Schaffer, and M.P Ozores-Hampton. 1992. Effects of amending soil with processed

municipal waste on growth and yield of tomato. HortScience 27(6):614.

e. Miscellaneous publications – (CD-ROM) (4)

Ozores-Hampton M. P., N.E. Roe and E. Hanlon. 2004. Training in the production and utilization

of compost in Florida. University of Florida IFAS. Sumter County, FL. Sept, 15, CD-ROM.

.http://ics.ifas.ufl.edu.

Ozores-Hampton M. P., N. E. Roe and E. Hanlon. 2004. Training in the production and utilization

of compost in Florida. University of Florida IFAS-North Florida REC. Quincy, FL. June 23, CD-

ROM. .http://ics.ifas.ufl.edu.

Ozores- Hampton M. P., N. E. Roe and E. Hanlon. 2004. Training in the production and utilization

of compost in Florida. University of Florida IFAS-SWFREC. Immokalee FL. May, 5. CD-ROM.

http://ics.ifas.ufl.edu.

Ozores-Hampton M. P., N. E. Roe, E. Hanlon, and C. Gardner. 2003.Advanced topic in compost

utilization. University of Florida IFAS-SWFREC. Feb, 4, Immokalee, FL. CD-ROM.

http://ics.ifas.ufl.edu.

12. LECTURES, SPEECHES OR POSTERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL

CONFERENCES/MEETINGS

a. International presentations


a1. International invited seminars (15)

“Production and utilization of compost in agriculture”. Four special seminars (one in each campus)

to the administration, faculty and graduate students of Universidad de las Americas. Santiago, Chile,

10/07.

“Production and utilization of compost en horticulture”. Special seminar to the administration,

faculty and graduate students of Universidad del Mar. Vina del Mar, Chile, 10/07.

“University of Florida: the admission process”. Special seminar to administrators, faculty and

undergraduate students. Universidad de la Americas. Santiago, Chile, 10/07.



“Utilization of compost in agriculture”. Special seminar to administrators, faculty and graduate and

under-graduate students. Universidad de la Americas. Santiago, Chile, 11/06.

“Organic fertility and fertilizers for the production of fruit and vegetables in USA and Florida”. 1er

International Simposium in Organic Agriculture. Universidad de las Americas. Santiago, Chile,

11/06.

“Overview of the organic industry in USA and Florida”. 1er

International Simposium in Organic

Agriculture. Santiago, Chile, 11/06.

“Vegetable production in Florida”. Special seminar to administrators, faculty and undergraduate

students. Universidad de la Americas. Santiago, Chile, 11/05.

“Compost and the enviroment”. Four special seminars (one in each campus) to administrators,

faculty and undergraduate students. Universidad de la Americas. Santiago, Chile, 11/05.



“Current situation of the compost industry in USA and Florida. Special seminar to the waste and

organic recycling Chilean industry. Universidad de la Americas. Santiago, Chile, 10/04.

“Biosolids: Current situation in USA and Florida. Special seminar to the waste and organic

recycling Chilean industry. Universidad de la Americas. Santiago, Chile, 10/04.



“Benefits of compost in agriculture and the environment". Special seminar to the administration,

faculty and graduate students of Universidad de las Americas. Santiago, Chile, 11/03.


“Overview of Disney World‟s waste management and composting facility”. Poverty and the

Environment Conference. Atlas Economic Research Foundation. Orlando, FL, 10/99.

a2. International contributed oral presentation (5)

“Beneficio de compost en agricultura y medio ambiente”. Special seminar to the administration,

faculty and graduate students of Universidad de las Americas. Nov. 3, 2003, Santiago, Chile.

“Worm castings: An alternative to sphagnum peat moss in organic tomato (Lycopersicon

esculentum)”. International Symposium Composting and Compost Utilization. Columbus, OH. 5/02.

“Long term large scale soil solarization as a low-input production system for Florida vegetables”.

XXVI International Horticultural Congress & Exhibition, August 11-17, 2002, Toronto, ON,

Canada.

“Composted Waste Use on Florida Vegetable Crops: A review”. International Composting

Symposium. Nova Scotia, Canada. 7/99.

Effects of municipal solids waste (MSW) compost in plant growth, yield and nutrient content of

papaya. Interamer. Soc. Trop. Hort. Campeche, Mexico, 10/94

a3. International presentations at short courses: (6)

International Composting school: Compost production and Utilization (10 hours/Co-organizer)

Bio-Feed, S.A. Santiago, Chile – September 25, 2008 (also program coordinator; all presentations

made in Spanish from Spanish slide presentations):

Lectures:

Principles and biology of composting

Composting methods

Composting regulations in Chile

Security and odor control

Why to use compost?

Compost utilization in fruits

Compost utilization in vineyards

Compost and soil-borne pathogen suppression

The use of compost te

International Composting school: Compost production and Utilization (14 hours/Co-organizer)

Ranch la Quinta. Pachuca, Mexico – November 30, 2007 (also program coordinator; all

presentations made in Spanish from Spanish slide presentations):

Lectures:


Composting methods

Composting regulations in USA


Materials and recipes


Why to use compost?

Compost utilization in organic agriculture

Compost utilization in vegetable production

Compost utilization in citrus

Compost utilization in ornamental production

Compost utilization in turf and golf courses

Effects of compost in erosion control


Composting and their utilization in agriculture (32 hours/Co-organizer)

Universidad de la Americas. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias and Ambientales. Escuela de

Agronomia. Talagante, Chile – November 13-17, 2006 (all presentations made in Spanish from

Spanish slide presentations):

Lectures:



Sustainable agriculture and compost

Why to use compost?

Compost utilization in fruits



Field activities: On-site visit to 22 small growers’ participants in the course

International Composting School: Compost techniques and their utilization in organic

agriculture (6 hours/Co-organizer)

Universidad de la Américas. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias and Ambientales. Escuela de

Agronomia. Vina del Mar, Chile – October 6, 2004 (all presentations made in Spanish from Spanish

slide presentations):

Lectures:

Vegetable transplant production

Use of drip irrigation in Florida

Use of Munch in vegetable production

Cosecha, normas de calidad y post cosecha de hortalizas

Laboratories:

Use of pH and cardy meters, insect identification and diseases and weeds

Current and future tendencies in vegetable production (7 hours/Co-organizer)

Universidad de la Américas. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias and Ambientales. Escuela de

Agronomia. Santiago, Chile – October 13-14, 2004 (also program coordinator; all presentations


Lectures:


Composting methods




Use of worm casting in organic agriculture

The use of compost te in organic agriculture

Compost utilization in vegetable production and transplant in organic agriculture

International Composting School: Composting, production, quality control and uses of

compost (16 hours/Co-organizer)

Universidad de la Americas. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias and Ambientales. Escuela de

Agronomia. Santiago, Chile – November 5-6, 2003 (also program coordinator; all presentations


Lectures:


Composting methods

Composting regulations in Chile



Quality control and analysis

Compost marketing

Sustainable agriculture and compost

Why to use compost?

Compost utilization in citrus



Compost utilization in turf and golf courses

Effects of compost in erosion control


Compost utilization in vegetable transplant

Field activities: Tour to Reciclajes Industriales S.A., Rosario, VI Región, Chile.

Demostración composta mixing

Record Keeling and temperatura reading

Compost materials

Compost maturity index readings

b. National presentations

b1. Invited national oral presentations (9)

Compost utilization in agriculture and horticulture: reducing GHG`s emissions. Swana‟s Wastecon.

Tampa, FL, 10/08.

The use of organic certified compost in the production of food and fiber. USCC 15th

Annual

Conference and Tradeshow. Orlando, FL, 1/07.

“Using organic amendments in citrus production”. USCC 14th

Annual Conference and Tradeshow.

Albuquerque, NM, 1/06.

“Compost use by South Florida vegetables growers”. USCC 13th

Annual Conference and


Tradeshow. San Antonio, TX, 1/05.

“Training in compost production and utilization”. USCC 12th

Annual Conference and Tradeshow.

Las Vegas, NV, 1/04.

From waste reduction to resource utilization: use of compost in California crops. Sacramento, Ca,

7/01 (Workshop co-organizer).

“Organic materials in horticulture: An industry perspective”. American Society for Horticultural

Science conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 7/00. (Workshop co-organizer).

“Weed control consideration in compost production and use”. American Society for Horticultural

Science conference, Lexington, KY, 10/96. (Colloquium)

The marketplace of herbs, spices, and medicinal plants in the United States. American Society for

Horticultural Science conference, Lexington, KY, 8/96. (Workshop co-organizer).

b2. Contributed national oral presentations (11)

“Effect of nitrogen rates on yield and quality of tomato grown in the spring with sub-surface

(seepage) irrigation. American Society for Horticultural Sciences conference”. Orlando, FL, 7/08.

“Evaluation and analysis of fertilizer rates for Florida tomato production in the context of Best

Management Practices”. American Society for Horticultural Sciences conference, Scottsdale, AZ,

7/07

“Update in nitrogen BMP efforts with tomato production in Florida”. American Society for

Horticultural Sciences conference. New Orleans, LA, 7/06.

“Training in compost production and utilization: An educational experience”. American Society for

Horticultural Science conference, Providence, RI, 10/03.

“Organic materials in horticulture: An industry perspective”. American Society for Horticultural

Science conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 7/00. (Workshop co-organizer).

“Utilization of municipal solid waste compost mulch for weed control”. Agronomy Abstracts. p.

55. 10/97.

“Utilization of municipal solid waste-biosolids compost as an alternative weed control agent in

commercial vegetable production systems”. Weed Sci. Soc. Amer. Orlando, FL, 6/97.

“Municipal solid waste (MSW) compost maturity influence on weed seed germination”. American

Society for Horticultural Science conference, Lexington, KY, 08/06.

“Effects of municipal solid waste (MSW) compost on growth, yield and soil analysis of papaya

(Carica papaya L.)”. American Society for Horticultural Science conference, Montreal, Canada,


7/95.

“Influence of municipal solid waste (MSW) compost on growth, yield, and heavy metal content of

tomato”. American Society for Horticultural Science conference, Corvallis, OR, 8/94.

“Effect of amending soil with municipal solid waste (MSW) compost on yield of bell peppers and

eggplant”. American Society for Horticultural Science conference, Nashville, TN, 7/93.

b3. National contributed poster presentations (16)

“Evaluation of the levels of resistance to the fungicide iprodione in isolates of Botritis cinerea in

nectarines”. American Society for Horticultural Science conference, Orlando, FL, 7/08.

“The use of worm casting as an alternative to sphagnum peat moss in tomato (Lycopersicom

esculentum Mill.) transplant production in Chile”. American Society for Horticultural Science

conference, New Orleans, LA, 7/06.

“Challenges and opportunities with vegetable BMPs in South West Florida”. American Society for

Horticultural Science conference, Las Vegas, NV. 7/05.

“The Chilean organic wine industry”. H American Society for Horticultural Science conference, Las

Vegas, NV, 7/05.

“Use of food waste compost in ornamental plant production in Florida”. American Society for

Horticultural Science conference, Las Vegas, NV, 7/05.

“Food recovery and recycling hierarchy in Sarasota County Florida”. USCC 13th

Annual Conference

and Tradeshow. San Antonio, TX, 1/05.

”Biosolids and soil solarization effects on bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) production and soil

fertility in a sustainable production system”. Sustainable land application conference. Lake Buena

Vista, FL, 1/04.

“ Integrating biosolids and poultry manure into Florida citrus fertilization programs”. Sustainable

land application Conference. Lake Buena Vista, FL, 1/04.

“Train the trainer workshops and field studies for elementary teachers in worm composting”.

American Society for Horticultural Science conference, Nashville, TN, 7/03.

“Long term large scale soil solarization as a low-input production system for Florida vegetables”.

XXVI International Horticultural Congress. Toronto, ON, 8/02.

“Soil solarization affects weed and nematode populations in a large-scale vegetable production

system”. American Society for Horticultural Science conference, Sacramento, CA, 7/01.

“Biosolids and soil solarization effects on bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) production and soil


fertility in a sustainable production system”. American Society for Horticultural Science conference

Lake Buena Vista, FL, 7/00.

“Effects of nitrogen fertilization on saw palmetto (Serenoa repens)”. American Society for

Horticultural Science conference Lake Buena Vista, FL, 7/00.

“Evaluation of in situ N mineralization of composted organic wastes applied to sandy soil”.

American Society for Horticultural Science conference, Minneapolis, MN, 7/99.

“Yard trimmings-biosolids co-compost can substitute for sphagnum peat moss in tomato

(Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) transplant media”. American Society for Horticultural Science

conference, Charlotte, NC, 7/98.

“Immature compost as potential biological weed control agent in commercial vegetable production

systems”. Beneficial co-utilization of agricultural municipal and industrial by-products. Program

and Abstracts. Beltsville Symposium XXII. Beltsville, MD, 4/97.

b4. National presentation at short courses (11)

Compost Use in agriculture, horticulture and landscaping (7 hours/Course organizer)

US Composting Council. 16th

annual conference and tradeshow. Oakland, Ca –

February 9, 2008

Lectures:

Compost Benefits and Quality Considerations

Compost Use in Fruit production

Use of Compost in Vegetable Production Systems

Compost Use in Ornamental Nursery and Container Production

Compost use in Golf courses and Turf Management

Sustainable Landscaping

Compost in Organic horticulture



annual conference and tradeshow. Orlando, Florida –

January 21, 2007.

Lectures:

Introduction to soils and soil testing




Compost Use in Ornamental Nursery and Container Production

Compost use in Golf courses and Turf Management

Sustainable Landscaping




annual conference and tradeshow. Albuquerque, New Mexico –


January 22, 2006.

Lectures:

Introduction to soils and soil testing





Compost Operator Training Workshop for Federally-Recognized American Indian Tribes

(4 hours) North Carolina Composting Association, Qualla Boundary, Cherokee, North Carolina,

USA – August 16-20, 2004

Lectures:

Why to use compost?

Improving soil quality with compost

Using compost in vegetable production

Using compost in citrus production

Using compost in ornamental production

Training in the production and utilization of compost in Florida (2 hours/Course organizer)

University of Florida/IFAS/SWFREC. Immokalee, FL. May 5, 2004.

Hands-on training:

Tour R&D Soil Builders, Inc. Compost Facility

Compost uses, materials spreading, compost erosion control demonstration

Training in the production and utilization of compost in Florida (5 Hours/Course organizer)

University of Florida/IFAS/North Florida REC. Quincy, FL. June 23, 2004.

Lectures:

Composting technologies

Feedstock(s) types and recipes

Compost quality and testing

Use of food waste Compost in Ornamental Production

Hands-on training:

Tour Quincy Farms Compost facility

Compost Testing: temperature, oxygen, feedstock‟s and recipes, record keeping

Training in the production and utilization of compost in Florida (6 hours/Course organizer)

University of Florida/IFAS Sumter County, FL. September 15, 2004.

Lectures:




Use of food waste in ornamental production

Use of food waste Compost in Ornamental Production

Hands-on training:

Tour Sumter County Compost facility

Compost Testing: temperature, oxygen, feedstock‟s and recipes, record keeping


Compost Production, usage, compost tea, vermicomposting, backyard composting (3 hours)

University of North Carolina, Greenboro, North Carolina, USA – December 3-4, 2003

Lectures:

Biology of compost

Food waste composting

Advanced topics in compost utilization (3 hours/Course organizer)

University of Florida/IFAS/SWFREC, Immokalee, FL. February 4, 2003.

Lectures:

Beneficial effects of organic amendments in Florida sandy soils

Hands-on training:

Tour Amerigro Recycling, compost facility

Feedstocks mixing, temperature and record keeping, compost maturity, compost uses, materials

spreading.

Training in the production and utilization of composted waste materials in warm, humid

climates to improve soils for horticultural cropping systems (3 Hours/Course organizer)

University of Florida/IFAS/SWFREC, Immokalee, FL. February 12, 2002.

Lectures:

Use of compost as biological weed control



Training in the production and utilization of composted waste materials to improve soils for

horticultural cropping systems (4 hours/Course organizer)

University of Florida/IFAS/TREC, Homestead, FL. March 7, 2001.

Lectures:




Hands-on training:

Tour TREC compost facility

Feedstocks mixing, temperature and record keeping, compost maturity, compost uses, materials

spreading.

c. Regional or multi-state presentations

c1. Invited oral presentations (10)

“Evaluation of tomato yellow leaf curl virus and resistant tomato varieties under commercial

conditions en Southwest Florida. Certified Crop Advisers (CCA/CEU) /Continuing Education Unit.

Sebring, FL. 4/09.

“Effects of nitrogen rate on yield of tomato grown with seepage irrigation and reclaimed water”.


Certified Crop Advisers (CCA/CEU) /Continuing Education Unit. Sebring, FL. 4/08.

“Compost utilization in Florida crops”. Certified Crop Advisers (CCA/CEU) /Continuing

Education Unit. Sebring, FL. 4/05.

“Prospective nitrogen BMPs for vegetable in SW Florida”. Certified Crop Advisers (CCA/CEU)

/Continuing Education Unit. Sebring, FL. 4/04.

“Effect of long-range application of soil amendments on soil quality”. Certified Crop Advisers

(CCA/CEU) /Continuing Education Unit state conference. Sebring, FL. 4/03.

“Training in production and utilization of composted waste materials to improve soils for

horticultural cropping systems”. Composting in the Southeast conference & Expo. Palm Harbor,

Fla. 8/02

Effects of long-term organic amendments on Florida sandy soils. Mid-Atlantic Composting and

Compost use Conference & Expo. Beltsville, MD. (2005).

How to select the right compost. Southern Region Extension Water Quality Conference. Ruidoso,

NM, 10/03.

“Role of compost sustainable Agriculture”. BioCycle Meeting. Kissimmee, FL, 11/95.

Effects of municipal solid waste (MSW) compost growth, yield and heavy metal content of tomato.

BioCycle Meeting. Clearwater, FL. 10/94.

d. State

d1. State invited oral presentations (7)

“Up-date on nitrogen BMP efforts with tomato production in Florida”. UF/IFAS Certified Crop.

Adviser (CCA/CEU)/Continuing Education Unit state conference. Lake Alfred, FL. 3/06.

“On Farm composting and utilization. Recycle Florida Today. Annual Conference and Exhibition.

Hutchison Island, Stuart, FL. 6/02.

“Training in compost production: an educational experience”. Recycle Florida Today. Annual

Conference and Exhibition. St. Petersburg Beach, FL. 6/01.

Using organic materials on Florida vegetables crops. Utilizing Organic Materials in Horticulture

Production Systems Workshop. SWFREC. Immokalee, FL. 4/2000. (Organizer).

“Non-chemical weed control methods for organic farming”. Florida Organic Farming Workshop.

Fort Pierce, FL. 11/00.

“From waste reduction to resource utilization: A horticulture perspective”. Recycle Florida Today,

Inc. (RFT). Annual Conference and Exhibition. Tampa, FL. 6/00.

“Use of compost in Florida‟s vegetable crops”. Florida Organic Recycling Association (FORA)

Annual Meeting. Tampa, FL. 10/98.


d2. State contributed oral presentations (3)

“Evaluation of TYLC virus-resistant varieties under commercial conditions in southwest Florida”.

Florida Tomato Institute. Naples, FL. 9/08.

“Effect of nitrogen rates on yield and quality of tomato grown in the spring with sub-surface

(seepage) irrigation. American Society for Horticultural Sciences conference”. 121st Florida State

Horticultural Society meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 6/08.

“Results of latest BMP trials”. Florida Tomato Institute. Naples, FL. 9/07.

“Nitrogen BMP efforts with tomato production in Florida in the 2005-2006 season”. Florida Tomato

Institute. Naples, FL. 9/06.

“BMP Fertilizer trials in Central and Southwest Florida”. Florida Tomato Institute. Naples, FL.

9/05.

“Evaluation of in situ N mineralization of composted organic wastes applied to sandy soil”. 114th

Florida State Horticultural Society meeting. Stuart, FL. 7/01.

“Municipal solid waste (MSW) soil amendments: influence on growth and yield of snap beans”.

106th

Florida State Horticultural Society meeting. Miami Beach, FL. 10/93.

e. Invited county and multi-county oral presentations (31)

“UF-IFAS Nitrogen Fertilization and Management Recommendations for Fresh Tomato

Production in Florida in the BMP Era”. Immokalee, Fl. 5/07.

“BMP Nitrogen fertilization for fresh tomato production update for vegetable growers on the east

coast of Florida”, Palm Beach county meeting, Boyton Beach, FL, 6/06.

“BMP Nitrogen fertilization for fresh tomato production update for vegetable growers in south west

Florida”, Lee-Collier-Hendry tri-county meeting “Tomato A-Z”, Immokalee, FL, 5/06.

“BMP Nitrogen fertilization for fresh tomato production update for tomato growers in south west

Florida”, Special tomato grower‟s meeting, Immokalee, FL 4/06.

“Update on the status of vegetable BMPs Nitrogen fertilization for fresh tomato production ”, Lee-

Collier-Hendry tri-county meeting “Tomato A-Z”, Immokalee, FL, 5/05.

“Using Compost in Horticultural Systems”. Green Team Meeting. Sarasota County. 3/03.

“Effects of Cover Crops and Compost in Sustainable Vegetable Production Systems”. Hendry

Cooperative Extension Service. Vegetable field day. Immokalee, FL. 10/03.


“Composting – Turning garbage to riches”. Florida Master Gardener‟s. Landscape Gardening

Series. Charlotte County Extension Service, Port Charlotte, FL. 5/03.

“Beneficial effects of organic amendments to sandy soils. Understanding and dealing with problem

areas on Florida‟s sandy soils: A workshop geared to sugarcane, citrus, and vegetables”. Hendry

County, Labelle, FL. 6/2003.

“Effects of cover crops and compost in vegetable production”. Hendry Co. Extension Service.

Vegetable field day. Immokalee, FL. 12/02.

“Interaction of Cover Crops and Long Term Application of Organic Amendments in Vegetable

Production”. Hendry Cooperative Extension Service. Vegetable field day. Immokalee, FL. 5/02.

“Interaction of cover crops and long term application of organic amendments in vegetable

production”. Hendry Co. Extension Service. Vegetable Meeting. Immokalee, FL. 12/01.

“Organic Gardening”. Dade Co. Miami Beach Botanical Garden. Miami Beach, FL. 9/00.

“Alternative to methyl bromide: solarization, Telone and non-fumigation on pepper production”.

Hendry Co. Extension Service. Vegetable Meeting. Immokalee, FL. 12/00.

“Alternative to methyl bromide: solarization, Telone and non-fumigation on watermelon

production”. Hendry Co. Extension Service. Vegetable Meeting. Immokalee, FL. 5/00.

“Organic Gardening”. Monroe Co. Extension Service. Master Gardener Training. Marathon, FL.

3/00.

“Composting”. Monroe Co. Extension Service. Master Gardener Training. Marathon, FL. 9/00.

“Backyard Composting Seminars”. Charlotte Co. Extension Service. Englewood, FL. 10/00.

“Backyard Composting Seminars”. Charlotte Co. Extension Service. Punta Gorda, FL. 10/00.

“Backyard Composting Seminars”. Charlotte Co. Extension Service. Port Charlotte, FL. 10/00.

Weeds management and yield response to organic amendments alternative fumigants and

solarization. Hendry Co. Extension Service. Vegetable Meeting. Immokalee, FL. 12/99.

“Organic vegetable production”. Southwest Florida Rare Fruit Growers Exchange. Bonita Spring,

FL. 10/99.

“Organic Gardening”. Dade Co. Extension Service. 1999. Master Gardener District V Advanced

Training. Homestead, FL. 11/99.

“Home composting workshop”. Collier County Solid Waste Dept. Golden Gate Community Center.

Naples, FL. 10/99.


“Backyard composting”. Charlotte Co. Extension Service. Master Gardener Training Program.

Punta Gorda, FL. 3/99.


Englewood, FL. 3/99.


Mudock, FL. 3/99.

“Experiments past and present with compost, solarization and cover crops”. Hendry Co. Extension

Service. Vegetable growers meeting. Immokalee, FL. 3/98.

“Backyard composting”. Co. Extension Service. South Florida Master Gardener Training Program.

Immokalee, FL. 6/98.

“Utilization of municipal solid waste compost mulch for weed control in row middles”. Hendry Co.

Extension Service. Vegetable Meeting. Immokalee, Fl. 5/98.

“Alternative weed control methods. St. Lucie Co. Extension Service. Organic gardening and

farming workshop”. Fort Pierce, FL. 8/97.

13. CONTRACTS AND GRANTS SINCE THE LAST PROMOTION (NOT TO EXCEED 10

YEARS) OR DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS FOR TENURE NOMINEES

Summary of Grant Funding Received (2000-2009; UF only)

Role

Total ($)

Direct Cost ($)

Indirect Cost ($)

Principal Investigator

219,861

219,861

0

Co-Principal Investigator

803,445

782,842

20,603

TOTAL (UF only)

1,023,306

1,002,703

20,603

a. Externally funded projects:

Funding

period

Funding agency/title

Amount

($)

Direct

cost ($)

Indirect

cost ($)

Role


2008-

2009

Florida Tomato Committee:

Evaluation of TYCV-resistant

tomato cultivars under commercial

conditions in South West Florida

8,561 8,561 0 PI


Funding

period


Amount

($)

Direct

cost ($)

Indirect

cost ($)

Role

2008-

2009

DACS (Florida Department of

Agriculture and Consumer

Services):

Fine-tuning of Nutrient BMPs for

Tomato and Pepper Production

with Seepage Irrigation in South

Florida

124,522

118,592

5,930

Co-PI

(1 of 4)

2006-

2007

DACS (Florida Department of

Agriculture and Consumer

Services):

Update of UF-IFAS nitrogen

fertilization and management

recommendations for fresh-market

tomato production in Florida in

the BMP era (III)

107,716

102,587

5,129

Co-PI

(1-6)

2005-

2006

Florida Department of Agriculture

and Consumer Services:

Update of UF-IFAS nitrogen

fertilization and management

recommendations for fresh-market

tomato production in Florida in

the BMP era (II)

109,553

104,336

5,217

Co-PI

(1-6)

2003-

2007

FORCE (Florida Organic

Recycling Center of Excellence):

Sumter County Compost for

Forest Crops

86,654

82,327

4,327

Co-PI

(1 of 4)

2003

FORCE (Florida Organic

Recycling Center of Excellence):

Training in Production and

Utilization of Composts for

Florida. The Florida Organics

Recycling Center for Excellence

22,000

22,000

0

PI


Funding

period


Amount

($)

Direct

cost ($)

Indirect

cost ($)

Role

2001

SARE:

Training in Production and

Utilization for Horticultural

Cropping System. Sustainable

Agriculture Research and

Education.

48,000

48,000

0

PI

2000-

2002

USDA

Integrating Pest Management

Alternatives with Sustainable

Crop Production.

225,000

225,000

0

Co- PI

(1 of 6)

1998-

2000

CSREES Southern Regional IPM:

Integrated Management of soil-

borne pests and soil fertility in a

sustainable vegetable production

system.

150,000

150,000

Co-PI

(1 of 8)

b. Internally funded projects:

Funding

period


Amount

($)

Direct cost ($)

Indirect

cost ($)

Role

2000

Center for Natural Resources $5,500 $5,500 0 PI

2000

Center for Natural Resources $2,000 $2,000 0

PI

1998

Center for Biomass Programs $15,000 $15,000 0 Co-PI

(1 of 3)

1997 Center for Biomass Programs $5,000

$5,000 0 PI

c. International funded projects:

Funding

period


Amount

($)

Direct

cost ($)

Indirect

cost ($)

Role

2005-

2006

FIA (Foundation of Agricultural

Investigation) Ministry of Agriculture,

12,500

0 0 Co-PI

(1 of 4)


Chile.

Short courses: compost production and

utilization in agriculture 2004



Chile.

Short courses: Utilization of compost

in organic agriculture and commercial


10,000

0 0 Co-PI

(1 of 3)

2003



Chile.

Short courses: compost production and

utilization in agriculture.

7,500

0 0 Co-PI

(1 of 2)

Total

30,000

d. Proposals submitted, but not funded

Funding

period

Funding Agency/Title

Amount

Role

2007-2008 Florida Tomato Commission:

Grafting Commercial and Heirloom Tomatoes

Varieties on Rootstocks Resistant to Fusarium

Crown Rot and Grey Wall.

$17,617 PI

2007-2008 Florida Tomato Commission:

Can controlled-release fertilizers be an economical

source of N for tomato production?

$17,506 Co-PI

(1 of 4)

2006-2007 Florida Tomato Commission

Nitrogen management for grape tomato production

in Florida in the BMP era

$16,174 Co-PI

(1 of 4)

2005-2006 FCPRAC:

Organic Soil Amendments Effects on Citrus Yields,

Weed Growth and Soil Fertility in a Sustainable

Production System.

$57,700 PI

2004-2005 FCPRAC:

Organic Soil Amendments Effects on Citrus Yields,

Weed Growth and Soil Fertility in a Sustainable

Production System.

$56,536 PI

2004-2005

SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and

$14,608

Co-PI


Education):

Planning for Development of an Organic Vegetable

Production System for Subtropical and Tropical

Areas.

(1 of 4)

2003-2004

SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and

Education):

Planning for Development of an Organic Vegetable

Production System for the Subtropics and Tropics

$19,886

Co-PI

(1 of 4)

f. Unrestricted gifts (SHARE) and in-kind contribution (1994 to present)

Funding period

Funding agency/Title

Amount

Role

Unrestricted gifts

2006-2008

Soil and plant additives companies

$38,000

PI

2007

Seeds companies for variety trial

$5,000

PI

2007

Organic fertilizer companies

$11,500

PI

2001-2007

South West Florida Growers $10,500 PI

1994-2003

Compost Technologies companies $48,800 PI

2000-2008

Total

$113,800

In-kind contributions

2007-2008

Controlled-release fertilizers provided by fertilizer

manufacturers

5,000

Co-PI

2004-2008

Fertilizer and chemical products

10,000

PI, co-

PI 2000-2004

Vegetable seeds

1,000

PI

2004-2008

Plots in vegetable growers” fields (estimate)

640,000

PI, co-

PI 1998-2003

Compost, fertilizer, irrigation, pesticides and

harvesting labor

25,000

Co-PI

2000-2008

Total

$681,000

14. CONSULTATIONS OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY


-Provided expert advice to Ranch „La Quinta‟, (Dairy manure composting), Mexico. A dairy

farm facing new environmental challenges such as; exponential growth of fly population

breeding at the manure disposal site and improper disposal of the manure was the source of

complaints from the local community. We implemented a windrow composting of the manures.

Experimentation with different feedstock mixes to reduce the length of the composting process

and improve compost quality. The compost was certified organic and currently is being sold to

organic producers. Compost being a new word in Mexico, initial attempts to promote the

production and use at state and local government levels has been very successful. This dairy

farm is not large enough to produce adequate volumes of compost to serve the target area.

Therefore, we are currently working to establish composting operations at a 20,000 cow dairy

farm 60 miles from Mexico City. 2005-2006.

-Provided expert advice to Grupo Melo S.A. (Poultry and Egg producer), Panama. One of the

largest poultry and egg producers in Panama facing new environmental challenges such as; odor,

mortality disposal, manures disposal and water quality issues. 2006-2007.

15. EDITOR OF A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL, SERVICE ON AN EDITORIAL ADVISORY

BOARD OR REVIEWER FOR A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL

Member of the Editorial Board (2001 to present), Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

TM. My role is

to review manuscripts and make recommendations for publication to the executive editor (6-

8 manuscripts handled each year).

Member of the Editorial Board (2001 to present), Compost Science & Utilization. My role is to

review manuscripts and make recommendations for publication to the executive editor (4-6).

Ad-Hoc Associate Editor, HortTechnology, workshop proceedings “Organic Materials In

Horticulture: An Industry Perspective”, American Society for Horticultural Science. My role was to

coordinate the reviews and revisions of the 3 manuscripts of the workshop and make

recommendations for publication to the Editor, 2000-2001.

Reviewer for refereed journals:

2008: Compost Science & Utilization (2)

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (2)


Journal of Sustainable AgricultureTM

(2)



(2)



(3)



(2)



HortScience (1)


(3)


Bioresource Technology (1)

HortScience (2)


(3)

2001: Journal of Sustainable AgricultureTM

(2)

Compost Science & Utilization (4)

16. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Universidad de las Americas (UDLA): Collaborative Agreement with University of Florida since

2004 to present. Universidad de las Americas is the biggest private University in Chile. They have

22,000 students in several locations in Chile (Santiago, Concepcion, and Vina del Mar). The

Agricultural School has five careers, Horticulture, Environment Horticulture, Veterinarian, Bio-

engineer and Environmental Engineer. Fruit and vegetables grown in Chile are sold throughout the

world i.e. Europe, U.S.A. and Japan. Therefore, the need for Universidad de la Americas to have

academic interaction is an important goal, in a world where globalization is part of the new

environment. Through these academic interactions Universidad de la Americas would like to

educate new professionals and develop new materials to be able to accommodate the growing needs.

In November 2004 Chile signed a NAFTA agreement with the U.S.A. This dramatically increases

the need to have a high quality professional specialty in the environment issues in the horticulture

related to agricultural and municipal organic waste products. The primary target areas of

collaboration are as followed:

To send students for Master programs at the UF and encourage short term visits to our

horticulture research facilities

To offer sabbaticals to UF faculties in Chile

To invite UF faculties to speak at short courses and conferences.

To have collaborative research related to horticultural production systems for fruits and

vegetables.

To develop a database of materials in Spanish relevant to vegetables and fruit production and

communication vehicles for disseminating that information in USA and Chile.

During the last four year we delivered 5 short courses (See section 12. a3. International

presentations at short courses for curriculum). The short courses were attended by 426

growers, researchers, regulators, students, technicians, engineers, fruit and vegetables

growers, animal producers, city officials, etc. As part of our efforts we have 8 young

professor and professional and student coming to our SWFREC in Immokalee from to 2

months and up to 3 years with the objective to learn about composting, vegetables

production practices and agricultural research methods (See section 6. c1).


17. EXTENSION PROGRAMS

Summary of Activities and Accomplishments

1. Develop and Integrated sustainable techniques for management of soil-borne pests, diseases,

nematodes and weeds for vegetables grown in Florida (1998-2003).

Many vegetable growers rely on methyl bromide or other soil fumigants to manage soil pathogens,

nematodes, and weeds. Non-chemical alternatives such as solarization and organic amendments are

as yet largely unproven, but do offer promise of more sustainable solutions. Additionally, Florida

soils are generally sandy and low in organic matter, nutrients, and water holding capacity, and

therefore have inherently “low fertility”. The addition of organic matter has been shown to enhance

their overall ability to retain both nutrients and water, and ultimately to improve plant growth and

yields. In 2006, 23.8 million ton of solid waste was produced in Florida (10 lb daily per person),

twice the national average. Florida generates a variety of non-hazardous organic wastes (biosolids,

animal wastes, food wastes, yard trimming wastes, and municipal solid wastes), for which land

application appears to be a viable option. Many of these materials (composted or non-composted)

can be use in agriculture.

Main educational activities:

a. Conducted Open Field days at SWFREC to demonstrated the impact of long-term (12 year‟s

application) effects of composted materials in vegetable production on yield and reduction in

fertilizer application.

b. Developed and organized workshops with Dr. Nancy Roe and Ed Hanlon (see 13.c section) in

production and utilization of composted waste materials to improve soils for horticultural cropping

systems in the South, Central and North Florida. The workshops were a day-long educational

program with lectures, tours and hand-on trainings. We also were able to develop education digital

educational materials (see 12.k section) that are available to a variety of clients around the country.

c. Delivered oral presentations at numerous county commodity meetings around the state (see

section 12.d&e).

d. Establish, designed and maintained the “Compost production, utilization and education for the

Florida fruit, vegetable, ornamental and landscape, turf, and forestry industry” web site accessible at

http://swfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/compost/, since 2002. This web site is designed to be compost production

and utilization resource information for extensions, researchers, waste industry, regulators, and

general public national and international.

e. Answer growers, waste industry, regulators, County faculties and researcher specific questions in

the use of composted and non-composted materials in agriculture. The program gets an average of

2-3 inquires a week with a total of 104-156 per year.

Impacts:


From all the non-chemical techniques presented to vegetables growers during (1998-2003)

the use of organic amendments had the biggest impacts in South Florida. I have witnessed a change

in mentalities among growers. Growers realize that improving soil quality parameter is profitable

for their business. For example a local pepper grower in Immokalee can obtain similar yield with

less water (35% reduction) and fertilizer application (up to 50% of N). At the same time minimized

leaching and runoff and reducing the negative environmental impacts of the vegetable production in

water quality. Now, from a State and County officials can made available waste materials

agriculture community that otherwise will go to a local landfilled and costing tax payers millions of

dollars. Urban and agricultural communities can benefits from these programs closing the loops in

“real organic recycling”. For example in the Immokalee area a local compost facility bring yard

trimming waste from Collier County (since 2001) to satisfied the local demand for compost for

vegetable and citrus growers. Lat year they produced approx. 100,000 tons/year of finish compost

in which 66 % go to local vegetables growers.

Now the “train the trainers” program teaching scientifically-based principles of compost

production and uses was the seed for encouraging the use of organic “wastes” from cities and farms

as sources for soil improvement for vegetables and others crops in Florida. We trained during 2002-

2004 over 400 peoples.

2. Develop an Extension plan to demonstrate the updated N recommended rate and facilitate

the adoption of nutrient BMPs by the industry (2004-2008).

Best management practices (BMPs) for Florida vegetable crops are a combination of nonstructural

and structural practices which have been determined to be effective for reducing or preventing

pollutant load in target watershed. There are 49 BMP‟s in the Florida BMP manual

(www.floridaagwaterpolicy.com). The BMP manual for vegetables was adopted by rule (5M-6) and

by reference in February, 2006. While the BMP manual recognizes several nutrient management

strategies (including fertilizer rates that exceed current recommendations), the long-term success of

this voluntary program is based on water quality improvement. Nitrogen runoff has not been

identified as a widespread problem in south Florida, a concern remains that the combination of

excessive fertilization and irrigation may contribute to elevated nutrient concentrations in ground

and/or surface waters. Although it has been documented that UF-IFAS tomato fertilization

recommendations are sufficient for maximum yield, fertilizer rates used to produce southwest

Florida tomatoes are typically higher than recommended because growers believe that UF-IFAS

rates do not provide enough flexibility to reflect the different growing conditions found throughout

Florida.

Main educational activities:

a. Conducted over 35 on-farm N demonstrations rate trials from 2004-2008 in with Gene McAvoy

(Hendry County), Phyllis Gilreath, and Crystal Snodegrass (Manatee County) and Darrin Parmenter

(Palm Beach).

b. Arranged several BMP tours to N trials located at Immokalee and Palmetto to IFAS researchers

and DACS officials with Gene McAvoy (Multi-county agent, Hendry County) to demonstrated to

them on how BMP fertilizer rates can influence tomato yield quality and plant growth.

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c. Delivered oral presentations at numerous county commodity meetings around the state and

answer growers” specific questions (see oral presentation list in section 12.d&e).

d. Responded to the needs of county agents, growers, and consultants on BMPs and fertilization

issues through on-farm visits, phone and/or e-mail answers, popular press articles, and newsletter

articles (see publication list section 11).

e. Delivered over 100 progress and final reports “one-on-one” to growers participating in our trials

since 2004. The objective was to engage growers in the implementation of BMP in theirs farms.

Impacts:

Growers are highly engaged in the N BMP project and we developed strong successful partnerships

since 2004 (12 seasons). The BMP trials are a popular on-farm research project were growers and

IFAS cooperators work as a team. Together the cooperating farms represented 16,000 acres (80%)

of staked tomato production in southern and eastern Florida and 650 acres under BMP experiments.

Keeping the communication channels open with vegetable growers is a major impact necessary for

the continuation of educational efforts in nutrients management. More specific impacts have been

made with a selected group of growers cooperating on demonstrations projects. For example, one of

the tomato grower involved with the on-farm demonstrations in Manatee county is in process of

lowing is N rate from 320 lb/acre to 250 lb/acre. Currently he is growing 3,500 acres of tomatoes

each year representing a saving of $50/acre or $175,000 per year.

Other Extension activities:

- Conducted research with a variety of new products to improve vegetables production in organic

and conventional farming (See section 13f).

18. SERVICE TO SCHOOLS

As a board member of the Miami Beach Botanical garden (2001-02) help the Miami Beach Garden

Conservancy to obtained a grant from the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs

(2002-2003). The project objectives were to improve the level of science learning in the early

elementary grades with a series of train the trainer‟s workshops. The workshops designed to train

25 public school teachers and 28 art/education/science college majors. We taught how to use the

arts & plants to teach science principles. In the process 420 children will be given the Art N‟

Science program.

Mentor “Daniel Fuks, from the Miami Beach High School during 2001-2002 was a National

Semifinalist in “National Intel Science Talent Search” competition, with the project “Variety

evaluation of containerized cherry Tomato for balcony gardening”.

19. MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES IN THE PROFESSION

Affiliations and memberships:


Member, American Society for Horticultural Science, 1993 to present

Member, Florida State Horticultural Society, 1993 to present

Member, Recycling Florida Today, 2002-2006.

Member, U.S, Composting Council, 2002 to present

Activities in the profession:

Chair-elect, vegetables section, Florida State Horticultural Society, 2007-2008.

Chair, vegetables section, Florida State Horticultural Society, 2008-2009.

Chair- elect, Recycling Florida Today (RFT), Organic committee, 2002-2004

Chair- elect, Recycling Florida Today (RFT), Organic committee, 2004-2006

Chair, of the Working Group “Waste Utilization in Horticulture” American Society for

Horticultural Science, 2000-2001.

Chair-elect, of the Working Group “Waste Utilization in Horticulture” American Society for


Chair, Information Exchange Composting Group. Southern Region, 1998-1999.

Chair-elect, of the Working Group “Herb, Spices and Medicinal plants” American Society

for Horticultural Science, 1994-1995.

Chair, of the Working Group “Herb, Spices and Medicinal plants” American Society for


20. HONORS

Recipient of the 2007 Best Paper Award, Vegetable Section, Florida State Horticultural Sciences

Society, for the paper by Ozores-Hampton, M., E. Simonne, P. Gilreath, S. Sargent, D.

McClure, T. Wilkes, E. McAvoy, P. Stansly, S. Shukla, P. Roberts, F. Roka, T. Obreza, K.

Cushman, and D. Parmenter. 2007. Effect of nitrogen rate on yield of tomato grown with

seepage irrigation and reclaimed water. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 120:184-188.

Recipient, 2005 Best Research and Demonstration Project Award, Florida Organics recycling

Center for Excellence (FORCE). Ozores- Hampton M. P., N. E. Roe and E. Hanlon.

Training in Production and Utilization of Composts for Florida.

Recipient, 1999 Best Research Institution Award. Recycling Florida Today (FORA) Division.

Member, Gamma Sigma Delta, Honor Society of Agriculture, 1997 to present.

Recipient, 1997 Multicultural Student Leadership and Scholarship Award for exceptional academic


performance from University of Florida International Center.

Recipient, 1994 Dade County Agri Council Award for students in/from Dade County who have

excelled within the agricultural subject area.

Recipient, 1993 Dade County Agri Council Award for students in/from Dade County who have

excelled within the agricultural subject area.

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