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    Environmental Horticulture

    Environmental Horticulture

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    Plant Health Professional Program

    The University of Florida has teamed with Michigan State University and several other leading universities to offer a qualification in plant health management for greenhouse and nursery growers. Pass five courses in plant health listed below to obtain a certificate of completion from University Extension to recognize your training, skills, and dedication as a Plant Health Professional. You can use this certificate to help grow your career and build your resume.

    Growers must pass five of seven courses, which include:

    • Nutrient Management 1 (UF) 7-Jul-25 to 1-Aug-25
    • Field Diagnosis of Plant Diseases (UF) 8-Sep-25 to 3-Oct-25
    • Practical Disease Management (UF) 10-Nov-25 to 12-Dec-25
    • Weed Management (UF) 3-Nov-25 to 5-Dec-25
    • Abiotic Disorders (MSU/University of Kentucky)
    • Biological Control (MSU/Kansas State University)
    • Disease Management (UF) 2023 Course or earlier
    plant health professional certificate

     

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    Growers sign up for individual courses through UF Greenhouse Training Online and MSU website (canr.msu.edu/online-college-of-knowledge). Growers can obtain their certificate at no extra charge by emailing greenhousetraining@ifas.ufl.edu once the five courses are successfully completed. Courses do not have to be completed in the same year.

    For more information, contact greenhousetraining@ifas.ufl.edu. Greenhouse Training Online is supported by a grant from the American Floral Endowment (https://endowment.org/) and by the Floriculture Research Alliance (floriculturealliance.org), and a gift from Ken & Deena Altman.

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    Environmental Horticulture Department at the University of Florida, IFAS
    2550 Hull Road, Rm. 1549 (W.M. Fifield Hall) PO Box 110670 Gainesville, FL 32611-0670
    (352) 392-1831

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