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Nutrient Management Program

Nutrient Management Program

Plant Nutrient Oversight

  • PNOC Overview

    Plant Nutrient Oversight Committee Purpose, Structure, and Role

    • Purpose: Provide standing authority to define and maintain the internal consistency and scientific integrity of IFAS nutrient management recommendations for Florida agricultural and horticultural crops.
    • Structure:
      • Authority comes from UF/IFAS SVP, delegated to the Deans for Research and Extension as Co-Chairs. 
      • Core PNOC consists of 14 members, roughly half IFAS Administrators and half senior faculty with a nutrient management background.
      • PNOC meets as needed to conduct business using a hybrid in-person and Zoom format.
      • Sub-committees composed of nutrient management research/extension faculty will develop specific IFAS nutrient recommendations and management systems.
    • Role:
      • Prioritize commodities and associated nutrients that require IFAS nutrient management recommendation changes.
      • Define the standard format for an IFAS nutrient management recommendation.
      • Develop a standard process for faculty to follow when updating IFAS recommendations.
      • Set criteria that faculty must meet to change an IFAS recommendation.
      • Evaluate faculty proposals to change IFAS recommendations, and vote to approve, return for revision, or deny.
      • Engage stakeholders in two-way communication about PNOC activities.
  • PNOC Membership

     

    Name

    Rank Location Notes
    Administrators      
    Rob Gilbert Dean/Professor Campus Co-chair
    Andra Johnson Dean/Professor Campus Co-chair
    Saqib Mukhtar Associate Dean/Professor Campus ANR Ext Prog Leader
    Michael Dukes Interim Nutrient Management Program Director Campus Water Mgt
    Jay Ferrell Agronomy Chair/Professor Campus Agron rep
    Chris Gunter Horticultural Sciences Chair/Professor Campus Hort Sci rep
    Eric Simonne District Dir Ext/Professor Campus Nutr Mgt
    Wagner Vendrame Interim Environmental Horticulture Chair/Professor Campus Env Hort rep
    Samira Daroub Everglades REC Dir/Professor EREC REC rep, Nutr Mgt
    Faculty      
    Rao Mylavarapu Professor Campus Nutr Mgt
    Sanjay Shukla Professor SWFREC Water/Nutr Mgt
    Lincoln Zotarelli Professor Campus Water/Nutr Mgt
    Cheryl Mackowiak Associate Professor NFREC Nutr Mgt
    Other      
    Jerry Fankhauser Associate Dir, Florida Ag. Experiment Station Campus Scribe
  • PNOC Meeting 19 October 2022
  • PNOC Meeting 13 February 2023
  • PNOC Meeting 3 May 2023
  • PNOC Meeting 13 Sep 2023