DPI Contacts
Mailing address: PO Box 147100 Gainesville, FL 32614-7100
Toll-Free Helpline Numbers
Plant Industry Helpline
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Homeowner Pest and Disease Control Info
As a regulatory agency, DPI cannot recommend specific pesticides or insecticides for pest and disease control. The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences provides information on control methods through the local county extension offices or the UF-IFAS website.Search DOACS Telephone Listings via MyFlorida.com's 411
DPI Office Location Maps
- Plant Inspection Office Locator - Plant inspectors
- Apiary Inspection Office Locator - Honey bee inspectors
- Pest Eradication & Control Office Locator - Citrus inspectors
DPI Bureaus & Section Contacts
DPI Bureau or Program |
Functions |
Phone number |
E-mail links |
APIARY INSPECTION Honey bees |
Inspect and certify honey bee colonies for movement. Placement and monitoring of bait hives to prevent the establishment of African bees in Florida. |
352.372.3505 x 128 |
Jerry Hayes hayesg@doacs.state.fl.us |
Assist growers and nursery owners in production of horticulturally superior citrus nursery stock. |
863.298.7712 |
Mike Kesinger |
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Develop, investigate and implement new methods for the prevention, detection, survey, control, and eradication of plant pests and diseases. |
352.372.3505 x 445 |
Dr. Trevor Smith |
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Support the Division's control and eradication programs against harmful plant pests and diseases. |
863.298.7777 |
Rusty Noah |
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| Administer state citrus health program including surveying, pathogen analysis, and regulatory efforts. | All Florida counties 863.298.7777 |
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| Identify pests and plant diseases. | 352.372.3505 x 118 |
Dr. Greg Hodges |
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| Food irradiation. Product sterilization. Improve physical properties of plastics. | 352.372-3505 |
Carl Gillis |
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PERMITS & LICENSES |
Aquatics Noxious weed movement Nursery and stockdealer plant registration Regulated plant index (native and commercially exploited plants). |
352.372.3505 352.372.3505 North Florida Central Florida South Florida 352.372.3505 |
Steve Hildebrandt Louis Lodyga |
| Pest detection/surveying/ trapping. | North Florida Central Florida
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Christina Zamora
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PUBLIC INFORMATION/ MEDIA INQUIRIES |
Provide educational materials, and updated information about DPI programs.
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352.372.3505 352.372.3505 |
Denise Feiber Ellen Dyck Scott Weinberg |
DPI Administration Contacts
ADMINISTRATION |
Personnel Fiscal Director's Office |
352.372.3505
352.372.3505 |
Personnel: Fiscal:
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