Tropical Soda Apple Solanum viarum
TSA Research
Tropical Soda Apple (TSA), Solanum viarum Dunal has been listed as an invasive weed pest by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) (1994) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (1995). Since the early 1990s, the FDACS, USDA, natural area land managers, research institutions, and agribusiness interests in Florida and other Southeastern states have been actively engaged in the development of TSA management / control activities via the Tropical Soda Apple Task Force (TSATF).
Accomplishments include:
- Development of TSA Best Management Practices
- TSA Biological Control
- TSA Public Awareness
- TSA Regional Harmonization Plan
TSA Information / Research Update 
(January 2003)
