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Projects, Presentations, and Pest Information


  • Funded Research Projects: 2014 to 2020
    YearsGrant TitleAgency
    Sep 2019 – Aug 2020  Compatibility of biorational acaricides and natural enemies of Brevipalpus mites  USDA APHIS 
    Sep 2016  - Dec 2020  Rearing and research support for pests of concern to USDA  USDA APHIS 
    Sep 2016  - Dec 2020  Optimizing survey protocols for enhanced detections of immature fruit flies  USDA APHIS 
    Jul 2019 -Jun 2020  Spotted lanternfly pheromones  USDA APHIS 
    Aug 2017- Sep 2020  Tropical Ash Leaf Production Project  USDA APHIS 
    Jul 2019 – Aug 2020  Novel Approaches to Controlling Wilt and Fusarium Dieback in Avocados  USDA ARS 
    Jul 2018 -Jun 2019  Attractants for spotted lanterfly  USDA APHIS 
    July 2015-July 2018  Southern Region Program to Clear Pest Agents   IR4 
    Sep 2018 – Sep 2019  Mitigation Response to the Potential Detection of Citrus Leprosis CiLV in Florida  USDA APHIS 
    Sep 2018 – Sep 2019  Semiochemicals for Euwallacea fornicatus in Florida  USDA APHIS 
    Aug 2018 -Sep 2019  Novel Approaches to Controlling Laurel and Fusarium wilt in Avocados  USDA ARS 
    Sep 2018 – Aug 2019  Greenhouse evaluations of natural enemies of Brevipalpus mites in Florida  USDA APHIS 
    Dec 2018 – Aug 2021  Lime Production - Greening Tolerance  FDACS 
    Apr 2017 - Sep 2017  2017 Bench Fee-Mohsin Iqbal  Higher Education Commission Pakistan
    Jul 2017- Jul 2018  Evaluating Brevipalpus Natural Enemies in Florida  USDA APHIS 
    Feb 2016 -Mar 2018  Integration of a biological control alternative to the management strategy against vectors of the laurel wilt disease of avocados (00098995)  FDACS 
    Jul 2017 - Jun 2018  2016 USDA APHIS Attractants for spotted lanternfly, Lycorma  USDA APHIS 
    Jul 2016 - Dec 2017  2016 USDA APHIS Attractants for spotted lanternfly, Lycorma   USDA APHIS 
    Jul 2016 - Jul 2017  Understanding the role of non-citrus hosts and the associated flat mite vectors in the potential incursion and spread of citrus leprosis in Florida (AWD00040)  USDA APHIS 
    Jul 2015 - Jun 2017  Chemical ecology of spotted lanternfly  USDA APHIS 
    Jun 2016 - May 2017  2016 USDA APHIS Euwallacea fornicatus species complex attractants semiochemicals   USDA APHIS 
    Dec 2014  - Jan 2017  Revising chemical control of laurel wilt vectors  FDACS 
    Jun 2015 - May 2016  Using the micoparasite Trichoderma to displace ambrosia beetle symbionts as an alternative tactic for laurel wilt vectors (00097635)  USDA APHIS 
    Sep 2014 - Feb 2016  Improving the delivery of beneficial fungi for reduction of vectors of laurel wilt, a devastating disease of avocado and native plants in the USA (00095087)  USDA APHIS 
    Apr 2015 - Sep 2015  International Research Support Initiative Program - Sabyan Faris Honey - Bench fees  Higher Education Commission Pakistan 
    Jan 2014 - Jun 2015  Development of an avocado IPM website to improve adoption of IPM Practices in Florida Avocados (00093425)  USDA NIFA 
    Jul 2014 - Jun 2015  Field studies investigating attractants for Euwallacea fornicatus in Florida   USDA APHIS 
    Jun 2014 - Dec 2014  Monitoring and attract and kill systems to control ambrosia beetles vectoring the laurel wilt disease in avocado and other Lauraceae (00094272)  USDA NIFA 
    Nov 2014-Nov 2015  Development of a monitoring program for Ambrosia beetles vectoring laurel wilt  Florida Avocado Administrative Committee 
    July 2015-July 2018  Southern Region Program to Clear Pest Agents   IR4 
    Sept 2015 - Aug/ 2020  Laurel wilt of avocado   USDA NIFA 
    Feb 2016 - Mar 2018  Production of young ‘Tahiti’ lime and three triploid lime   FDACS 
    Aug 2015 - May 2017  Management of high risk pests  USDA APHIS 
    Apr 2015 -Aug 2016  Equipment & Infrastructure Award  UF/IFAS 
  • Presentations
    • Ambrosia Beetles: Pests of Avocado
    • Lychee and Longan Pest
    • Tropical Fruit IPM Principles
  • Tropical Fruit Insects and Mites
    • Anonna
    • Avocado IPM
    • Guava
    • Lychee Erinose Mite
    • Mango
    • Pitaya (Dragon Fruit)

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