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Common Green Bottle Fly or Sheep Blow Fly Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Published 2011-12-01“…Larvae or maggots help forensic scientists to determine the period of insect colonization as it relates to the time of death, aiding law enforcement in their investigations. …”
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Silicon Effects on Resistance of St. Augustinegrass to Southern Chinch Bugs and Plant Disease
Published 2020-03-01“…However, a growing body of evidence has shown that Si can enhance plant resistance to insect pests. This 5-page fact sheet reports the results of a study to determine if silicon applications to St. …”
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Guidelines for Purchasing and Using Commercial Natural Enemies and Biopesticides in North America
Published 2015-11-01“…The guide assists in the identification of pests by habitat and lists types of natural enemies (parasitic nematodes, predatory mites, predatory insects, and parasitic wasps) and biopesticides available to manage these pests. …”
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Let Your Lawn Tell You When To Water
Published 2004-03-01“…Excess irrigation is one of the major causes of lawn demise and may include problems such as a shallow root system; increased disease, weed, or insect infestation; reduced drought tolerance; increased thatch and excessive growth; and reduced tolerance to other stresses such as shade and soil problems. …”
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Key Plant, Key Pests: Oak (Quercus spp.)
Published 2020-12-01“…This new 9-page publication provides information and general management recommendations for borers, caterpillars, insect-induced galls, twig girdlers, oak leaf blister, root and butt rot, Tubakia leaf spot, mistletoe, psocids, lace bugs, woolly aphids, powdery mildew, Spanish and ball moss, and lichens. …”
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Managing Southern Chinch Bug in Warm Season Turfgrasses
Published 2018-06-01“… Southern chinch bug, Blissus isularis Barber, is the most damaging insect pest of St. Augustinegrass in the United States. …”
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Induction of Biomolecules in Mature Leaves of Terminalia arjuna Due to Feeding of Antheraea mylitta Drury
Published 2004-01-01“…In this study, we investigated the induction of biomolecules in mature leaves of these plants subjected to insect feeding. Increase in total tannin content, lipid peroxidation, and trypsin inhibitor activity have been observed in mature leaves damaged by the insects. …”
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Silicon Effects on Resistance of St. Augustinegrass to Southern Chinch Bugs and Plant Disease
Published 2020-03-01“…However, a growing body of evidence has shown that Si can enhance plant resistance to insect pests. This 5-page fact sheet reports the results of a study to determine if silicon applications to St. …”
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Asian Giant Hornet Vespa mandarinia Smith (1852) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Published 2020-05-01“…Not only is the wasp occasionally life-threatening to humans, it can decimate a number of insect colonies, most notably wild and farmed honey bees. …”
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Tomato Cultivar Selection Considerations for Open-Field and Protected Culture in North Florida
Published 2016-02-01“…Selecting the correct cultivar of tomato is critical and varies depending on the intended season, type of protected structure, training system, expected insect and disease pressure, post-harvest handling techniques, and intended market. …”
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A Guide to Planting Wildflower Enhancements in Florida
Published 2017-10-01“… The establishment of native wildflower plantings in Florida can benefit agricultural producers as well as native pollinators and other beneficial insects (predators and parasitoids). The plantings do this by: • providing forage and nesting sites for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, • increasing wild bee numbers possibly across the farm, and • increasing natural enemies of insect pests (that also depend on forage and nesting sites). …”
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Black salt marsh mosquito Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
Published 2014-06-01“…Its characteristic emergence in large numbers after rains and flooding events as well as its aggressive biting contribute to its notoriety as a pest insect. The black salt marsh mosquito is considered a nuisance in Florida. …”
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Managing Fruit Splitting in Florida Citrus
Published 2023-08-01“… Sometimes, the fruit on citrus trees will split open, making the fruit unmarketable; splitting can aid fungal and insect pests that subsequently damage fruit. A physiological disorder, pre-harvest fruit splitting begins with nutrient imbalances at flowering. …”
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Big-Eyed, Geocoris spp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Lydaeidae)
Published 2004-08-01“… Big-eyed bugs are small insects (approximately 1/6 inch long) that occur in many parts of the world. …”
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Big-Eyed, Geocoris spp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Lydaeidae)
Published 2004-08-01“… Big-eyed bugs are small insects (approximately 1/6 inch long) that occur in many parts of the world. …”
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Selected Legumes Used As Summer Cover Crops
Published 2003-10-01“… Cover crops are generally planted after a primary (cash) crop for one or more of the following reasons: erosion control, organic matter accumulation, improved soil tilth, pest suppression (weed, disease, nematode, and insect), and nitrogen production. Optimally, a cover crop will provide a wide range of most or all of the previously mentioned benefits, even if the main reason for planting it was more specific. …”
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Green Lynx Spider, Peucetia viridans (Hentz) (Arachnida: Araneae: Oxyopidae)
Published 2004-08-01“…Although it is common throughout Florida and aggressively attacks its insect prey, it very seldom bites humans. While its bite is of little concern to humans, the green lynx spider is of interest because of its potential use in agricultural pest management. …”
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Green lacewings (of Florida) Neuroptera: Chrysopidae
Published 2012-11-01“…The larvae are voracious predators of small, comparatively soft-bodied arthropods such as aphids, scale insects, whiteflies, thrips, insect eggs, and other prey (Muma 1959; Canard et al. 1984). …”
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Key Plant, Key Pests: Oak (Quercus spp.)
Published 2020-12-01“…This new 9-page publication provides information and general management recommendations for borers, caterpillars, insect-induced galls, twig girdlers, oak leaf blister, root and butt rot, Tubakia leaf spot, mistletoe, psocids, lace bugs, woolly aphids, powdery mildew, Spanish and ball moss, and lichens. …”
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Guidelines for Purchasing and Using Commercial Natural Enemies and Biopesticides in North America
Published 2015-11-01“…The guide assists in the identification of pests by habitat and lists types of natural enemies (parasitic nematodes, predatory mites, predatory insects, and parasitic wasps) and biopesticides available to manage these pests. …”
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