Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) (Arachnida: Acari: Tarsonemidae) by Thomas R. Fasulo

“…., USA (Denmark 1980). This species has a large host range world-wide. This document is EENY-183 (IN340), one of the Featured Creatures series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Cultural Guidelines for Commercial Production of Interiorscape Dracaena by Dennis B. McConnell, Jianjun Chen, Richard J. Henny, Kelly C. Everitt

“… This article describes common species and cultivars in the foliage plant industry, provides guidelines on their culture and interior use, and lists physiological problems that may be encountered in both production and interiorscape use. …”
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Sorting out the Florida Sabal Palms by David A. Fox, Michael G. Andreu

“…This 4-page fact sheet helps field investigators identify the four Sabal species found in Florida's natural areas, first by distinguishing them from other fan palms and then from each other. …”
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Black larder beetle, incinerator beetle, Dermestes ater DeGeer (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae) by Nurmastini S. Bujang, Phillip E. Kaufman

“…It describes this cosmopolitan species that feeds on various plant and animal products, as well as dead insects and carrion — synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle, economic importance, veterinary importance, forensic importance, and management. …”
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Ringlegged Earwig, Euborellia annulipes (Lucas) (Insecta: Dermaptera: Carcinophoridae) by John L. Capinera

“… This is the most common earwig in Florida, and probably the only species that could be considered to be a pest, though it rarely builds to very high numbers. …”
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Lawn Caterpillars by Eileen A. Buss, Robert Meagher

“…Because the turf looks scalped so quickly, people think that the damage occurs “overnight.” Several caterpillar species can be turfgrass pests, including the tropical sod webworm, the fall armyworm, and the striped grass looper. …”
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Cultural Guidelines for Commercial Production of Interiorscape Epipremnum by Dennis B. McConnell, Jianjun Chen, Richard J. Henny, Kelly C. Everitt

“… This article describes common Epipremnum species and cultivars in the foliage plant industry, provides guidelines on their culture and interior use, and lists physiological problems encountered in both production and in the interiorscape. …”
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Checklist of Birds of the Everglades Agricultural Area by Elise V. Pearlstine, Frank J. Mazzotti

“…This revised 9-page fact sheet features a checklist of bird species that have been found during eight years of surveys in the Everglades Agricultural Area. …”
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Sugarcane Grub, Tomarus subtropicus Blatchley (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabacidae) by Eileen Buss

“… Nine species of Tomarus Erichson (formerly Ligyrus Burmeister) occur in the United States, only four of which occur in Florida, including T. gibbosus DeGeer, T. cuniculus (Fabricius), T. neglectus LeConte, and T. subtropicus (Blatchley). …”
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« The Encantadas » ou le décompte du temps en archipel by Michel Imbert

“…In particular, the text unsettles the assumed “origin” of species by redefining it as a mere side-effect of social struggles displaced and disguised back in time as “struggle for life” in a would-be state of nature; more largely, it highlights a plurality of disjointed times within the unifying course of so-called “evolution.”…”
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Flatid Planthopper, Oormenaria rufifascia (Walker) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Flatidae) by Forrest W. Howard, Susan Halbert

“… Ormenaria rufifascia (Walker) is a common insect on some species of palms in Florida. Although it is usually not a serious pest, it sometimes indirectly causes aesthetic damage when dense populations produce honeydew that supports extensive coatings of sootymold on the host plants. …”
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Sex in Penicillium series Roqueforti by J. Houbraken, J.C. Frisvad, R.A. Samson

“…A detailed study using a combination of phenotypic characters, sequences and extrolite patterns showed that these isolates belong to a new species within the series Roqueforti. The formation of cleistothecia at low temperatures and the inability to produce roquefortine C, together with a unique phylogenetic placement, make these isolates a novel entity in the Roqueforti series. …”
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The Genus Priotomis in Argentina (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) by Charles C. Porter

“…While data provided by a study of the new species treated in this article do not controvert that placement it is well to emphasize that Priotomis shows a number of singularly aberrant characters unparalleled among other genera of its subtribe. …”
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Wildlife of Florida Factsheet: Northern Bobwhite Quail by Tyler Buckley, Raoul K. Boughton

“… The Wildlife of Florida Factsheet series was created to provide the public with a quick and accurate introduction to Florida’s wildlife, including both native and invasive species. Authors Tyler Buckley and Raoul Boughton hope this 2-page fact sheet published by the UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation will inspire people to learn more about the northern bobwhite quail and understand the amazing biodiversity of wildlife in general in the state of Florida and in their own backyards and communities. …”
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Florida’s Established Arthropod Weed Biological Control Agents and Their Targets by James P. Cuda, J. Howard Frank

“…Around 5% of the plant species deliberately introduced into Florida for crop production and horticultural uses have invaded sensitive aquatic and terrestrial natural areas as well as improved pastures. …”
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Cultural Guidelines for Commercial Production of Interiorscape Dieffenbachia by Jianjun Chen, Dennis B. McConnell, Richard J. Henny, Kelly C. Everitt

“… This article describes common species and cultivars in the foliage plant industry, provides guidelines for their culture and interior use, and lists physiological problems that may be encountered during production and interiorscape use. …”
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A Container Production of Palms by Alan W. Meerow, Timothy K. Broschat

“…When properly acclimated, a large number of subtropical and tropical palm species are capable of residing under low light conditions for a relatively long period of time. …”
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Caterpillar Pests of Tiki Huts and Other Thatched Structures by Stephen Henry Brown, Lyle J. Buss

“… Two species of caterpillars that eat dried sabal palm leaves have been causing problems with thatched structures. …”
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INTERSPECIES CROSSES IN POTATO BREEDING IN UKRAINE by A. A. Podgayetsky

“…The potential of using wild potato species inbreeding and raise of donors of resistance to late blight and dry rot, the necessity of homozygotizationof alleles controlling valuable traits, possibility of raising primary and secondary interspecies hybrids, presence of efficient genes controlling the resistance to late blight and dry rot, and the possibility of introgressionof these genes to breeding material are considered. …”
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The Invasion of Exotic Reptiles and Amphibians in Florida by Frank J. Mazzotti, Rebecca G. Harvey

“…Florida has more introduced species of reptiles and amphibians living and breeding in the wild than anywhere else in the world. …”
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