Pollination of Cucurbita spp. (squash and pumpkin) crops in Florida by Rachel E. Mallinger, Oscar E. Liburd

“…Without insect pollination, however, crop yields for zucchini, crookneck, spaghetti, butternut and the rest of the large and delectable crew of squash and pumpkin species grown in Florida would be low to nonexistent. …”
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Native Landscape Plants for South Florida by Jody Haynes, John McLaughlin, Laura Vasquez

“… A previous publication, ENH854 (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/EP107), listed over 350 native and non-native plant species for south Florida. This new publication was developed as a supplement to ENH854, but it is also a good stand-alone reference for people wishing to add native plants to their private yards or public landscapes, or simply to learn more about them. …”
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South American Cucurbit Fruit Fly, Anastrepha grandis (Macquart) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems

“…The pest status differs in each country and has sometimes changed within a country. This species is potentially of economic importance in Florida and southern Texas should it ever be introduced there. …”
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Bermudagrass Stem Maggot—A New Pest in Florida by Ann Blount, Tim Wilson, Jay Ferrell, Russ Mizell, Jonael Bosques

“…The identification of the fly was the first record of this species in North America, and it has the potential to become a serious pest of bermudagrass and stargrass in Florida. …”
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What is Scirrhia? by P.W. Crous, A.W. Minnis, O.L. Pereira, A.C. Alfenas, R.F. Alfenas, A.Y. Rossman, J.Z. Groenewald

“…Recent collections on stems of a fern, Pteridium aquilinum (Dennstaedtiaceae) in Brazil, led to the discovery of a new species of Scirrhia, described here as S. brasiliensis. …”
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2018–2019 Florida Citrus Production Guide: Citrus Black Spot by Megan M. Dewdney, Timothy S. Schubert, Mark R. Estes, Pamela D. Roberts, Natalia A. Peres

“…Black spot can affect all commercial citrus species and cultivars commonly grown in Florida. This 7-page fact sheet is part of the 2018–2019 Florida Citrus Production Guide. …”
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The impact of the light tube and the distance of the light trap from a stream on a caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) catch by Gorazd Urbanič

“…However, males of the most abundant species Potamophylax cingulatus, which belonged to two subspecies, showed different distributional pattern. …”
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Saddleback Caterpillar Acharia stimulea (Clemens) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) by Christopher S. Bibbs, J. Howard Frank

“…Acharia stimulea is best known as a medically significant species. Its spines are strong, acutely pointed, and hollow. …”
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Oak Treehopper, Platycotis vittata (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae) by Frank W. Mead

“…However, damage by a colony of this species of treehopper is minor and essentially confined to small oviposition scars in twigs. …”
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The highest-altitude recorded find of the adder Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Slovenia on Mt Mali Kanin (Western Julian Alps) by Vesna Cafuta, Marko Berginc

“…According to the available published and unpublished data, this find is 325 m higher than the previous highest-altitude recorded find of the species in Slovenia. …”
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Podocarpus Aphid (suggested common name) Neophyllaphis podocarpi Takahashi (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae) by Eleanor F. Phillips, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman

“… The podocarpus aphid, Neophyllaphis podocarpi Takahashi, is a pest of Podocarpus species in Florida, namely the nonnative ornamental shrub Podocarpus macrophyllus (common names include bigleaf podocarpus, kusamaki, podo, Japanese yew, and southern yew) (Stamps no date). …”
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Investigation of charm-quark hadronization into baryons in hadronic collisions with ALICE by Cho Jaeyoon

“…In this contribution, the charm-quark hadronization mechanism is discussed in terms of the production yield ratio between charm hadron species measured by ALICE Collaboration. Measurements of Λc+, ∑c0,+ +, Ξc0,+ and Ωc0 in pp collisions, Λc+ and Ξc0 in p–Pb collisions are presented, together with the Λc+ measurement in larger collision systems, Pb–Pb collisions. …”
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Deer Flies, Yellow Flies and Horse Flies, Chrysops, Diachlorus, and Tabanus spp. by Jason M. Squitier

“…In Florida there are 35 species of Tabanidae that are classed as economically important. …”
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A note on the replicator equation with explicit space and global regulation by Alexander S. Bratus, Vladimir P. Posvyanskii, Artem S. Novozhilov

“…This model provides a naturalframework to follow frequencies of species that are distributed in the space. For this model, analogues to classical notions of the Nash equilibrium and evolutionary stable state are provided. …”
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Grape Leaffolder, Desmia funeralis (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae) by F. W. Mead, Susan E. Webb, Oscar E. Liburd, Elena M. Rhodes

“… The grape leaffolder is a common and widely distributed species that is a minor pest of grapes in the United States. …”
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Evaluating Alpha and Beta Taxonomy in Ant-Nest Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussini) by Simone Fattorini, Emanuela Maurizi, Andrea Di Giulio

“…Accumulation curves for valid names and synonyms of species, subgenera, and genera were modelled using logistic functions. …”
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Crabgrass as a Forage and Hay Crop by Ann Rachel Blount, D. M. Ball, Richard K. Sprenkel, Robert O. Myer, Timothy D. Hewitt

“…While it is often considered to be a weedy species, it is a valuable temporary summer forage crop, particularly on open land that is planted to vegetables or row crops, and used in a rotation as pasture for livestock grazing or hay production. …”
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Identification of Dietzia spp. from Cardiac Tissue by 16S rRNA PCR in a Patient with Culture-Negative Device-Associated Endocarditis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Praveen Sudhindra, Guiqing Wang, Robert B. Nadelman

“…While these organisms are known to be distributed widely in the environment, over the past decade several novel species have been described and isolated from human clinical specimens. …”
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Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Propagation by Jeff Wasielewski, Carlos F. Balerdi

“…This new 7-page publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department explains both sexual and asexual propagation techniques, why they are used, and what type of propagation is best for which species of tropical fruit. Written by Jeff Wasielewski and Carlos Balerdi. …”
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Mite Pests of Southern Highbush Blueberry in Florida by Oscar Liburd, Lorena Lopez, Doug Phillips

“… Several mite species attack southern highbush blueberries (SHB), including the southern red mite (Oligonychus ilicis McGregor (Acari: Tetranychidae)), the false spider mite or flat mite (Brevipalpus yothersi Baker) and the blueberry bud mite (Acalitus vaccinii Keifer). …”
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