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- Author:
- Cherry, Ron
- Source:
- Florida entomologist 2011 v.94 no.2 pp. 352-353
- ISSN:
- 0015-4040
- Subject:
- biological control agents; Blissus insularis; Scelionidae; parasitic wasps; Florida
- Abstract:
- ... The parasitic wasp Eumicrosoma benefica has year round activity and was found at all southern chinch bug infestations that were sampled in southern Florida. This parasite is an important, if not the most important, biological control agent in reducing southern chinch bug populations in southern Florida. ...
- DOI:
- 10.1653/024.094.0234
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1653/024.094.0234
- Author:
- Medal, J.; Bustamante, N.; Bredow, E.; Pedrosa, H.; Overholt, W.; Diaz, R.; Cuda, J.
- Source:
- Florida entomologist 2011 v.94 no.2 pp. 214-225
- ISSN:
- 0015-4040
- Subject:
- hot peppers; sweet peppers; oviposition; Solanum viarum; Solanum tuberosum; potatoes; adults; tomatoes; eggplants; potted flowering plants; Capsicum annuum; biological control agents; Nicotiana tabacum; host range; buds; weeds; host specificity; quarantine; eggs; tobacco; biological control; Solanum lycopersicum var. lycopersicum; Anthonomus; Florida
- Abstract:
- ... Multiple-choice and no-choice tests were conducted at the Florida Department of Agriculture quarantine facility to determine the host specificity of the South American flower bud weevil, Anthonomus tenebrosus Boheman, intended for biological control of the exotic weed tropical soda apple (TSA), Solanum viarum Dunal in Florida, USA. Ninety-one plant speciesin 21 families were included in multiple-c ...
- DOI:
- 10.1653/024.094.0214
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1653/024.094.0214
- Author:
- Minteer, C.R.; Kring, T.J.; Shen, J.; Wiedenmann, R.N.
- Source:
- Florida entomologist 2011 v.94 no.2 pp. 350-351
- ISSN:
- 0015-4040
- Subject:
- Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos; Larinus minutus; biological control agents; Arkansas; Colorado
- Abstract:
- ... Larinus minutus, a biological control agent of spotted knapweed, has been established at 2 sites in Washington County, Arkansas. The weevils were collected in Colorado and introduced into Arkansas at 2 sites in 2008 and 6 additional site in 2009. No L. minutus weevil was recorded in Arkansas prior to these releases. ...
- DOI:
- 10.1653/024.094.0233
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1653/024.094.0233
- Author:
- Porter, Sanford D.; Graham, L. C. "Fudd"; Johnson, Seth J.; Thead, Larry G.; Briano, Juan A.
- Source:
- Florida entomologist 2011 v.94 no.2 pp. 208
- ISSN:
- 0015-4040
- Subject:
- Pseudacteon; biological control agents; fire ants; population; population density; population size; species dispersal; Alabama; South America
- Abstract:
- ... The large fire ant decapitating fly, Pseudacteon litoralis Borgmeier, from northeastern Argentina was successfully released as a self-sustaining biocontrol agent of imported fire ants in south central Alabama in 2005. Five years later, this fly is firmly established at the original release site and has expanded outward at least 18 km. Nevertheless, populations remain very low considering P. litora ...
- Handle:
- 10113/55807
- DOI:
- 10.1653/024.094.0213
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1653/024.094.0213
- Author:
- Buckingham, Gary R.; Wineriter, Susan A.; Stanley, Jason D.; Pratt, Paul D.; Center, Ted D.
- Source:
- Florida entomologist 2011 v.94 no.2 pp. 172-179
- ISSN:
- 0015-4040
- Subject:
- wetlands; risk; nontarget organisms; Miridae; Melaleuca quinquenervia; biological control agents; risk assessment; trees; nymphs; indigenous species; immatures; quarantine; insects; vegetation; adults; Florida
- Abstract:
- ... Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T. Blake (Myrtales: Myrtaceae) forms dense monocultures that displace native vegetation in wetlands of southern Florida, USA. Faunal studies in the tree’s native Australian range revealed several prospective biological control agents, including the leaf-blotching bug, Eucerocoris suspectus Distant (Hemiptera: Miridae). This herbivore was imported into quarantine to ...
- DOI:
- 10.1653/024.094.0208
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1653/024.094.0208