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Pest Alert allows faculty of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) to deliver timely information on new and reoccurring pest problems. Other important contributors to Pest
Alert are the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and its agricultural regulatory unit, the Division of Plant Industry; and the Florida Department of Health with its arbovirus summaries and reports.
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a Web site of the UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology and the Florida Division of Plant Industry, contains detailed information on a number of beneficial and pest arthropods. Computer tutorials and knowledgebases on specific pests, groups of pests, and pesticide use are available at the UF/IFAS Buggy Software Web site. Other related sites include the WoodyBug, Whitefly and MCricket online knowledgebases.
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- 01/14/08 - UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology newsletter - January 2009
- 01/14/09 - January 2009 issue of UF/IFAS Chemically Speaking newsletter - Chemically Speaking archives
- 01/14/09 - Florida DoH Arbovirus Summary - through January 10, 2009 PDF - Arbovirus Summary Archives - West Nile virus activity in the United States
- 01/09/09 - Biogenic amines may be effective nematicides
- 01/08/08 - Establishment of a Medfly quarantine area in Los Angeles, California - Mediterranean fruit fly find results in establishment of quarantine area in San Diego, California - See the Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 01/08/09 - Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 Biovar 2: Tropical Losses, Temperate Anxieties
- 01/08/09 - UF entomologist creates national entomological creativity award
- 12/23/08 - Research suggests that honey bees help protect plants against caterpillars
- 12/22/08 - Military uniforms now provide reliable protection from mosquitoes
- 12/19/08 - National Plant Diagnostic Network newsletter - November/December 2008 issue
- 12/19/08 - Experimental soybeans kill nematode pest with its own genes
- 12/17/08 - Pink hibiscus mealybug pheromone licensed - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 12/05/08 - Help requested in collecting arthropod vectors (reduviids) of Chagas Disease
- 12/05/08 - New Featured Creatures - lime swallowtail, Papilio demoleus Linnaeus
- 12/05/08 - A eucalyptus pest, Leptocybe invasa(Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), new to Florida and North America
- 12/05/08 - Evolution causes bad-tasting butterflies to share appearance and habitat
- 12/03/08 - University of California Crop Production/Extomology Advisor position - open until 01/15/09 or filled
- 12/02/08 - Abstracts from the International Symposium on Biological Control of Bacterial Plant Diseases (530 KB PDF)
- 12/02/08 - USDA develops the world's first leafminer-resistant green leaf lettuce - See Featured Creatures publications on vegetable and American serpentine leafminers
- 11/26/08 - GEO announces free and unrestricted access to full Landsat archive
- 11/25/08 - Lepidoptera meetings: Neotropical Lepidoptera, 2009 annual meeting of Lepidopterists’ Society, Association for Tropical Lepidoptera - 16-20 June 2009, Mexico
- 11/24/08 - USDA Research Entomologist/Molecular Biologist (Virologist) - Gainesville, Florida
- 11/24/08 - Are genetically engineered Bt crops more or less harmful to non-target insects?
- 11/24/08 - University of Florida Post-Doctoral position in entomology - in acarology to work on Varroa mite behavior and reproduction - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 11/20/08 - University of Florida Post-Doctoral position in entomology - whitefly management on greenhouse tomatoes
- 10/31/08 - Texas Phoenix palm decline in Florida
- 10/30/08 - How old are arthropods?
- 10/09/08 - FDACS-DPI Triology report - Botany - Entomology - Nematology - Plant Pathology - July/August 2008 - Triology archives
- 10/09/08 - New species of cockroaches to invade Florida, southeasthern U.S.?
- 10/03/08 - Florida's Operation Cleansweep collects pesticides
- 10/02/08 - Florida Butterfly Encounters - four booklets on Florida butterfly watching and gardening
- 09/19/08 - USDA-ARS scientists and cooperators surveying for rare ladybugs - please HELP! - Featured Creatures publication on ladybugs
- 09/19/08 - Multi-state Web site on Ralstonia solanacearum (brown rot, bacterial wilt) now online
- 09/17/08 - Massive Florida mosquito populations, but where are the diseases? - Information on mosquito repellents and traps
- 09/09/08 - Guide to collecting and maintaining live arthropods for classroom display in Florida
- 09/05/08 - UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology faculty with extension responsibilities
- 09/05/08 - Asian citrus psyllid confirmed in San Diego County, California - Asian citrus psyllid confirmed in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina - USDA APHIS Web site on citrus greening and Asian citrus psyllid - FDACS-DPI Web site on citrus greening and Asian citrus psyliid - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 09/06/08 - USDA enacts quarantine due to oriental fruit fly find in Los Angeles, California - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 09/02/08 - Database documents names for more than 150,000 Diptera species
- 08/18/08 - The Sixth International IPM Symposium - Portland, Oregon 24-26 March, 2009
- 08/15/08 - Horse disease returns to U.S., spread by ticks, needles - USDA-APHIS fact sheet on Equine Piroplasmosis - Florida Administrative Rules on Equine Piroplasmosis
- 08/12/08 - Dow voluntarily suspending sale and use of multiple spinosyn insecticides in two Florida counties -
supplemental label on Conserve additional restrictions (PDF) - Dow publication on western flower thrips (PDF) - UF/IFAS western flower thrips fact sheet (PDF) - UF/IFAS publication on thrips on ornamentals
- 08/12/08 - Removal of quarantine area in Santa Clara County - Medfly quarantined area expansion in Los Angeles County, California - Mediterranean fruit fly quarantined area in Santa Clara County, California (October 29th) - Mediterranean fruit fly quarantined area in Solano County, California (September 20th) - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 08/08/08 - Three spring pea germplasm lines can withstand the fungus Fusarium solani
- 08/01/08 - Lethal phytoplasma disease of Sabal palmetto on Florida’s central west coast
- 08/01/08 - New germplasm could help protect avocados from root rot disease
- 07/31/08 - Florida asks people to use local firewood to prevent infestations - CAPS Firewood Use at Campsites Web site, information, brochures, links - National Fact Sheet on woodboring insects PDF
- 07/10/08 - Insect warning colors aid cancer and tropical disease drug discovery
- 07/09/08 - Florida DOACS suggests homeowners closely read termite contracts
- 07/02/08 - Florida urges vaccinations for horses as EEE cases rise
- 07/01/08 - Florida's southern pine beetle prevention cost-share program accepting new applications - See the Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 06/27/08 - Oriental fruit flies found in Orlando, Florida - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 06/24/08 - For Florida, is 2008 a bad year for mosquitoes and the diseases they vector? - See the Featured Creatures publications on Asian tiger mosquito, common malaria mosquito, yellow fever mosquito, and the Florida SLE mosquito
- 06/23/08 - Tick and mosquito repellent can be made commercially from pine oil
- 06/18/08 - Are there really more species of bees than of mammals and birds combined?
- 06/17/08 - UF/IFAS Arboviral Transmission Risk Model for Peninsular Florida - June 8, 2008
- 06/13/08 - New silverleaf whitefly (biotype Q) has growers concerned
- 06/12/08 - New method may thwart pecan and peach diseases
- 06/10/08 - New record for sapodilla flower moth - discovered in Miami-Dade, Florida
- 06/10/08 - Heat appears to reduce fruit fly larva survival in mangoes
- 05/28/08 - Genetic pesticide for termites developed in UF/IFAS lab - UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Toxicology Web site
- 05/28/08 - Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 - SURVEY
- 05/27/08 - Major revision of the textbook Insect Physiology and Biochemistry, 2nd Edition - For-sale publications by University of Florida entomology and nematology personnel
- 05/27/08 - New exotic soft scale insect on croton in south Florida
- 05/23/08 - Egg makes tracking the green peach aphid easier - See the Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 05/19/06 - Update on regulation of plants recently reported with Phytophthora ramorum (ramorum blight dieback, sudden oak death)
- 05/16/08 - Florida python invasion: expanded and still growing - Burmese pythons in south Florida
- 05/15/08 - New peanut variety resistant to nematodes and tomato spotted wilt virus
- 05/14/08 - Ozone might help make bee hives cleaner and safe
- 05/12/08 - ABC's of Entomology CD-ROM is a new environmental/science classroom curriculum
- 05/06/08 - Scientists still seeking a cause of colony collapse disorder - Genetic survey finds association between honey bee colony collapse disorder and virus - Scientists find clue in mystery of the vanishing bees - USDA announces Colony Collapse Disorder research action plan - Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in honey bees - USDA Questions and Answers: Colony Collapse Disorder - Australian bees not source of virus associated with Colony Collapse Disorder in U.S. - Africanized Bees: Coping With the Challenge (HTML, ASX and WMV files) - Africanized bees on the "Commissioner's Spotlight" radio program (mp3)
- 04/30/08 - The UF McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity newsletter - April 2008
- 04/21/08 - UF/IFAS researchers seek bugs to battle Hygrophila polysperma - See Featured Creatures publication on the waterlily leafcutter
- 04/18/08 - UF/IFAS and FDACS-DPI African Honey Bee Extension and Education Web site - Initial tests show Florida resident died from Africanized bee attack - see Featured Creatures publication on this subspecies
- 04/18/08 - Three viruses threaten cucurbits — and now green beans
- 04/16/08 - The Toxicology and Biochemistry of Insecticides - For-sale publications by University of Florida entomology and nematology personnel
- 04/11/08 - Gene clusters offer potential protection against plant diseases
- 04/09/08 - USDA announces findings from Citrus Greening Summit and proposes a national plan to fight disease - Citrus Greening Summit Findings and National Plan Development - See the Featured Creatures publication on the Asian citrus psyllid
- 04/09/08 - Tree heartwood extracts thwart Sudden Oak Death microbe
- 04/09/08 - Gladiolus rust, Uromyces transversalis, detected again in Florida - See DOACS report of 06/22/07
- 04/04/08 - Creating homes that please America's wild bees
- 03/31/08 - Mexican fruit fly find results in quarantined area in Texas - see Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 03/26/08 - UF research shows termite damage cuts insulation values by nearly 75 percent
- 03/26/08 - Horidiplosis ficifolii, an ornamental pest, and a genus/species new to Florida and North America - Pest Risk Assessment (from Plant Protection Service, The Netherlands)
- 03/21/08 - Florida recommends horse vaccinations due to onset of equine diseases
- 03/21/08 - USDA-ARS shows flies may spread food poisoning bacteria to chickens and their eggs
- 03/20/08 - USDA-ARS working to control Fusarium oxysporum which causes "Fusarium wilt"
- 03/12/08 - Environmentally-friendly controls for peach tree pests
- 03/12/08 - Overfertilizing St. Augustinegrass could encourage chinch bugs
- 02/25/08 - Anise compounds control the plant fungus Colletotrichum, which causes anthracnose diseases worldwide
- 02/06/08 - National Agricultural Library English and Spanish language Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
- 02/01/08 - Cucurbit leaf crumple virus detected in green beans in southwest Florida
- 02/01/08 - USDA announces Federal/university Areawide Program to Improve Honey Bee Health, Survivorship and Pollination Availability
- 01/18/08 - For best pest detection, suit the attractant to the fruit fly - See Featured Creatures for publications on Mexican, Caribbean and West Indian fruit flies.
- 01/15/08 - Growers could benefit from Asian cockroaches - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 01/11/08 - USDA further expands citrus greening quarantine in Florida
- 01/10/08 - Blueberry gall midge parasitoids discovered
- 12/31/07 - Court upholds Florida's regulation for Septoria citri on California citrus products
- 12/20/07 - New nonchemical approach to curbing mosquitoes
- 12/14/07 - USDA-ARS licenses purple bacteria to battle crop pests: Colorado potato beetle, gypsy moth, small hive beetle, tobacco hornworm etc.
- 12/07/07 - Fruit fly study provides insight into bee immune system
- 12/05/07 - Red palm mite discovered in Florida - Red palm mite could be heading for Florida (06/06/07) - FDACS-DPI red palm mite Web site - UF/IFAS red palm mite Web site - Detection and identification of the red palm mite, Raoiella indica PDF - FDACS-DPI plant inspectors by county - Red palm mite technical working group formed in United States - See Featured Creatures publication on this species - NAPPO report
- 11/28/07 - World Conservation Union - Species Survival Commission (IUCN/SSC) Report and Recommendations on Cycad Aulacaspis Scale PDF - Cycad Aulacaspis Scale Pest Alert PDF
- 11/19/07 - USDA revises regulations for movement of citrus fruit from Florida - Final rule on movement of citrus from canker-quarantined areas - Frequently asked questions
- 11/14/07 - Lepidoptera Image Gallery - Florida Museum of Natural History
- 11/13/07 - Researchers identify cause of watermelon vine decline
- 11/05/07 - USDA expands citrus greening and Asian citrus psyllid quarantine - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 11/01/07 - A trap for the small hive beetle - See the Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 10/30/07 - An outbreak of downy mildew on basil in south Florida
- 10/29/07 - UF/IFAS Invasive Arthropod Working Group Web site and listserv
- 10/16/07 - The fig whitefly - a new exotic found on Ficus in south Florida - Invasive Arthropod Working Group site on this species
- 10/09/07 - Protecting spinach from leafminers
- 10/06/07 - Adule male Spodoptera litura found in Florida - USDA/FDACS Response - Life cycle images - Australian Fact Sheet
- 10/06/07 - Ticks don’t come out in the wash
- 10/03/07 - Bottlegourd gene may curb cucurbit virus in watermelons
- 10/02/07 - Redbay Seed Collection Program - Redbay ambrosia beetle and redbay mortality
- 09/28/07 - Chrysanthemum white rust found in Connecticut
- 09/27/07 - More roads = more ants = less trees? Something to think about.
- 09/25/07 - Socking it to strawberry root rot
- 09/11/07 - Areawide approach to fire ant control - Areawide Suppression of Fire Ants Web site - See the Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 09/10/07 - Florida Department Of Agriculture seeking whereabouts of missing quarantined camellia plants
- 08/27/07 - Variable oakleaf caterpillar defoliation in Florida
- 08/20/07 - Consumers should read the fine print in new type of termite contracts
- 08/20/07 - New Best of the Bugs Web sites - Online Guide to Insect Songs and Australian Ants Online
- 08/20/07 - Regulatory action no longer required for orange rust of sugarcane, Puccinia kuehnii, in Florida - Detections of orange rust of sugarcane, Puccinia kuehnii, in Palm Beach County, Florida
- 08/15/07 - New plant-insect interaction discovered
- 08/10/07 - Dealing with snakes in Florida's residential areas
- 08/09/07 - Largest butterfly in Western Hemisphere needs help to avoid extinction
- 08/09/07 - New cyst nematode discovered on corn in Tennessee
- 07/26/07 - Estimating maggot development time in a corpse
- 07/25/07 - Chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), a new pest thrips for Florida - Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood discovered in Palm Beach County - EPPO data sheet on this pest and its biology PDF - Powerpoint and poster on this
thrips - Risk assessment PDF - image of S. dorsalis - Damage to rose foliage and blooms PDF - Images of chilli thrips damage and related links - UF/IFAS publication on chilli thrips control - Two-page color PDF
- 07/24/07 - Indian River redbay mortality sites 230 KB JPG - New state record for Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff PDF - FDACS-DPI Pest Alert on Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff
- 07/24/07 - Stinging, flying ants attacking people in Florida
- 07/17/07 - Resistance gene helps explain foulbrood's spread among U.S. bees
- 07/16/07 - UF/IFAS Plant Pathology faculty with extension responsibilities
- 07/12/07 - Single male fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis complex) found in Valrico, Florida - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 06/28/07 - UF to release parasitic fly to combat "evil weevil"; destroying native bromeliads - Pests of Bromeliads - See Featured Creatures publication on Mexican bromeliad weevil
- 06/28/07 - CDC
says Lyme disease cases have doubled in U.S. - CDC Lyme disease Web site
- 06/28/07 - UF/IFAS positions available
- 06/27/07 - Florida reoffers Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Cost Share Program - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 06/27/07 - The pale potato cyst nematode can now be positively identified
- 06/26/07 - Florida agriculture officials requesting public cooperation in efforts to eradicate gladiolus rust - Gladiolus rust, Uromyces transversalis, detected again in Florida - USDA
confirms gladiolus rust, Uromyces transversalis, in Florida
- 06/24/07 - Eastern lubber grasshoppers a problem in Florida
- 06/15/07 - Can the right potting mix replace fungicide?
- 06/14/07 - Florida residents warned prepare for potential mosquito explosion - Repellents, Traps, Virus Information, etc.
- 06/12/07 - Invasive Cuban tree frogs threaten native wildlife, damage utilities in Florida
- 06/07/07 - Poliaspis cycad scale, Poliaspis cycadis, a new exotic scale insect for Florida
- 06/04/07 - New lure attracts beneficial lacewing predators - See UF/IFAS Beneficial Arthrpods Image Gallery CD-ROM
- 06/01/07 - New fruit fly control combination more effective, longer lasting
- 05/25/07 - UF/IFAS releases Beneficial Arthropods: Predators Image Gallery CD-ROM
- 05/23/07 - California Department of Food and Agrciculture Web site on light brown apple moth - USDA issues Federal order to halt spread of light brown apple moth - Society of American Florists DETAILED
Action Alert (includes Federal Domestic Quarantine Order PDF - Update on quarantine areas for light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana - United States
- 05/23/07 - Bacterium toxic to Colorado potato beetle, gypsy moth, small hive beetle and tobacco hornworm - See Featured Creatures publication on Colorado potato beetle, small hive beetle, and tobacco hornworm
- 05/16/07 - Diaprepes root weevil, a citrus pest, has its potential distribution mapped PDF - Effects of low temperatures on
mortality and oviposition PDF - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 05/12/07 - UF/IFAS entomology Image Gallery CD-ROMs
- 05/11/07 - Possible new fungal control for whiteflies discovered - See
Featured Creatures publication on whiteflies
- 05/10/07 - UF researchers test natural predators to control sago palm threat
- 05/04/07 - New lettuces shrug off verticillium wilt
- 05/02/07 - Finding too-small-to-see bedbugs no problem for canine sniffers
- 05/01/07 - Arsenic-absorbing fern may soak up toxic metal to repel hungry bugs
- 04/26/07 - New mosquito-borne illness may be headed to United States
- 04/26/07 - Mexican fruit fly quarantined area in Webb County, Texas - See
Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 04/18/07 - USDA seeks partner for development of new biological control for fire ants
- 04/12/07 - First report of sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus in North Carolina, United States
- 04/11/07 - Prompt progress made against broad mite threat to watermelon - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 04/06/07 - Living with Africanized honey bees
- 04/04/07 - Keeping mosquitoes out of foreign airspace
- 04/02/07 - Whitefly-transmitted cucurbit leaf crumple virus in Florida
- 03/20/07 - USA and Canada implement additional potato cyst nematode and golden nematode surveillance measures
- 03/19/07 - Small banana weevil found in Florida, record for continental United States
- 03/19/07 - Purest strains of Africanized honeybees yet found on Florida's east coast - Keeping Africanized honey bees out of wildlife nest boxes
- 03/01/07 - UF/IFAS termite digestion findings could lead to new strategies for ethanol production, pest control
- 03/01/07 - USDA seeks partner to commericalize new fly trap
- 02/22/07 - Enzyme-modified corn plants kill armyworm larvae
- 02/13/07 - Updated USDA map of Africanized honey bees' spread in the United States
- 02/01/07 - Suppressing Asian citrus psyllid could curb citrus greening disease - See Featured
Creatures publication on this species
- 01/26/07 - Old-time mosquito remedy may work against ticks, too
- 01/12/07 - Botrytis fruit rot and powdery mildew of strawberry in Florida
- 01/05/07 - The redbay ambrosia beetle and Ophiostoma sp. fungus - Redbay mortality threatens the Palamedes
swallowtail
- 12/12/06 - Genetic modification turns plant virus into delivery vehicle for green-friendly insecticide
- 12/11/06 - Lime swallowtail in the Caribbean and possible impacts for Florida citrus
- 12/10/06 - Queen bees shown to pass viruses to their offspring
- 12/06/06 - PhilRice
launches book on golden apple snail (kuhol), a severe rice pest
- 12/06/06 - German cockroaches winning the war against pest control baits
- 11/29/06 - Nematodes as Pests of Ornamental Plants software tutorials
- 11/29/06 - Icerya genistae - new exotic scale insect for Florida - NAPPO report
- 11/28/06 - UF/IFAS Assessment of the Status of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas Web site
- 11/15/06 - Bedbugs begone! UF/IFAS fumigation school teaches low-cost control method - See Featured
Creatures publication on this species
- 11/06/06 - USDA National Plant Disease Recovery System
- 11/03/06 - Scientists leverage new tool to diagnose plant diseases
- 10/31/06 - Video PSA on exotic tarantula species in Florida
- 10/30/06 - Erythrina gall wasp, a damaging pest of coral tree and other Erythrina spp., is now in Florida - New Continental Record
- 10/20/06 - Whitefly Pupae of the World compendium and key
- 10/19/06 - Center for Plant Health Science and Technology - Invasive Mite Identification resource - Link
to the Mite Identification site
- 10/19/06 - Tiny wasps proving helpful to area gardens in controlling destructive pink hibiscus mealybug - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 10/11/06 - FDACS-DPI announces new state record for a thrips, Megalurothrips mucunae, pest of several Fabaceae spp.
- 10/05/06 - Beetle's appetite proving helpful in destruction of tropical soda apple
- 10/02/06 - USDA
adopts final rule to regulate pine shoot beetle host material from Canada - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 10/02/06 - Fighting corn-damaging fungi with bacteria
- 09/28/06 - A
Neotropical longhorn beetle new to the mainland of Florida
- 09/28/06 - Florida's Citrus Health Response Program
- 09/20/06 - California pea leafminer is a potential vegetable pest in Florida
- 09/08/06 - Florida Counties with Q Biotype Whitefly -
Growers should report unsual activity. - Informational Web site on whiteflies - including Q-Type
- 09/08/06 - FDACS-DPI Pest Alert on Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (biotype Q) - USDA Whitefly Web site
- 09/08/06 -This was an initial false report of Q Biotype in Florda but Q Biotype is NOW in Florida - Q whitefly error notification PDF - Confirmation
(no longer true - as yet!) of Whitefly Q Biotype in Florida - with links to other information sources
- 09/08/06 - Alternate methods of whitefly control
- 09/08/06 - Whitefly
Taxonomic and Ecological Website
- 09/06/06 - Scientists in
Florida and Georgia work to control cactus moth - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 09/05/06 - USDA establishing domestic quarantine order for potato cyst nematode, Globodera pallida - USDA
announces $13 million for potato cyst nematode survey
- 08/14/06 - New form of fusarium wilt could pose threat to watermelon crop
- 08/04/06 - USDA
establishes regulations for fruit movement from Florida due to citrus canker
- 07/28/06 - Insect Galls of Florida - new UF/IFAS book
- 07/26/06 - The FDACS Public Advisory on Africanized honey bees PDF
- 07/19/06 - Florida
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services offers free pick-up and disposal of cancelled, suspended and unusable pesticides
- 07/14/06 - Second detection of potato cyst nematode - June 15th Update on potato cyst nematode in Idaho - Potato cyst nematode detected in Idaho on 04/20/06
- 07/13/06 - USDA Pre-Harvest Security Guidelines and Checklist 2006
- 07/10/06 - Florida announces changes to pest control rules enhancing consumer protections for termite contracts
- 07/10/06 - UF/IFAS extension education program helps slow spread of citrus canker and greening
- 07/05/06 - UF/IFAS researchers believe watermelon disease mystery solved
- 06/16/06 - Surveillance and Control of Selected Arthropod-borne Diseases in Florida - 2006 Guidebook PDF
- 06/15/06 - Update
on potato cyst nematode in Idaho - Potato cyst nematode detected in Idaho (04/20/06)
- 05/26/06 - Icerya rileyi, a new exotic scale insect for Florida
- 05/24/06 - Symposium
Program and Abstracts from the Fifth National IPM Symposium
- 05/24/06 - Discovery of a new species of island-dwelling termite poses mystery
- 05/22/06 - Asa Fitch's Aphid
Notes - Entomological History
- 05/05/06 - Florida Citrus Greening Information and Disease and Quarantine Maps
- 04/27/06 - U.S. EPA Hispanic Pesticide Web site - El medio ambiente y su salud: Pesticidas
- 04/14/06 - Mare reproductive loss syndrome confirmed in Florida - University of Kentucky information on eastern tent caterpillar - Virginia
information on eastern tent caterpillar- the Florida perspective
- 04/06/06 - USDA
announces availability of citrus canker scientific evaluation
- 04/04/06 - USDA
releases report on soybean rust detection efforts
- 03/20/06 - A pest of mango, Rhytidodera bowringii, intercepted at Florida port - U.S. Customs and Border Protection news release
- 03/20/06 - Africanized honey bees are still on the move
- 02/16/06 - UF researchers say lobate lac scale insect attacks more than 300 species of plants
- 02/16/06 - UF expert to showcase insects at Olustee reenactment
- 02/09/06 - Termite advice from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- 02/08/06 - UF researchers hopeful citrus canker can be managed
- 01/31/06 - Granddad's advice may help thwart mosquitoes
- 01/26/06 - Florida Licensed Pesticide Applicators may now reuse UF/IFAS Tutorials to earn CEUs
- 01/23/06 - UF/IFAS researchers say citrus greening can be managed with new biological and chemical controls - See Featured Creatures publication on the disease's insect vector
- 01/13/06 - UF research shows that methyl bromide use on crops can be reduced by 50 percent under metalized bed covers
- 01/06/06 - FDACS reminder - chlorpyrifos no longer legal for termite control
- 01/03/06 - Sooty Mold Web site - almost everything you wanted to know
- 12/23/05 - Zaprionus
indianusGupta (Diptera: Drosophilidae), a genus and species new to Florida and North America
- 12/22/05 - Common Names of Arachnids 2003 Manual - American Arachnological Society
- 12/19/05 - New antibiotic approved for treating honey bee American foulbrood disease
- 12/16/05 - Red-belted clearwing moth, Synanthedon myopaeformis (Borkhausen) - a pest of Rosaceae tree species - new to North America - more
images
- 12/13/05 - Proceedings
of the National Soybean Rust Symposium now available online
- 12/06/05 - UF/IFAS scientist develops bait to stop troublesome white-footed ant - See
Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 11/07/05 - Florida beggar weed identified as a host of soybean rust
- 11/04/05 - First record of Afenestrata orientalis in Florida and the United States PDF
- 10/17/05 - Plectosporium blight of cucurbits in Florida
- 10/14/05 - Pinkstriped oakworm abundant in central Florida
- 10/12/05 - Spanish language comic book for pesticide safety education
- 10/12/05 - NIOSH recommendations for protecting outdoor workers from West Nile virus exposure
- 10/10/05 - An exotic weevil pest of Amaryllidaceae in Florida
- 09/23/05 - First report of Meloidogyne partityla (Nematoda) on pecan in Florida
- 09/12/05 - New U.S. record for Tetranychus piercei, a red spider mite, in Florida PDF - Australian
publication on this species PDF
- 09/06/05 - FDACS-Division
of Plant Industry Web site on citrus greening: Pest Alert, FDACS press release, images, vector, links, etc.
- 08/19/05 - Twobanded
Japanese weevil, Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus Roelofs, an invasive pest new to Florida - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 08/15/05 - New plant pest, a leaffooted bug, Leptoglossus zonatus, found in Florida - Discovery report
for Leptoglossus zonatus PDF
- 07/19/05 - UF/IFAS scientists provide management recommendations for soybean rust
- 07/13/05 - UF/IFAS releases three photographic gallery CD-ROMs of vegetable pest images
- 07/05/05 - UF/IFAS scientists detect soybean rust, farmers brace for outbreaks
- 06/23/05 - Africanized honey bees in Florida news release - APIS Web site on Africanized honey bees - IFAS Publication on Africanized bees - Africanized Honey Bee Talking Points by DPI PDF
- 06/17/05 - Coconut borer found for the first time in the U.S. in Palm Beach, Florida - attacks many palms
- 06/17/05 - UF/IFAS researchers declare victory in 25-year battle against invasive mole cricket pests - UF/IFAS
Mole Cricket Web site - spread of Larra
wasps in Florida
- 06/17/05 - Snowbush
spanworm caterpillars can wreak havoc on south Florida snowbush
- 06/16/05 - Two new species of Asian ambrosia beetles established in Florida
- 06/02/05 - New Florida state record for Phaedon desotonis Balsbaugh, a destructive beetle pest of Coreopis spp. (tickseed) PDF - FDACS-DPI Web site on this species
- 05/20/05 - Carbon dioxide mosquito traps no magic bullet, say UF experts
- 05/20/05 - Updated
information regarding insect repellents from CDC - UF/IFAS memo on repellent use PDF
- 04/25/05 - A new scale pest of West Indian mahogany in Florida
- 04/25/05 - A new scale pest of sugarcane and other grasses in Florida
- 04/19/05 - Preventing tick-borne diseases - See Featured Creatures publication on the blacklegged tick - See National Public Health Pesticide Applicator Training Manual chapters on ticks and tick borne diseases
- 04/04/05 - Asian subterranean termites discovered in Ft. Lauderdale and Riviera Beach, Florida - UF/IFAS News Release
- 03/09/05 - First report of stripe rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici on wheat in Florida PDF
- 03/02/05 - White-footed ant extends it range in US and Bahamas PDF - White-footed ant distribution table PDF - See Featured Creatures publication on this species
- 02/22/05 - Florida reports the first North American records of a large seed bug, a potential peanut pest - Florida Entomologist article PDF
- 02/14/05 - Moth released in Florida as part of biological control effort against old world climbing fern
- 02/11/05 - Iguanas spreading rapidly throughout south Florida
- 11/15/04 - Was it really a brown recluse spider? - See the Featured Creatures publication on the brown recluse spider and oft-mistaken other spider species - Identification of the brown recluse spider
- 11/10/04 - Seminole County inmates raise beneficial bugs for UF/IFAS and USDA researchers
- 11/01/04 - Snails and slugs of regulatory significance to Florida - See Featured Creatures publication on Zachrysia provisoria
- 09/30/04 - Florida Citrus Canker Web site in both English and Español
- 09/14/04 - Answers
to health and environmental questions about the aerial application of Dibrom (naled) for mosquito control PDF - Florida Department of Health
- 09/10/04 - Mosquito repellents, traps, information, etc.
- 09/01/04 - UF/IFAS researchers use viruses to cure tomato spot
- 08/31/04 - Ceratitus sp. fruit flies - possibly the Natal Fruit fly C. rosa - intercepted in Florida
- 08/31/04 - Insect pests of grapes in the Southeastern United States PDF
- 08/30/04 - UF distance education Master of Science degrees - M.S. in Entomology - M.S. in Pest Management - available and planned courses
- 08/10/04 - Canna yellow mottle virus detected in Canna in Florida PDF - HTML version
- 07/27/04 - Mosquito control - timed spray systems
- 07/27/04 - Mosquito Repellent Wars PDF
- 07/27/04 - Insect
repellent use and safety - Center for Disease Control
- 07/26/04 - Butterflies can "talk" - UF/IFAS research suggests
- 07/23/04 - Most recent version of the Sudden Oak Death (SOD) (P. ramorum) diagnostic SOP, USDA update, SOD poster and Quick ID card
- 07/06/04 - New leafhopper (Diceratalebra sanguinolinea) in Florida attacking Cordia globosa, an endangered plant
- 07/02/04 - New plant could halt one of world's most damaging tomato diseases
- 06/18/04 - 100 most economically important invasive insects in Florida
- 06/18/04 - Bug CD-ROMs created by UF/IFAS entomologist help pesticide applicators
- 06/04/04 - Fact or fiction: the truth about those pesky lovebugs - (lovebugs- it's one word folks!)
- 05/21/04 - UF/IFAS researchers help eradicate exotic termite
- 05/13/04 - Watch for the giant African snail - giant African snail alert PDF - giant African snail poster PDF
- 05/10/04 - Alert on the eugenia psyllid, Trioza eugeniae
- 04/28/04 - FDACS and UF/IFAS continue actions to protect Florida against sudden oak death fungus
- 04/15/04 - Discrimination of plant pathogenic bacteria using an electronic nose PDF
- 04/13/04 - UF/IFAS researchers use essential oil as Earth-friendly pesticide
- 04/01/04 - Sudden oak death a critical issue for the U.S. nursery industry - A USDA report
- 02/09/04 - Rust occurrence on Myrcianthes fragrans, Callistemon citrinus and Salix babylonica in Florida
- 01/22/04 - USDA 2004 Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 Action Plan PDF
- 01/22/04 - Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 in New York Greenhouse
- 01/22/04 - Outbreak of Ralstonia solanacearum (race 3, biovar 2) in geraniums in U.S.; effects of biofumigants on Ralstonia solanacearum (race 1, biovar 1)
- 01/22/04 - Occurrence of southern wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum on Geranium in Florida
- 01/20/04 - First report of Plasmopara halstedii on perennial black-eyed susan in North Florida PDF
- 12/04/03 - Popular Hoaxes
- 11/21/03 - Aphid damaging seashore paspalum
- 10/28/03 - First report of tomato spotted wilt virus in Hosta in Florida PDF
- 10/28/03 - Cuban laurel thrips infesting Ficus benjamina nursery crops
- 08/12/03 - Homeowners in Florida nervous about brahminy blind snakes
- 08/06/03 - Fire may help combat fatal dogwood tree epidemic
- 06/09/03 - Lobate lac scale is killing south Florida "dooryard" Melaleuca trees and other plants
- 06/04/03 - First report of septoria leaf spot on Rudbeckia fulgida in Florida
- 05/19/03 - An exotic aphid from Asia found in Florida on Ficus sp.
- 05/02/03 - Microscopic mites may be linked to acne, thinning hair and other skin disorders
- 04/28/03 - White smut occurrence on Gaillardia species in Florida
- 04/08/03 - Tomato spotted wilt virus detected in American black nightshade (Solanum americanum) in vegetable field in southeast Florida
- 11/26/02 - Research provides head start for controlling fire ants
- 10/18/02 - Researchers say environmentally friendly controls effective on insect pest and deadly plant virus
- 10/15/02 - Outbreak of choanephora blight, caused by the fungus Choanephora sp., on beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) and pepper (Capsicum annuum) in south Florida
- 08/19/02 - Deer flies a biting problem? "Trolling" may be just the ticket
- 08/15/02 - Miticide/nematicide labeled for use against foliar nematodes
- 07/17/02 - Advice to consumers on propane mosquito traps
- 06/21/02 - Researchers develop biocontrol for tropical soda apple
- 05/16/02 - Cactus moth threat to US Opuntia cactus
- 04/29/02 - Florida's rare bromeliads in danger
- 04/03/02 - Tussock moth caterpillars in central and northern Florida
- 04/01/02 - Brown citrus aphid killers - See the Featured Creatures publication on the brown citrus aphid
- 11/09/01 - Tobacco mosaic virus and tomato mosaic virus infections detected in commercial tomato fields in south Florida
- 09/13/01 - Inflorescence (seed head) blight occurrence on Pennisetum species
- 04/13/01 - Southern pine beetle in Alachua and Marion Counties
- 03/29/01 - Twig girdler damage and control
- 02/26/01 - Toxic toads
- 12/27/00 - Pepper mild mottle virus detected in bell pepper plants in commercial fields in southeast Florida
- 10/11/00 - Florida declares southern pine beetle emergency
- 07/21/00 - University of Florida "IPM and Florida Tomatoes" brochure
- 04/13/00 - Outbreak of fire blight on pears and Indian hawthorn in north Florida and south Georgia
- 01/25/00 - Southern pine beetle in Hernando, Volusia, and Levy Counties
- 01/13/00 - Pepper mild mottle virus detected in bell pepper plants in commercial fields in southwest Florida
- 11/09/99 - Hyphenated and other insect common names
- 08/20/99 - Tomato yellow leaf curl virus on tomato: update from north Florida
- 03/04/99 - Tomato yellow leaf curl virus on tomato in north Florida and south Georgia
- 12/30/98 - Leaf spot occurrence on ryegrass in Florida
- 12/02/98 - Trolling deer fly trap
- 10/02/98 - Florida yellowjacket epidemic
- 09/15/98 - Insects and the wildfires of 1998
- 06/17/98 - Citrus psylla: *here* in Florida - an action plan - updated
- 11/30/97 - Southern pine beetle activity in Florida - 1997
- 08/12/97 - Tomato yellow leaf curl virus management for homeowners
- 08/05/97 - Beneficial nematodes not effective for fire ant control
- 09/12/96 - Earthworm information for county extension agents
- 08/12/96 - Pesticide compatibility of beneficial nematodes
- 04/19/95 - Southern pine beetle outbreaks in northern Florida
- 05/01/93 - Insects, mite, and nematode cultures in Florida
- 03/16/92 - Soaps and detergents for insect control
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