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Collaborations

The Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

Current collaborators and projects:

COACHELLA VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL, INDIO, CA,
  • Improving Fire Ant Bait Efficacy in Irrigated Landscapes in the Coachella Valley
  • Fire Ant IPM in the Coachella Valley: Improving Fire Ant Bait Efficacy in Irrigated Landscapes and Monitoring Fire Ant Biocontrol Agents
    • DENFENSE FINANCE & ACCOUNTING SVC, Rome, NY,
  • Aedes Surveillance, Pathogen Testing and Host Preference Study in Caribbean/Central America
    • DFAS-INDY VP GFEBS, INDIANAPOLIS, IN,
  • Bite Protection Assays for Project 15-014 Jungle Fabric and Architecture Development Effort (JFADE)
  • USDA Wear Control Release Dispenser 7-3008
  • Development of Wearable Controlled Release Dispensers (W-CRD) Year 3
  • Deployed Warfighter Protection Research Program (2018)
  • VECP Bite Protection Testing of Project 8-3R99
  • Deployed Warfighter Protection Research Program (2018)
    • FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY, TALLAHASSEE, FL,
  • Improved Biologically-Based Tactics to Manage Invasive Insect Pests
    • FRENCH AGRI RES CENTER FOR INTL DEV (CIRAD), AVENUE AGROPOLIS, ,
  • Pheromone Trapping Network for Fall Armyworm in Africa
  • Investigation of Migratory Moth Agricultural Pests with Genetic Markers
    • GALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY, FAIRFAX, VA,
  • Biodiversity Protection in the Galapagos Through Biological Control of Invasive Tropical Fire Ants
    • GEARJUMP TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Cambridge, MA,
  • Development of Wearable Controlled Release Dispensers (W-CRD)
    • HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, WUHAN, HUBEI 430070, ,
  • The Molecular Regulation of Sex Determination and Female-Specific Lethality or Embryonic Conditional Lethality in Bactrocera Species
    • INST NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONS AGROPECUARIAS, QUITO, ,
  • Genetic Characterization of Spodoptera frugiperda Populations (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Ecuador
    • INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, WIEN, ,
  • Conditional Lethal Tephritid Strains for Improved SIT and Genetic Stability
    • INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE TROPICAL AGRICULTURE, COTONOU, BENIN, ,
  • Pheromone Trapping Network for Fall Armyworm in Africa
    • INTL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY & ECO, NAIROBI, ,
  • Identification of Semiochemicals for Regulation of Potentially Invasive Pests or Beneficial Organisms for the Control of Invasive Pests to the U.S.
    • ISRAEL-U.S. BINATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH &, RISHON LEZION 7528809, ,
  • Development of Sustainable Fly Management Tools in an Era of Global Warming
    • NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON DC, DC,
  • Assessment and Mitigation of Genetic Breakdown of Transgenic Conditional Lethality Systems in Insect Species
  • Genomic Engineering of Fruit Fly Pest Species to Improve Their Control by Biologically-based Methods
    • NAVY ENTOMOLOGY CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE, Jacksonville, FL,
  • Validation and Field Testing of Nanopore Sequencing for Simultaneous Vector and Pathogen Detection from Surveillance Collections
  • Field Testing of Combined Sequencing and Data Collection Platform for Simultaneous Vector and Pathogen Detection from Surveillance Collections
    • NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY, POTCHEFSTROOM 2520, ,
  • Testing of Different Pheromone Lures for Fall Armyworm in Africa
    • PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE, UNIVERSITY PARK, PA,
  • Improved Fly Control on Poultry Facilities with Microbial Products
    • PURDUE UNIVERSITY, WEST LAFAYETTE, IN,
  • Effects of Hermetic Storage on Red Flour Beetle Acoustic Activity Patterns and Mortality
    • RECA-NIGER, NIAMEY, ,
  • Pheromone Trapping Network for Fall Armyworm in Africa
    • SILVER COAST, MILTON, ONT. L9T 5T8, ,
  • Development and Evaluation of a Collapsible House Fly Trap Based on Existing Designs with an Attractant System Based on Available Attractants
    • THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, ST. AUGUSTINE, ,
  • Investigation of Migratory Moth Agricultural Pests with Genetic Markers
    • UNIVERSITE DE LAUSANNE, , ,
  • Ultra-high Throughput Sequencing of Gp-9 Supergene in Fire Ants
    • UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA, , ,
  • Pheromone Trapping Network for Fall Armyworm in Africa
    • UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, FL,
  • Florida Olive Insect Pest Survey
  • Developing Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) as a Tool Mosquito Control Districts Can Use for Integrated Aedes aegypti Control
  • Novel Spatial Repellents and Insecticides to Circumvent Pyrethroid Resistance
  • Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Florida Strawberries: Species Composition, Impact, and Biopesticides for Management
  • Improvement of Genetically Modified Fruit Fly Strains for Use in the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)
  • The Identification and Characterization of Hidden Redox Reactions in Plant Metabolic Pathways
  • Synthesis of Novel Insecticides using Structure-activity Guided Design
  • Adapting and Expanding High Tunnel Organic Vegetable Production for the Southeast
  • Analysis and Manipulation of Transgene Expression in Fruit Fly Species for Improved Population Control
  • Sweet CAP: Integrated Technologies to Improve Sweet Corn Production and Marketability
    • UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA,
  • EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS OF A SOCIALITY SUPERGENE
    • UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, OMAHA, NE,
  • A Multi-Tactic Push-Pull Strategy for Controlling Stable Flies on Pasture Cattle in Nebraska and Florida.
    • UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE, TN,
  • Extended pest migration in Bt versus non-transgenic crops:impacts on risk assessment and Bt resistance dissemination.
    • USDA, APHIS, PPQ, S&T, RALEIGH, NC,
  • Development of Regulatory Treatments for Imported Fire Ants (IFA) in Nursery Stock, 2017-2018
  • Development of Rapid IFA Assay Kit and Species-Specific Surveillance Trap
  • Biocontrol of fire ants with virus natural enemies
  • Rapid Identification of Fire Ant Species and remote detection of Fire Ants.