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Crop Protection and Quarantine
(National Program 304) in FL
Subtropical Horticulture Research
Chemistry Research
Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Research
- Improved Biologically-Based Methods for Management of Native and Invasive Crop Insect Pests
- Managing Invasive Weeds and Insect Pests Using Biologically-Based Methods
- Sterile Male Fruit Fly Strains for Improved Biologically-Based Population Control
- Managing Invasive Weeds and Insect Pests Using Biologically-Based Methods
- Enabling Sustainable Control Of Fruit-fly Agricultural Pests Using CRISPR-Editing Of High-throughput Selectable Traits Of Target Insect Species
Subtropical Insects and Horticulture Research
- Exotic Whitefly and Subtropical Invasive Pests of Vegetables and Ornamental Plants
- Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB
- IPM Method for Control of Insect Pests and Transmitted Diseases of Orchard Crops
- Cap: Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation And Field Delivery Pipeline For Solutions To HLB
- Developing, Harmonizing and Extending IPM strategies for Major Arthropod Groups and New Invasive Pests of Ornamental and Floriculture Production
- Developing an Integrated Pest Management Program for Thrips Parvispinus (Karny) on Ornamental Crops in the Southeastern U.S.
- Engineering Floral Fragrance to New Heights Using a Two-Pronged Approach
- Advancing the Symbiont Strategy as a Solution to Citrus Greening Disease
- Developing On-Plant Biofactory System to Produce Therapeutic Molecules Used to Treat Citrus Greening Disease
Invasive Plant Research Laboratory
- Area-Wide Project for Integrated Management Addressing Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes)
- Nova Southeastern University Assistance with Area-Wide Project for Integrated Management Addressing Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes)
- Overseas Surveys and Testing for the Development of Biological Control Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)
- Area-Wide Project for Integrated Management Addressing Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes)
- Development, Rearing, Release, and Monitoring of Biological Control Agents for Controlling Old World Climbing Fern
- Population Genetics of Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) in Florida: Parsing Native from Invasive Genotypes
- Investigating Impacts on Community Restoration: The Role of Biological Control Herbivores
- Preparation for Field Release and Evaluation of Classical Biological Control of Brazilian Pepper at MacDill AFB and Cape Canaveral SFS, in Florida
- Overseas Surveys and Testing for the Development of Biological Control Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)
- Biological Control of Old-World Climbing Fern
- Field Release and Evaluation of Classical Biological Control of Brazilian Pepper at USAF Bases in Florida
- Overseas Surveys, Curation, and Colonization of Potential Biological Control Agents of Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)
- Establishment and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control
- Biological Control of Waterhyacinth
- Foreign Exploration and Preliminary Testing of Potential Biological Control Agents for Azolla Pinnata, Subspecies Pinnata
- SCA Assistance with Establishment and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control
- FDACS Establishment and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control
- UF Assistance with Establishment and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control
- Quarantine Testing to Develop Biological Control of Old-World Climbing Fern, Lygodium microphyllum, in Florida
- Overseas Surveys, Curation, and Colonization of Potential Biological Control Agents of Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)
- Quarantine Testing to Develop Biological Control of Cogongrass, Imperata Cylindrica, in Florida
- Mass Rearing and Inundative Releases of Megamelus Scutellaris to Manage Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes) in South Florida
- Biological Control of Earleaf Acacia (Acacia Auriculiformis) in Florida
- Field surveys in Australia and Asia and Host-range Testing of Potential Insect Agents for the Biological Control of Old World Climbing Fern
- Biological Control of Invasive Australasian Plants
- Field Release and Evaluation of Classical Biological Control of Brazilian Pepper at Canaveral SFS in Florida
- Management Alternatives for Invasive Species from South America
- Implementation and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control
- Foreign Exploration, Host Range Testing of Potential Biological Control Agents for Azolla Pinnata Subspecies Pinnata
- Fast Tracking of the Most Promising Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)Candidate Biological Control Agents
- Biological Control of Weeds Endemic to Asia and Australia that are Invasive in the United States
- UF Assistance with Cogongrass Biological Control Development
- UF Assistance with Implementation and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control
- FDACS Assistance with Implementation and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control
- Development and Implementation of Biological Control Programs for Natural Area Weeds in the Southeastern United States