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Sugarcane Borer, Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Published 2004-04-01“…Sugarcane borer also occurs throughout the Caribbean, Central America, and the warmer portions of South America south to northern Argentina. This document is EENY-217, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Common blossom thrips, Frankliniella schultzei Trybom (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
Published 2010-08-01“…It describes this relatively new vegetable pest in South Florida which is a key pest in tomato and cucumber fields in South America — synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle, hosts, economic importance, and management. …”
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Tropical Soda Apple Leaf Beetle, Gratiana boliviana Spaeth (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
Published 2013-02-01“…Tropical soda apple is a prickly shrub native to South America that is a major problem in pastures and conservation areas. …”
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Tessellated Scale Eucalymnatus tessellatus (Signoret)
Published 2010-01-01“…It describes this soft scale, native to South America, that can be a pest in greenhouses, commercial nurseries, and in the south Florida landscape — distribution, field characteristics, life cycle, hosts, general plant damage, and management. …”
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Melonworm, Diaphania hyalinata Linnaeus (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Published 2003-12-01“… Melonworm, Diaphania hyalinata Linnaeus, occurs throughout most of Central and South America and the Caribbean. The United States is the northern limit of its permanent range, and wintertime occurrence generally is limited to south Florida and perhaps south Texas. …”
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Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii): Identification, Ecology, and Management
Published 2016-02-01“…It has been found infesting fruits in Europe and North and South America. Since its first capture in California in 2008, SWD has established populations throughout the United States in over 47 states. …”
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Biology and Management of Pilea microphylla (Artillery Weed) in Ornamental Crop Production
Published 2016-11-01“…Artillery weed occurs primarily in moist, disturbed areas and is thought to be native to South America and parts of North America. It is found throughout Florida. …”
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Little Fire Ant Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Published 2021-04-01“…The little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger), is a problematic invasive species from Central and South America that has become established in numerous countries and on islands around the world. …”
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Perennial Peanut as a Potential Living Mulch and Nitrogen Source for Citrus and Other Orchard Crops in Florida
Published 2023-11-01“… The concept of using a perennial peanut as a living mulch and source of biological nitrogen in fruit and nut crop orchards is not a new idea. In Central and South America, perennial peanuts have long been incorporated as a living groundcover into palm, coffee, cacao, plantain, and citrus, as well as into other fruit and nut production orchards. …”
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Alligatorweed flea beetle Agasicles hygrophila Selman and Vogt (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Halticinae)
Published 2012-10-01“…Alligatorweed is an aquatic weed native to South America that began threatening Florida’s waterways in the early 1900s. …”
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Mulato II (Brachiaria sp.)
Published 2011-04-01“…Brachiariagrasses, including Mulato II, are tropical warm season forages native to Africa and are the most widely grown forages in tropical South America. This revised 4-page fact sheet describes the morphology, region of adaptation and growing season in Florida, recommended production practices, and the results of research into the performance of heifers grazing Mulato. …”
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African Honey Bee: What You Need to Know
Published 2005-09-01“…One of these, Apis mellifera scutellata, from the central and southern part of the continent, is the predominant parental type introduced into South America. This is the African or Africanized honey bee so often sensationalized in the media. …”
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Mulato II (Brachiaria sp.)
Published 2011-04-01“…Brachiariagrasses, including Mulato II, are tropical warm season forages native to Africa and are the most widely grown forages in tropical South America. This revised 4-page fact sheet describes the morphology, region of adaptation and growing season in Florida, recommended production practices, and the results of research into the performance of heifers grazing Mulato. …”
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Brazilian Red-Eyed Fly Ormia depleta (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Published 2018-08-01“… The Brazilian red-eyed fly, Ormia depleta, is a tachinid fly that is a parasitoid of mole crickets in the genus Neoscapteriscus (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Originally from South America, it was brought to the United States for biological control of pest mole crickets. …”
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Heirloom Eggplant Varieties in Florida
Published 2014-09-01“…It migrated to Egypt during the 9th to 12th centuries AD, the Moors introduced eggplant to the Spanish, who took the eggplant to South America around 1650, and in 1806, Thomas Jefferson introduced the eggplant to the United States after receiving the fruit from a friend in France. …”
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Appropriating the closure of Jesuit missions: Fritz Hochwälder's Das heilige Experiment
Published 2008-06-01“… Since the eighteenth century the history of the Jesuit missionary endeavours in South America, especially their forced closure in 1760s, has been used rhetorically by writers in several genres, providing them with historical evidence to support a variety of latter-day causes. …”
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Biology of Gratiana boliviana, the First Biocontrol Agent Released to Control Tropical Soda Apple in the USA
Published 2003-12-01“… Tropical soda apple (TSA), Solanum viarum Dunal (Solanaceae), is a perennial weed, native to South America, that has spreading throughout Florida at an alarming rate during the last decade. …”
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Melonworm, Diaphania hyalinata Linnaeus (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Published 2003-12-01“… Melonworm, Diaphania hyalinata Linnaeus, occurs throughout most of Central and South America and the Caribbean. The United States is the northern limit of its permanent range, and wintertime occurrence generally is limited to south Florida and perhaps south Texas. …”
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Chilli Thrips on Blueberries in Florida
Published 2020-11-01“… Chilli thrips, (Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood; Thysanoptera: Thripidae), is an economically important pest of vegetable, fruit, and ornamental crops throughout Asia, Africa, Oceania, the Caribbean, and some parts of South America and is an invasive pest in several US states. …”
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