Tropical Soda Apple: Biology, Ecology and Management of a Noxious Weed in Florida by Brent Sellers, Jay Ferrell, J. Jeffrey Mullahey, Pat Hogue

“…Jeffrey Mullahey, and Pat Hogue, informs readers about this serious weed problem in perennial grass pastures and native areas of Florida. …”
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Taro Planthopper Tarophagus colocasiae (Matsumura) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae) by Alexander Tasi, Adam Dale

“… The taro planthopper, Tarophagus colocasiae (Matsumura), is a sap feeding insect in the family Delphacidae. It primary host plant is taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) Originally native to Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean, Tarophagus colocasiae was first discovered in the continental United States at a garden center in Winter Haven, FL in 2015. …”
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Myakka bug, Ischnodemus variegatus (Signoret) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Blissidae) by Cecil O. Montemayor, Rodrigo Diaz, William A. Overholt, Amanda Hodges

“…It describes this newly introduced exotic insect species hosted by the invasive West Indian marsh grass, Hymenachne amplexicaulis — synonymy, description, life cycle and biology, damage, economic importance, and natural enemies. …”
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El Cixíido Americano de las palmas, Myndus crudus Van Duzee (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) by F. W. Howard, Sergio Gallo

“…It includes sections on distribution, description, biology, host plants, damage and economic importance, management, and selected references. …”
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Shifting Focus: Collecting Focus Group Data Online by Anissa Zagonel, Audrey King, Lauri M. Baker, Angela B. Lindsey, Sandra Anderson, Ricky W. Telg, Ashley McLeod-Morin

“… This new 5-page publication of the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication presents what focus groups are, the differences between in-person and online focus groups, potential platforms for hosting online focus groups, advantages and disadvantages to online focus groups, and best practices for conducting your own online focus groups. …”
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El Cixíido Americano de las palmas, Myndus crudus Van Duzee (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) by F. W. Howard, Sergio Gallo

“…It includes sections on distribution, description, biology, host plants, damage and economic importance, management, and selected references. …”
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Control of Rapid Postharvest Decays of Tomato Fruit by Jerry A. Bartz, Steven A. Sargent, D. J. Huber

“…Water-soaked lesions begin within 12 to 18 hours after harvest and continue to develop, producing large amounts of fluids. …”
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Sting Nematode Belonolaimus longicaudatus Rau (Nematoda: Tylenchida: Belonolaimidae) by William T. Crow

“…Florida is considered to be the point-of-origin for Belonolaimus longicaudatus, and therefore this nematode exhibits a great deal of diversity in morphology, host preference, and genetics in our region. This 6-page fact sheet was written by W. …”
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A Weevil, Eurhinus magnificus Gyllenhal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Bryan J. Ulmer, Rita E. Duncan, Jens Prena, Jorge E. Peña

“…It describes this brilliantly colored imported potential grape pest that has been found in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, its synonymy, distribution, description, biology, host plants and damage, and management. Includes selected references. …”
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Empowering newcomers? Power asymmetries and negotiations between newly arrived migrants and volunteers within buddy programmes by Gaëlle Mortier, Stijn Oosterlynck, Peter Raeymaeckers

“…Both practices of Othering and De-othering take place, resulting in mixed networking outcomes for newcomers in the host society. The findings provide important insights for policy and practice, employing buddy programmes as a tool for fostering migrant integration.…”
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Florida’s Established Arthropod Weed Biological Control Agents and Their Targets by James P. Cuda, J. Howard Frank

“…Biological control reunites these natural enemies (usually arthropods) with their host plants to selectively weaken and suppress the invasive weeds. …”
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Myakka bug, Ischnodemus variegatus (Signoret) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Blissidae) by Cecil O. Montemayor, Rodrigo Diaz, William A. Overholt, Amanda Hodges

“…It describes this newly introduced exotic insect species hosted by the invasive West Indian marsh grass, Hymenachne amplexicaulis — synonymy, description, life cycle and biology, damage, economic importance, and natural enemies. …”
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Tropical Soda Apple: Biology, Ecology and Management of a Noxious Weed in Florida by Brent Sellers, Jay Ferrell, J. Jeffrey Mullahey, Pat Hogue

“…Jeffrey Mullahey, and Pat Hogue, informs readers about this serious weed problem in perennial grass pastures and native areas of Florida. …”
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Microworm Culture for Use in Freshwater Ornamental Aquaculture by Shane Ramee, Taylor Lipscomb, Matthew DiMaggio

“…Microworms have the potential to provide appropriate nutrition in a live feed organism that is cultured entirely in house and involves less labor and cost than newly hatched Artemia. …”
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Taro Planthopper Tarophagus colocasiae (Matsumura) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae) by Alexander Tasi, Adam Dale

“… The taro planthopper, Tarophagus colocasiae (Matsumura), is a sap feeding insect in the family Delphacidae. It primary host plant is taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) Originally native to Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean, Tarophagus colocasiae was first discovered in the continental United States at a garden center in Winter Haven, FL in 2015. …”
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New insights from an enhancement of hydrogeological archives of a French karst watershed over the last 50 years by Labat, David, Guilloteau, Thomas, Lamagnère, Sébastien, Dumareau, Thaïs, Haryouli, Gabin, Béranger, Sandra, Granouillac, Franck, Sivelle, Vianney

“…To be able to identify the effects of these changes, in particular on the variability of groundwater flows, we have endeavored to produce one of the longest hourly spring discharge time series available for a French karst watershed. …”
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Sting Nematode Belonolaimus longicaudatus Rau (Nematoda: Tylenchida: Belonolaimidae) by William T. Crow

“…Florida is considered to be the point-of-origin for Belonolaimus longicaudatus, and therefore this nematode exhibits a great deal of diversity in morphology, host preference, and genetics in our region. This 6-page fact sheet was written by W. …”
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Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) (Arachnida: Acari: Tarsonemidae) by Thomas R. Fasulo

“…This species has a large host range world-wide. This document is EENY-183 (IN340), one of the Featured Creatures series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Small Elegies for America by Lindsey Freeman

“…Many contemporary artists are utilizing small-scale artworks to represent difficult truths of contemporary American life, such as alienation, disenchantment, precarious housing, and economic insecurity writ large. In this essay, focusing on the artists Michael Paul Smith, Thomas Dolye, and James Casebere, the imaginations that encircle homes, neighborhoods, and small towns are complicated through utopian and dystopian art works that draw attention to past attachments to the future and the need for large changes now. …”
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A Weevil, Eurhinus magnificus Gyllenhal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Bryan J. Ulmer, Rita E. Duncan, Jens Prena, Jorge E. Peña

“…It describes this brilliantly colored imported potential grape pest that has been found in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, its synonymy, distribution, description, biology, host plants and damage, and management. Includes selected references. …”
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