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selected publications academic article Environmental Transmission of the Gut Symbiont Burkholderia to Phloem-Feeding Blissus Insularis. PLoS One. 11. 2016 Culturing and Characterization of Gut Symbiont Burkholderia Spp. From the Southern Chinch Bug, Blissus Insularis (Hemiptera: Blissidae). Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 82:3319-3330. 2016 Zoysiagrass Genotype Responses To Sphenophorus Venatus Vestitus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 107:1535-1542. 2014-08-01 Abundance and Population Dynamics of Adult Sphenophorus Inaequalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Florida. Florida Entomologist. 96:1609-1611. 2013-12-01 Sphenophorus Venatus Vestitus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Preference for Bermudagrass Cultivars and Endophytic Perennial Ryegrass Overseed. Florida Entomologist. 96:1628-1630. 2013-12-01 Life Cycle of Disholcaspis Quercusvirens (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) With a Description of the Sexual Generation. Florida Entomologist. 96:991-1001. 2013-09-01 Life History, Natural Enemies, and Management of Disholcaspis Quercusvirens (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) On Live Oak Trees. Journal of Economic Entomology. 106:1747-1756. 2013-08-01 Honeydew-Producing Hemipterans in Florida Associated With Nylanderia Fulva (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), An Invasive Crazy Ant. Florida Entomologist. 96:538-547. 2013-06-01 Non-Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Rna in Workers of the Ant Nylanderia Pubens. Journal of Insect Science. 12. 2012-12-01 Thermal Requirements and Development of Herpetogramma Phaeopteralis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 105:1573-1580. 2012-10-01 Metatranscriptomics and Pyrosequencing Facilitate Discovery of Potential Viral Natural Enemies of the Invasive Caribbean Crazy Ant, Nylanderia Pubens. PLoS One. 7. 2012-02-01 Susceptibility of Bliss Us Insularis (Heteroptera: Hemiptera: Blissidae) Populations in Florida To Bifenthrin and Permethrin. Florida Entomologist. 94:571-581. 2011-09-01 Tomarus Subtropicus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Larval Feeding Habits. Florida Entomologist. 94:164-171. 2011-06-01 Toxicity and Neurophysiological Effects of Selected Insecticides On the Mole Cricket, Scapteriscus Vicinus (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) 2011-05-01 Steinernema Phyllophagae N. Sp (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), a New Entomopathogenic Nematode From Florida, Usa 2011-01-01 A Synchronous Rearing Method for Blissus Insularis (Hemiptera: Blissidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 103:726-734. 2010 Billbug (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Species Composition, Abundance, Seasonal Activity, and Developmental Time in Florida. Journal of Economic Entomology. 102:309-314. 2009-02-01 Seasonal Phenology and Management of Tomarus Subtropicus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in St. Augustinegrass. Journal of Economic Entomology. 101:1847-1855. 2008-12-01 Seasonal phenology and management of Tomarus subtropicus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in St. Augustinegrass.. Journal of Economic Entomology. 101. 2008
principal investigator on Mitigation of Southern Chinch Bug Insecticide Resistance awarded by Insecticide Resistance Action Committee 2012 - 2014 IFAS Service Program: Efficacy Trials for Turf & Ornamentalinsect Pests awarded by University of Florida Research Foundation 2011 - 2016 Developing Sustainable Controls for the Suppression of the Invasive Caribbean Crazy Ant in Natural and Urban Landscape awarded by US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2010 - 2013 Mole Cricket Detection of Insecticides awarded by US Golf Association 2007 - 2010 Mole Cricket Detection of Insecticides 2007 - 2010 Acelepryn Sugarcane Crub Trail awarded by Dupont Company 2008 - 2009 Biology and Management of a Disholcaspis Sp. on Live Oak awarded by Reinhold 2007 - 2009 Aloft Chinch Bug Trial awarded by Arysta Lifescience 2008 Acelepryn Phyllophaga Nursery Trial awarded by Dupont Company 2008 Sustainable Southern Chinch Bug Management awarded by Bayer Group 2006 - 2008 Seasonality and Management of the Billbug Species Complex Inflorida awarded by Environmental Institute for Golf 2006 - 2008 Evaluation of Integrated Pest Management Practices In Urban Turfgrass awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2002 - 2005 missing activity Developing, Demonstrating and Disseminating Cultural Controlrecommendations for Chinch Bugs awarded by US Department of Agriculture Coop State Research Service Impact of Different Spray Volumes and Post-Treatment Irrigation on Product Efficacy for Scb awarded by Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Ser
investigator on Southern Region Program to Clear Pest Agents for Minor Use awarded by US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2014 - 2016 Southern Region Program to Clear Pest Control Agents for Minor Uses awarded by US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2011 - 2013
keywords insect pest management, insect behavioral ecology, turfgrass, woody ornamentals,, shade trees in the urban landscape, mole crickets, white grubs, billbugs, southern chinch bug, kermes scale, sap-feeding, galling insect, insecticide toxicology, pesticide resistance management
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education and training Ph.D. in Entomology, University of Kentucky 1999 M.S. in Entomology 1996 B.S. in Zoology and German 1993
awards and honors Graduate School Visiting Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Kentucky Gloria Singletary Continuing Education for Women Scholarship, University of Kentucky Graduate School Academic Excellence Fellowship, University of Kentucky Graduate School Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of Kentucky J.H. Comstock Award, North Central Branch, Entomological Society of America Outstanding Ph.D. Student, Gamma Sigma Delta Agricultural Honor Society, University of Kentucky