Search Results - "Dray Jr, F. Allen"

Assessing the status of biological control of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in the southeastern USA by Manrique, Veronica, Kraus, Emily, Schaffer, Charity, Diaz, Rodrigo, Kelm, Cassandra, Poffenberger, Ryan, Rohrig, Eric, Murray, Rosie, David, Aaron, Smith, Melissa C., Lake, Ellen, Rayamajhi, Min B., Leidi, Jorge, Allen Dray Jr, F., Minteer, Carey R., Le Falchier, Emily, Mass, John, Hight, Stephen

“…Air potato, Dioscorea bulbifera L. (Dioscoreaceae), is an invasive vine that climbs into vegetation outcompeting native species and altering ecosystems in the…”
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Effects of Host Quality on Flight Muscle Development in Neochetina eichhorniae and N. bruchi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Center, Ted D, Dray, F. Allen

“…Neochetina eichhorniae Warner and N.bruchi Hustache, biological control agents of Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach, are usually incapable of flight…”
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Lilioceris egena (Weise) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae) - Biological Control Agent of Air Potato Vine by F. Allen Dray Jr, Octavio Menocal, Rosemary Murray, Eric Rohrig, Carey Minteer

“…This publication provides an in-depth profile of the air potato bulbil beetle (suggested common name), a new biological control agent of the air potato vine…”
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Lilioceris egena (Weise) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae) - Biological Control Agent of Air Potato Vine by F. Allen Dray Jr, Octavio Menocal, Rosemary Murray, Eric Rohrig, Carey Minteer

“…This publication provides an in-depth profile of the air potato bulbil beetle (suggested common name), a new biological control agent of the air potato vine…”
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Additional host range testing of Eucryptorrhynchus brandti (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) for the biological control of tree-of-heaven, Ailanthus altissima (Simaroubaceae) in the U.S.A by McAvoy, Thomas J., Mays, Ryan, Goldstein, Scott, Dray Jr, F. Allen, Du, Yu-Zhou, Reardon, Richard, Salom, Scott M.

“…Ailanthus altissima, native to China, is a highly invasive plant in North America, Europe, and other continents. This species displaces native plants by…”
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Biological control of water hyacinth under conditions of maintenance management: can herbicides and insects be integrated? by Center, T.D, Dray, F.A. Jr, Jubinsky, G.P, Grodowitz, M.J

“…/ We hypothesized that repeated herbicidal (maintenance) control of water hyacinth infestations in Florida suppressed biological control agent populations,…”
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Bottom-up control of water hyacinth weevil populations: do the plants regulate the insects by Center, Ted D., Dray, F. Allen

“…1. Nutrient availability varies widely in aquatic systems and is likely to profoundly affect the outcomes of plant-herbivore interactions in aquatic…”
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Bottom‐up effects on top‐down regulation of a floating aquatic plant by two weevil species: the context‐specific nature of biological control by Center, Ted D, Dray, F. Allen Jr, Mattison, Elizabeth D, Tipping, Philip W, Rayamajhi, Min B, Paynter, Quentin

“…Plant nutrition (bottom‐up effects) impacts a plant's ability to withstand herbivory (top‐down effects) and influences phytophagous insect fecundity. These…”
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In situ estimates of waterhyacinth leaf tissue nitrogen using a SPAD-502 chlorophyll meter by Dray, F. Allen, Center, Ted D., Mattison, Elizabeth D.

“…► The SPAD-502 meter measures relative chlorophyll levels in Eichhornia crassipes leaves. ► The readings serve as a proxy allowing non-destructive in situ…”
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A simple, efficient method for extracting Neochetina eichhorniae and N. bruchi by Center, Ted D, Dray, Jr., F. Allen

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A Simple, Efficient Method for Extracting Neochetina eichhorniae and N. bruchi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes: Pontederiaceae) by Center, Ted D, Dray, F. Allen

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Initial Impacts and Field Validation of Host Range for Boreioglycaspis melaleucae Moore (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), a Biological Control Agent of the Invasive Tree Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) Blake (Myrtales: Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae) by Center, Ted D, Pratt, Paul D, Tipping, Philip W, Rayamajhi, Min B, Van, Thai K, Wineriter, Susan A, Dray, F. Allen

“…Invasion of south Florida wetlands by the Australian paperbark tree, Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T. Blake (melaleuca), has caused adverse economic and…”
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Ecological genetics of Melaleuca quinquenervia (Myrtaceae): Population variation in Florida and its influence on performance of the biological control agent Oxyops vitiosa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Dray, F. Allen, Jr

“…Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) Blake (Myrtaceae) was imported into Florida from Australia over a century ago as a landscape plant. A favorable climate and…”
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Immature stage of the aquatic moth Petrophila drumalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Nymphulinae) from Pistia stratiotes (Watelettuce) by Dray, F. Allen, Ted D. Center, Habeck, Dale H.

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