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List of works by Rodrigo Diaz

A Review of the Tawny Crazy Ant, Nylanderia fulva, an Emergent Ant Invader in the Southern United States: Is Biological Control a Feasible Management Option?

scientific article

A review of the causes and consequences of geographical variability in weed biological control successes

scientific article published in 2020

Characterizing the host specificity of Ischnodemus variegatus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Blissidae) on two congeneric grass species

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Comparison of two populations of Pseudophilothrips ichini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) as candidates for biological control of the invasive weed Schinus terebinthifolia (Sapindales: Anacardiaceae)

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Crapemyrtle Bark Scale: A New Threat for Crapemyrtles, a Popular Landscape Plant in the U.S

scientific article

Deep Characterization of the Microbiomes of Calophya spp. (Hemiptera: Calophyidae) Gall-Inducing Psyllids Reveals the Absence of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria and Three Dominant Endosymbionts.

scientific article published on 10 July 2015

Description and biology ofPaectes longiformis(Lepidoptera: Euteliidae), a new species from Brazil and potential biological control agent of Brazilian peppertree in Florida

scientific article published in February 2012

Diapause Induction in<i>Gratiana boliviana</i>(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a Biological Control Agent of Tropical Soda Apple in Florida

scientific article published in 2011

Differential Performance of Tropical Soda Apple and Its Biological Control Agent Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Open and Shaded Habitats

scientific article published on December 1, 2011

Diversity and impact of herbivorous insects on Brazilian peppertree in Florida prior to release of exotic biological control agents

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Effect of the Red Imported Fire Ant on Cotton Aphid Population Density and Predation of Bollworm and Beet Armyworm Eggs

scientific article published in 2004

Effect of the red imported fire ant on cotton aphid population density and predation of bollworm and beet armyworm eggs

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Evaluation of mortality factors using life table analysis of Gratiana boliviana, a biological control agent of tropical soda apple in Florida

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Exploring origins, invasion history and genetic diversity of Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. (Cogongrass) in the United States using genotyping by sequencing

scientific article published on 13 April 2015

Host range tests reveal Paectes longiformis is not a suitable biological control agent for the invasive plant Schinus terebinthifolia

scientific article published in 2014

Insect Herbivores Associated with Nymphaea mexicana (Nymphaeaceae) in Southern United States: Potential Biological Control Agents for South Africa

scientific article published in 2020

Invasion of Nipponaclerda biwakoensis (Hemiptera: Aclerdidae) and Phragmites australis die-back in southern Louisiana, USA

Investigating Plant Phenotype, Salinity, and Infestation by the Roseau Cane Scale as Factors in the Die-Back of Phragmites australis in the Mississippi River Delta, USA

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Jamaican Nightshade (Solanum jamaicense): A Threat to Florida's Hammocks

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Multiple Potential Stressors and Dieback of Phragmites australis in the Mississippi River Delta, USA: Implications for Restoration

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Native range density, host utilisation and life history ofCalophya latiforceps(Hemiptera: Calophyidae): an herbivore of Brazilian Peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolia)

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New Species Diversity Revealed from Molecular and Morphological Characterization of Gall-InducingCalophyaspp. (Hemiptera: Calophyidae) from Brazilian Peppertree

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Phragmites in Florida

scientific article published in 2012

Physiology of crapemyrtle bark scale, Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae (Kuwana), associated with seasonally altered cold tolerance

scientific article published on 13 November 2018

Revision of the genus Schoenlandella (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) in the New World, with a potential biological control agent for a lepidopteran pest of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.)

scholarly article published in 2021

Suitability of a New Plant Invader as a Target for Biological Control in Florida

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Systematics and Biology of Cremastobombycia chromolaenae, New Species (Gracillariidae), a Natural Enemy of Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and H. Robinson (Asteraceae)

scientific article published in March 2013

Taxonomy of Calophya (Hemiptera: Calophyidae) Species Associated with Schinus terebinthifolia (Anacardiaceae)

article by Daniel Burckhardt et al published June 2018 in The Florida Entomologist

Temperature-dependent development and potential distribution of Episimus utilis (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a candidate biological control agent of Brazilian peppertree (Sapindales: Anacardiaceae) in Florida

scientific article published on August 2008

Temperature-dependent development, cold tolerance, and potential distribution ofGratiana boliviana(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent of tropical soda apple,Solanum viarum(Solanaceae)

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Temperature-dependent development, diapause and cold tolerance of Gratiana graminea, a potential biological control agent of Solanum viarum in Florida, USA

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Thermal Tolerance and Prediction of Northern Distribution of the Crapemyrtle Bark Scale (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae)

scientific article published on 01 June 2019