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Trevor Smith
Researcher at Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Publications - 38
Citations - 636
Trevor Smith is an academic researcher from Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aleurodicus rugioperculatus & Lungworm. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 36 publications receiving 483 citations.
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Genetic Biocontrol for Invasive Species
John L. Teem,Luke Alphey,Sarah Descamps,Matthew P. Edgington,Owain R. Edwards,Neil J. Gemmell,Tim Harvey-Samuel,Rachel L. Melnick,Kevin P. Oh,Antoinette J. Piaggio,J. Royden Saah,Dan Schill,Paul Q. Thomas,Trevor Smith,Andrew Roberts +14 more
TL;DR: An overview of the state of genetic biocontrol for invasive species is provided, focusing on several approaches that were the subject of presentations at the Genetic Biocontroll for Invasive Species Workshop in Tarragona, Spain, March 31st, 2019.
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Rearing the brown marmorated stink bug halyomorpha halys (heteroptera: pentatomidae)
TL;DR: The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Stal) (Heteroptera: Pen tatomidae) is a potential threat to Florida agriculture and is a vector of witch's broom phytoplasma in Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) in Asia.
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The occurrence of the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, in nonindigenous snails in the Gulf of Mexico region of the United States.
John L. Teem,Yvonne Qvarnstrom,Henry S. Bishop,Alexandre J. da Silva,Jacoby Carter,Jodi White-McLean,Trevor Smith +6 more
TL;DR: The study suggests that the rat lungworm is not widespread in the Gulf States region, but the infected snail population could still pose a risk to human health and facilitate the spread of the parasite to new areas.
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Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)
Andrew R. Cline,Trevor Smith,Kelly B. Miller,Matthew J. Moulton,Matthew J. Moulton,Michael F. Whiting,Paolo Audisio +6 more
TL;DR: A molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae based on thirty ingroup taxa representing eight of the ten currently recognized subfamilies supports the following main conclusions and emendations: Cybocephalidae are formally recognized as a distinct family not closely related to Nitidalidae and its constituent taxa are defined.
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Host Plants and Natural Enemies of Rugose Spiraling Whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Florida
Antonio W. Francis,Ian C. Stocks,Trevor Smith,Anthony J. Boughton,Catharine Mannion,Lance S. Osborne +5 more
TL;DR: The rugose spiraling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is a polyphagous pest that has caused significant damage in the Florida landscape.