Collaborations

The Invasive Plant Research Laboratory has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:

AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER CENTER, San Antonio

Preparation for Field Release and Evaluation of Classical Biological Control of Brazilian Pepper at MacDill AFB and Cape Canaveral SFS, in Florida

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, RIVERDALE, MD

Overseas Surveys, Curation, and Colonization of Potential Biological Control Agents of Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)

ARCHBOLD EXPEDITIONS, INC., VENUS, FL

Archbold Biological Station Release, Establishment, and Evaluation of the Brazilian Pepper Biological Agents

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES, TALLAHASSEE, FL

FDACS Establishment and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control

Establishment and evaluation of Air Potato Biological Control

FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMIS, TALLAHASSEE, FL

Field surveys in Australia and Asia and Host-range Testing of Potential Insect Agents for the Biological Control of Old World Climbing Fern

Quarantine Testing to Develop Biological Control of Old-World Climbing Fern, Lygodium microphyllum, in Florida

Foreign Exploration and Preliminary Testing of Potential Biological Control Agents for Azolla Pinnata, Subspecies Pinnata

Population Genetics of Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) in Florida: Parsing Native from Invasive Genotypes

Biological Control of Earleaf Acacia (Acacia Auriculiformis) in Florida

Quarantine Testing to Develop Biological Control of Cogongrass, Imperata Cylindrica, in Florida

Mass Rearing and Inundative Releases of Megamelus Scutellaris to Manage Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes) in South Florida

FOREST SERVICE, WASHINGTON, DC

Overseas Surveys and Testing for the Development of Biological Control Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)

FUNDACION PARA EL ESTUDIO DE ESPECIES INVASIV

Biological Control of Waterhyacinth

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL, Miami

Biological Control of Schinus terebinthifolia (Brazilian pepper tree) in South Florida With Special Reference to Miami-Dade County

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, INC., FORT LAUDERDALE

Nova Southeastern University Assistance with Area-Wide Project for Integrated Management Addressing Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes)

SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WEST PALM BEACH, FL

CERP BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT

Biological Control of Old-World Climbing Fern

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, BROOKSVILLE, FL

Development, Rearing, Release, and Monitoring of Biological Control Agents for Controlling Old World Climbing Fern

Overseas Surveys and Testing for the Development of Biological Control Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)

STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, INC., THE, ARLINGTON, VA

SCA Assistance with Establishment and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, FL

Area-Wide Project for Integrated Management Addressing Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes)

Field Release and Evaluation of Classical Biological Control of Brazilian Pepper at USAF Bases in Florida

UF Assistance with Establishment and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control

Area-Wide Project for Integrated Management Addressing Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes)

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, TAMPA, FL

Investigating Impacts on Community Restoration: The Role of Biological Control Herbivores

USDA, APHIS, PPQ, ER, RALEIGH, NC

Overseas Surveys, Curation, and Colonization of Potential Biological Control Agents of Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)

USDA, APHIS, PPQ, S&T, RALEIGH, NC

Establishment and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control

US-DOI-FISH AND WILDLIFE SEVICE, DENVER, CO

Creating New Partnerships to Manage the Invasion of Foreign Weeds into National Wildlife Refuges.