by Joe Funderburk | Sep 27, 2019
Joe Funderburk, UF/IFAS Entomology Specialist The western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) has spread worldwide as a result of global trade. It directly damages numerous crops in Florida as a result of adult and larval feeding activities. It is also the key...
by Joe Funderburk | May 11, 2018
By Iris Strzyzewski, Biological Scientist and PhD Student, Joe Funderburk and Justin Renkema, UF Entomologists. Over the last few years, Florida strawberry growers have been faced with declining market prices, increased global competition, and suspected and documented...
by Joe Funderburk | Sep 8, 2017
Joe Funderburk, Professor of Entomology, NFREC Quincy A UF/IFAS EDIS fact sheet is now available entitled “Insect and Mite Integrated Pest Management in Florida Cotton” by Joe Funderburk, Nicole Casuso, Norman Leppla, and Michael Donahue. The guide...
by Joe Funderburk | Apr 7, 2017
Joe Funderburk, NFREC-UF/IFAS, Professor of Entomology Megalurothrips is an Old World genus of thrips associated with the flowers of legumes (Fabaceae), with one species in Africa and twelve species in Asia. The Oriental bean thrips, Megalurothrips distalis, was first...
by Joe Funderburk | Sep 9, 2016
Garima Kakkar, UF/IFAS, St Lucie County Extension, Fort Pierce; Joe Funderburk, UF/IFAS, North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy; Scott Adkins, USDA-ARS, Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce The thrips-transmitted tospoviruses are important...
