Rita E. Duncan

University of Florida — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Insect-Plant Interactions and Control(36), Forest Insect Ecology and Management(27), Insect and Pesticide Research(17), Insect Pest Control Strategies(14), Insect behavior and control techniques(14)

Publications70 total

Evaluation of Spore Acquisition, Spore Production, and Host Survival Time for Tea Shot-Hole Borer, Euwallacea perbrevis, Adults after Exposure to Four Commercial Products Containing Beauveria bassiana
Insects·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
JoVE Video Dataset
2023Open Access
Sieving Fruit Pulp to Detect Immature Tephritid Fruit Flies in the Field
Journal of Visualized Experiments·2023
Tenuipalpus uvae (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) and Calophya spondiadis (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), pests of Spondias in Florida, USA
Florida Entomologist·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Pitaya (Dragon Fruit) (Hylocereus undatus) Pests and Beneficial Insects
EDIS·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
Post-Harvest Paraffinic Oil Dips to Disinfest Lychee Fruit of Lychee Erinose Mite
Florida Entomologist·2020· 11 citedOpen Access
Detection of the Lychee Erinose Mite, Aceria litchii (Keifer) (Acari: Eriophyidae) in Florida, USA: A Comparison with Other Alien Populations
Insects·2020· 15 citedOpen Access
Host Range Expansion and Increasing Damage Potential of<i>Euwallacea</i>nr.<i>fornicatus</i>(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Florida
Florida Entomologist·2018· 18 citedOpen Access
Spore Acquisition and Survival of Ambrosia Beetles Associated with the Laurel Wilt Pathogen in Avocados after Exposure to Entomopathogenic Fungi
Insects·2018· 19 citedOpen Access
Mango Pests and Beneficial Insects
EDIS·2017· 1 citedOpen Access
Guava Pests and Beneficial Insects
EDIS·2017Open Access
Mites Associated with Carica papaya in Florida
2017· 2 cited
Presence and Prevalence of<i>Raffaelea lauricola</i>, Cause of Laurel Wilt, in Different Species of Ambrosia Beetle in Florida, USA
Journal of Economic Entomology·2016· 57 cited
Invasive Asian Fusarium – Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualists pose a serious threat to forests, urban landscapes and the avocado industry
Phytoparasitica·2016· 61 cited
Predators and Parasitoids Associated with Scolytinae in<i>Persea</i>Species (Laurales: Lauraceae) and Other Lauraceae in Florida and Taiwan
Florida Entomologist·2015· 9 citedOpen Access
XIII International Entomophagous Insects 2003 J Insect Sci
2015
Description of Ruehmaphelenchus juliae n. sp. (Tylenchina: Aphelenchoididae) isolated from an ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky), from South Florida
Nematology·2015· 14 cited
Entomopathogenic fungi as biological control agents for the vector of the laurel wilt disease, the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Biological Control·2014· 68 cited
Discordant phylogenies suggest repeated host shifts in the Fusarium–Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualism
Fungal Genetics and Biology·2014· 142 cited
Bursaphelenchus penai n. sp. (Tylenchomorpha: Aphelenchoididae), a phoretic associate of ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) from avocado in Florida
Nematology·2014· 11 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Jorge E. Peña(38), Daniel Carrillo(21), Robin M. Giblin-davis(8), Paul E. Kendra(7), Bryan J. Ulmer(6), Natsumi Kanzaki(6), R. C. Ploetz(5), Ronald D. Cave(5), Alina Campbell(4), Divina Amalin(4), J. A. Jacas(4), Jill N. Ploetz(3), Joshua L. Konkol(3), Alejandro P. Rooney(3), Pasco B. Avery(3), Stephen McLean(3), Luisa F. Cruz(3), Raymond J. Gagné(3), Kerry O’Donnell(2), Ran Libeskind-Hadas(2)