Pest Eradication Studies, USDA/ARS, Miami, FL

Shawron Weingarten assisted with the development of eradication programs for an extremely aggressive noxious weed of mainly pastures, Tropical Soda Apple (TSA), Solanum viaum Dunal (Solanaceae), and the Pink Hibiscus Mealybug (PHM), Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a very serious pest that threatens Florida's landscapes, at the ARS-Subtropical Horticulture Research Station (SHRS) in Miami. While there, he also helped to produce a Pest Alert and Fact Sheet notice for a new potentially destructive pest of citrus (citrus swallowtail, Pailio demoleus ) recently discovered in the Dominican Republic. The Pest Alert was for Plant Inspection officers within PPQ and the Custom and Border Patrol Officers of the Homeland Security Agency to easily identify this pest if they encounter it.

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