FWC IFAS Research and Outreach Review
2015
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Invasive Plant Management Section and the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants held its biannual Research and Outreach Review Meeting at the UF / IFAS Orange County Extension Office in Orlando, Florida on March 4-5, 2015. The purpose of this meeting was to exchange current scientific research and outreach information on invasive plant management in Florida. The 1.5 day research and outreach review was attended by over one hundred participants and included university and government scientists, federal, state, and local government resource managers, and outreach professionals.
Below are links to the PowerPoint talks (in PDF format) that were presented at the review, listed in chronological order.
March 4, 2015
Title |
Author(s) |
|---|---|
| A brief review of invasive plant funded research 1970-2014 | Don C. Schmitz, FWC Invasive Plant Management Section |
| Competition and re-vegetation studies on Mexican petunia | Adrienne Smith, Carrie Reinhart Adams, and Sandy Wilson, University of Florida |
| Abundance and distribution of crayfish in two Florida spring-fed rivers managed for hydrilla | Tiffani Manteuffel, C. Ross Hinkle, and I. Jack Stout, University of Central Florida |
| Efficacy of aquatic herbicides on rotala (Rotala rotundifolia) | Carl J. Della Torre III, Lyn A. Gettys, and William Haller, University of Florida |
| Propagule pressure and water competition in cogongrass | James A. Estrada and S. Luke Flory, University of Florida |
| Evaluating new waterhyacinth and waterlettuce biological control agents in Florida | Carey R. Minteer and Phil Tipping, USDA/ARS |
| Developing novel use patterns for newly registered herbicides on water hyacinth and water lettuce | Chris Mudge and Michael Netherland, USACE |
| Seed biology and management of Chinese tallow | Heather VanHeuveln and Greg MacDonald, University of Florida |
| IFAS assessment of non-native plants in Florida’s natural areas | Deah Lieurance and S. Luke Flory, University of Florida |
| Investigating risk and management of Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy in Florida | Susan Wilde, University of Georgia, and Mike Netherland, USACE |
| Improving rearing and establishment success of the air potato leaf beetle by closing knowledge gaps in its biology and geographic adaptation | Bill Overholt, Veronica Manrique, and Rodrigo Diaz, University of Florida, and Phil Tipping, Melissa Smith, and Ellen C. Lake, USDA/ARS |
| Alternative herbicides and strategies for cogongrass control in Florida’s natural areas | Greg MacDonald, Brent Sellers, and Heather VanHeuveln, University of Florida |
| Linking research with successful aquatic plant management | Jeff Schardt, FWC Invasive Plant Management Section |
| Exploring and testing of natural enemies of cogongrass | Bill Overholt and Jim Cuda, University of Florida, B.P. Le Ru, International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, and K. Takasu, Kyushu University, Japan |
| Effects of insect herbivory on herbicidal control of water hyacinth | Lyn A. Gettys, University of Florida, and Phil Tipping, USDA/ARS |
| Florida invasive plant education initiative and curriculum | Katie Walters and Karen Brown, University of Florida |
March 5, 2015