Synergistic toxicity of nanoplastics and Helicobacter pylori on digestive system in mice by Xiaolin Zhang, Yunqing Wang, Xiaohan Tong, Boqing Li, Sisi Liu, Yingzi Cui, Wenke Wang, Zhiqin Li, Chunlei Ma, Ying Zhang

“…These results indicate that co-exposure exacerbates tissue damage, inflammation, oxidative stress, and metabolic disruptions while modulating nanoparticle accumulation. …”
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Effects of different fertilization treatments on ground-dwelling arthropods and their functional groups in agricultural landscapes by Ziqi Bian, Ziqi Bian, Lyuyi Liu, Lyuyi Liu, Yan Li, Yan Li, Yanli Li, Yanli Li, Shengyan Ding, Shengyan Ding

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Managing Thrips and Tospoviruses in Tomato by Joe Funderburk, Josh Freeman, Scott Adkins, Sam Hutton, Philip Stansly, Hugh Smith, Gene McAvoy, Crystal Snodgrass, Mathews Paret, Norm Leppla

“…Several invasive species of thrips have established in Florida and are causing serious economic losses to vegetable, ornamental, and agronomic crops. Damage to crops results from thrips feeding and egg-laying injury, by the thrips vectoring of plant diseases, the cost of using control tactics, and the loss of pesticides due to resistance. …”
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Improving the Precision of Blueberry Frost Protection Irrigation by Tatiana Borisova, Tori Bradley, Mercy Olmstead, Jeffrey Williamson

“…Florida growers rely on strategies like cold protection irrigation to reduce their risk of loss due to cold damage. This 9-page article by Tatiana Borisova, Tori Bradley, Mercy Olmstead, and Jeffrey Williamson describes a UF/IFAS study comparing precision cold protection irrigation to uniform cold protection irrigation to estimate the potential savings in diesel costs and water withdrawal volumes associated with the two practices and help protect Florida’s valuable and vulnerable blueberry harvest. …”
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Citrus Diseases Exotic to Florida: Sweet Orange Scab (SOS) by Kuang-Ren Chung, Lavern W. Timmer

“…In contrast, SOS can cause significant damage on all sweet oranges as well as tangerines and their hybrids. …”
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: A case report initially manifested by bilateral vocal cord paralysis by Seyed Hossein Mirlohi, Sanaz Tajfirooz, Mitra Rouhi

“…Charcot-Marie-Tooth is an inherited disorder involving multiple genes, causing progressive nerve damage affecting sensation and movement. The complexity of the condition often leads to various possible diagnoses along with neuropathic diseases, sometimes resulting in significant delays in diagnosis and treatment. …”
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INSECURITY IN NIGERIA: ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EDUCATION SECTOR by Efeurhobo Davis Ochuko, Thomastina Nkechi Egbon

“…Insecurity arose from poor education etc. the study concluded that poor governance (democratic practice) has done terrible and incalculable damage to the educational sector of the country. It was recommended that good governance is the panacea  to better education in other to reduce insecurity in the country. …”
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Drug-induced liver injuries (Part 1) by S. F. Galimova

“…Early diagnostics and well-timed cancellation of the drug causing liver damage, allow to prevent disease progression. Careful collection of medicinal past history, ruling out of other possible causes of liver injury and application of diagnostic scales (CIOMS/ RUCAM) lays in a basis of DILI diagnostics.Conclusion. …”
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Biology and Control of the Strawberry Aphid, Chaetosiphon fragaefolli (Cockerell) (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Florida by Silvia I. Rondon, Daniel J. Cantliffe

“…Our ability to recognize this pest and the damage it causes is important in determining successful control methods. …”
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Amorphous Extracellular Eosinophilic Material – The Diagnostic Challenge in Histopathology by P. Sivakumar, P. Rajkumar, S. K. Sridevi, L. Priyadharshini, M. Elancheran

“…Amyloidosis encompasses a diverse group of conditions characterized by the extracellular accumulation of misfolded, insoluble proteinaceous material with a cross-beta-pleated sheet structure, leading to organ damage. Due to its varied origins and manifestations, different diagnostic tools are required for accurate diagnosis. …”
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Sycamore Lace Bug, Corythucha ciliata (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae) by Susan E. Halbert, James R. Meeker

“…Several consecutive years of severe lace bug damage, combined with other stress factors, may kill the trees (Barnard and Dixon 1983). …”
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Fiddlewood Leafroller, Seagrape Moth (suggested common names) Epicorsia oedipodalis (Guenée, 1854) (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia: Pyraloidea: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae) by William H. Kern

“…Although these leaf-eating pests do no permanent damage, they can completely defoliate fiddlewood, a Florida native that can form a large shrub or small tree. …”
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Biscogniauxia (Hypoxylon) Canker or Dieback in Trees by Claudia Paez, Jason A. Smith

“…However, once they infect trees under stress (water stress, root disease, soil compaction, construction damage etc.) they can quickly colonize the host. Once a tree is infected and fruiting structures of the fungus are evident, the tree is not likely to survive especially if the infection is in the tree's trunk (Anderson et al., 1995). …”
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Seedcorn maggot, Delia platura (Meigen) (Insecta: Diptera: Anthomyiidae) by Harsimran Kaur Gill, Gaurav Goyal, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman

“…It is an important pest of germinating soybeans and corn, and also attacks a wide range of horticultural crops including beans, peas, cucumber, melon, onion, pepper, potato, and other vegetables. Seedcorn maggots damage newly planted seeds by feeding on seed contents, often leaving empty seed shells and preventing germination. …”
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Insect Management for Celery and Parsley by Susan E. Webb

“…Many other insects may occasionally attack these crops but seldom cause economic damage. This document is ENY-463, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. …”
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Ambrosia Beetles, Platypus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Platypodidae) by T. H. Atkinson

“…All species found in Florida are borers of trunks and large branches of recently killed trees and may cause economic damage to unmilled logs or standing dead timber. The most recent key to species was published 60 years ago (Chamberlin 1939), does not include all species known from the United States (Wood 1979), and has long been out of print. …”
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Crapemyrtle Bark Scale Acanthococcus (=Eriococcus) lagerstroemiae (Kuwana) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) by Matthew Borden, Xavier Martini, Adam G. Dale

“…Includes: Introduction - Synonymy - Distribution - Description - Life Cycle and Biology - Hosts - Damage - Management - Selected References. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1218 Previously published at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/ORN/SCALES/crapemyrtle_bark_scale.html …”
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Screening Methods for Southern Chinch Bug Resistance in St. Augustinegrass by Huangjun Lu, Ronald Cherry

“… Relying on insecticides for southern chinch bug control raises turfgrass maintenance costs, increases the risk that insects will develop resistance to insecticides, and may damage the environment. Host-plant resistance is a relatively sustainable and environmentally sound option for management of this damaging insect pest.To develop new resistant varieties, plant materials must be screened for new sources of southern chinch bug resistance. …”
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ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS (TNCS) AND DEVELOPMENT EQUATION IN THE NIGER DELTA by Prince Eze, Ewelie C. Justice

“…The findings of the study show that their unsafe operations destroy people's means of livelihood, damage the health of the environment and negatively impact the economic growth and development of the region. …”
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