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National Invasive Species Information Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Invasive Species Resources

Provides access to all site resources, with the option to search by species common and scientific names. Resources can be filtered by Subject, Resource Type, Location, or Source.

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SFWMD Supports New Bug to Battle Brazilian Pepper

Google. YouTube; South Florida Water Management District.

TAME Brazilian Pepper Tree

University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension. TAME Invasives Portal.

TAME Invasives Portal

University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension.

TAME Lygodium (Old World Climbing Fern)

University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension. TAME Invasives Portal.

USDA-ARS Entomologists "Turn up the Bass" on Vineyard Pests

Google. YouTube; USDA. Agricultural Research Service.

Scientists with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service in central California are using sound to control insects that spread disease in grape vineyards.

YouTube - Air Potato Biological Control

Google. YouTube; University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

This is the story of a multi-agency group -- the USDA Agricultural Research Service, the Florida Ag Division of Plant Industry and the University of Florida/IFAS -- working together on a biological control to combat the invasive Air Potato weed in Florida.

YouTube - Bacterial Wilt Disease in Tomato - Ralstonia

Google. YouTube; Ag Science TV.

YouTube - Control of European Grapevine Moth in California
Google. YouTube; California Department of Food and Agriculture.
YouTube - Eradicating the Pink Bollworm (Sep 2018)
Google. YouTube; California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Following a Pink Bollworm quarantine and eradication program that endured for more than 50 years, the USDA lifted regulations for the cotton pest in September 2018. In this video, the California Department of Food and Agriculture examines the history of the program and the innovation that brought it at long last to a conclusion.
YouTube - Florida's Proactive Defense from Exotic Fruit Flies
Google. YouTube; USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.