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  • Gaskalla, Richard - State Plant Regulatory Official (352-372-3505)
  • Serves on the National Plant Board, oversees state level pest detection and regulatory activities and coordinates survey activities between government agencies, public and private sector organizations. Also coordinates the state's initial emergency response if an exotic pest is detected.

  • Smith, Trevor - State Survey Coordinator (352-372-3505)
  • Coordinates annual survey planning, execution and reporting as well as community outreach activities.

  • Hornby, Paul - State Plant Health Director (352-313-3040)
  • Directs federal APHIS-PPQ pest detection and regulatory activities in cooperation with state officials, and coordinate the initial PPQ emergency response if an exotic pest is detected in the state.

  • Restom Gaskill, Douglas - Pest Survey Specialist (941-359-6309)
  • Provides technical support to the SSC in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

  • Griffiths, Karolynne - Pest Survey Specialist (954-553-9940)

  • Saunders, Brian - Pest Survey Specialist (321-632-5309)

  • Silagyi, Adam - Pest Survey Specialist (352-372-3505)

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Bark Beetles of the Southeastern United States Fruit Fly Monitoring Part 1
Florida Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Fruit Fly Monitoring Part 2
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative Fruit Fly Monitoring Part 3
Two step method for Fire Ant control Huanlongbing in Florida
Citrus Season Begins Under Old Canker Rule
Florida Firewood Poster
Cooperative Extension
Southern Plant Diagnostic Network
Florida Pest Alerts
Florida Plant Atlas
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences
Plant Pathology
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Entomology
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council
Daylily Rust Information Page
Citrus Canker
Florida State Facts
Pink Hibiscus Mealybug
Mexican Bean Beetle
Extension Publication
USDA Whitefly Knowledge Base
The Global Invasive Species Team - Salt Cedar

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Asian Gypsy Moth Lymantria diapar (Asian) Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
Cotton Cutworm Spodoptera litura Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Emerald Ash Borer Agrilus planipennis Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
European Hardwood Ambrosia Beetle Trypodendron domesticum Pest Info | NAPIS Map
European Wood Wasp Sirex noctilio Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
Golden Nematode Globodera rostochiensis Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
Japanese Pine Sawyer Monochamus alternatus Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Lesser spruce shoot beetle Hylurgops palliatus Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
Old World Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Pink Gypsy Moth Lymantria mathura Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
Potato Cyst Nematode Globodera pallida Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
Red Palm Mite Raoiella indica Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Red-haired Bark Beetle Hylurgus ligniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Wheat Bug Nysius huttoni Pest Info | NAPIS Map