Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Minteer Lab
Led by Carey Minteer · Entomology and Nematology
What we study
The Minteer Lab studies invasive plants in Florida using classical biological control and integrated pest management. They use GIS and remote sensing to monitor plant infestations and develop safe, effective control methods.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Plants
- Other insects
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Brazilian peppertree control
Developing biological control agents to manage this widespread invasive plant.
Earleaf acacia control
Works on controlling earleaf acacia, a large Australian tree that is invasive in Florida, using classical biological control combined with other management methods.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Evaluating hyperspectral and machine learning approaches to classify biocontrol-induced damage on water hyacinth ( Pontederia crassipes )
2026 · Invasive Plant Science and Management
Uses hyperspectral imaging and machine learning to detect biocontrol damage on water hyacinth.
- Variation in invasive plant lineages of an agricultural weed affects an insect herbivore
2026 · Biological Control
Tests whether two lineages of Imperata cylindrica affect Spodoptera frugiperda differently.
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- Photosynthetic performance of water hyacinth as affected by Neochetina spp. and Megamelus scutellaris herbivory
2026 · Biocontrol Science and Technology
Measures how Neochetina spp. and Megamelus scutellaris affect water hyacinth's photosynthesis.
- Biological control agents experience biotic resistance, but not apparent competition in a complex community assemblage
2026 · Biological Control
Shows that a biological control agent for Old World climbing fern faces biotic resistance but not competition.
- Climatic suitability and potential distribution of earleaf acacia and its candidate biological control agent Trichilogaster sp
2025 · Biological Control
Predicts where earleaf acacia might spread and if Florida is suitable for its biological control agent.
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