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    • Data from: Improving mass rearing techniques for <i>Floracarus perrepae</i>, a biological control agent for Old World Climbing Fern (<i>Lygodium microphyllum</i>), for releases

    Metadata Updated: July 11, 2025

    In late 2021, relatively simple adjustments made to plant and agent mass rearing protocols produced exponential increases in F. perrepae colony productivity. This increase is attributed to several key changes in colony maintenance that optimized the host-parasite population ratio. We developed a systematic method involving a weekly plant readiness criterion and a predefined sequence of stages to select plants for release, which ensures galls are correctly aged to maximize mite numbers.This project was partially funded by the USDA, through the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) (USDA agreement 58-6032-1-001) co-directed by the South Florida Water Management District and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and through Southwest Florida Water Management District (USDA agreement 58-6032-3-003).Version 2 of dataset updated the title of the dataset, added an additional author, corrected the temporal start and end dates, and added additional data files.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    Metadata Created Date January 1, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 11, 2025

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    Harvested from USDA JSON

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 1, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 11, 2025
    Publisher Agricultural Research Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.15482/USDA.ADC/27037888.v2
    Data Last Modified 2025-05-30
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 005:18
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 82fb6a76-0d01-4528-b1af-8dca07d64eab
    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 005:040
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 27b61803ee4ac6895c265fa207f6eae1ef1c8cb48d1ff29d9c304394123dcd8e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2014-07-09/2023-12-13

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