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  "@type": "dcat:Dataset",
  "accessLevel": "public",
  "accessRights": "public",
  "bureauCode": [
    "005:18"
  ],
  "contactPoint": {
    "fn": "Dray Jr., F. Allen",
    "hasEmail": "mailto:allen.dray@usda.gov"
  },
  "description": "<p dir=\"ltr\">In late 2021, relatively simple adjustments made to plant and agent mass rearing protocols produced exponential increases in <i>F. perrepae</i> 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.</p><p><br></p><p dir=\"ltr\">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).</p><p dir=\"ltr\">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.</p>",
  "distribution": [
    {
      "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
      "downloadURL": "https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/51334826",
      "format": "xlsx",
      "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
      "mediaType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
      "title": "Improving mass rearing techniques for Floracarus perrepae.xlsx"
    }
  ],
  "identifier": "10.15482/USDA.ADC/27037888.v2",
  "keyword": [
    "ARS",
    "Floracarus perrepae",
    "Lygodium microphyllum",
    "biological control",
    "data.gov",
    "mass rearing"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "modified": "2026-02-12",
  "programCode": [
    "005:040"
  ],
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "org:Organization",
    "name": "Agricultural Research Service"
  },
  "temporal": [
    {
      "@type": "PeriodOfTime",
      "endDate": "2023-12-13",
      "startDate": "2014-07-09"
    }
  ],
  "title": "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"
}