Vivek Kumar

Employment

• Monsanto Company Global Product Assessment Scientist
  2018 - Present
• University of Florida Assistant Scientist
  2017 - Present

Education

• University of Florida Ph.D.
  2007 - 2012

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (47)

• Distribution of Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) cryptic species complex in the United States and reproductive host assessment of its dominant member
  Journal of Economic Entomology 2023 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toad138
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• Suitability of Ornamental Pepper Cultivars as Banker Plants for the Establishment of Predatory Mite Amblyseius swirskii in Controlled Production
  Sustainability 2020 DOI: 10.3390/su12198031
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• Functional response and prey stage preference of Delphastus catalinae and D. pallidus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
  Biocontrol Science and Technology 2020 DOI: 10.1080/09583157.2020.1749833
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• Compatibility of the Predatory Beetle, Delphastus catalinae, with an Entomopathogenic Fungus, Cordyceps fumosorosea, for Biocontrol of Invasive Pepper Whitefly, Aleurothrixus trachoides, in Florida
  Insects 2020 DOI: 10.3390/insects11090590
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• Cucumeris Mite (Suggested Common Name) Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans) (Arachnida: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae)
  EDIS 2020 DOI: 10.32473/edis-in1158-2016
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• “Predator-In-First”: A Preemptive Biological Control Strategy for Sustainable Management of Pepper Pests in Florida
  Sustainability 2020 DOI: 10.3390/su12187816
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• Solanum Whitefly, Pepper Whitefly (Suggested Common Names) Aleurotrachelus trachoides Back (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleyrodinae)­
  EDIS 2020 DOI: 10.32473/edis-in1159-2016
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• Correction to: Predation potential of Rhynocoris marginatus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) against three mealybug species of agricultural importance
  Applied Entomology and Zoology 2018 DOI: 10.1007/s13355-018-0588-2
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• Predation potential of Rhynocoris marginatus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) against three mealybug species of agricultural importance
  Applied Entomology and Zoology 2018 DOI: 10.1007/s13355-018-0576-6
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• Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Three Microbial Biocontrol Agents on Spodoptera litura and Its Natural Predator Rhynocoris kumarii
  Insects 2018 DOI: 10.3390/insects9030101
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