Grants
Educational Fellowships
- University of Florida Alumni Fellowship, Aug. 2007 to Aug. 2010. $18,000 per year + tuition wavier
- Grinter Fellowship, Fall 2006 to Spring 2008. $4000 per year
Research Grants
- Liburd, O. E. and E. M. Rhodes. 2013-2014. Monitoring and management of current, emerging, and invasive arthropod pests of Florida strawberries. Florida Strawberry Growers Association $22,669.00
- Liburd, O. E. and E. M. Rhodes. 2013-2014. Improving integrated pest management of key pests to increase productivity and sustainable production of Florida blueberries. Specialty Block Grant, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services $103,180.00
- Liburd, O. E. and E. M. Rhodes. 2011-2012. Investigating various tactics of intercropping buckwheat with squash to increase natural enemy populations, reduce pest and disease pressure, and increase yield. On-Farm Research Grant, Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SSARE) Program $14,978.00.
- Liburd, O. E., E. M. Rhodes, and D. G. Miller.2010-2012. Developing integrated pest management strategies for controlling key pests in Florida blueberries. Specialty Block Grant, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services $123,000.00
- England, G. K., O. E. Liburd, and E. M. Rhodes. 2006. Action Threshold and Sampling Tools for Thrips Control in Florida Blueberries. University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences 2005-2006 Integrated Pest Management Grant. $5000.00
- Florida Entomological Society of America Student Minigrant, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009. $100.00-250.00
Travel Grants
- Florida Entomological Society of America Student Travel Grant, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009. $100.00 and 2010. $180.00
- Florida Entomological Society of America Graduate Student Travel Grant, 2007. $300.00
- Florida Entomological Society of America Travel Grant for ESA Annual Meeting, 2008 and 2009. $220.00 and $200.00
- Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Travel Grant, 2005 and 2007. $200.00
- University of Florida Graduate Student Council Travel Grant, 2007 and 2009. $250.00
Awards
- 3rd prize in Ph.D. student paper competition at the Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting in 2009.
Publications
Research
- Sarkar, N., E. M. Rhodes, J. Spies, C. R. Roubos, B. A. Little, A. A. Sial, P. D> Fanning, R. Isaacs, and O. E. Liburd. 2020. Evaluation of non-target effects of OMRI-listed insecticides for management of Drosophila suzukii Matsumura in berry crops. J. Appl. Entomol. 144: 12-25
- Jaffe, B. D., A. Avanesyan, H. K. Bal, Yan Feng, J. Grant, J. M. Grieshop, J. C. Lee, O. E. Liburd, E. M. Rhodes, C. Rodriguez-Saona, A. A. Sial, AiJun Zhang, and C. Geudot. 2018. Multistate comparison of attractants and the impact of fruit development stage on trapping Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in raspberry and blueberry. Environ. Entomol. 47: 935-945.
- Rhodes, E. M., P. B. Avery, and O. E. Liburd. 2018. Efficacy of entomopathogenic fungal products for biological control of spotted wing drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) under laboratory conditions. Florida Entomol. 103: 526-528.
- Balusu, R. E., E. M. Rhodes, A. Majumdar, R. D. Cave, O. E. Liburd, and H. Y. Fadamiro. 2017. Biology, ecology, and management of Microtheca ochroloma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in organic crucifer production. J. Integr. Pest Manag. 8: 1-10.
- Liburd, O. E., H. A. Arevalo, and E. M. Rhodes. 2017. Efficacy of reduced-risk insecticides to control flower thrips in early-season blueberries and their effect on Orius insidiosus, a natural enemy of flower thrips. Agricultural Sciences 8: 356-370.
- Rhodes, E. M., N. Benda, and O. E. 2017. Monitoring and distribution of blueberry gall midge, Dasineura oxycoccana, in rabbiteye blueberries in Florida. Acta Horticulturae 1180: 305-312
- Rhodes, E. M., O. E. Liburd, and S. Grunwald. 2016. Examining the relationship between flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) spatial distribution and blueberry (Ericales: Ericaceae) flower density. Florida Entomol. 99: 128-129.
- Balusu, R., E. Rhodes, O. Liburd, and H. Fadamiro. 2015. Management of yellowmargined leaf beetle Microtheca ochroloma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) using turnip as a trap crop. Journal of Economic Entomology. 108: 2691-2701.
- Rhodes, E. M., N. D. Benda, and O. E. Liburd. 2014. Field distribution of Dasineura oxycoccana (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) adults. lavae, pupae, and parasitoids and evalustion of monitoring trap designs in Florida. J. Econ. Entomol. 107: 310-318.
- Brennan, S. A., O. E. Liburd, J. E. Eger, and E. M. Rhodes. 2013. Species composition, monitoring, and feeding injury of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in blackberry. Journal of Economic Entomology. 106:912-923.
- Rhodes, E. M., O. E. Liburd, and G. K. England. 2012. Effects of southern highbush blueberry variety and treatment threshold on flower thrips populations. J. Econ. Entomol. 105: 480-489.
- Rhodes, E. M., O. E. Liburd, and S. Grunwald. 2011. Examining the spatial distribution of flower thrips in southern highbush blueberries utilizing geostatistical methods. Environ. Entomol. 40: 893-903.
- Rhodes, E. M. and O. E. Liburd. 2011. Flower thrips (Thysanoptera:Thripidae) dispersal from alternate hosts into southern highbush blueberry (Ericales: Ericaceae) plantings. Florida Entomol. 94: 311-320.
- Liburd, O. E., J. C. White, and E. M. Rhodes. 2007. The residual and direct effects of reduced-risk and conventional miticides on twospotted spider mites Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) and predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae). FL. Entomol. 90: 249-257.
- Rhodes, E. M. and O. E. Liburd. 2006. Evaluation of predatory mites and Acramite for control of twospotted spider mites in strawberries in north central Florida. J. Econ. Entomol. 99: 1291-1298.
- Rhodes, E. M., O. E. Liburd, C. Kelts, S. I. Rondon, and R. R. Francis. 2006. Comparison of single and combination treatments of Phytoseiulus persimilis, Neoseiulus californicus, and Acramite (bifenazate) for control of twospotted spider mites in strawberries. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 39: 213-225.
Extension
- Rhodes, E. M., I. Iglesias, J. Spies, and O. E. Liburd. 2018. Beetles vs blueberries, Update on flatheaded borers infesting blueberry plantings in central and north-central Florida. The Blueberry News, Summer 2018: 36-37.
- Rhodes, E. M. and O. E. Liburd. 2014. Beat blueberry gall midge Growing Produce.
- Rhodes, E. M. and O. E. Liburd. 2014. Yellowmargined leaf beetle: a pest of cole crops ENY-872. Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
- Liburd, O. E., E. M. Rhodes, E. Weibelzahl, and S. Brennan. 2014. Flower thrips in blackberries in FLorida ENY-881. Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
- Arevalo, H. A., A. B. Fraulo, E. M. Rhodes, and O. E. Liburd. 2013. Key to the most common species of thrips found in early-season blueberry fields in Florida and southern Georgia. ENY-836 (IN679). Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
- Liburd, O. E., A. Arevalo, and E. M. Rhodes. 2013. Integrated strategies for controlling flower thrips in southern highbush blueberries. IPM-140. Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
- Liburd, O. E., E. M. Sarzynski, N. Benda, E. M. Rhodes, and B. J. Sampson. 2013. Blueberry gall midge: a major insect pest of blueberries in the southeastern United States. ENY-825 (IN458). Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
- England, G. K., E. M. Rhodes, and O. E. Liburd. 2007. Thrips Monitoring in Florida Blueberries. ENY-839 (IN692), Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
- Rhodes, E. M., and O. E. Liburd. November 2005. A predatory mite, Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor). UF/IFAS Featured Creatures. EENY-359.