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Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

Graduate Students

Graduate Students
Gagandeep Kaur 
gkaur2@ufl.edu

Ph.D. Research:  Fields of interest are insect ecology and integrated pest management. 
For my Ph.D. research at UF, I am working towards developing an integrated management system for thrips pests in Florida strawberries using semio-chemicals in a push-pull strategy. Furthermore, I am working on other ecological aspects such as spatial and temporal distribution of thrips pests and their natural enemies. 
 
 

 Allan Busuulwa
abusuulwa@ufl.edu

MS Research: My research centers around enhancing natural enemies and biological control agents in a strawberry cropping system.  Specifically, I study the potential of banker plants in supporting natural predators and the impact of pesticides on biological control agents of chilli thrips in strawberries.

 
  Lovely Adhirkary
l.adhikary@ufl.edu