Education
- 2024 PhD Entomology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Advisor: Dr. Oscar Liburd- Dissertation: An Ecological Evaluation of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in
Conventional, Organic, and Natural Systems with Implications for IPM decision-making
- Dissertation: An Ecological Evaluation of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in
- 2019 MS Entomology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Advisor: Dr. Dan Hahn- Thesis: The Association between lipid stores and diapause genotype among European corn borers, Ostrinia nubilalis (LEPIDOPTERA: CRAMBIDAE)
- 2010 BS Biological Sciences, University of Maryland – College Park, College Park, MD.
Publications
Online Profiles
Selected Publications
- Brown, J.T., Lopez, M., and Daane, K.M., 2025. Efficacy of PREV-AM and Assail for vine mealybug
management on grapevine trunks, 2024. Arthropod Management Tests, 50(1). - Brown, J.T., Tanner, J., Lopez, M., and Daane, K.M., 2025. Evaluating the application interval of inseason
drip and foliar insecticides for vine mealybug management in grapes, 2024. Arthropod
Management Tests, 50(1). - Brown, J.T., Lopez, M., and Daane, K., 2025. Comparison of drip and foliar-applied insecticides for
mealybug management in grapes, 2024. Arthropod Management Tests, 50(1). - Flores, C.J., Henry, E.E., Brown, J.T., and Daane, K.M., 2025. Novel insecticide for green stink bug
management in pomegranates, 2024. Arthropod Management Tests, 50(1). - Meagher, R.L., Brown, J.T., Miller, N., Fleischer, S.J., Bowers, K., Hight, S.D., Legaspi, J.C., Brown, R.C.,
Nagoshi, R.N., and Wright, D.L., 2023. Comparison of carabid densities in different cover crop
species in north Florida. Florida Entomologist, 106(4), pp.220-229. - Meagher, R.L., Nagoshi, R.N., Fleischer, S.J., Westbrook, J.K., Wright, D.L., Morris, J.B., Brown, J.T., and
Rowley, A.J., 2022. Areawide management of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera:
Noctuidae), using selected cover crop plants. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 3. 1-10. - Meagher Jr, R.L., Watrous, K.M., Fleischer, S.J., Nagoshi, R.N., Brown, J.T. and Westbrook, J.K., 2021.
Comparison of bee composition in sunnhemp and other cover crops. Florida Entomologist 103(4).
419-424. - Meagher Jr, R.L., Watrous, K.M., Fleischer, S.J., Nagoshi, R.N., Brown, J.T., Bowers, K., Miller, N., Hight,
S.D., Legaspi, J.C., and Westbrook, J.K., 2019. Documenting potential Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea
L.) (Fabaceae) pollinators in Florida. Environmental Entomology 48(2). 343-350. - Meagher, R.L., Nagoshi, R.N., Brown, J.T., Fleischer, S.J., Westbrook, J.K., and Chase, C.A., 2017.
Flowering of the cover crop sunn hemp, Crotalaria juncea L. HortScience 52(7). 986-990. - Rabinowitz, R., Rowley, A.L., Brown, J.T., Meagher, R.L., and Bala, R., 2015. Feeding deterrence and
inhibitory effects of bee balm (Monarda didyma) leaves on fall armyworm. In Proceedings of the
Florida State Horticultural Society 128. 162-165.