Irma Cabrera-Asencio Data-verified
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Irma Cabrera-Asencio studies insect pests affecting agricultural crops and investigates natural products for insecticidal properties. Her research includes identifying and characterizing new invasive insect species, such as *Amrasca biguttula* and *Megalurothrips usitatus*, and documenting their presence in new regions. Cabrera-Asencio also examines the impact of environmental events, like hurricanes, on insect communities associated with crops, specifically focusing on mango flowers. Additionally, her work involves the phytochemical profiling and bioactivity assessment of plant extracts, such as those from *Mammea americana* L. and *Genipa americana* L., to evaluate their potential as natural insecticides against pests like mealybugs and the corn earworm (*Helicoverpa zea*). She has published 51 papers, with 103 citations, and holds an h-index of 6.
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- h-index: 6
- Publications: 51
- Citations: 103
Selected Publications
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Manejo químico y cultural para Batocera rufomaculata (De Geer, 1775) en Mangifera indica L. (2025)
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Evaluación del crecimiento de larvas de Batocera rufomaculata (De Geer, 1775) en un medio orgánico y un medio nutritivo artificial (2025)
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Batocera rufomaculata (De Geer, 1775) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): Incidencia, severidad y preferencia en cultivares de Mangifera indica (2025)
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Phytochemical profiling by GC-MS, in vivo toxicity bioassay, and insecticidal evaluation of Pluchea carolinensis (Jacq.) Don leaf extracts from Puerto Rico (2025)
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GC-MS based phytoconstituents profiling, toxicity assessment, and potential of Genipa americana L. leaf extracts as natural insecticides against striped mealybugs Ferrisia sp. (2025)
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Phytochemical Profiling, Bioactivity, and Insecticidal Effectiveness of Mammea americana L. Leaf Extracts Against Ferrisia sp. (2024)
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Coleópteros barrenadores de madera recolectados en trampas “Cross-Vane” en árboles de Mangifera indica: Nuevos reportes y nueva especie para Puerto Rico (2024)
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Floral Biology of Four Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae) Cultivars (2024)
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ACULOPS CANNABICOLA (FARKAS) (ACARI: ERIOPHYOIDEA): A NEW INVASIVE PEST OF CANNABIS SATIVA IN PUERTO RICO (2023)
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ARCHYTAS MARMORATUS (TOWNSEND) AND LESPESIA SPP. (DIPTERA: TACHINIDAE) PARASITOIDS OF SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA (J.E. SMITH) (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) ON ZEA MAYS L. IN SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO (2023)
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ATHELOCA SUBRUFELLA (HULST) (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE: PHYCITINAE): THE COCONUT MOTH IN PUERTO RICO (2023)
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A New Invasive Pest in the Western Hemisphere: Amrasca biguttula (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) (2023)
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First Report of the Exotic Species Megalurothrips usitatus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Pest of Fabaceae, in Puerto Rico (2023)
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DINUROTHRIPS HOOKERI HOOD (THYSANOPTERA: THRIPIDAE: PANCHAETOTHRIPINAE): UN NUEVO RÉCORD PARA CUCUMIS SATIVUS EN PUERTO RICO (2023)
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Hurricanes and phytophagous insects: Disturbance effects on the abundance of an invasive insect (2023)
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