08/30/2002

Due to space limitations, only the first 44 of 132 publications are listed.



Albuquerque, G. S., C. A. Tauber & M. J. Tauber. 2001. Chrysoperla externa and Ceraeochrysa spp.: potential use in biological control in the New World tropics and subtropics. In: P. McEwen, T. New and A. E. Whittington (eds.), Lacewings in the Crop Environment, Cambridge University Press (in press).



Amsellem, Z., N. Zidak, P.C. Quimby, Jr., and J. Gressel. Long-term dry preservation of viable mycelia of two mycoherbicidal organisms. Crop Protection. 1999. V. 18. p. 643-649.



Babcock, C.S. & J.M. Heraty. 2000. Molecular markers for the discrimination of Encarsia formosa and Encarsia luteola (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Ann. Entomology. Soc. Am. 93: 738-744.



Baker, J.L., K. Johnson, D.J. Kazmer, R. Richard, D.T. Taylor, N. Webber, and K. Zimmerman. 1999. Economic Impacts of Russian Knapweed in the Big Horn and Wind River Basins of Wyoming. In Christie, S. and M. Wille (eds). Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the Russian Knapweed Biological Control Consortium. U.S. Dept. of the Interior-Bureau of Land Management, Worland, WY.



Balciunas, J. K. 2001. A proposed Code of Best Practices for classical biological control of weeds. In: Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, July 5-9, 1999, Bozeman, MT. (in press)



Ball, J., C. H. Picket & R. H. Messing. 2000. Introduction of an olive fruit fly parasitoid into Southern California. In: Biological Control Program Annual Summary for 1999. D. M. Woods, ed. CDFA Plant Health and Prevention Services, Sacramento, CA.



Chang, Y. F., M. J. Tauber, C. A. Tauber & J. P. Nyrop. 2000. Interpopulation variation in Chrysoperla carnea reproduction: implications for mass rearing and storage. Entomology. Exp. Appl. 95: 293-302.



Coombs, E.M., G.L. Piper, and L. Wilson. 2000. Biological control. In: Pacific Northwest Weed Control Handbook. pp. 3-5. R.D. William, D. Ball, T.L. Miller, R. Parker, J. P. Yenish, T.W. Miller, C. Eberlein, G.A. Lee, and D.W. Morishita (eds.), Extension Services, Oregon State University, Corvallis.



Coutinot, D., S. Katti, M. Saunders, K. Hoelmer, and M. Martinez. Introducing European parasitoids of tortricid grape berry moths into North America: evaluating the potential for a program in the U.S. IOBC / WPRS Bulletin. 1999, v. 22 (2). p. 10.



Coutinot, D., and K. Hoelmer. Parasitoids of Lygus spp. In North America. Assoc. Nat. Prot. Plantes, Proceedings. 5th International Conference: Pests in Agriculture. Montpellier, France. 1999. P. 641-648.



Craemer C., R. Sobhian, A. McClay, and A. James. A new species of Cecidophyes (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Galium aparine (Rubinaceae) with notes on its biology and potential as a biological control agent for Galium spurium. International Journal of Acarology. 1999. V. 25, (4). p. 225-263.



Daane, K. M., N. J. Mills & M. J. Tauber. 2001. Inundative controls. In: D. Pimentel (ed.), Encyclopedia of Pest Management, CRC Press (in press).



Dahlsten, D.L., R.L. Zuparko, A.E. Hajek, D.L. Rowney, and S.H. Dreistadt. 1999. Long term sampling of Eucallipterus tillae (Homoptera: Drepanosiphidae) and associated natural enemies in a Northern California site. Environmental Entomology, 18(5): 845-850.



Dahlsten, D.L., D.L. Rowney, A.B. Lawson, W.E. Chaney, K.L. Robb, L.R. Costello, and J.N. Kabashima. 2000. The red gum lerp psyllid, a new pest of Eucalyptus species in California. Proceedings 48th Annual Meeting of the California Forest Pest Council (Nov. 18-19, 1999, Sacramento, Calif.), S.M. Jones, D.M. Adams and J.E Rios, Editors. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, pp. 45-50.



Dahlsten, D.L., D.L. Rowney and W.A. Copper. 2000. Landscapes: Integrating biological control of the Eugenia psyllid into the day-to-day management of the landscape in Disneyland. Pp. 59-64. IN. Proceedings California Conference on Biological Control II. M.S. Hoddle, editor. (July 11-12, 2000, Riverside, Calif.). 205 pp.



Delvare, G. and A. Kirk. Potential of parasitic hymenoptera for the biological control of Plutella xylostella (L.) (Yponomeutidae): A review from past experience and recent exploration. Proceedings. Pests in Agriculture: International Conference. 2000. In press.



Diaz-Aranda, L. M., V. P. Monserrat & C. A. Tauber. 2001. Recognition of early stages of Chrysopidae. In: P. McEwen, T. New and A. E. Whittington (eds.), Lacewings in the Crop Environment, Cambridge University Press (in press).



Duan, J. J. & Messing, R. H. 1999. Effects of origin and experience on patterns of host acceptance by the opiine parasitoid Diachasmimorpha tryoni. Ecological Entomology 24: 284-291.



Duan, J. J. & R. H. Messing. 1999. Development of approaches to evaluating non-target impacts of introduced fruit fly parasitoids in Hawaii. in: Nontarget Effects of Biological Control. P. Follett & J. Duan, Eds. Kluwer Academic Pub., Norwell, MA.



Duan, J. J., R. H. Messing & R. Dukas. 2000. Host selection of Diachasmimorpha tryoni (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): comparative response to fruit-infesting and gall-forming tephritid flies. Environmental Entomology 29: 838.



Ehler, L. E. 2000. Farmscape ecology of stink bugs in Northern California. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD.59 pp.



Evans, E.W. 2000a. Egg production in response to combined alternative foods by the predator Coccinella transversalis. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 94: 141-147



Evans, E.W. 2000b. Morphology of invasion: body size patterns associated with establishment of Coccinella septemptunctata in western North America. European Journal of Entomology, in press.



Feng, M. G., T. J. Poprawski, R. M. Nowierski, and Z. Zeng. 1999. Infectivity of Pandora neoaphidis (Zygomycetes: Entomphthorales) to Acyrthosiphon pisum (Homoptera: Aphidiae) in response to varying temperature and photoperiod regimes. J. Appl. Entomology. 123: 29-35.



Follett, P. .A., J. J. Duan, R. H. Messing & V. P. Jones. 2000. Parasitoid drift after biological control introductions: re-examining Pandoras box. American Entomologist 46: 82-94.



Gardner, K.T. and D.C. Thompson. 2000. Development and phonology of the specialist grasshopper, Hesperotettix viridis (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Environ. Entomology. (in press).



Gates, M. 1999. A new species of Cirrospilus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from the southwestern United States and Mexico. Proc. Entomology. Soc. Wash. 102: 58-61.



Glenn, D. M., Puterka, G., Drake, S., Unruh, T., Knight, A., Bahere, P., Pradeo, E. and Baugher, T. 2000. Effect of particle film of apple yield and productivity. J. Amer. Hort. Soc. (In press)



Goudegnon, A.E., A. Kirk. And D. Bordat. Statut de Plutella xylostella (L.) et de Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov) au Benin. Proceedings. ANPP VTH International Conference on Pests in Agriculture. 2000. In press.



Guillen, M. 1999. Bionomics of the citrus peel miner. M.Sc. thesis, University of California, Riverside.



Hagler, J.R. 2000. Biological Control. P. 207-241. In Jack Rechcigl (ed.), Environmentally Sound Approaches to Pest Management. Ann Arbor Press.



Hagler, J.R. and C.G. Jackson. 2001. Methods for marking insects: Current techniques and future prospects. Annu. Rev. Entomology. (in press).



Hasan S., R. Sobhian, and L. Knutson. Preliminary studies on Ramularia crupinae sp. nov. as a potential biological control agent for common crupina (Crupina vulgaris) in the USA. Annals of Applied Biology. 1999. V. 135. p. 489-494.



Heinz, K. M. J. R. Brazzle, M. P. Parrella, and C. H. Pickett. 1999. Field evaluations of augmentative releases of Delphastus catalinae (Horn) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) for suppression of Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring (Homoptera; Aleyrodidae) infesting cotton. Biological Control 16: 241-251.



Herard, F., K. Chen, and A. Cameron. Gypsy moth parasitism in the native range during outbreak termination and the subsequent latency phase. Proceedings. U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species. 2000. P. 81.



Heraty, J.M. 2000. Citrus Peel miner and Citrus Leaf miner [fact sheet produced for the Center for Exotic Pest Management and distributed by Citrus Research Board]



Heraty, J.M. & J.B. Woolley. 1999. World Catalog of Encarsia (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Formatted catalog available online at http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/Encarsia.cat.pdf.



Heraty, J. M. & A.P. Polaszek. 2000. Morphometric analysis and descriptions of selected species in the Encarsia strenua species group (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). J. Hymen. Res. 9: 142-169.



Hoddle, M.S., Aponte, O., Kerguelen, V. & Heraty, J. 1999. Biological control of Oligonychus perseae (Acari: Tetranycchidae) on avocado: I. Evaluating release timings, recovery and efficacy of six commercially available phytoseiids. International Journal of Acarology 25: 211-219



Hoddle, M.S., Robinson, L., Jones, J. and Virzi, J. 1999. Developmental and reproductive biology of a predatory Franklinothrips n. sp. (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae). Biological Control 18: 27-38.



Hoelmer, K. Foreign exploration for sawfly natural enemies. Proceedings. XXI International Congress of Entomology, Iguassu Falls, Brazil. 2000. P. 203.



Hoelmer, K., A. Kirk, and G. S. Simmons. An overview of natural enemy explorations and evaluations for Bemisia in the U.S. Assoc. Nat. Prot. Plantes, Proceedings 5th International Conference: Pests in Agriculture. Montpellier, France. 1999. P. 689-696.



Hoelmer, K., J. Goolsby, A. Kirk, W. Roltsch and C. Pickett. Reviewing a multi-agency biological control program for Bemisia argentifolii in the southwest United States: foreign exploration, mass culture, and evaluations. Proceedings. XXI International Congress of Entomology, Iguassu Falls, Brazil. 2000. P. 999.

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Alyokhin, A. V., R. H. Messing, and J. J. Duan. 2001. Utilization of the exotic weed Pluchea odorata (Asteraceae) and related plants by the introduced biological control agent Acinia picturata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Hawaii. Biocontrol Science and Technology 11: 711-718.



Balciunas, J. and B. Villegas. 2001. Chaetorellia succinea - Is this unintentionally released natural enemy of yellow starthistle safe? Proceedings of the First International Knapweed Symposium of the Twenty-First Century. p. 94-95.



Balciunas, J. K. and B. Villegas. 2001. Unintentionally released Chaetorellia succinea (Diptera: Tephritidae): is this natural enemy of yellow starthistle a threat to safflower growers? Environmental Entomology 30(5):953-963.



Balciunas, J. and B. Villegas. (In Press). The Unintentionally-released yellow starthistle seed-head fly, Chaetorellia succinea (Diptera: Tephritidae): Is this natural enemy of yellow starthistle a threat to safflower growers? Environmental Entomology. 30(4): xxx-xxx.



Bernal, J. S., R. F. Luck, J. G. Morse, and M. S. Drury. 2001. Seasonal and scale size relationships between citricola scale (Homoptera: Coccidae) and its parasitoid complex (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) on San Joaquin Valley citrus. Biological Control 20: 210-221.



Collier, T. R. and M.S. Hunter. 2001. Interference competition between whitefly parasitoids, Eretmocerus eremicus, and Encarsia transvena. Oecologia 129: 147-154.



Dudley, T., C. J. DeLoach, J. E. Lovich, and R. I. Carruthers. 2000. Saltcedar invasion of western riparian areas: impacts and now prospects. Pp. 345-381, in R. E. McCabe and S. E. Loos, eds. Control. Trans. 65th N. Amer. Wildlife and Nat. Res. Conf. Chicago, pp. 345-381.



Ellington, J., T. Carrillo and C. Sutherland. 2001. Biological control option in New Mexico Pecans. XXIV Congreso Nacional de Control Biologico Memoirs. Pp. 219-225.



Evans, E.W. 2001. Expanding predator-prey theory for insects (Book review of A.F.G. Dixon, Insect predator-prey dynamics: ladybird beetles and biological control). Ecology 82: 905-906.



Evans, E.W. 2000. Morphology of invasion: body size patterns associated with establishment of Coccinella septemptunctata in western North America. European Journal of Entomology 97: 469-474.



Evans, E.W. 2000. Egg production in response to combined alternative foods by the predator Coccinella transversalis. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 94: 141-147



Jacob, H.S. and E.W. Evans. 2000. Influence of carbohydrate foods and mating on longevity of the parasitoid Bathyplectes curculionis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Environmental Entomology 29: 1088-1095



Jacob, H.S. and E.W. Evans. 2000. Influence of experience on the response of Bathyplectes curculionis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a non-aphidophagous parasitoid, to aphid odor. Biological Control 19: 237-244



Kalaskar, A. and E.W. Evans. 2001. Larval responses of aphidophagous lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to weevil larvae versus aphids as prey. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 94: 76-81



Glenn, D. M, G. Puterka, S. Drake, T. Unruh, A. Knight, P. Bahere, E. Prado, and T. Baugher. 2001. Effect of particle film of apple yield and productivity. J. Amer. Hort. Soc. 126:175-1815.





Guillen, M., D. Davis, and J. M. Heraty. 2001. A new species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting citrus in the southwestern United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103: 636



Hagler, J.R. and C.G. Jackson. 2001. Methods for marking insects: Current techniques and future prospects. Annu.. Rev. Entomol. 46: 511-543.



Honda, J. Y. and R. F. Luck. 2001. A Laboratory Evaluation of Trichogramma platneri as an Augmentative Biological Control Agent for Two Avocado Pests: Amorbia cuneana and Sabulodes aegrotata. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 100: 1-13.



Jacob, H.S. and E.W. Evans. 2001. The influence of food deprivation on foraging decisions of the parasitoid Bathyplectes curculionis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94: 605-611



Knight, A. L., T. R. Unruh, B. A. Christianson, G. J. Puterka and D. M. Glenn. 2001. Impacts of seasonal Kaolin particle films on apple pest management. Canadian Entomol., 133:413-428.



Unruh, T. R. and L. A. Lacey. 2001. Control of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with Stienernema carpocapsae: Effects of supplemental wetting and pupation site on infection rate. Biological Control.20: 48-56. 2001.



Larking, T. S., R. I. Carruthers and B. C. Legaspi. 2000. A computational method for simulating insect pathogenesis. Trans. SCS. 17: 25-33.



Luck, R. F. J. A. M. Jenssen, J.D. Pinto and E. R. Oatman. 2000. Precise sex allocation and sex ratio shifts by the parasitoid Trichogramma pretiosum. Behaviour Ecology and Sociobiology 49: 311-321.



Messing, R. H. & M. F. Purcell. 2001. Regulatory constraints to the practice of biological control in Hawaii. in: Balancing Nature: Assessing the Impact of Importing Non-Native Biological Control Agents. J. Lockwood, F. Howarth, M. Purcell, eds. Thomas Say Publications, Entom. Soc. Am., Lanham, MD.



Naranjo, S. E. and J. R. Hagler. 2001. Towards the quantification of predation with predator gut immunoassays: A new approach integrating functional response behavior. Biol. Control. 20: 175-189.



Nowierski, R. M., B. C. FitzGerald, G. J. McDermott, and J. M. Story. 2000. Overwintering mortality of Urophora affinis and U. quadrifasciata (Diptera: Tephritidae): Effects of larval competition versus exposure to subzero temperatures. Environ. Entomol. 29: 403?412.



Nowierski, R. M., B. C. FitzGerald, and Z. Zeng. 2001. Supercooling capacity of Urophora affinis and U. quadrifasciata (Diptera: Tephritidae) on spotted knapweed: Comparisons among plants, sites, time of season, and gall densities. J. Thermal Biol. 26: 143-153.



Petersen, M. K. and M. S. Hunter. 2001. Variation in the outcome of competition between two aphid species on pecan: Plants matter more than predators. Oikos 92: 107-118.



Ramirez, J., J. Ellington, M. Remmenga and T. Carrillo. 2001. Relacion entre capturas de gusano rosario Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), e infestacion en cuadros y bellotas en el valle de Mesilla, New Mexico. Memoirs XXXVI Congreso Nacional de Entomologia Memoirs Pp. 111-112.



Rieder, J.P., E.W. Evans, and S.L. Durham. 2001. Distribution of insect attacks in the biological control of weed: infestation of Centaurea virgata flowerheads by a gall fly. Biological Control 20: 254-260.



Rodriguez-Saona, C., S. J. Crafts-Brandner, P. W. Pari, and T. J. Henneberry. 2001. Exogenous methyl jasmonate induces volatile emissions in cotton plants. J. Chem. Ecol. 27: 679-695.



Sforza, R., J. Story, R. Hufbauer, J. Kashefi and P. C. Quimby. 2001. New Foreign Explorations for Classical Biocontrol of Spotted Knapweed. In L. Smith (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Knapweed Symposium of the Twenty-First Century, March 15-16, 2001, Coeur d‘Alene, Idaho.



Thompson, D.C. and K.T. Gardner. 2001. The Future of Biological Control of Weeds on Rangelands: An Entomologists Viewpoint. (In press). In: Rangeland weed and brush management  the next millennium. Texas A&M University Press, College Station.



van der Werf, W., E.W. Evans, and J. Powell. 2000. Measuring and modeling dispersal of Coccinella septempunctata in alfalfa fields. European Journal of Entomology 97: 487-493



Vargas, R. I., S. L. Peck, G. T. McQuate, C. G. Jackson, J. D. Stark and J. W. Armstrong. 2001. Potential for areawide management of Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) with a parasitoid and novel bait spray. J. Econ. Entomol. 94: 817-825.



Wraight, S. P., R. I. Carruthers, S. T. Jaronski, C. A. Bradley, C. J. Garza, and S. Galaini-Wraight. 2000. Evaluations of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus for microbial control of the silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentigolii. Biological Control. 17: 203-217.

07/24/2005

Due to space limitations, this is only a partial publication list. See the W-1185 website for the full 2003 publication list.


Adda, C., Borgemeister, C., Biliwa, A., Meikle, W.G., Markham, R.H., Poehling, H.-M. 2002. Integrated pest management in post-harvest maize: a case study from the Republic of Togo (West Africa). Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 93(1-3). p. 305-321.

Antony, B., M.A. Palanaswami, and T. J. Henneberry. 2003. Encarsia transvena (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) development and Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) host stage preference. Environmental Entomology 32: 584-591.

Blua, M. J., Redak, R. A., Morgan, D. J. W., Costa, H. S. (2001) Seasonal flight activity of two Homalodisca species (Homoptera : Cicadellidae) that spread Xylella fastidiosa in southern California. Journal of Economic Entomology, 94(6):1506-1510.

Bon, M.C., Ramualde, K. Hoelmer, K, Coutinot, D. 2003. Species-specificity and sensitivity of a PCR-based assay for Peristenus stygicus, a parasitoid of Lygus spp. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on the Biological Control of Arthropods. U.S.D.A. Forest Service Publication 2003-05. p. 444-448.

Carruthers, R. I. 2003. Invasive species research in the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service. Pest Management Sciences 59:827-834.

Carruthers, R. I. (2003). Biological Control of Invasive Species, A personal perspective. Conservation Biology (in press).

Cao, Wan-Hong, Ralph E. Charlton, James R. Nechols and Michael J. Horak. 2003. Sex pheromone of the noctuid moth, Tyta luctuosa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a candidate biological control agent of field bindweed. Environ. Entomol. 32: 17-22.

Cocquempot, C., Hérard, F., Reynaud, P. 2003. Les longicornes asiatiques Anoplophora glabripennis et Anoplophora chinensis, une menace sérieuse pour l'arboriculture fruitière, les plantes d'ornement et les forêts françaises. Phytoma. v. 561. p. 24-28.

Cocquempot, C., Hérard, F. 2003. Les Anoplophora, un danger pour la pépinière et les espaces verts. PHM-revue horticole. v. 449. p. 28-33

Coleson, J.L. 2003. Antibiosis and antixenosis to Aphis gossypii Glover (Homoptera: Aphididae) in cultivars of taro, Colocasia esculenta (L.). MS Thesis, University of Guam. Mangilao, Gaum.

Collier, T. R. and M.S. Hunter. 2001. Interference competition between whitefly parasitoids, Eretmocerus eremicus, and Encarsia transvena. Oecologia 129: 147-154

Collier, T. R., M. S. Hunter and S. E. Kelly 2002. Egg size, intrinsic competition and lethal interference in the endoparasitoids, Encarsia pergandiella and Encarsia formosa. In press, Biological Control.

Coutinot, D. 2002. Research institutes : living organisms and environmental protection. Legislation and regulations, agencies and research institutes consulted, quarantines visited, subjects discussed and propositions. Mémoire de DESS Expertise des Problématiques Environnementales. DESS (=M.Sc.) thesis, University of Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France. 50 pp. & annexes (in French).

DeLoach, C. J., P. A. Lewis, J. C. Herr, R. I. Carruthers, J. L. Tracy and J Johnson. 2003. Host specificity of the leaf beetle, Diorhabda elongata deserticola from Asia, a biological control agent for saltcedars in the Western United States. Biological Control 27: 117-147.

Fargues, J., Bon, M.C., Manguin, S., Couteaudier, Y. 2002. Genetic variability among Paecilomyces fumosoroseus isolates from various geographical and host insect origins based on the rDNA-ITS regions. Mycological Research. v. 106 (9). p.1066-1074.

Godfrey, K. E. K. M. Daane, W. J. Bentley, R. J. Gill, and R. Malakar-Kuenen. Mealybugs in California Vineyards. 2002. University of California ANR Publication 21612, 16 pp.

Godfrey, K., J. Ball, D. Gonzalez, and E. Reeves. 2003. Biology of the vine mealybug in vineyards in the Coachella valley, California. Southwest. Ento. In press.

Hagler, J.R. 2002. Foraging behavior, host stage selection and gut content analysis of field collected Drapetis nr. divergens: A predatory fly of Bemisia argentifolii. Southwestern Entomologist. 27: 241-249.

Hagler, J.R., H. Costa, and K. Daane. 2002. Progress on the development of a monoclonal antibody specific to glassy-winged sharpshooter egg protein: A tool for predator gut analysis and early detection of pest infestation. Symp. Proceedings, Pierces Disease Research Symposium. P. 79-80.

Hagler, J.R., C.G. Jackson, T.J. Henneberry, and J.R. Gould. 2002. Parasitoid mark-release-recapture techniques. II. Development and application of a protein marking technique for Eretmocerus spp., parasitoids of Bemisia argentifolii. Biocontrol Science & Technology. 12: 661-675.

Hagler, J.R., C.G. Jackson, R. Isaacs, and S.A. Machtley. 200_. Foraging behavior and prey selection by a guild of predators on various stages of Bemisia tabaci. J. Insect Science (in press).

Hagler, J.R., S. Machtley, and J. Leggett. 2002. Parasitoid mark-release-recapture techniques. I. Development of a battery-operated suction trap for collecting minute insects. Biocontrol Science & Technology. 12: 653-659.

Hinz, H.L., and D. Schroeder. 2003. Impact of competition from wheat and below-ground herbivory on growth and reproduction of scentless chamomile, Tripleurospermum perforatum (Mérat) Laínz. Journal of Applied Entomology, 127, 72-79.

Hoddle, M. S., S. V. Triapitsyn, and D. J. W. Morgan. 2003. Distribution and plant association records for Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Florida. Florida Entomologist 86: 89-91.

Hoelmer, K. A. and C. H. Pickett. 2003. Geographic origin and taxonomic history of Delphastus spp. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in commercial culture. Biocontrol Science and Technology 13: 529-535.

Hoelmer, K. A., Goolsby, J. A. 2003. Innovative methods for the release, establishment and monitoring of Bemisia parasitoids and predators. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods. U.S.D.A. Forest Service Publication 2003-05. P. 58-65.

Hoelmer, K. A., C. H. Pickett. Geographic origin and taxonomic history of Delphastus spp. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in commercial culture. 2003. Biocontrol Science and Technology. v. 13(5). p. 529-535.

Holst, N., and W.G. Meikle. 2003. Teretrius nigrescens against larger grain borer Prostephanus truncatus in African maize stores: biological control at work? Journal of Applied Ecology 40(2): 307-319.

Hunter, M.S., Collier, T. R, and S. E. Kelly. 2002. Does an autoparasitoid disrupt host suppression provided by a primary parasitoid? In press. Ecology.

Hurlbert, S. and W.G. Meikle. 2003. Pseudoreplication, fungi, and locusts. Journal of Economic Entomology 96(3): 533-535.

Leppla, N. C., K. A. Bloem, and R. F. Luck. (eds.) 2002 Quality Control for Mass-Reared Arthropods. Proceedings of the Eighth and Ninth Workshops of the IOBC Working Group on Quality Control of Mass-Reared Arthropods 171 pp.


Lewis, P. A., C. J. DeLoach, J. C. Herr, T. L. Dudley and R. I. Carruthers. 2003. Assessment of risk to native Frankenia shrubs from an Asian leaf beetle, Diorhabda elongata deserticola, introduced for biological control of saltcedars in the western United States. Biological Control 27: 148-166.

Luck, R. F. and L. D. Forster. 2002. Quality of augmentative biological control: A historical perspective and lessons learned from evaluating Trichogramma. Pp. . In J. C. van Lenteren (ed). Quality Control and Production of Biological Control Agents. CABI Publishing Wallingford, Oxon. UK.

McClay, A. S., Sobhian, R., and Zhang, W. 2002. Galium spurium L., False Cleavers (Rubinaceae). In Biological control programs in Canada, 1981-2000 CABI publishing, CAB international, Wallingford, Oxon OX 10 8DE. Pp 358-361.

Meikle, W.G., S. Jaronski, G. Mercadier and P.C. Quimby. 2003. A distributed delay routine-based simulation model of Beauveria bassiana conidial stability in response to environmental stressors. BioControl 48: 561-578.

Meikle, W.G., Markham, R.H., Nansen, C., Holst, N., Degbey, P., Azoma, K., Korie, S. Pest management in traditional maize stores in West Africa: a farmer's perspective. 2002. Journal of Economic Entomology. v. 95(5). p.1079-1088.

Meikle, W.G., D. Rees and R.H. Markham. 2003. Biological control of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae). Integrated Pest Management Reviews (in press).

Mercadier, G., Saethre, M.G., Vega, F.E. 2002. First report of the fungal entomopathogen Paecilomyces in Norway. Norwegian Journal of Entomology. v. 49. pp. 71-73.


Milbrath, Lindsey R. and James R. Nechols. Indirect effect of early-season infestations of Trichosirocalus horridus on Rhinocyllus conicus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Biological Control. In Press.

Miller R. H. 2003. Probit analysis of pesticide toxicity to aphids on Guam. In R.H. Miller (ed.). Proceedings 10th Inter-Congress of the Pacific Science Association. June 1-6, 2001, Tamuning, Guam. Micronesica Supplement 7: 113-123.

Miller, R. H., O. Idechiil, R.G. Foottit and K.S. Pike. 2003. Uroleucon formosanum (Takahashi) (Homoptera: Aphididae) Found on Youngia japonica (L.) DC on Guam and Rota in the Mariana Islands. Proc. Hawaiian Entomological Society 36: 125-127.

Nansen, C. and W.G. Meikle. 2003. The biology of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae). Integrated Pest Management Reviews (in press).

Nansen, C., W.G. Meikle, B. Tigar, S. Harding and A. Tchabi. Non-agricultural hosts of Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in West African forests. Annals of the Entomological Society of America (in press, 2004).

Naranjo, S. E. Sampling arthropods. In Encyclopedia of Entomology, J. L. Capinera (ed.) (in press)

Naranjo, S. E., P. C. Ellsworth and J. R. Hagler. Conservation of natural enemies in cotton: Role of insect growth regulators for management of Bemisia tabaci. Biological Control (in press)

Naranjo, S. E. J. R. Hagler and P. C. Ellsworth. 2003. Improved conservation of natural enemies with selective management systems for Bemisia tabaci in cotton. Biocontrol Science & Technology 13: 571-587.

Naranjo, S. E. and P. C. Ellsworth. 2002. Arthropod communities and transgenic cotton in the western USA: Implications for biological control. In First International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, 13-18 January 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, R. Van Driesche (ed.). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Nechols, James R. 2003. Fortuitous biological control. In: R. Van Driesche (ed.). Proc. First International Meeting of Biological Control of Arthropod Pests. January 2002, Honolulu, HI. U.S. Forest Service, Morgantown, WV.

Nelson, D.R., T.P. Freeman, J.S. Buckner, K.A. Hoelmer, C.G. Jackson, J.R. Hagler. 2003. Characterizing the cuticular surface wax pores and the waxy particles of the dustywing, Semidalis flinti (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae). J. Comp. Biochem. & Physiol. 136: 343-356.

Nelson, D. R., Freeman, T. P., Buckner, J. S., Hoelmer, K. A., Jackson, C. G., Hagler, J. R. 2003. Characterization of the cuticular surface wax pores and the waxy particles of the dustywing, Semidalis flinti (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B. v. 136. p. 343-356.

Opit, G. P., J. R. Nechols, and D. C. Margolies. 2003. Biological control of twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae), using Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseidae) on ivy geranium: assessment of predator release ratios. Biological Control. In press.

Opit, George P., David C. Margolies and James R. Nechols. 2003. Within-plant distribution of twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae), on ivy geranium: development of a presence-absence sampling plan. J. Econ. Entomol. 96: 482-488.

Opit, George P. 2003. Development of Biological Control of Twospotted Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) on Greenhouse Ivy Geranium, Pelargonium peltatum (L.) LHer Ex Air., Using the Predatory Mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseidae). Dissertation, Kansas State University, Manhattan.

Paine, T. D., K. M. Jetter, K. M. Klonsky, L. G. Bezark, and T. S. Bellows. 2003. Ash whitefly and biological control in the urban environment, pp. 203-213 In Exotic Pests and Diseases, Biology and Economics for biosecurity, D. A. Sumner, Editor. Iowa State Press, A Blackwell Publishing Company.

Petersen, M. K. and M. S. Hunter. 2001. Variation in the outcome of competition between two aphid species on pecan: Plants matter more than predators. Oikos 92: 107-118

Phillips, C. B., Cane, R. P., Mee, J., Chapman, H. M., Hoelmer, K. A., Coutinot, D. 2002. Intraspecific variation in the ability of Microctonus aethiopoides (Hymenoptera : Braconidae) to parasitize Sitona lepidus (Coleoptera : Curculionidae). New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. v. 45. p. 295-303.

Pickett, C. H. and R. Wall. 2003. Long term evaluation of the ash whitefly parasitoid, Encarsia inaron (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Pan Pacific Entomologist, In Press.

Quimby, P.C., DeLoach, C.J., Wineriter, S.A., Goolsby, J.A., Sobhian, R., Boyette, C.D., and Abbas, H.K. 2003. Biological control of weeds: research by the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service: selected case studies. Pest Management Science 59:671-680.

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Due to space limitations, this is only a partial publication list. See the W-1185 website for the full 2004 publication list.

Balciunas, J. 2004. Are mono-specific agents necessarily safe? The need for pre-release assessment of probable impact of candidate biocontrol agents, with some examples. pp. 252-257 in: Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on the Biological Control of Weeds. CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia.

Balciunas, J. 2004. Cape ivy, Delairea odorata (previously, Senecio mikanioides). pg. 441 in: E. Coombs, J. Clark, G. Piper, and A. Cofrancesco (eds.) Biological Control of Weeds in the United States. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon.

Coombs, E.M. 2004. Factors that affect successful establishment of biological control agents. Pages 85-94 in E.M. Coombs, J.K. Clark, G.L. Piper, and A.F. Cofrancesco, eds. Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.

Coombs, E.M., G.P. Markin, P.P. Pratt and B. Rice. 2004. Gorse. Pages 178-183 in E.M. Coombs, J.K. Clark, G.L. Piper, and A.F. Cofrancesco, eds. Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.

Coombs, E.M., P.B. McEvoy and G.P. Markin. 2004. Tansy ragwort. Pages 335-344 in E.M. Coombs, J.K. Clark, G.L. Piper, and A.F. Cofrancesco, eds. Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.


Coombs, E. M. and G. L. Piper. 2004. Bull thistle, Cirsium vulgare, pp. 345-346. In E. M. Coombs, J. K. Clark, G. L. Piper, and A. F. Cofrancesco, Jr. (eds.), Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State Univ. Press, Corvallis.

Coombs, E. M., G. L. Piper, and C. Roche. 2004. Meadow knapweed, Centaurea pratensis, pp. 200-201. In E. M. Coombs, J. K. Clark, G. L. Piper, and A. F. Cofrancesco, Jr. (eds.), Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State Univ. Press, Corvallis.

Coombs, E. M., J. K. Clark, G. L. Piper, and A. F. Cofrancesco, Jr. 2004. Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State Univ. Press, Corvallis. 467 p.

Coulson, J.R., E.M. Coombs and B. Villegas. 2004. Documentation. Pages 47-49 in E.M. Coombs, J.K. Clark, G.L. Piper, and A.F. Cofrancesco, eds. Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.

Cristofaro, M. M. Yu. Dolgovskaya, A. Konstantinov, F. Lecce, S.Ya. Reznik, L. Smith, C. Tronci, and M. G. Volkovitsh. 2004. Psylliodes chalcomerus Illiger (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae), a flea beetle candidate for biological control of yellow starthistle Centaurea solstitialis. In: Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds (eds Cullen, J.M., Briese, D.T., Kriticos, D.J., Lonsdale, W.M., Morin, L. and Scott, J.K.) pp. 75-80. CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia.

deLillo, E., R. Baldari, M. Christofaro, J. Kashefi, J. Littlefield, R. Sobhian, and C. Tronci. 2003. Eriophyid mites for the biological control of knapweed: morphological and biological observations. In: Cullen, J.M., D.T. Briese, D.J. Kriticos, W.M. Lonsdale, L. Morin and J.K. Scott (eds.). XI International Symposium on the Biological Control of Weeds. Canberra, Australia. May 2003. p. 88.

Ehler, L. E. 2004. An evaluation of some natural enemies of Spodoptera exigua on sugarbeet in northern California. BioControl 49: 121-135.

Godfrey, K. and M. McGuire. 2004. Overwintering of Aphelinus near paramali (Hymenoptera: Aphilinidae), an introduced parasite of the cotton aphid in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Florida Entomologist 87(1): 88-91.

Goolsby, J., P. J. De Barro, A. A. Kirk, R. Sutherst, L. Canas, M. Ciomperlik, P. Ellsworth, J. Gould, D. Hartley, K. A. Hoelmer, S. J. Naranjo, M. Rose. W. Roltsch, R. Ruiz, C. Pickett, and D. Vacek. 2004. Post-release evaluation of the biological control of Bemisia tabaci biotype B in the USA and the development of predictive tools to guide introductions for other countries. Biological Control. In Press.

Grafton-Cardwell, E., K. Godfrey, J. Pena, C. McCoy, and R. Luck. 2004. Diaprepes Root Weevil. University of California ANR Publication No. 8131.

Grobbelaar, E., J. K. Balciunas, O. Neser, and S. Neser. 2003. South African insects for biological control of Delairea odorata. pp. 16-28 in: Proceedings, CalEPPC Symposiums, 2000, 2001, 2002. M. Kelly (ed.), Concord, CA.

Guillén, M., J.M. Heraty and R.F. Luck. 2003. Seasonal variation and infestation incidence by Marmara gulosa Guillén and Davis (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on grapefruit in the Coachella Valley of California (USA). Journal of Economic Entomology 96: 577-583.

Guillén, M. and J. M. Heraty. Instar differences in Marmara gulosa Guillén and Davis (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Accepted by Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 21 mss pp. Accepted July 9, 2004.

Gutierrez, A. P., M. J. Pitcairn, and N. Carruthers. 2004. Development of a supply-demand model to evaluate the biological control of yellow starthistle, Centaurea solstitialis, in California. In: J. M. Cullen (sr. ed.), Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, pp. 539-544. CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia.


Heraty, J. M. and M. E. Gates. 2003. Biodiversity of Chalcidoidea of the El Edén Ecological Reserve, Mexico. In: Proceedings of the 21st Symposium in Plant Biology, Lowland Maya Area: Three Millenia at the Human-Wildland Interface. (A. Gómez-Pompa, M. F. Allen, S. L. Fedick, and J. J. Jiménez-Osornio, eds.). Haworth Press. pp. 277-292.

Heraty, J. M. 2003. Molecular Systematics, Chalcidoidea and Biological Control. In: Genetics and Evolution in Biological Control (L. Ehler, R. Sforza, and T. Mateille, eds.). CAB International. pp. 39-71.

Hinz, H.L., and M. Schwarzlaender. 2004. Comparing invasive plants from their native and exotic range: what can we learn for biological control? Weed Technology (in press).

Hoelmer, K. A. and C. H. Pickett. 2003. Geographic origin and taxonomic history of Delphastus spp. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in commercial culture. Biocontrol Science and Technology 13: 529-535.

Joley, D.B., D. M. Maddox, S.E. Schoenig, and B.E. Mackey. 2003. Parameters affecting germinability and seed bank dynamics in dimorphic achenes of Centaurea solstitialis in California. Canadian Journal of Botany 81: 993-1007.

Littlefield, J. L. 2003. Spatial distribution and seasonal life history of Aceria malherbae Nuz. (Acrai: Eriophyidae) on Convolvulus arvensis L. in Montana, USA. In: Cullen, J.M., D.T. Briese, D.J. Kriticos, W.M. Lonsdale, L. Morin and J.K. Scott (eds.). XI International Symposium on the Biological Control of Weeds. Canberra, Australia. May 2003. p 607.

Miller, R. H., O. Idechiil, R.G. Foottit and K.S. Pike. 2003. Uroleucon formosanum (Takahashi) (Homoptera: Aphididae) found on Youngia japonica (L.) DC on Guam and Rota in the Mariana Islands. Proc. Hawaiian Entomological Society, 36: 125-127.

Müller-Schärer, H., Schaffner, U., Steinger, T. 2004. Evolution in invasive plants: implications for biological control. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19:417-422.

Paine, T. D., K. M. Jetter, K. M. Klonsky, L. G. Bezark, and T. S. Bellows. 2003. Ash whitefly and biological control in the urban environment, pp. 203-213 In Exotic Pests and Diseases, Biology and Economics for Biosecurity, D. A. Sumner, Editor. Iowa State Press, A Blackwell Publishing Company.

Pickett, C. H. and R. Wall. 2003. Biological control of ash whitefly Siphoninus phillyreae (Haliday) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidaea) by Encarsia inaron (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in northern California: 1990-2000. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 79(2): 156-158.


Piper, G.L., and E.M. Coombs. 2004. Thistles. Pages 345-378 in E.M. Coombs, J.K. Clark, G.L. Piper, and A.F. Cofrancesco, eds. Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.

Piper, G.L., E.M. Coombs, G.P. Markin and D. Joley. 2004. Rush skeletonweed. Pages 293-303 in E.M. Coombs, J.K. Clark, G.L. Piper, and A.F. Cofrancesco, eds. Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.

Piper, G. L. 2004. Biotic suppression of invasive weeds in Washington state: A half-century of progress, pp. 584-588. In J. M. Cullen, D. T. Briese, D. J. Kriticos, W. M. Lonsdale, L. Morin, and J. K. Scott (eds.), Proc. XI Int. Symp. Biol. Contr. CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia.

Piper, G. L. 2004. Integration of biological control with other methods, pp. 114-121. In E. M. Coombs, J. K. Clark, G. L. Piper, and A. F. Cofrancesco, Jr. (eds.), Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State Univ. Press, Corvallis.

Pitcairn, M., G.L. Piper, E.M. Coombs, D. Woods, and W. Bruckart. (2004). Yellow starthistle. Pages 421-435 in E.M. Coombs, J.K. Clark, G.L. Piper, and A.F. Cofrancesco, eds. Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.

Pitcairn, M., G. L. Piper, and E. M. Coombs. 2004. Bangasternus orientalis, pp. 423-425. In E. M. Coombs, J. K. Clark, G. L. Piper, and A. F. Cofrancesco, Jr. (eds.), Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State Univ. Press, Corvallis.

Pitcairn, M., G. L. Piper, and E. M. Coombs. 2004. Chaetorellia australis, pp. 425-427. In E. M. Coombs, J. K. Clark, G. L. Piper, and A. F. Cofrancesco, Jr. (eds.), Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State Univ. Press, Corvallis.

Pitcairn, M., G. L. Piper, and E. M. Coombs. 2004. Eustenopus villosus, pp. 427-429. In E. M. Coombs, J. K. Clark, G. L. Piper, and A. F. Cofrancesco, Jr. (eds.), Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State Univ. Press, Corvallis.

Pitcairn, M., G. L. Piper, and E. M. Coombs. 2004. Larinus curtus, pp. 429-430. In E. M. Coombs, J. K. Clark, G. L. Piper, and A. F. Cofrancesco, Jr. (eds.), Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State Univ. Press, Corvallis.


Pratt, P.D., E.M. Coombs and B.A. Croft. 2003. Predation by phytoseiid mites on Tetranychus lintearius (Acari: Tetranychidae), an established weed biological control agent of gorse (Ulex europaeus). Biological Control 26:40-47.

Puliafico, K.P., J.L. Littlefield, G. Markin, and U. Schaffner. 2003. The use of molecular taxonomy in the exploration for cold hardy stains of the tansy ragwort flea beetle Longitarsus jacobaeae (Waterhouse) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). In: Cullen, J.M., D.T. Briese, D.J. Kriticos, W.M. Lonsdale, L. Morin and J.K. Scott (eds.). XI International Symposium on the Biological Control of Weeds. Canberra, Australia. May 2003. p. 227.

Roltsch, W.J. and D.E. Meyerdirk. 2004. Western grapeleaf skeletonizer, Harrisina brillians Barnes and McDunnough (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae). pp. 39-42 in J. L. Capinera (ed.), Encyclopedia of Entomology. Kluwer Law International 2400 pp.

Roltsch, W.J. and B. Villegas. 2004. Pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). pp 113-115. In Ed. J. L. Capinera, 2004. Encyclopedia of Entomology. Kluwer Law International 2400 pp.

Schooler, S.S., E.M. Coombs, P.B. McEvoy. 2003. Nontarget effects on crape myrtle by Galerucella pusilla and G. calmariensis (Chrysomelidae), used for biocontrol of purple loosestrife. Weed Science 51: 449-455.

Schooler, S.S., P.B. McEvoy, and E.M. Coombs. 2004. The Ecology of Biological Control. Pages 15-26 in E.M. Coombs, J.K. Clark, G.L. Piper, and A.F. Cofrancesco, eds. Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.

Smith, L., J. Balciunas, and M. Pitcairn. 2003. Biological control of yellow starthistle. pg. 41 in: Proceedings, CalEPPC Symposiums, 2000, 2001, 2002. M. Kelly (ed.), Concord, CA.

Smith, L. 2004. Avoiding and exploiting trophic cascading: its role in the selection of weed biological control agents. In: Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds (eds Cullen, J.M., Briese, D.T., Kriticos, D.J., Lonsdale, W.M., Morin, L. and Scott, J.K.) pp. 175-179. CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia.

Sobhian, R., F. J. Ryan, A. Khamraev, M. J. Pitcairn, and D. E. Bell. 2003. DNA phenotyping to find a natural enemy in Uzbekistan for California biotypes of Salsola tragus L. Biological Control 28: 222-228.

Story, J., G.L. Piper, E.M. Coombs. 2004. Knapweeds. Pages 196-232 in E.M. Coombs, J.K. Clark, . G.L. Piper, and A.F. Cofrancesco, eds. Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.

Story, J. M., G. L. Piper, and E. M. Coombs. 2004. Knapweeds, p. 196. In E. M. Coombs, J. K. Clark, G. L. Piper, and A. F. Cofrancesco, Jr. (eds.), Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State Univ. Press, Corvallis.

Turanli, F., Schaffner, U., 2004. Oviposition specificity of the specialist Tinthia myrmosaeformis under different levels of behavioural restrictions. Biological Control 30:274-280.

Uygur, S. L. Smith, F. N. Uygur, M. Cristofaro, and J. Balciunas. 2004. Population densities of yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) in Turkey. Weed Science 52(5): 746-753.

Woods, D. M. (ed.) 2004. Biological Control Program Annual Summary, 2003. California Department of Food and Agriculture, Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services, Sacramento, California. 60pp.

08/09/2005

Due to space limitations, this is only a partial publication list. See the W-1185 website for the full 2002 publication list.


Antony, B., M.S. Palaniswami, and T.J. Henneberry. 2001. Hyperparasitism by an autoparasitoid, Encarsia transvena (Timberlake) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) and its implications for the biological control of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, In D. Muraleedharan, K. Nair, N. Mohandas, P. Tandon, M. Palaniswami & M. Jacob [eds.], Entomon (special issue): 80-85.

Balciunas, J., Villegas, B. 2001. The unintentionally-released yellow starthistle seed-head fly, Chaetorellia succinea (Diptera: Tephritidae): is this natural enemy of yellow starthistle a threat to safflower growers? Environmental Entomology. 30(5): 953-963.

Balciunas, J. K, M. J. Grodowitz, A. F. Cofrancesco, and J. F. Shearer. (in press). Hydrilla. pp. 95-118 In R. van Driesche (ed.), Biological Control of Weeds in the Eastern United States. U.S. Forest Service, New York, NY.

Balciunas, J. K., C. N. Mehelis, and M. Chau. 2002. Joe Balciunas Research Report (Jan. 2001 through March 2002). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, CA. 56 pp.

Boyd, E. A. 2002. Life history and impact assessment of Nanophyes marmoratus Goeze on Lythrum salicaria L. in Washington State. M. S. thesis, Washington State Univ., Pullman. 56 p.

Coombs, E. and G. Piper. 2002. Biological control of weeds--A tool for forest management. West. Forester 47 (3): 8-10.

Coombs, E. and G. Piper. 2002. Biological control of weeds--A tool for forest management. Northwest Woodlands 18 (3): 16-17.

Coombs, E. M., G. L. Piper, and L. M. Wilson. 2002. Biological control, pp. 4-7. In: R. D. William, D. Ball, T. L. Miller, R. Parker, J. P. Yenish, T. W. Miller, D. W. Morishita, & P. J. S. Hutchinson (eds.), Pacific Northwest Weed Management Handbook. Wash. State Univ. Coop. Ext. Serv., Pullman.

Coulson, J. R., DeLoach, C. J., Carruthers, C., Hackett, K.J. 2000. Accomplishments and current status of ARS Research on Classical Biological Control of Arthropods and Weeds, pp. 145-157. In Coulson, J.R., editor. 110 Years of Biological Control Research and Development in the US Department of Agriculture. USDA-ARS.

DeLoach, C. J., R. I. Carruthers, J. E. Lovich, T. L. Dudley, and S. Smith. (2001). Biological control of saltcedar: progress in research and ecological evaluation. Avian Biology (in press).

Dreistadt, S.H. and D.L. Dahlsten. 2001. Psyllids, Univ. Calif. Agric. Nat. Res. Publ. 7403, 4pp.

Dudley, T. L., C. J. DeLoach, P. A. Lewis and R. I. Carruthers. 2001. Cage tests and field studies indicate leaf-eating beetle may control saltcedar. Ecological Restoration 19:260-261.


Ehler, L. E. 2002. An evaluation of some natural enemies of Nezara viridula (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in northern California. BioControl 47: 309-325.

Ehler, L. E., L. B. Maller, and Y. Hirose. 2002. Reproductive biology of Gryon obesum Masner (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). J. Hym. Res. 11: 1-4.

Godfrey, K., D. Steinkraus, and M. McGuire. 2001. Fungal pathogens of the cotton and green peach aphids in the San Joaquin Valley. Southwestern Entomol. 26: 297 - 303.

Godfrey, K., K. Daane, W. Bentley, R. Gill, and R. Malakar-Kuenen. 2002. Mealybugs in California Vineyards. UC-ANR Pub. No. 21612.

Grobbelaar, E., J. K. Balciunas, O. Neser, and S. Neser. (in press). South African insects for biological control of Delairea odorata. pp. xx-xx In M. Kelly (ed.) Proceedings, 2000 CalEPPC Symposium, Volume 6, 6-8 October 2000, Concord, CA.

Hagler, JR and E Miller. 2002. An alternative to conventional insect marking procedures: detection of a protein mark on pink bollworm by ELISA. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 103: 1-9.

Hagler, JR, S Machtley, and J Leggett. 2002. Parasitoid mark-release-recapture techniques. I. Development of a battery-operated suction trap for collecting minute insects. Biocontrol Sci. Technol. (In press).

Hagler, JR, CG Jackson, TJ Henneberry, and JR Gould. 2002. Parasitoid mark-release-recapture techniques. II. Development and application of a protein marking technique for Eretmocerus spp., parasitoids of Bemisia argentifolii. Biocontrol Sci. Technol. (In press).

Hagler, JR. 2002. Foraging behavior, host stage selection and gut content analysis of field collected Drapetis nr. divergens: A predatory fly of Bemisia argentifolii. Southwest. Entomol. (In press).

Hagler, JR, H Costa, and K Daane. 2002. A monoclonal antibody specific to glassy-winged sharpshooter egg protein: A tool for predator gut analysis and early detection of pest infestation. Symp. Proceedings, Pierces Disease Research Symposium. P. 37-39.

Larking, T. S., Carruthers, R. I., Legaspi, B. C. 2000. A computational method for simulating insect pathogenesis. Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation. 17: 25-33.

McGuire, M.R., K. E. Godfrey, and D. C. Steinkraus. 2001. Entomopathogenic fungi for control of aphids and lygus in California. Proc. Beltwide Cotton Conf. 2: 960-961.

Messenger, M. T., L. L. Buschman and J. R. Nechols. 2001. Survey and evaluation of native and released predators of the Banks grass mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) in corn and surrounding vegetation. J. Kansas Ent. Soc. 73: 112-122.

Miller, R.H., K.S. Pike and P. Stary. 2002. Aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) on Guam. Micronesica 34(2): 87-103

Naranjo, S. E., P. C. Ellsworth, C. C. Chu & T. J. Henneberry. 2002. Conservation of predatory arthropods in cotton: Role of action thresholds for Bemisia tabaci. J. Econ. Entomol. 95: 682-692.

Naranjo, S. E. 2001. Conservation and evaluation of natural enemies in IPM systems for Bemisia tabaci. Crop Prot. 20(Special Issue): 835-852.

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