12/17/2012

PUBLICATIONS ISSUED AND MANUSCRIPTS APPROVED

Acebes, A.L., Messing, R.H. 2012. Comparative susceptibility to hyperparasitism of Binodoxys communis and Aphidius colemani, primary aphid parasitoids introduced to Hawaii. Biological Control http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2012.09.003.

Albuquerque, G. S., Tauber, C. A., & Tauber, M. J. 2012. Green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): predatory life-styles. Pages 593-631. In A. R. Panizzi and J. R. P. Parra (eds.), Insect Bioecology and Nutrition for Integrated Pest Management. CRC Press.

Andreas, J., E. M. Coombs, J. Milan, G. L. Piper, and M. Schwarzlaender. 2012. Biological control, pp. 1-7. In E. Peachey, D. Ball, A. Hulting, T. Miller, D. Morishita, and P. Hutchinson (eds.), Pacific Northwest Weed Management Handbook. Ext. Serv., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis.

Asiimwe, P., L. Brown, T. Vandervoet, P. Ellsworth, & S. Naranjo. 2011. Big-eyed bugs have a big appetite for pests. Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. 8/2011. (Spanish version 6/2012)

Brown, L., T. Vandervoet, P. Ellsworth & S. Naranjo. 2011. Assassin bugs top the food web. Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. 8/2011. (Spanish version 6/2012)

Callaway, R.M., Schaffner, U., Thelen, G.C., Khamraev, A., Juginisov, T. and Maron, J.L. 2012. Impact of Acroptilon repens on co-occurring native plants is greater in the invaders non-native range. Biological Invasions. Online first, DOI 10.1007/s10530-011-0145-1

Caspi-Fluger, A., N. Mozes-Daube, M. Inbar, N. Katzir, V. Portnoy, E. Belausov, M.S. Hunter, and E. Zchori-Fein 2012. Horizontal transmission of the insect symbiont Rickettsia is plant-mediated. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 279: 1791-1796

Cheng, Ling Lan, James R. Nechols, David C. Margolies, James F. Campbell, Ping Shih Yang, Chien Chung Chen and Chiu Tung Lu. 2012 . Efficacy of Mallada basalis (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) on two species of papaya mites, Tetranychus kanzawai and Panonychus citri (Acari: Tetranychidae), at different predator: prey release ratios. J. Asia-Pacific Entomology 15: 142-146.

Cheng, Ling Lan, James R. Nechols, David C. Margolies, James F. Campbell, Ping Shih Yang, Chiu Tung Lu Chien and Chung Chen. 2012. Effect of temperature on prey consumption rate of the green lacewing Mallada basalis Walker (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) to two species of pest mites, Tetranychus kanzawai Kishida and Panonychus citri (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae). Journal of Taiwan Agricultural Research 61: 158-164.

D. Piesik, A. Wenda-Piesik, M. Ligor, B. Buszewski, and K.J. Delaney. 2012. Dock leaf beetle, Gastrophysa viridula Deg., herbivory on mossy sorrel, Rumex confertus Willd.: Induced plant volatiles and beetle orientation responses. Journal of Agricultural Science 4, 97-103. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jas.v4n1p97

Daane, K. M., R. P. P. Almeida, V. A. Bell, M. Botton, M. Fallahzadeh, M. Mani, J. L. Miano, R. Sforza, V. M. Walton, and T. Zaveizo. 2012. Biology and management of mealybugs in vineyards, pp. 271-308. In N. J. Bostanian, R. Isaacs, and C. Vincent (eds.) Arthropod Management in Vineyards. Springer, the Netherlands.

Daane, K. M., X.-G. Wang, M. W. Johnson, and M. L. Cooper. Low temperature storage effects on two olive fruit fly parasitoids. BioControl (Accepted 7 August 2012, BICO-D-12-00059R2). 32 pp.

Dauer, J. T., P. B. McEvoy, and J. V. Sickle. 2012. Controlling a plant invader by targeted disruption of its life cycle. Journal of Applied Ecology 49:322-330.

Deas, J. B. and M.S. Hunter 2012. Mothers modify eggs into shields to protect offspring from parasitism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 279: 847  853.

Ellsworth, P. C., A. Mostafa, L. Brown & S. Naranjo. 2011. Soft-bodied Collops likes soft bodies. Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. 6/2011. (Spanish version 7/2012)

Ellsworth, P. C., L. Brown, A. Fournier, X. C. Li, J. Palumbo & S. Naranjo. 2011. Keeping cotton green! Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. 7/2011. (Spanish version 7/2012)

Ellsworth, P. C., L. T. Brown & S. Naranjo. 2012. Being selective, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. 7/2012. (Spanish version 7/2012)

Gardner, J., Wright, M.G., Kuhar, T.P., Pitcher, S.A. & Hoffmann, M.P. 2012. Dispersal of Trichogramma ostriniae in field corn. Biocontrol Science and Technology 22: 1221-1233

Gaskin, J.F., Schwarzländer, M., Williams III, L., Gerber, E., and Hinz H.L. 2012. Minimal genetic diversity in the facultatively outcrossing perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) invasion. Biological Invasions 14: 1797-1807.

Gontijo, Lessando M., James R. Nechols, David C. Margolies and Raymond A. Cloyd. 2012. Plant architecture and prey distribution influence foraging behavior of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Exper. Appl. Acarol. 56(1): 23-32.

Hagler, J. R., F. Blackmer, R. Krugner, R. L. Groves, J. G. Morse, and M. W. Johnson. 2012. Gut content examination of the citrus predator assemblage for the presence of Homalodisca vitripennis remains. BioControl, DOI 10.1007/s10526-012-9489-4. 9 pp.

Haviland, D. R., Beede, R. H., and Daane, K. M. 2012. Seasonal phenology of Ferrisia gilli (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in commercial pistachios. Journal of Economic Entomology 105(5): 1681-1687.

Hemptinne, J.-L., A. Magro, E.W. Evans, and A.F.G. Dixon. 2012. Body size and the rate of spread of invasive ladybird beetles in North America. Biological Invasions 14: 595-605.

Hinz, H.L., Schwarzländer, M., McKenney, J.L., Cripps, M.G., Harmon, B., and W.J. Price. 2012. Biogeographical comparison of the invasive Lepidium draba in its native, expanded and introduced ranges. Biological Invasions 14: 1999-2016.

Hodek, I. and E.W. Evans. 2012. Food relationships. Pp. 141-274 in Ecology and Behaviour of the Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae). (eds. I. Hodek, H. F. van Emden, and A. Honek). Wiley-Blackwell.

Kim, J. and Heraty, J. 2012. A phylogenetic analysis of the genera of Aphelininae (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), with a generic key and descriptions of new taxa. Systematic Entomology 37, 497549.

Kondo, T., Quintero Q, E. M., Campuzano, M., Wyckhuys, K. A. G., Heraty, J.M. 2012. First report of Tamarixia radiata (Waterston) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasitoid of the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera Psyllidae) in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Boletín del Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle 13: 48-51.

Krugner, R., J. R. Hagler, R. L. Groves, M. W. Johnson, M. S. Sisterson, and J. G. Morse. Plant water stress effects on the net dispersal rate of the insect vector, Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), and movement of its egg parasitoid, Gonatocerus ashmeadi Girault (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Environmental Entomology (Accepted 31 July 2012, MS EN-12-133 Version 2). 35 pp.

Littlefield J., J. Kashefi, A. deMeij, and J. Birdsall. 2012. A petition for the field release of the gall mite Aceria drabae (Acari: Eriophyidae) for the biological control of hoarycress in North America. TAG Petition 012-03. 77 pp.

Losey, J., J. Perlman, J. Kopko, S. Ramsey, L. Hesler, E. Evans, L. Allee, and R. Smyth. 2012. Potential causes and consequences of decreased body size in field populations of Coccinella novemnotata. Biological Control 61: 98-103.

McEvoy, P. B., F. S. Grevstad, and S. S. Schooler. 2012a. Insect Invasions: Lessons from Biological Control of Weeds. Pages 395-428 in P. Barbosa, D. K. Letourneau, and A. A. Agrawal, editors. Insect Outbreaks Revisited. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.

McEvoy, P. B., K. M. Higgs, E. M. Coombs, E. Karaçetin, and L. Ann Starcevich. 2012b. Evolving while invading: rapid adaptive evolution in juvenile development time for a biological control organism colonizing a high-elevation environment. Evolutionary Applications 5:524-536.

Messing, R. H. 2012. The coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) invades Hawaii: preliminary investigations on trap response and alternate hosts. Insects 3: 640-652.

Messing, R. H., K. S. Pike and R. G. Foottit. 2012. Invasive Aphids in Hawaii. Honolulu, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii, 261 pp.

Moran, P. J. 2012. Influence of biological control damage on efficacy of penoxsulam and two other herbicides on waterhyacinth. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 50:32-38.

Moran, P. J. 2012. Influence of biological control damage on efficacy of penoxsulam and two other herbicides on water hyacinth. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 50:32-38.

Mostafa, A., L. Brown, P. Ellsworth, V. Barlow & S. Naranjo. 2011. Untangling the web&Spiders in Arizona fields! Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. 7/2011. (Spanish version 6/2012)

Murtaugh, P. A., S. C. Emerson, P. B. McEvoy, and K. M. Higgs. 2012. The statistical analysis of insect phenology. Environmental Entomology 41:355-361.

Nelson, E. H., Hogg, B. A., Mills, N. J., and Daane, K. M. 2012. Syrphid flies suppress lettuce aphids. BioControl 57:819826.

Oliver, K.M., K. Noge, E.M. Huang, J.M. Campos, J.X. Becerra, and M.S. Hunter 2012. Parasitic wasp responses to symbiont-based defense in aphids. BMC Biology 10: 11-20.

Penz, T, S. Schmitz-Esser, S.E. Kelly, B.N. Cass, A. Müller, T. Woyke, S. A. Malfatti, M.S. Hunter and M. Horn 2012. Comparative genomics suggests an independent evolution of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Cardinium hertigii. PLoS Genetics 8: e1003012

Reddy, G. V. P. 2012. Recent trends in the olfactory responses of insect natural enemies to plant volatiles, In: Biocommunication of Plants, G. Witzany and F. Baluska (eds.), Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 281301.

Reddy, G.V.P., and J. R. Bautista. 2012. Interaction between the predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus and petroleum spray oil for control of Tetranychus marianae on eggplant, Biocontrol Science and Technology 22: 12111220.

Rogers H, J. Hille Ris Lambers, R. Miller R, J. J. Tewksbury. 2012. Natural experiment Demonstrates Top-Down Control of Spiders by Birds on a Landscape Level. PLoS ONE 7(9): e43446. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043446.

Rugman-Jones, P.F., Hoddle, M.S., Amrich, R., Heraty, J.M., Stouthamer-Ingel, C.E., Stouthamer, R.S. 2012. Phylogeographic structure, outbreeding depression, and reluctant virgin oviposition in the bean thrips, Caliothrips fasciatus (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), in California. Bulletin of Entomological Research 102: 698-709.

Segoli, M., and J. A. Rosenheim. 2012. Modeling the consequences of agricultural intensification on pest damage. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 150:38-44.

Shelton, A. M., S. E. Naranjo, J. Romeis & R. L. Hellmich. 2012. Errors in logic and statistics plague a meta-analysis (response to Andow et al. 2012). Environ. Entomol. 41: 1047-1049.

Sisterson, M. S., Ledbetter, C., Higbee, B., Groves, R., Chen, J., and Daane, K. M. 2012. Management of almond leaf scorch disease: long term data on yield, tree vitality, and disease progress. Plant Disease 96(7): 1037-1044.

Sivakoff, F. J., J. A. Rosenheim, and J. Hagler. 2012. Relative dispersal ability of a key agricultural pest and its predators in an annual agroecosystem. Biological Control 63:296-303.

Smith, L. 2012. Host plant oviposition preference of Ceratapion basicorne (Coleoptera: Apionidae), a prospective biological control agent of yellow starthistle. Biological Control Science and Technology 22(4): 407-418.

Stoeva, A. V. Harizanova, E. de Lillo, M. Cristofaro, L. Smith. 2012. Laboratory and field experimental evaluation of host plant specificity of Aceria solstitialis, a prospective biological control agent of yellow starthistle. Exp. and Appl. Acarol. 56: 4355.

Szqcs, M., Eigenbrode, S.D., Schwarzländer, M. and Schaffner, U. 2012. Hybrid vigour in the biological control agent Longitarsus jacobaeae. Evolutionary Applications 5:489-497.

Szqcs, M., Schaffner, U., Price, W.J. and Schwarzländer, M. 2012. Post-introduction evolution in the biological control agent Longitarsus jacobaeae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Evolutionary Applications (DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00264.x).

Tauber, C. A., G. S. Albuquerque and Tauber, M. J. 2012. The Neotropical genus Titanochrysa (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae): larval descriptions, biological notes, a new species, and taxonomic changes. Zootaxa 2514: 1-16.

Tauber, C. A., G. S. Albuquerque and M. J. Tauber. 2012. Three new Brazilian species of Chrysopodes (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 105: 638-663.

Tian, J. C., H. L. Collins, J. Romeis, S. E. Naranjo, R. L. Helmich & A. M. Shelton. 2012. Using field-evolved resistance to Cry1F maize in a lepidopteran pest to demonstrate no adverse effects of Cry1F on one if its major predators. Transgenic Res. 21:1303-1310.

Vargas, German A. 2012. Patterns of reproductive allocation in aphidophagous lady beetles and their response to various levels of resource availability. Ph.D. Dissertation. Kansas State University, Manhattan.

Vargas, German, J.P. Michaud and James R. Nechols. 2012. Maternal effects shape dynamic trajectories of reproductive allocation in the ladybird Coleomegilla maculata. Bull. Entomol. Res. 102(5): 558-565.

Vorsino, A. E, A. M. Wieczorek, M. G. Wright & R. H. Messing. 2012. An analysis of heterosis and outbreeding depression among lab-reared populations of the parasitoid Diachasmimorpha tryoni (Cameron) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae); Potential implications for augmentative releases. Biological Control 61: 26-31.

Vorsino, A. E, A. M. Wieczorek, M. G. Wright & R. H. Messing. 2012. Using evolutionary tools to facilitate the prediction and prevention of host-based differentiation in biological control: a review and perspective. Annals of Applied Biology 160: 204-216.

Walton, V.M., Daane, K. M., and Addison P. 2012. Biological control of arthropods and its application in vineyards, pp. 91-118. In N. J. Bostanian, R. Isaacs, and C. Vincent (eds.) Arthropod Management in Vineyards. Springer, the Netherlands.

Wang, X.-G., Levy, K., Mills, N. J., and Daane, K. M. 2012. Light brown apple moth in California: a diversity of host plants and indigenous parasitoids. Environmental Entomology 41(1): 81-90.

Wolf, V.C., Gassmann, A. and Müller, C. 2012. Choice behaviour and performance of Cassida stigmatica on various chemotypes of Tanacetum vulgare and implications for biocontrol. Entomologica Experimentalis et Applicata 144: 78-85.

Wolf, V.C., Gassmann, A., Clasen, B.M., Smith, A.G. and Müller, C. 2012. Genetic and chemical variation of Tanacetum vulgare in plants of native and invasive origin. Biological Control 61: 240-245.

Yokoyama, V. Y., Wang, X. G., Aldana, A., Cáceres, C. E., Yokoyama-Hatch, H., Rendón, P. A., Johnson, M. W., and Daane, K. M. 2012. Performance of Psyttalia humilis (Hymenoptera: Bracondidae) reared from irradiated host on olive fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in California. Environmental Entomology 41(3): 497-507.

01/21/2014

PUBLICATIONS ISSUED AND MANUSCRIPTS APPROVED

Acebes, A. L. & R. H. Messing. 2013. Comparative susceptibility to hyperparasitism of Binodoxys communis and Aphidius colemani, primary aphid parasitoids introduced to Hawaii. Biological Control 65: 286-292.

Beck, J. J., L. Smith and N. Baig. 2013. An Overview of Plant Volatile Metabolomics, Sample Treatment and Reporting Considerations with Emphasis on Mechanical Damage and Biological Control of Weeds. Phytochemical Analysis.

Benelli, G, G. Giunti, R. H. Messing & M. G. Wright. 2013. Visual and olfactory female-borne cues evoke male courtship in the aphid parasitoid Aphidius colemani Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, doi: 10.1007/s10905-013-9386-4.

Bokonon-Ganta, A., G. McQuate, R. Messing & E. Jang. 2013. Release and establishment of the parasitoid, Diachasmimorpha kraussii against the tephritid fruit fly, Bactrocera latifrons in Hawaii. Journal of Insect Science 13(5): 1-15.

Cristofaro M., De Biase A. and Smith L., 2013. Field release of a prospective biological control agent of weeds, Ceratapion basicorne, to evaluate potential risk to a nontarget crop. Biological Control, 64, 3: 305-314

Cristofaro, M., A. De Biase, and L. Smith. 2013. Field release of a prospective biological control agent of weeds, Ceratapion basicorne, to evaluate potential risk to a nontarget crop. Biological Control 64: 305-314.

Evans, E.W., N.R. Carlile, M.B. Innes, and N. Pitigala. 2013. Warm springs reduce parasitism of the cereal leaf beetle through phenological mismatch. Journal of Applied Entomology 137: 383-391

Gaskin J.F., M Schwarzländer, C.L. Kinter, J.F. Smith, SJ Novak. 2013. Propagule pressure, genetic structure and geographic origins of Chondrilla juncea (Asteraceae); an apomictic invader on three continents. American Journal of Botany 100:1871-1882.

Gaskin J.F., M. Schwarzländer, H. L. Hinz, L. Williams III, E Gerber, BG Rector, and D-YZhang. 2013. Genetic identity and diversity of perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) in its native and invaded ranges. Invasive Plant Science and Management 6:268-280.

Gaskin J.F., R.A. Hufbauer, S.M. Bogdanowicz. 2013. Microsatellite markers for Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia; Elaeagnaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences. 1(9): 1300013

Gaskin,, J.F., Schwarzländer, M., Hinz, H.L., Williams, L., Gerber, E., Rector, B.G., Zhang, D.Y. 2013. Genetic identity and diversity of perennial pepperweed in its native and invaded ranges. Invasive Plant Science and Management 6 (2): 268-280.

Goolsby, J.A, E. Cortes Mendoza, P.J. Moran, J.J. Adamczyk, Ma. Marcos Garcia, and A.A. Kirk. 2013. Evaluation of Spanish Arundo scale Rhizaspidiotus donacis (Leonardi) (Hemiptera; Diaspididae) survival and fecundity on three New World genotypes of Arundo donax (Poaceae; Arundinoideae). Biocontrol Science and Technology. 23: 499-506.

Goolsby, John, A., Elena Cortes Mendoza, Patrick Moran, John Adamczyk, Mariangeles Marcos Garcia, and Alan Kirk. 2013. Evaluation of Spanish Arundo scale Rhizaspidiotus donacis (Leonardi) (Hemiptera; Diaspididae) survival and fecundity on three New World genotypes of Arundo donax (Poaceae; Arundinoideae). Biocontrol Science and Technology. 23: 499-506.

Goolsby, John, A., John A., Racelis, Alex E., Goolsby, Julia B., Kirk, Alan A., Cristofaro, Massimo, Grusak, M. and Perez de Leon, Adalberto. 2013. Evaluation of biogeographical factors in the native range to improve the success of biological control agents in the introduced range. Biological Control and Technology. 23:1213-1230.

Hulme, P.E., Pyaek, P., Jaroaík, V., Pergl, J., Schaffner, U., Vilà, M., 2013. Bias and error in current knowledge of plant invasion impacts. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 28: 212-218.

Kirichenko, N., Péré, C., Baranchikov, Y., Schaffner, U., Kenis, M., 2013. Do alien plants escape from natural enemies of congeneric residents? Yes but not from all. Biological Invasions (DOI 10.1007/s10530-013-0436-9).

Marler, T.E., R.H. Miller, and A. Moore. 2013. Vertical stratification of predation on Aulacaspis yasumatsui infesting Cycas micronesica seedlings. Hort. Sci. 48(1): 60-62.

Moran, P. J., Goolsby, J. A., Racelis, A. E., Cohen, A. C., Ciomperlik, M. A., Summy, K. R., Sands, D. P. A., and Kirk, A. A. 2013. Mass-rearing of the stem-galling wasp Tetramesa romana, a biological control agent of the invasive weed Arundo donax. In: Mass-Rearing of Beneficial Organisms (Morales-Ramos J. A., Shapiro-Ilan D. and Rojas G., Eds.), Elsevier, San Diego, CA, pp. 163-201.

Parepa, M., Schaffner, U., Bossdorf, O., 2013. Help from underground: soil biota facilitate knotweed invasion. Ecosphere 4: 31.

Racelis, A. E. and J. A. Goolsby. 2013. Rapid assessment of above-ground biomass of giant reed using visibility estimates. Subtropical Plant Science 64:61-66.

Racelis, Alex E., Moran, Patrick J., Goolsby, John A. 2013. Topping of Arundo donax as a pre-treatment to biological control. Journal of Subtropical Plant Science 64: 54-60.

Smith, L. and J. J. Beck. 2013. Effect of mechanical damage on emission of volatile organic compounds from plant leaves and implications for evaluation of host plant specificity of prospective biological control agents of weeds. Biocontrol Science and Technology DOI:10.1080/09583157.2013.807908

Summy, K.R., Lieman, J., Gandy, Y.P., Mamachen, A, Mamachen, A., Goolsby, J.A., and Moran, P. J. 2013. Effects of leaf excision and sample storage methods on spectral reflectance by foliage of giant reed, Arundo donax. Subtropical Plant Science. 63: 54-64.

Sun Y, Collins AR, Schaffner U., Müller-Schärer H., 2013. Dissecting impact of plant invaders: do invaders behave differently in the new range? Ecology 94:2124-2130.

Tarin, D. Manhart, J. Pepper, A., Goolsby, J., Moran, P. Contreras Arquieta, B., and Kirk, A. 2013. Microsatellite markers indicate multiple origins of Arundo donax L. in North America. Invasive Plant Science and Management 6: 328-338.

Tauber, C. A. and M. J. Tauber. 2013. An unusual chrysopid larva: identification, description, and taxonomic implications. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 106: 729-740.

Tauber, C. A., F. Sosa, and G. S. Albuquerque. 2013. Two common and problematic leucochrysine species  Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia (Schneider) and L. (Leucochrysa) pretiosa (Banks) (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae): redescriptions and synonymies. ZooKeys 310: 57-101.

Toaevski I., Caldara, R., Jovi J., Baviera, C., Hernandez-Vera, G., Gassmann, A., Emerson, B.C. 2013. Revision of Mecinus heydenii species complex (Curculionidae): integrative taxonomy reveals multiple species exhibiting host specialization. Zoologica Scripta (doi:10.1111/zsc.12037).

Toaevski I., Jovi J., Krsti, O., Gassmann A. 2013. PCR-RFLP-based method for reliable discrimination of cryptic species within Mecinus janthinus species complex (Mecinini, Curculionidae) introduced in North America for biological control of invasive toadflaxes. BioControl, DOI: 10.1007/s10526-013-9506-2.

Vargas, German, J.P. Michaud and James R. Nechols. 2013. Trajectories of reproductive effort in Coleomegilla maculata and Hippodamia convergens (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) respond to variation in both income and capital. Environ. Entomol. 42: 341-353.

02/10/2015

Asadi, G., Ghorbani, R., Cristofaro, C., Chetverikov, P., Petanovi?, R, Vidovi?, B. and Schaffner, U. 2014. The impact of the flower mite Aceria acroptiloni on the invasive plant Russian knapweed, Rhaponticum repens, in its native range. BioControl 59(3), 367–375.

Asiimwe, P., S. E. Naranjo & P. C. Ellsworth. 2014. Effects of irrigation regime on interactions between Lygus hesperus, insecticides and predators in cotton. Environ. Entomol. 43:263-273.

Augé M., Le Bourgeois T., Liégeois M., & RFH Sforza 2014. Cows and insects helping out to control the weediness of leafy spurge in France. pp173-180. Proceedings of the XIV International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, pp 159-166.

Benelli, G. Daane, K. M., Canale, A., Niu, C.Y., Messing, R. H., Vargas, R. I. 2014. Sexual communication and related behaviours in Tephritidae – current knowledge and potential applications for Integrated Pest Management. Journal of Pest Science 87:385-405. DOI 10.1007/s10340-014-0577-3

Benelli, G. G., C. Stefanini, G. Giunti, S. Geri, R. H. Messing & A. Canale. 2014. Associative learning for danger avoidance nullifies innate positive chemotaxis to host olfactory stimuli in a parasitic wasp. Naturewissenschaften 101: 753–757.

Benelli, G. G., G. Giunti, A. Canale & R. H. Messing. 2014. Lek dynamics and cues evoking mating behavior in tephritid flies infesting soft fruits: implications for behavior-based control tools. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 49: 363-373.

Benelli, G. G., N. G. Kavallieratos, E. Donati, M. Mencattelli, G. Bonsignori, C. Stefanini, A. Canale & R. H. Messing. 2014. May the wild male loose? Male wing fanning performance and mating success in wild and mass-reared strains of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius colemani Viereck. BioControl 59:487–500.

Benelli, G. G., R. H. Messing, G. Giunti, N. G. Kavallieratos & A. Canale. 2014. Cues triggering mating and host-seeking behaviour in the aphid parasitoid Aphidius colemani (Hymenoptera, Braconidae): implications for biological control. Journal of Economic Entomology 107(6): 2005-2022.

Berner, D.K., Lagopodi, A.L., Kashefi J., Mukhina Z., Kolomiets T., Pankratova L., Kassanelly D., Cavin C., Smallwood E. 2014. Field assessment, in Greece and Russia, of the facultative saprophytic fungus, Colletotrichum salsolae, for biological control of Russian thistle (Salsola tragus). Biological Control. 76: 114-123.

Brown, L., A. Mostafa, T. Vandervoet, A. Fournier, P. Ellsworth & S. Naranjo. 2014. Minute bug with enormous impacts on insect pests. Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Brown, L.M., P.C. Ellsworth, G.R. Hughes, S. Bundy, P. Porter, V.M. Barlow, S.E. Naranjo, D. Kerns, A. Mostafa & A. Fournier. 2013. Natural enemies of the Southwest: A field guide to the arthropod natural enemies of southwestern field crops. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Chaskopoulou A., Thrasyvoulou A., Goras G., Tananaki C., Latham M. D., Kashefi J., Pereira R.M., Koehler P.G. 2014 Nontarget effects of aerial mosquito adulticiding with waterbased unsynergized pyrethroids on honey bees and other beneficial insects in an agricultural ecosystem of north Greece. Journal of Medical Entomology. 51(3):720-724.

Cristofaro, M., Goolsby, J., Thomas, D., Vacek, A., Salinas, C., Perez de Leon, A., Summy, R.,Racelis, A., Kirk, A., Mercadier, G., Bon, M.C., Guermache, F., De Simone, D., Di Cristina, F., Yang, C., Gaskin, J., Ciomperlik, M., Roland, T., Pepper, A., Tarin, D., Lacewell, R., Jiménez, M., Vaughn, T., Rubio, A. and Strickman, D. 2014. Biological studies and field observations in Europe of Lasioptera donacis a potential biological control agent of giant reed, Arundo donax , an invasive weed of the Rio Grande Basin of Texas and Mexico. In: Proceedings of XIV International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds.

Duay, J.A.M., R.H. Miller, G.C. Wall, K.S. Pike, and R.G. Foottit. 2014. Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel and Pentalonia caladii van der Goot (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and their relationship to banana bunchy top virus in Micronesia. Pacific Science 68(3), 359-364.

Evans, E. W., N. R. Carlile, M. B. Innes, and N. Pitigala. 2014. Infestation of grain fields and degree-day phenology of the cereal leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Utah: long-term patterns. Journal of Economic Entomology 107, 240-249.

Fleischer, S.J., W. D. Hutchison, S. E. Naranjo. 2014. Sustainable Management of Insect-Resistant Crops. pp 115-127 in Plant Biotechnology - Experience and Future Prospects, A. Ricroch, S. Chopra, S. Fleischer (eds.), Springer, Dordrecht-Heidelberg-London-New York.

Gaskin, J. F., M. Schwarzländer, F. S. Grevstad, M. A. Haverhals, R. S. Bourchier, and T. W. Miller. 2014. Extreme differences in population structure and genetic diversity for three invasive congeners: knotweeds in western North America. Biological Invasions 16:2127-2136.

Gassmann, A., De Clerck-Floate, R., Sing, S., Toševski, I., Mitrovi?, M. and Krsti?, O. 2014. Biology and host specificity of Rhinusa pilosa, a recommended biological control agent of Linaria vulgaris. BioControl 59(4), 459-485.

Goolsby, G, D. Thomas, A. Perez de Leon, A. Kirk, M.C. Bon, J. Kashefi, M. Cristofaro, P. Moran, Yang, J. Gaskin, P. Gowda, M. Grusak, M. Ciomperlik, T. Roland, R. Summy, A. Racelis, D. Henne, A. Pepper, R. Lacewell, E. Rister, B. M. Martínez Jiménez, M. Marcos, E. Cortés Mendoza, L. Gilbert, T. Vaughn, A. Rubio, D. Strickman. 2014. Update on biological control of giant reed (Arundo donax) in the Rio Grande Basin of Texas and Mexico. Entomological Society of America – Southwestern Branch Meetings, February 23-25, 2013 Las Cruces, NM. Abstract.

Hinz, H.L. and Alecu, D. 2014. Biology and field host range of Ceutorhynchus cardariae, a potential biological control agent for Lepidium draba. Journal of Applied Entomology. Published online July

Hogg, B. N., and Daane, K. M. 2014. The roles of top and intermediate predators in herbivore suppression: contrasting results from the field and laboratory. Ecological Entomology 39(2): 149-158. DOI: 10.1111/een.12079

Hogg, B. N., Wang, X.-G., Mills, N. J., and Daane, K. M. 2014. Resident spiders as predators of the recently introduced light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 151: 65-74. DOI: 10.1111/eea.12168

Impson, F.A.C, C.A. Kleinjan and J.H. Hoffmann (Eds). University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2014. p. 15. Oral presentation droit qui s’appliquent à tous. Colloque de la Société Entomologique de France – L’entomologie en France : son utilité publique, Paris 15-16 Mémoires de la SEF, 2014 : 111-117.

Kajita, Y., J.J. Obrycki, J.J. Sloggett, E.W. Evans, and K.F. Haynes. 2014. Do defensive chemicals facilitate intraguild predation and influence invasion success in ladybird beetles? Journal of Chemical Ecology 40: 1212-1219.

Knape, J., Daane, K. M., and de Valpine, P. 2014. Estimation of stage duration distributions and mortality under repeated cohort censuses. Biometrics 70: 346-355. DOI: 10.1111/biom.12138

Konigsberg, Evelyn Rivka. 2014. Factors involved in the success and establishment of the field bindweed gall mite Aceria malherbae Nuzzaci. MS Thesis Montana State University. 88 pp.

Kumar, R., J.C. Tian, S.E. Naranjo & A.M. Shelton. 2014. Effects of Bt cotton on Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and its predator, Orius insidiosus (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae). J. Econ. Entomol. 107: 927-932.

Luo, S., S E. Naranjo, K. Wu. 2014. Biological control of cotton pests in China. Biol. Control 68: 6-14.

Marcari, V.; Causse, S.; Hoelmer, K.; Coutinot, D.; De Biase, A.; Bon, M. 2014. Development of microsatellite markers for Peristenus digoneutis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a key natural enemy of tarnished plant bugs. Conservation Genetics Resources 6(2): 421-423.

Meissle, M, S. E. Naranjo, C. Kohl, J. Riedel & J. Romeis. 2014 Does the growing of Bt maize change populations or ecological functions of non-target animals compared to the growing of conventional non-GM maize? A systematic review protocol. Environ. Evidence 3:7 (doi:10.1186/2047-2382-3-7)

Milbrath, Lindsey R. and James R. Nechols. 2014. Plant-mediated interactions: considerations for agent selection in weed biological control programs. Biological Control 72: 80-90.

Miller, R.H., J.A. Duay, K.S. Pike, E. Maw, and R.G. Foottit. 2014. Review and key to the aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Micronesia. Pacific Science. 68(4), 479-492.

Naranjo, S.E. 2014. Effects of GM Crops on Non-target Organisms. pp 129-142 in Plant Biotechnology - Experience and Future Prospects, A. Ricroch, S. Chopra, S. Fleischer (eds.), Springer, Dordrecht-Heidelberg-London-New York.

Reddy, G.V.P., and R.H. Miller. 2014. Field evaluation of petroleum spray oil and carbaryl against the red spider mite (Acari: Tetranichidae) on eggplant. Florida Entomologist 97(1): 108-113.

Romeis, J., M. Meissle, S. E. Naranjo, Y. Li, F. Bigler. 2014. The end of a myth – Bt maize does not harm green lacewings. Frontiers Plant Sci. 5:391 (doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00391)

Silva, P. G., da, and Daane, K. M. 2014. Life history parameters of Acrosternum hilare (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), a stink bug injurious to pistachios in California. Journal of Economic Entomology 107(1): 166-173. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/EC13272

Sime, K. R., and Daane, K. M. 2014. Rapid, non-discriminatory oviposition behaviors are favored in mealybug parasitoids when Argentine ants are present. Environmental Entomologist 43: 995-1002. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/EN13192
Stewart, T. J., Wang, X.-G., Molinar, A., and Daane, K. M. 2014. Factors limiting peach as a potential host for Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 107(5): 1771-1779. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/EC14197

Su, H.H, J.C. Tian, S. E. Naranjo, J. Romeis, R.L. Hellmich & A.M. Shelton. 2014. Bt plants expressing Cry1Ac, Cry2Ab and Cry1F do not harm the assassin bug, Zelus renardii (Kolenati (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). J. Appl. Entomol. (in press)

Suckling M. & Sforza R.F.H. 2014. What Magnitude are Non-Target Impacts from Weed Biocontrol ? PLoS ONE. 9(1): 1-12.

Sun, Y., Müller-Schärer, H. and Schaffner, U. 2014. Plant neighbours rather than soil biota determine impact of an alien plant invader. Functional Ecology 28(6), 1545–1555. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12295.

Tangtrakulwanich, K., G.V.P. Reddy, S. Wu, J.H. Miller, V.L. Ophus, and J. Prewett. 2014. Efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes, and low risk insecticides against wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus (Hymenoptera: Cephidae). Journal of Agricultural Sciences 6:1–

Tauber, C. A. 2014. Apochrysinae (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): new larval description and subfamilial comparisons. Zootaxa 3835 (2): 198-208.

Tauber, C. A. 2014. Nothochrysinae (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): new larval description and generic synonymy, with a consideration of generic relationships. Psyche 2014 (839261): 1-10.

Tauber, C. A. and S. L. Winterton. 2014. Third instar of the myrmecophilous Italochrysa insignis (Walker) from Australia (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Belonopterygini). Zootaxa 3811 (1): 95-106

Tauber, C. A., M. J. Tauber, and G. S. Albuquerque. 2014. Debris-carrying in larval Chrysopidae: Unraveling its evolutionary history. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 107: 295-314.

Tian, J.C., L.P. Long, X.P. Wang, S.E. Naranjo, J. Romeis, R.L. Hellmich, P. Wang & A.M. Shelton. 2014. Using resistant prey demonstrates that Bt plants producing Cry1Ac, Cry2Ab and Cry1F have no negative effects on Geocoris punctipes and Orius insidiosus. Environ. Entomol. 43: 242-251.

Tian, J.C., X.P. Wang, L.P. Long, J. Romeis, S.E. Naranjo, R.L. Hellmich & A.M. Shelton. 2014. Eliminating host-mediated effects demonstrates Bt maize producing Cry1F has no adverse effects on the parasitoid Cotesia marginiventris. Transgenic Res. 23: 257-264.

Toševski, I., Caldara, R., Jovi? J., Baviera, C., Hernandez-Vera, G., Gassmann, A. and Emerson, B.C. 2014. Revision of Mecinus heydenii species complex (Curculionidae): integrative taxonomy reveals multiple species exhibiting host specialization. Zoologica Scripta 43, 34–51.

Triapitsyn, S. V., Jones, J. M., Pickett, C. H., Buffington, M. L., and Daane. K. M. 2014. Description of the male of Psyllaephagus euphyllurae (Masi) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae), a parasitoid of the olive psylla, Euphyllura olivina (Costa) (Hemiptera, Liviidae), with notes on its reproductive traits and hyperparasitoids. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 46:4092 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jear.2014.4092

Vandervoet, T., P.C. Ellsworth, L. Brown & S. E. Naranjo. 2014. Making whitefly and natural enemy counts! Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Vandervoet, T., P.C. Ellsworth, S. E. Naranjo, L. Brown & A. Fournier. 2014. Save money the easy was with bio-control. Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Vargas, German, J.P. Michaud, James R. Nechols and Carlos Moreno. 2014. Age-specific maternal effects interact with larval food supply to modulate life history in Coleomegilla maculata. Ecol. Entomol. 39: 39-46.

Vorsino, A., A. M Wieczorek, M. G. Wright & R. H. Messing. 2014. Genetic analysis of an introduced biological control agent reveals temporal and geographic change, with little evidence of a host mediated shift. Biological Control 77: 41-50.

Wang, X.-G., and Daane, K. M. 2014. Cannibalism of parasitoid-attacked conspecifics in a non-carnivorous caterpillar. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 151: 112-121. DOI: 10.1111/eea.12174

Wang, X.-G., Tomajian, S., and Daane, K. M. 2014. Brood guarding of parasitoids potentially reduce cannibalism of paralyzed conspecific by a caterpillar host. Journal of Insect Behavior. 27(6):826-837. DOI 10.1007/s10905-014-9474-0

Wang, X.-G., Wallis, C. M., and Daane, K. M. 2014. Tri-trophic movement of carotenoid pigments from host plant to the parasitoid of a caterpillar. Journal of Insect Physiology. 61: 58–65 doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.01.001

Wiman, N. G., Walton, V. M., Dalton, D. T., Anfora G, Burrack, H. J., Chiu J. C., Daane, K. M., Grassi, A., Miller, B., Tochen, S., Wang, X-G, and Ioriatti, C. 2014 Integrating temperature-dependent life table data into a matrix projection model for Drosophila suzukii population estimation. PLoS ONE 9(9): e106909. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106909.

Wright, M.G. 2014. Biological control of invasive insect pests. In: Integrated Pest Management – Current concepts and ecological perspective. Ed. Abrol, D.P. Publisher: Elsevier Academic Press. pp. 267-281.

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Anderson, J. M., S. A. Willden, D. L. Wright, and E. W. Evans. 2015.  Long term outcomes of population suppression of leafy spurge by insects in the mountain foothills of northern Utah. American Midland Naturalist 174: 1-13.

Andreazza, F., and J. A. Rosenheim.  2015.  Absence of transgenerational phenotypic plasticity in fecundity in the parasitoid Anagrus erythroneurae (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae).  Journal of Insect Science 15(1):138.  (DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iev122).

Beck, J. J., N. Porter, D. Cook, W. S. Gee, C. M. Griffith, A. D. Rands,  T. V. Truong,  L. Smith and I. San Román. 2015. In-field volatile analysis employing a hand-held portable gc-ms: emission profiles differentiate damaged and undamaged yellow starthistle flower heads. Phytochemical Analysis 26: 395-403.

Bistline, A., and M. S. Hoddle. Biology of Psyllaphycus diaphorinae (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a hyperparasitoid of Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and Tamarixia radiata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. Doi: 10.1093/aesa/sav113. 

Bistline-East, A., R. Pandey, M. Kececi, and M. S. Hoddle. 2015. Host range testing of Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) for use in classical biological control of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in California. Journal of Economic Entomology. DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov020 11 pages.

Bon M. C., K. A. Hoelmer, C. H. Pickett, A. A. Kirk, H. Yurong, R. Mahmood, and K.M. Daane. 2015. Populations of Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae) and its parasitoids in Himalayan Asia . Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2015, 1-11. Doi:10.1093/aesa/sav114.

Burks, R. A., Heraty, J. M., Pinto, J. D., Grimaldi, D. 2015a. Small but not ephemeral: newly discovered species of Aphelinidae and Trichogrammatidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Eocene amber. Systematic Entomology. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12124.

Burks, R. A., Mottern, J., Heraty, J. M. 2015. Revision of the Orasema festiva species group (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eucharitidae). Zootaxa 3972 (4): 521–534.

Burks, R. A., Mottern, J. L., Pownall, N. G., Waterworth, R. and Paine, T. 2015b. First record of Closterocerus chamaeleon, parasitoid of the Eucalyptus Gall Wasp Ophelimus maskelli (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae), in the New World. Zookeys 504: 149-152.

Chapman, E. G., R. H. Messing, J. D. Harwood. 2015. Determining the origin of the coffee berry borer invasion of Hawaii. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 108 (4): 585-592.

De Biase, A., E. Colonnelli, S. Belvedere, A. La Marca, M. Cristofaro and L. Smith. 2015. Genetic and morphological studies of Trichosirocalus species introduced to North America, Australia and New Zealand for the biological control of thistles. Bulletin of Entomological Research.  doi:10.1017/S000748531500084X.

De Biase, A., E. Colonnelli, S. Belvedere, A. La Marca, M. Cristofaro and L. Smith. 2015. Genetic and morphological studies of Trichosirocalus species introduced to North America, Australia and New Zealand for the biological control of thistles. Bulletin of Entomological Research. doi:10.1017/S000748531500084X.

Eckegaray, E., R. A. Cloyd and J. R. Nechols. 2015. Rove beetle, Dalotia coriaria (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) predation on the fungus gnat, Bradysia sp. nr. coprophila (Diptera: Sciaridae). J. Entomological Science. 50: 225-237.

Evans, E. W. 2015.  Rapid but limited aggregation of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in response to sugar availability in the field. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 79: 65-71.

Evans, E. W., V. L. J. Bolshakova and N. R. Carlile. 2015.  Parasitoid dispersal and colonization lag in disturbed habitats: biological control of cereal leaf beetle metapopulations. Journal of Applied Entomology 139: 529-538.

Giunti, G., G. G. Benelli, A. Canale, R. H. Messing, E. Donati, C. Stefanini & J. P. Michaud. 2015. Parasitoid learning: current knowledge and implications for biological control. Biological Control, 90: 208–219. 

Herron-Sweet, C. R., J. L. Littlefield, E. A. Lehnhoff, L. A. Burkle, and J. M. Mangold. 2015. Native parasitoids associated with the biological control agents of Centaurea stoebe in Montana, USA. Biological Control 86:20-27.

Hinz, H. L. and D. Alecu. 2015. Biology and field host range of Ceutorhynchus cardariae, a potential biological control agent for Lepidium draba. Journal of Applied Entomology 139 (3): 168-178.

Hoddle, M. S., K. Warner, J. Steggall, and K. M. Jetter. 2015. Classical biological control of invasive legacy crop pests: new technologies offer opportunities to revisit old pest problems in perennial tree crops. Insects 6: 13-37.

Khan, M., H. Khan, and J. R. Ruberson. 2015. Lethal and behavioral effects of selected novel pesticides on adults of Trichogramma pretiosum (Trichogrammatidae: Hymenoptera). Pest Management Science 71: 1640-1648.

Littlefield, J. L., K. Keever, and J. Birdsall. 2015. The Montana action Plan for the Biological Control of Invasive Plants. Montana Biological Control Working Group January 2015. 42 p.

Manandhar, R. & Wright, M. G. 2015. Effects of interplanting flowering plants on the biological control of corn Earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Sweet Corn. Journal of Economic Entomology (In press: DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov306).

Manandhar, R., Wright, M. G. 2015. Enhancing biological control of corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea and thrips through habitat management and inundative release of Trichogramma pretiosum in corn cropping systems. Biological Control 89: 84-90.

Mehelis, C. N., J. Balciunas, A, M. Reddy, V. D.Westhuizen, S. Neser, P. J. Moran 2015. Biology and host range of Digitivalva delaireae (Lepidoptera:Glyphipterigidae), a candidate agent for biological control of Cape-ivy (Delairea odorata) in California and Oregon. Environmental Entomology 44: 260-276.

Moran, P. J. 2015. Effect of water deficit on generation time and reproduction of the gall wasp Tetramesa romana, a biological control agent of giant reed (Arundo donax).  Biocontrol Science and Technology 25: 859-872.

Naranjo, S. E., Ellsworth, P. C., Frisvold, G. B. 2015. Economic value of biological control in integrated pest management of managed plant systems. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 60: 621-645.

Obrycki, J. J., M. J. Tauber and C. A. Tauber. 2015. Thermal requirements for development of predatory insects: Contributions of Alois Honěk, including data on three Nearctic species. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 79: 105-111.

Reddy, A. N., C. N. Mehelis. 2015. Pre-release efficacy assessment of the leaf-mining moth Digitivalva delaireae (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae), a potential biological control agent for Cape-ivy, Delairea odorata (Asteraceae), in western North America. Biological Control 90: 67-74.

Segoli, M., and J. A. Rosenheim.  2015.  The effect of body size on the oviposition success of a minute insect parasitoid in nature.  Ecological Entomology 40:483-485.

Smith L. and J. J. Beck. 2015. Duration of emission of volatile organic compounds from mechanically damaged plant leaves. Journal of Plant Physiology 188: 19-28.

Su, H. H, Tian, J. C., Naranjo, S. E., Romeis, J., Hellmich, R. L., Shelton, A. M. 2015. Bacillus thuringiensis plants expressing Cry1Ac, Cry2Ab and Cry1F are not toxic to the assassin bug, Zelus renardii. Journal of Applied Entomology 139: 23-30.

Talamas E. J, M.V. Herlihy, C. Dieckhoff , K. A. Hoelmer, M. L. Buffington, M-C. Bon, and D. C. Weber. 2015. Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) emerges in North America. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 43: 119–128. doi: 10.3897/JHR.43.4661

Tauber, C. A. and F. Sosa. 2015. Rediscovery of Nuvol umbrosus Navás (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae, Leucochrysini): a redescription and discussion. ZooKeys 519: 141-153.   

Toševski, I., Caldara, R., Jović J., Hernandez-Vera, G., Baviera, C., Gassmann, A. and Emerson, B.C. 2015. Host associated genetic divergence and taxonomy in the Rhinusa pilosa Gyllenhal species complex: an integrative approach. Systematic Entomology 40, 268-287. 

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PUBLICATIONS ISSUED AND MANUSCRIPTS APPROVED - 2016 

Amarasekare, K.G., Shearer, P.W., and Mills, N.J. (2016) Testing the selectivity of pesticide effects on natural enemies in laboratory bioassays. Biological Control 102: 7-16.

Amoah, B., J. Anderson, D. Erram, J. Gomez, A. Harris, J. Kivett, K. Ruang-Rit, Y. Wang, L. Murray, and J. Nechols. 2016. Plant spatial distribution and predator-prey ratio affect biological control of the twospotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) by the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Biocontrol Science and Technology 26(4): 548-561.

Andersen, J.C., Bourchier, R.S., Grevstad, F.S., Van Driesche, R., Mills, N.J. (2016) Development and verification of SNP arrays to monitor hybridization between two host-associated strains of knotweed psyllid, Aphalara itadori. Biological Control 93: 49-55.

Antwi F.B. and G.V.P. Reddy. 2016. Efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes and sprayable polymer gel against crucifer flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on canola. Journal of Economic Entomology 109: doi: 10.1093/jee/tow140.

Asiimwe, P., P. C. Ellsworth & S. E. Naranjo. 2016. Natural Enemy impacts on immature Bemisia tabaci do not vary with plant quality in cotton. Ecol. Entomol. 41: 642-652.

Augé M., Bon M-C., Hardion L., Le Bourgeois T., & RFH Sforza 2016. Genetic characterization of a red color morph of Euphorbia esula subsp. esula (Euphorbiaceae) in the floodplains of Saône (Eastern France). Botany, 10.1139/cjb-2016-0067

Beers, E.H., Mills, N.J., Shearer, P.W., Horton, D.R., Milickzy, E.R., and Amarasekare, K.G. (2016) Non-target effects of orchard pesticides on natural enemies: Lessons from the field and laboratory. Biological Control 102: 44-52.

Bistline, A., and M.S. Hoddle. 2016. Biology of Psyllaphycus diaphorinae (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a hyperparasitoid of Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and Tamarixia radiata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 109: 22-28.

Bon, M.C., Hoelmer, K.A., Pickett, C.H., Kirk, A.A., He, Y.R., Mahmood, R., and Daane, K.M. (2016) Populations of Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Its Parasitoids in Himalayan Asia. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 109: 81-91.

Boyer, S, WE Snyder and SD Wratten. 2016. Editorial: Molecular and isotopic approaches to food webs in agroecosystems. Food Webs 9:1-3.

Castillo Carrillo, CI, AS Jensen and WE Snyder. 2016. Checklist of the Psylloidea (Hemiptera) of the Pacific Northwest. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 118:498-509.

Castillo Carrillo, CI, J Funderburk and WE Snyder. 2016. Thrips collected from Solanum dulcamara (Solanales: Solanaceae) in Washington and Idaho. Florida Entomologist 99:306-307.

Castillo Carrillo, CI, Z Fu, AS Jensen and WE Snyder. 2016. Arthropod pests and predators associated with bittersweet nightshade, a non-crop host of the potato psyllid. Environmental Entomology 45:873-882.

Charles, J.J., Paine, T.D. 2016. Fitness effects of food resources on the polyphagous aphid parasitoid, Aphidius colemani Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). PLoS ONE. 14p. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147551.

Chartocerus sp. (Hymenoptera: Signiphoridae) and Pachyneuron crassiculme (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) are obligate hyperparasitoids of Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and possibly Tamarixia radiata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Florida Entomologist 97: 562-566.

Coelho Jr A, Rugman-Jones PF, Reigada C , Stouthamer R , Parra JPC. 2016. Laboratory performance predicts the success of field releases in inbred lines of the egg parasitoid Trichogramma pretiosum. PlosOne DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0146153. 

Cooperband M, Stouthamer R, Carrillo D, Eskalen A, Thibault T, Cossé A, Castrillo L, Vandenberg J, Rugman-Jones P. 2016. Biology of two members of the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex, recently invasive in the USA, reared on an ambrosia beetle artificial diet. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 18: 223-237.

Daane, K.M., Wang, X.-G., Biondi, A., Miller, B., Miller, J.C., Riedl, H., Shearer, P.W., Guerrieri, E., Giorgini, M., Buffington, M., van Achterberg, K., Song, Y., Kang, T., Yi, H., Jung, C., Lee, D.W., Chung, B.K., Hoelmer, K.A., and Walton, V.M. (2016) First exploration of parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii in South Korea as potential classical biological agents. Journal of Pest Science 89: 823-835.

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Hogg, B.N., Smith, L., and Daane, K.M. (2016) Impacts of the adventive Arytainilla spartiophila (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) on growth of the invasive weed Cytisus scoparius under controlled and field conditions in California. Environmental Entomology 45: 109-116.

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