NE2332: Biological control of Arthropod Pests and Weeds
(Multistate Research Project)
Status: Active
SAES-422 Reports
07/29/2024
Dietschler, Nicholas Joseph, Tonya D. Bittner, Carrie S. Jubb, Scott M. Salom, and Mark Whitmore. 2024. Observation of key phenological stages of hemlock woolly adelgid: Using citizen science as a tool to inform research and management. Short Communication, J. Econ. Entomol. (toae056).
Preston, Carrie, Dietschler, Nicholas, Whitmore, Mark Salom, Scott. 2023. Phenology of Leucotaraxis argenticollis, a specialist predator of the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, in the eastern US. Environ. Entomol. nvad103, https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad103
Broadley HJ, Sipolski SJ, Pitt DB, Hoelmer KA, Wang X-y, Cao L-m, Tewksbury LA, Hagerty TJ, Bartlett CR, Russell AD, Wu Y, Davis SC, Kaser JM, Elkinton JS and Gould JR (2023) Assessing the host range of Anastatus orientalis, an egg parasitoid of spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) using Eastern U.S. non-target species. Front. Insect Sci. 3:1154697. doi: 10.3389/finsc.2023.1154697
Dunn-Silver, AR and Lamb, EM, Growing perennial wildflowers from seed. Biocontrol Bytes blog post. 19 March 2024. blogs.cornell.edu/biocontrolbytes/2024/03/19/growing-perennial-wildflowers-from-seed/
Ongoing updates to updated biocontrol pages host by NYSIPM. Nine articles about biocontrol agents including both classical and augmentative biocontrol agents have been published since October 2023.
URI Biocontrol lab Instagram (over 900 followers) and Facebook (over 300 followers) accounts, providing information about biocontrol and invasive species.