John Lydon Crop Production and Protection (This person is no longer with ARS) Team Projects (Appropriated | All) 725 projects listed POTATO RESEARCH SMALL FRUIT AND NURSERY RESEARCH THE CONSERVATION-PRODUCTION INTERFACE IN NORTHERN MIXED-GRASS RANGELANDS RESPONSE OF DIVERSE RICE GERMPLASM TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES SOUTH ATLANTIC AREA EXTENSION PROGRAM FOR METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES DEVELOPING NON-INVASIVE NURSERY CROPS GENETICS, GENETIC RESOURCE EVALUATION, AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF LANDSCAPE TREES AND SHRUBS UHH-COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FOR EVALUATING REGIONALLY BASED FEEDSTOCK AND CO-PRODUCTS FOR AQUACULTURE AND LIVESTOCK UHM-COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FOR EVALUATING REGIONALLY BASED FEEDSTOCK AND CO-PRODUCTS FOR AQUACULTURE AND LIVESTOCK PACIFIC AREA-WIDE PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR INTEGRATED METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES-ECONOMIC EVALUATION SUSTAINABLE CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR IRRIGATED SPECIALTY CROPS AND BIOFUELS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR IMPROVING ORGANIC FARMING IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION DEVELOPMENT OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS IN COTTON PRODUCTION Strategies to Improve Soil and Pest Management in Organic Vegetable Production Systems AERIAL APPLICATION RESEARCH FOR EFFICIENT CROP PRODUCTION Pesticide Application Technologies for Spray-drift Management, Maximizing In-field Deposition, and Targeted Spraying INTEGRATED INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL, REVEGETATION, AND ASSESSMENT OF GREAT BASIN RANGELANDS NEW CROPS AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE CROPPING EFFICIENCY IN SHORT-SEASON HIGH-STRESS ENVIRONMENTS In Season Control of Navel Orangeworm, Assessment of Application Coverage LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON THE SHORTGRASS STEPPE BITING ARTHROPODS: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT OF A STATISTICAL SIMULATION TO ANALYZE INFLUENCING SPRAY DEPOSITION FOR AERIAL CHEMICAL APPLICATION USING ANEMOMETER DATA FOR RESEARCH AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEV. OF A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR MANAGING VIRAL WATERMELON VINE DECLINE & OTHER VEG. DISEASES CAUSED BY WHITEFLY-TRANSMITTED VIRUSES PACIFIC AREA-WIDE PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR INTEGRATED METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES-ALMOND TRIAL IN MERCED COUNTY HIGHER DIPTERA PESTS OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY: SCREWWORM FLIES DEMONSTRATION OF MEBR ALTERNATIVES PLUS HERBICIDES FOR BROAD-SPECTRUM PEST CONTROL IN OPEN-FIELD NURSERIES ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF TEPHRITID FRUIT FLY CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT REDUCING THE IMPACT OF WILDFIRES IN NORTH AMERICAN DESERTS MECHANISMS FOR CREATING NON-INVASIVE NURSERY CROPS CONTROL OF MINOR CROP PESTS AND DISEASES DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE TIME SERIES ANALYSIS METHODS FOR PARAMETER FORECASTING IN CROP MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED APPROACHES FOR PROTECTION OF ANIMALS FROM VECTOR-BORNE PATHOGENS INCREASE ECOLOGICAL AND MANAGERIAL KNOWLEDGE PERTAINING TO THE SHORTGRASS STEPPE ECOSYSTEM RANGELAND RESEARCH TO INCREASE ECOLOGICAL AND MANAGERIAL KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING QUALITY OF NONI JUICE (MORINDA CITRIFOLIA) BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF MOSQUITOES AND OTHER DIPTERA OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY IMPORTANCE CRANBERRY GENETIC IMPROVEMENT AND INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT A LONG-TERM QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF PLANT BIOMASS PRODUCTION & CARBON STORAGE IN PERENNIAL MONOCULTURES & LOW INPUT MULTISPECIES GRASSLAND QUANTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IMPLEMENTING RANGELAND CONSERVATION PRACTICES WITHIN THE GREAT BASIN INTEGRATED METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES IN WALNUT ORCHARDS IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PLANT DEFENSE RESPONSES INDUCED BY INSECT HERBIVORES AND PLANT PATHOGENS Hyperspectral and multispectral image analyses of potatoes under different nutrient management with center pivot irrigation GENOMIC AND FIELD TOOLS FOR CRANBERRY HOST RANGE DETERMINATION OF POWELL BUTTE GLOBODERA (PBG) NONFUNDED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH OF 3S AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRECISION AERIAL APPLICATION HIGHER DIPTERA PESTS OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND HUMAN HEALTH: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AND ADULT BIOLOGY EVALUATION OF NEW MOLECULAR TARGETS TO CONTROL ARBOVIRUS TRANSMISSION DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF A NEW METHOD OF PHYSICAL WEED CONTROL SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ENCROACHMENT BY INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES OF MONOCULTURES AND MIXTURES DEVELOPMENT OF A GROUND-BASED HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM FOR CROP HEALTH SENSING EFFICACY OF DURABLE WALL LINING FOR CONTROLLING THREE MOSQUITO GENERA UNDER SEMI-FIELD CONDITIONS LABORATORY AND FIELD EVALUATION OF IMPREGNATED MATERIALS FOR MANAGEMENT OF STABLE FLIES AROUND LIVESTOCK FACILITIES GENOME WIDE SEQUENCING AND ANALYSIS OF BACTROCERA SPECIES COMPLEX ADDING VALUE AND CONTROLLING PESTS AND DISEASES OF PAPAYA CONSTRUCTING A DNA-BASED SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK FOR THE BACTROCERA DORSALIS COMPLEX (DIPTERA:TEPHRITIDAE) FOR IMPROVED CONTROL AND QUARANTINE ASSEMBLY AND ANALYSIS OF SEQUENCING DATA FROM DIVERSE PLANT TAXA ACQUIRED FROM THE 454-TITANIUM PLATFORM BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL ALTERNATIVES TO BROADCAST FUMIGATION FOR RASPBERRY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT AND IMAGE GEOREFERENCING SYSTEMS FOR MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING OF CROP FIELDS Recruitment of Native Vegation into Crested Wheatgrass Seedings and the Influence of Crested Wheatgrass on Native Vegetation ANIMAL HEALTH AND PLANT HEALTH RESEARCH INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL CROPS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL PLAIN LOW PRESSURE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CHEMICAL FUMIGATION FOR CONTROLLING PESTS IN FRESH TEMPERATE FRUITS IPM TACTICS TO MANAGE PRATYLENCHUS PENETRANS IN RED RASPBERRY: PROVIDING GROWERS WITH DECISION-MAKING INFORMATION Prescribed Grazing to Sustain Livestock Production, Soil Quality, and Diversity on California and Wyoming IPM TACTICS TO MANAGE PRATYLENCHUS PENETRANS IN RED RASPBERRY: PROVIDING GROWERS WITH DECISION-MAKING INFORMATION - WSU NATURAL PRODUCTS FOR CONTROLLING RED IMPORTED FIRE ANTS ANALYSIS OF SOIL CARBON FRACTIONS FROM PRE-TREATMENT CORES FROM THE LONG-TERM BIOMASS EXPERIMENT SOIL AND WATER MANAGEMENT TO IMPROVE CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND MITIGATE TRACE GAS EMISSIONS Pre and Postharvest Treatment of Tropical and Other Commodities for Quarantine Security, Quality Maintenance, and Value Enhancement Biology, Control, and Area-Wide Managment of Fruit Flies and Other Quarantine Pests INTEGRATED GRAFTING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE DISEASE RESISTANCE AND FRUIT YIELD IN SPECIALITY MELON PRODUCTION TRANSITIONAL ACTIVITIES TO FACILITATE ADOPTION OF METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES BY VEGETABLE GROWERS IN SC, NC, TN, AND VA BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ORGANISM DATABASES AND ASSESSMENTS TRANSITIONAL ACTIVITIES TO FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF ALT. TO METHYL BROMIDE IN THE PRODUCTION OF LOBLOLLY PINE SEEDLINGS IN THE SOUTHERN US MANAGING SOIL BORNE DISEASES OF RASPBERRY IN WESTERN STATES: DEVELOPMENT OF DECISION MAKING TOOLS AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ADOPTION OF ‘SOLID-TARP’ SOIL SOLARIZATION BY CUT-FLOWER GROWERS DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF A NEW METHOD OF PHYSICAL WEED CONTROL DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED CROP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE MID-SOUTHERN UNITED STATES FIELD COLLECTIONS OF HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS AND HELICOVERPA ZEA FOR MONITORING BT RESISTANCE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF AN INNOVATIVE ALTERNATIVE PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR RHIPICEPHALUS TICKS THE EFFECT OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL (CDNST) ON ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES AREAWIDE MANAGEMENT OF IMPORTED FIRE ANTS IMPROVED SEMIOCHEMICALS FOR DETECTION OF COFFEE BERRY BORER FOR DETECTION AND CONTROL IMPROVED SEMIOCHEMICALS FOR DETECTION OF COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE, AN INVASIVE PEST ON COCONUT AND OTHER TROPICAL PLANTS ESTABLISH A GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR COOPERATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CENTER FOR GRAIN AND ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND KANSAS ST. UNIV. Investigations of seed and seeding ecology and competitive ability of native annual forbs of the western Great Basin ANTIBIOTICS AND THEIR BIOSYNTHETIC INTERMEDIATES:INTER-CELLULAR MESSENGERS MEDIATING GENOME-WIDE TRANSCRIPTIONAL EFFECTS IN SOIL BACTERIA INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CULTIVATED, WILD, AND FERAL CRANBERRIES INTEGRATED INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL, REVEGETATION, AND ASSESSMENT OF GREAT BASIN RANGELANDS DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASE-RESISTANT WALNUT ROOTSTOCKS: INTEGRATION OF CONVENTIONAL AND GENOMIC APPROACHES ASSESSING THE DAMAGE POTENTIAL OF THE ROOT LESION NEMATODE PRATYLENCHUS PENETRANS ON RASPBERRY VARIETIES PHYSIOLOGY OF NITROGEN UPTAKE AND OPTIMAL PARTITIONING IN POTATO PLANTS QUANTIFYING PLANT GROWTH RESPONSE AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IMPLEMENTING GRAZING LAND CONSERVATION PRACTICES. DEVELOPING NON-INVASIVE NURSERY CROPS DISCOVERY, IDENTIFICATION AND RISK-ASSESSMENT OF BIOCONTROL AGENTS FOR SUPPRESSION OF SOUTH AMERICAN INVASIVE WEEDS AND INSECTS IN THE U.S. DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL PRODUCT-BASED INSECT MANAGEMENT COMPOUNDS FOR MEDICAL, VETERINARY AND URBAN CONCERN ESSENTIAL NEMATODE DATA TO ENABLE DECISION-MAKING BY PACIFIC NORTHWEST GRAPE GROWERS ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES, BIODIVERSITY, INVASIVE SPECIES,& NUTRIENT CYCLING IN SEMIARID SHRUBLANDS Impacts of Grazing on Mountain Meadows USE OF A CHIMERIC GENE FOR TRANSGENIC RESISTANCE TO HESSIAN FLY IDENTIFICATION AND FIELD USE OF SEMIOCHEMICALS OF INVASIVE INSECT PESTS IN HAWAII EVALUATION OF SOIL TREATMENTS FOR CONTROL OF MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY, ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY AND MELON FLY (2012) Development of disease resistant walnut rootstocks: Integration of conventional and genomic approaches (UC Davis component) MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING COMPETENCE OF INSECTS FOR VIRUS INFECTION AND TRANSMISSION DEVELOPMENT OF IRRADIATION TREATMENTS FOR HIGH IMPACT SPECIES ANTIBIOTICS AND THEIR BIOSYNTHETIC INTERMEDIATES: INTER-CELLULAR CHEMICAL MESSENGERS MEDIATING GENOME-WIDE TRANSCRIPTIONAL EFFECTS IN SOIL MODELING A RIFT VALLEY FEVER RISK SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR THE US USING REMOTELY SENSED ENVIRONMENTAL DATA PLANT/SOIL MICROBE INTERACTIONS AND PLANT HEALTH IN MODERN CROPPING SYSTEMS DEVELOPING ECOLOGICAL SITE DESCRIPTION STATE AND TRANSITIONS MODELS FOR GREAT BASIN RANGELAND PLANT COMMUNITIES GREAT BASIN COOPERATIVE ECOSYSTEM STUDIES UNIT NFCA DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMS APPROACHES FOR CROPS THAT OCCUR AS A RESULT OF TEPHRITID FRUIT FLY QUARANTINES IN THE U.S. EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH FOR THE PACIFIC AREA-WIDE PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR INTEGRATED METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES LONG-TERM ASSESSMENT OF PERENNIAL FRUIT AND NUT CROP RESPONSES TO METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES EVALUATION OF NEW MOLECULAR TARGETS TO CONTROL ARBOVIRUS TRANSMISSION VECTOR COMPETENCE OF NORTH AMERICAN RIFT VALLEY FEVER DISEASE VECTORS EVALUATION OF SOIL TREATMENTS FOR CONTROL OF MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY, ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY AND MELON FLY SOUTH ATLANTIC AREAWIDE PEST MANAGEMENT (AWPM) PROJECT FOR METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES NETWORK BASED MODELING OF ARTHROPODS, HUMANS, AND ANIMALS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE TRANSMISSION BACTROCERA GENOME STUDY ARS RESEARCH SHEEP GRAZING - USDA ARS U.S. SHEEP EXPERIMENT STATION AND THE USDA FOREST SERVICE CARIBOU-TARGHEE NATIONAL FOREST AGREEMENT CULICOIDES CONTROL PROJECT STANDARD AND COMMERCIAL FORMULATIONS FOR NAVEL ORANGEWORM SEX PHEROMONE LATIN AMERICAN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS AND INSECTS Development of disease resistant walnut rootstocks: Integration of conventional and genomic approaches (Thousand Cankers Disease) SHORTGRASS STEPPE LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH VI: EXAMINING ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHANGE AN ARS AREAWIDE PEST MANAGEMENT (AWPM) PROGRAM FOR METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES Restoring and Managing Great Basin Ecosystems Development of disease resistant walnut rootstocks: Integration of conventional and genomic approaches (root lesion nematode) MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO SUSTAIN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE WITH LIMITED WATER SUPPLIES BITING AND STINGING PESTS: ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICALLY-BASED CONTROL DEPLOYED WARFIGHTER PROTECTION RESEARCH PROGRAM (FY 2012) GREAT BASIN ECOLOGICAL SITE DEVELOPMENT DEPLOYED WARFIGHTER PROTECTION RESEARCH PROGRAM (FY2012) Development of disease resistant walnut rootstocks: Integration of conventional and genomics approaches (Propagation of germplasm for TCD) Development of disease resistant walnut rootstocks: Integration of conventional and genomic approaches (Extension efforts) Integrated strategies for advanced management of fruit, nut, and oak tree diseases EFFECTS OF RANGELAND DISTURBANCES ON VEGETATION AND LIVESTOCK GRAZING BEHAVIOR IMPROVED STRATEGIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF SOILBORNE DISEASES OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS Precipitation Manipulations in Diverse and Simple Grasslands DEVELOPMENT OF ATTRACT AND KILL TRAPS FOR OLIVE FRUIT FLY DEVELOPMENT OF A DIFFUSION DELIVERY MEDIUM FOR BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS OF NATURAL PLANT PRODUCT ORIGIN THAT ENSURES THE SAFETY & DISINFESTATION COUNTERMEASURES TO PREVENT, MITIGATE, AND CONTROL RIFT VALLEY FEVER (RVF) LIVESTOCK GRAZING IN RANGELAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ALTERNATIVES TO FUMIGATING GREENHOUSES FOR CONTROL OF SOILBORNE PLANT PATHOGENS CULICOIDES SONORENSIS TRANSCRIPTOME PROJECT NEW MODES OF WHEAT RESISTANCE AGAINST HESSIAN FLY DEVELOPMENT OF CROWN GALL-FREE ROOTSTOCKS AND SCIONS FOR THE CA FRUIT AND NUT TREE NURSERY INDUSTRY ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF EMERGING STRAWBERRY PATHOGENS PLANT/SOIL MICROBE INTERACTIONS AND PLANT HEALTH IN MODERN CROPPING SYSTEMS PROMOTING POLLINATORS AND OTHER BENEFICIAL INSECTS THROUGH BIO-OIL PRODUCTION NITROGEN CYCLING AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COVER CROP-BASED ORGANIC ROTATIONAL NO-TILL SUGAR BAITS INCORPORATING DSRNA FOR MOSQUITO AND SAND FLY CONTROL Development of a male-only strain of the new world screwworm, Cochliomyia Hominivorax (Diptera, Calliphoridae) DROUGHT-INDUCED MORTALITY OF TREES: ECOSYSTEM CHANGES UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE BLUETONGUE VIRUS PATHOGENESIS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND CONTROL MEASURES IDENTIFICATION OF ALMOND ROOTSTOCKS WITH RESISTANCE TO ARMILLARIA ROOT DISEASE QUANTIFYING AND PREDICTING IMPACTS AND BENEFITS OF CONSERVATION ON GRAZING LANDS EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF RANGELAND CONDITIONS ON THE SOURCES AND TRANSPORT OF DISSOLVED SOLIDS WITHIN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN QUANTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IMPLEMENTING RANGELAND CONSERVATION PRACTICES TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC RESOURCES TO SUPPORT FRUIT FLY EXCLUSION AND ERADICATION DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A TRANSGENIC MALE-ONLY STRAIN OF THE SCREWWORM, COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX (DIPTERA, CALLIPHORIDAE) DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF METAGENOMIC APPROACHES TO ADDRESS CHALLENGING SOILBORNE DISEASE PROBLEMS IN HORTICULTURAL CROPS Development of Oxygenated Phosphine Fumigation Treatment for Postharvest Control of Quarantined Pests Development of Systems Approaches for Crops that Occur as a Result of Tephritid Fruit Fly Quarantines in the U.S. DEVELOPMENT OF DETECTION, QUARANTINE TREATMENTS AND CONTROL/ERADICATION SYSTEMS FOR CROPS SUSCEPTIBLE TO TEPHRITID FRUIT FLY IN THE U.S. RESIDUAL EFFECTIVENESS OF FOLIAR SPRAYS AGAINST MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY, MELON FLY, MALAYSIAN FRUIT FLY AND ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY DEVELOPING BLIGHT-RESISTANT BOXWOOD GERMPLASM Evaluation of repellents, inhibitors, barrier treatments, and ULV insecticides, and other new products in a Southern California desert habit Survey of Ant Species and Their Defensive Chemicals Identification and development of olive knot rsistant olive cultivars for commercial production in California SPLAT and SPINOSAD as replacements for MIN-U-GEL and NALED for an improved reduced risk sprayable formulation of male annihilation against f ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL HYDROTREATED RENEWABLE JET (HRJ) FUEL FROM REDESIGNED OILSEED FEEDSTOCK SUPPLY CHAINS Precision Restoration: Using Innovative Technology to Overcome Ecological Barriers to Restoration of Sage-Steppe Assessment, Conservation and Management of Rangelands in Transition Long-term implications of prescribed fire in the western Great Plains: Responses of soil, vegetation, fuel loads and modeled fire behavior Testing and Validation of Fielded Mosquito Control Spray Equipment and Insecticides to Protect Personnel from Mosquito-borne Diseases Evaluation of a Three-lure (Trimedlure, Methyl Eugenol and Raspberry Ketone) Detection Trap Against Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Oriental Fruit Semiarid Rangeland Ecosystems: The Conservation-Production Interface Bite Protection Evaluation of Permethrin-Treated United States Navy Working Uniforms (NWUs) for the First Article Qualification Bite Protection Evaluation of United States Army Uniforms: Uniform Fabrics Supplied by Propper Bite Protection Evaluatuion of Permethrin-Treated U.S. Military Uniform Fabrics for Optimization of Treatments for First Article Qualificati Quantifying Soil Erosion and Runoff from Western Rangelands Aerial Imaging of Seasonal Cotton Root Rot Progression in Flutriafol-Treated and Nontreated Cotton Fields in South and Central Texas Identification of Semiochemicals Regulating Biology of Potential Invasive Pests to the United States TAXONOMIC REVISION OF APHELINUS SPECIES OF THE WORLD USING ADVANCED BIOINFORMATICS AND MOLECULAR METHODS Assessing Persistence and Efficacy of New Insecticides in Pistachios Assessing Tolerance of Zebra Chip Disease in Potato Varieties with Low Reducing Sugar Content Circumventing Ovicidal Deficiencies of Sulfuryl Fluoride and Other Postharvest Fumigants Enhanced Implementation of Integrated Management Tactics for Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus in the SouthEastern USA Flight-Response of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug to Olfactory Cues from Potential Hosts: Developing Attract & Kill Applications Impact of Sex, Age, and Mating Status on Flight Behavior of the Navel Orangeworm Deployed Warfighter Protection Research Program (FY2013) Novel Postharvest Fumigation of Sweet Cherries for Fruit Fly Pests Deployed Warfighter Protection Research Program (FY2013) Deployed Warfighter Protection Research Program (FY2013) Integrating Codling Moth Granulovirus into Conventional Orchards Assessment of Application Coverage to Control Navel Orangeworm Bite Protection Evaluatuion of Permethrin-Treated U.S. Military Uniform Fabrics for Optimization of Treatments for First Article Qualificati Bite Protection Evaluation of United States Army Uniforms: Uniform Fabrics Supplied by Propper COLLECTION, RELEASE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF PERISTENUS DIGONEUTIS, A EUROPEAN LYGUS BUG PARASITOID, ON THE CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST Bt Risk Assessment for Lepidopterous Pests of Cotton Bite Protection Evaluation of Permethrin-Treated United States Navy Working Uniforms (NWUs) for the First Article Qualification BLENDED REFUGE VERSUS BLOCK REFUGE Evaluation of the Behavioral Evolution of the Western Corn Rootworm in Response to the Presence of Bt Corn Spotted Wing Drosophila Management on Tree Fruits Integrated Navel Orangeworm Control and Insecticide Fate-transport Biological Control of the Olive Fly in California Evaluation of a Three-lure (Trimedlure, Methyl Eugenol and Raspberry Ketone) Detection Trap Against Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Oriental Fruit Optimization of “Horn” Phosphine Fumigations for Reducing QPS Methyl Bromide Treatment of Fresh Fruit to Control Key Quarantine Pests Whole Farm Organic Management of BMSB and Endemic Pentatomids through Behavior-Based Habitat Manipulation Testing and Validation of Fielded Mosquito Control Spray Equipment and Insecticides to Protect Personnel from Mosquito-borne Diseases Alternatives to Methyl Bromide: Mitigation of the Threat from Exotic Tropical and Subtropical Insect Pests Development of an 'Early Warning' Monitoring Tool for Potato Psyllid, the Vector of Zebra Chip Disease of Potatoes Evaluation of Immune Response of Canines Following Vaccination with Anti-Tick Vaccine Candidate Antigens IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING ON BEMISIA TABACI AND ITS NATURAL ENEMIES IN VEGETABLE CROPS Search, identify and export natural enemies of Schinus terebinthifolius, Pistia stratiotes, Salvinia molesta, and Eichhornia crassipes Improved diagnostics and quantification assays for Verticillium species important to California Agriculture Building Capacity for Clean Plant Diagnostic of Grape and Small Fruits at Florida A&M University to Enhance Research and Extension Service Area-wide Pest Management Project for Navel Orangeworm Control in Almonds, Pistachios, and Walnuts Chemical alternatives to methyl bromide for quarantine and post-harvest pests Development of a pest-specific monitoring tool for potato payllid PROMOTING POLLINATORS AND OTHER BENEFICIAL INSECTS THROUGH BIO-OIL PRODUCTION Chemical Alternatives to Methyl Bromide for Post-Harvest Pest Control on Perishable Commodities Rear and Release Psyllids as Biological Control Agents-An Economical and Feasible Mid-Term Solution for Huanglongbing (HLB) Disease Rapid diagnostic assay for DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY FOR Phytophtora species attacking avocado SPLAT and SPINOSAD as replacements for MIN-U-GEL and NALED for an improved reduced risk sprayable formulation of male annihilation against f WEED MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES TO ATRAZINE IN SWEET CORN Managing Pierce's Disease in Arizona vineyards THE TARGETED SEQUENCING OF BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME (BAC) CLONES FROM WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM FEASIBILITY OF DRIP AND SHANK APPLIED ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE FOR SOIL DISINFESTATION UNDER DIVERSE FLORIDA CROP PRODUCTION SCENARIOS Improved diagnostics for Phytophthora plant pathogens important to California agriculture Survey of Ant Species and Their Defensive Chemicals Evaluation of repellents, inhibitors, barrier treatments, and ULV insecticides, and other new products in a Southern California desert habit RESIDUAL EFFECTIVENESS OF FOLIAR SPRAYS AGAINST MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY, MELON FLY, MALAYSIAN FRUIT FLY AND ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY Improved diagnostics for Phytophthora plant pathogens important to California Agriculture DEVELOPMENT OF DETECTION, QUARANTINE TREATMENTS AND CONTROL/ERADICATION SYSTEMS FOR CROPS SUSCEPTIBLE TO TEPHRITID FRUIT FLY IN THE U.S. Development of Oxygenated Phosphine Fumigation Treatment for Postharvest Control of Quarantined Pests Cooperation agreement and benefits sharing between the foundation for the study of invasive species & ARS exotic & invasive weeds res. unit DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF METAGENOMIC APPROACHES TO ADDRESS CHALLENGING SOILBORNE DISEASE PROBLEMS IN HORTICULTURAL CROPS BIO-RATIONAL APPROACHES TO MANAGE INSECT PESTS OF POTATO CROPS Improved diagnostics for Phytophthora plant pathogens important to California Agriculture Development of an "early warning" monitoring tool for potato psllid, the vector of zebra chip disease of potatoes Development of Systems Approaches for Crops that Occur as a Result of Tephritid Fruit Fly Quarantines in the U.S. TRANSCRIPTOME PROFILING OF THE POLYPHAGOUS SHOT HOLE BORER-(UC-RIVERSIDE) IR-4 HQ ASSISTANCE TO REGISTER PESTICIDES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH USE (2012-2017) TRANSCRIPTOME PROFILING OF THE POLYPHAGOUS SHOT HOLE BORER - OSU DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A TRANSGENIC MALE-ONLY STRAIN OF THE SCREWWORM, COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX (DIPTERA, CALLIPHORIDAE) Chemical Attractants for Trapping and Baiting Polistes Development of a male-only strain of the new world screwworm, Cochliomyia Hominivorax (Diptera, Calliphoridae) CULICOIDES SONORENSIS TRANSCRIPTOME PROJECT BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF AIR POTATO (DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA) IN FLORIDA USING THE ASIAN BEETLES LILIOCERIS CHENI AND LILIOCERIS EGENA BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF OLD WORLD CLIMBING FERN IN FLORIDA The treatment of CA strawberries with Methyl Bromide to eliminate the spotted wing Drosophila, Drosophila Suzukii Areawide pest managment program for annual grasses in the Great Basin ecosystem DEVELOPMENT, DEPLOYMENT, AND EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR WATER HYACINTH AND WATER LETTUCE IN FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC RESOURCES TO SUPPORT FRUIT FLY EXCLUSION AND ERADICATION TESTING OF MBI-005 FOR CUT FLOWER PRODUCTION MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS OF PERUVIAN FLIES (DIPTERA) SYNCHRONIZING POLLINATORS WITH ALMOND BLOOM: PART ONE, AN ENVIRONMENTAL COVARIATE FOR THE DENNIS/KEMP MODEL SEARCH, IDENTIFICATION, AND EXPORTATION OF NATURAL ENEMIES OF THE CACTUS MOTH, CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM NATURAL ENEMIES OF INVASIVE AND HIGH-RISK WOOD-BORING INSECTS IN CHINA QUARANTINE RISK ASSESSMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL CANDIDATES FOR DOWNY ROSE MYRTLE, RHODOMYRTUS TOMENTOSA PILOT STUDY ON SURVEILLANCE OF MOSQUITOES AND WEST NILE VIRUS ACTIVITY IN THE AREA OF THESSALONIKI, GREECE EXPLORATION FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS OF DOWNEY ROSE MYRTLE RHODOMYRTUS TOMENTOSA IN ASIA SUGAR BAITS INCORPORATING DSRNA FOR MOSQUITO AND SAND FLY CONTROL COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR WHEAT AND SORGHUM AGRICULTURAL DECISION MAKING HOST RANGE TESTING-AUSTRALIAN QUARANTINE OF POTENTIAL INSECT AGENTS FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF OLD WORLD CLIMBING FERN(LYGODIUM MICROPHYLLUM) RISK ASSESSMENT FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CHINESE TALLOW TRIADICA (=SAPIUM) SEBIFERA IN FLORIDA ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF EMERGING STRAWBERRY PATHOGENS EFFECT OF PRE-HYDROCOOLING TIME AND WATER TEMPERATURE ON THE QUALITY OF MANGO AND MORTALITY OF MEXICAN FRUIT FLY, ANASTREPHA LUDENS NOVEL BIOMARKERS THAT RAPIDLY IDENTIFY INSECT POPULATIONS THAT ARE EFFICIENT VECTORS OF CIRCULATIVE PLANT VIRUSES APPLICATION OF AN AGGREGATION PHEROMONE FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE DIAPREPES ROOT WEEVIL ACOUSTIC, TRAP FOR ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLIDS Enhancing Natural Enemy Systems; Biocontrol Implementation for Peach Tree Borers GENOMICS BASED APPROACH FOR IDENTIFYING GENETIC TRAITS AND MARKERS LINKED TO DISEASE RESISTANCE IN BRASSICA SPP. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND MANIPULATION OF ANTIOXIDANT GENE EXPRESSION FOR IMPROVED FITNESS IN MALES STERILIZED FOR STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE EXPERIMENTAL BM86-BASED VACCINE FOR THE CATTLE FEVER TICK ERADICATION PROGRAM DETERMINATION OF ATTRACTIVE HOST PLANT VOLATILES AND SEX PHEROMONES OF ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID USING EAGS AND GC-EAD DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF RED PALM WEEVIL ACOUSTIC SIGNALS IN DATE PALM ORCHARDS Assembly and Annotation of Lygus Lineolaris (Tarnished Plant Bug) Genome DEVELOPMENT OF ORAL RNAI FOR CONTROL OF COLEOPTERAN STORAGE PESTS COOPERATIVE BIOCONTROL INTRODUCTIONS AGAINST EXOTIC CERAMBYCID BEETLES OF MUTUAL INTEREST TO CHINA AND THE U.S. (INCL. ANOPLOPHORA SPECIES) LANDSCAPE CONFIGURATIONS: A NEW APPROACH TO MANAGE INVASION BY BIOFUEL CROPS DEVELOPMENT OF A DIFFUSION DELIVERY MEDIUM FOR BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS OF NATURAL PLANT PRODUCT ORIGIN THAT ENSURES THE SAFETY & DISINFESTATION Flight-Response of Spotted Wing Drosophila to Olfactory Cues from Conspecific Infested and Grey Mold-Infected Grape Berries INTEGRATING SUNFLOWER WITH ORGANIC GRAIN PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES DEVELOPMENT OF ATTRACT AND KILL TRAPS FOR OLIVE FRUIT FLY AN ADAPTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR NON-TARGET RISK ASSESSMENT OF RNAI-BASED, INSECT RESISTANT GM CROPS Characterization of Macrophomina Phaseolina on strawberry DEVICES FOR PYRIPROXYFEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEST ECOLOGY TO INCREASE SUSTAINABILITY OF VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION SEMIOCHEMICAL METHODS TO CONTROL INSECT PESTS Development of a pest-specific monitoring tool for potato Psyllid DEPLOYED WARFIGHTER PROTECTION RESEARCH PROGRAM (FY2012) Olfactory Proteins as Targets for Enhanced Codling Moth Control GROUNDNUT RINGSPOT VIRUS – CONTINUING STUDIES OF AN EMERGING TOSPOVIRUS INFECTING TOMATO, PEPPER AND OTHER FLORIDA FRESH-MARKET VEGETABLES TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEST ECOLOGY TO INCREASE SUSTAINABILITY OF VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION EVALUATION OF IMMUNE RESPONSE OF WHITE-TAILED DEER FOLLOWING VACCINATION WITH ANTI-CATTLE TICK VACCINE CANDIDATE ANTIGENS LARGE-SCALE APPLICATION OF ANAEROBIC SOIL DISINFESTATION FOR CALADIUM PRODUCTION FROM GENE TO LANDSCAPE: A HIERARCHICAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION AND SPREAD OF HERBICIDE RESISTANCE IN AMARANTHUS TUBERCULATUS THE ROLE OF FEEDING BEHAVIOR IN RESISTANCE OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM LARVAE Increase Fumigation Efficacy with Alternatives to Methyl Bromide using Low Permeability Tarps (UC Davis) A systems approach to seedling establishment on degraded rangeland:managing ecological processes driving recruitment bottlenecks (UNR LEGER) QUALITY ASSURANCE SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR IR-4 MINOR USE PESTICIDES AT STATE FACILITIES IN NEW JERSEY AND SIMILAR LOCATIONS AQUATIC WEED MANAGEMENT Improved tracking of transpiration coefficients in California Specialty Crops A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT ON DEGRADED RANGELAND:MANAGING ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES DRIVING RECRUITMENT BOTTLENECKS(ADLER) A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT ON DEGRADED RANGELAND:MANAGING ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES DRIVING RECRUITMENT BOTTLENECKS(BRUNSON) OPTIMIZATION OF METHODS FOR MASS-REARING NEWLY INTRODUCED PARASITOIDS FOR BIOCONTROL OF EMERALD ASH BORER DEPLOYED WARFIGHTER PROTECTION RESEARCH PROGRAM (FY2012) Navel Orangeworm Biological Control DEPLOYED WARFIGHTER PROTECTION RESEARCH PROGRAM (FY2012) DEPLOYED WARFIGHTER PROTECTION RESEARCH PROGRAM (FY2012) DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED TRAPPING SYSTEMS FOR INVASIVE FRUIT FLIES THAT THREATEN U.S. AGRICULTURE DEPLOYED WARFIGHTER PROTECTION RESEARCH PROGRAM (FY 2012) METABOLOMICS: IDENTIFICATION OF INDUCIBLE BIOACTIVE METABOLITES IN PLANTS WITH JAPAN A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT ON DEGRADED RANGELAND: MANAGING ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES DRIVING RECRUITMENT BOTTLENECKS BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND MANAGEMENT OF BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN ORCHARD CROPS, SMALL FRUIT, GRAPES, VEGETABLES, AND ORNAMENTALS INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON METHYL BROMIDE FUMIGATION IN RICE MILLS BITING AND STINGING PESTS: ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICALLY-BASED CONTROL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INVASIVE WEED BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WHITE GRUBS INFESTING TURF BY THE APPLICATION OF METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEST ECOLOGY TO INCREASE SUSTAINABILITY OF VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WHITE GRUBS INFESTING TURF BY THE APPLICATION OF METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF GLYPHOSATE ON MINERAL CONTENT OF GLYPHOSATE-RESISTANT CROPS PLANT HEALTH IN MODERN CROPPING SYSTEMS IDENTIFICATION OF CHEMICAL LURE FOR SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA EVALUATION OF CYROMAZINE FOR THE CONTROL OF STABLE FLY LARVAE IN WINTER HAY FEEDING SITES AN ARS AREAWIDE PEST MANAGEMENT (AWPM) PROGRAM FOR METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES HORMONAL SIGNALING IN LEAFY SPURGE EVALUATION OF NOVEL ACARICIDE FOR CONTROLLING CATTLE FEVER TICKS, RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS AND R(B) ANNULATUS, AND LONE STAR TICK USE OF CANINE TO DETECT AND ALERT TO THE PRESENCE OF CATTLE INFESTED WITH CATTLE FEVER TICKS, RHIPICEPHALUS (B.) ANNULATUS AND MICROPLUS USING COLD TREATMENT FOR DISINFESTATION OF STORED PRODUCTS IN USA AND EUROPE LATIN AMERICAN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS AND INSECTS STANDARD AND COMMERCIAL FORMULATIONS FOR NAVEL ORANGEWORM SEX PHEROMONE DEVELOPMENT OF GRAFTING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS OF THE U.S. FRUITING VEGETABLE INDUSTRY SILVER NANOPARTICLES AS PESTICIDE FOR AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS: TOXICOLOGY EVALUATIONS ALTERNATIVES TO ORGANOPHOSPHATE AND ORGANOCARBAMATE INSECTICIDES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THRIPS AND TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS FOREIGN EXPLORATION FOR NATURAL ENEMIES OF INVASIVE SPECIES METABOLOMICS: IDENTIFICATION OF INDUCIBLE BIOACTIVE METABOLITES IN PLANTS RECOMBINASE-BASED TRANSFORMATION VECTORS FOR IMPROVED TRANSGENIC STRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND ECOLOGICAL SAFETY IN TEPHRITID PEST SPECIES TOWARDS PREDICTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF NITROGEN FLUX IN SOILS A collaborative research and extension network for sustainable organic production systems in Coastal California DEVELOPING A PHLOEM PENETRATION/ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT TO REDUCE/ELIMATE CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER FROM EXISTING CITRUS TREES EVALUATION OF CANDIDATE ANTI-TICK VACCINE ANTIGENS BIOLOGICALLY BASED TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS Designation of Fruit Host Preference of Spotted Wing Drosophila to Different Types of Stone Fruit Marketed for Commercial Export CULICOIDES CONTROL PROJECT VECTOR COMPETENCE OF NORTH AMERICAN RIFT VALLEY FEVER DISEASE VECTORS SOUTH ATLANTIC AREAWIDE PEST MANAGEMENT (AWPM) PROJECT FOR METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES PRODUCTION AND EFFICACY TESTING OF BM86-TEXAS ANTI-TICK VACCINE FOR THE CATTLE FEVER TICK ERADICATION PROGRAM BACTROCERA GENOME STUDY IDENTIFICATION OF THE BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG PHEROMONE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AMBROSIA BEETLES AND THEIR FUNGAL SYMBIONTS EVALUATION OF SOIL TREATMENTS FOR CONTROL OF MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY, ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY AND MELON FLY IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO THE INVASIVE EMERALD ASH BORER AND ITS RELATIVES: A JOINT USDA- CFIA INITIATIVE NETWORK BASED MODELING OF ARTHROPODS, HUMANS, AND ANIMALS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE TRANSMISSION LONG-TERM ASSESSMENT OF PERENNIAL FRUIT AND NUT CROP RESPONSES TO METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH FOR THE PACIFIC AREA-WIDE PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR INTEGRATED METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES BACTERIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS THAT FACILITATE GRANIVORY IN OMNIVOROUS INSECTS EVALUATION OF NEW MOLECULAR TARGETS TO CONTROL ARBOVIRUS TRANSMISSION NATIVE HABITAT RESTORATION, SUSTAINABLE IPM AND BENEFICIAL INSECT CONSERVATION FOR WASHINGTON VITICULTURE FIELD EVALUATION OF SOYBEAN LINES FOR RESISTANCE TO SOYBEAN APHID ROTUNDA DOOR CONTROL SYSTEM DEVELOPING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL TECHNIQUES AGAINST THE CITRUS LONGHORNED BEETLE ANOPLOPHORA CHINENSIS IN ITALY Postharvest Treatments to Eliminate Invasive Pests of Concern to the California Table Grape Industry DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMS APPROACHES FOR CROPS THAT OCCUR AS A RESULT OF TEPHRITID FRUIT FLY QUARANTINES IN THE U.S. ENHANCING NATURAL ENEMY SYSTEMS: BIOCONTROL IMPLEMENTATION FOR PEACHTREE BORERS DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL PRODUCT-BASED WEED MANAGEMENT METHODS ASSESSMENT OF THE LARVAL TARSAL TEST AND SEARCH FOR SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE MUTATIONS IN PYRETHROID-RESISTANT RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS ESTABLISH AN EFFICIENT PROTOCOL FOR THE GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF LEAFY SPURGE (EUPHORBIA ESCULA) VIA AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS IMPACT OF BIOENERGY CROPS ON PESTS, NATURAL ENEMIES AND POLLINATORS IN AGRICULTURAL AND NON-CROP LANDSCAPES MOLECULAR ASSESSMENT OF INSECT BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS INSECTS ASSOCIATED WITH EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL MODELING A RIFT VALLEY FEVER RISK SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR THE US USING REMOTELY SENSED ENVIRONMENTAL DATA MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING COMPETENCE OF INSECTS FOR VIRUS INFECTION AND TRANSMISSION INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO ADVANCE CITRUS DISEASE RESEARCH & PRODUCT DVLPMT TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE NATL CITRUS INDUSTRY BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY,A ND MANAGEMENT OF BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN ORCHARD CROPS, SMALL FRUIT, GRAPES, VEGETABLES AND ORNAMENTALS REARING STINK BUGS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR SELECTED STINK BUG CROP PESTS Optimization of “Horn” Phosphine Fumigations to Retain California Walnut Exports ASSESSMENT OF FECAL CHEMISTRY CHANGES IN FEVER TICK INFESTED CATTLE USING NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY DEVELOPMENT OF IRRADIATION TREATMENTS FOR HIGH IMPACT SPECIES IMPROVED TACTICS FOR INTEGRATED CONTROL AND CONTAINMENT OF CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM In Season Insecticide Control of Navel Orangeworm: Effect of Fungal Metabolism on Nut Hull Degradation EVALUATION OF SOIL TREATMENTS FOR CONTROL OF MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY, ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY AND MELON FLY (2012) CARRIZO CANE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL PROGRAM AGREEMENT FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION IDENTIFICATION AND FIELD USE OF SEMIOCHEMICALS OF INVASIVE INSECT PESTS IN HAWAII Increase Fumigation Efficacy with Alternatives to Methyl Bromide using Low Permeability Tarps SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT INSECTS IMPROVED TACTICS FOR INTEGRATED CONTROL AND CONTAINMENT OF CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT INSECTS DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL PRODUCT-BASED INSECT MANAGEMENT COMPOUNDS FOR MEDICAL, VETERINARY AND URBAN CONCERN BIOLOGICALLY BASED TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGEMENT OF VEGETABLE PESTS MOU BETWEEN ARS/USDA AND THE POLLINATOR PARTNERSHIP (P2) The Adaptive Potential of an Introduced Symbiosis: Megacopta Cribraria and Its Bacteria LOW INPUT SYSTEMS OF PEST CONTROL FOR SWEETPOTATO IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA PEST RISK ANALYSES FOR TEMPERATE FRUIT FLIES IN EXPORTED FRUITS Development of Management Strategies for Bacterial Leaf Spot OPTIMIZATION AND FIELD-TESTING OF SYNTHETIC SEX ATTRACTANTS FOR TWO PSYLLID PESTS OF PEARS (HEMIPTERA: PSYLLIDAE) DISCOVERY, IMPORTATION, AND UTILIZATION OF BIOCONTROL AGENTS FOR CONTROL OF INVASIVE FIRE ANTS DEVELOPMENT OF GENOMIC TOOLS FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER POPULATION DYNAMICS PROTOCOL BETWEEN ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIV. AND THE USDA/ARS/FDWSRU ON BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS WITH PLANT PATHOGENS Assessing feeding deterrence of potato Psyllid to prevent Zebra chip transmission DEVELOPMENT OF A ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR HIGH THROUGH-PUT INSECT EMBRYO CRYOPRESERVATION DISCOVERY, IDENTIFICATION AND RISK-ASSESSMENT OF BIOCONTROL AGENTS FOR SUPPRESSION OF SOUTH AMERICAN INVASIVE WEEDS AND INSECTS IN THE U.S. In season insecticide control of navel orangeworm, assessment of application coverage, and relative environmental stability of insecticides FINDING PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS OF THE COFFEE BERRY BORER BY DETERMINING ALTERNATE HOST PLANTS EVALUATING IMPACTS OF INDIGENOUS AND INTRODUCED PARASITOIDS ON POPULATIONS OF THE INVASIVE EMERALD ASH BORER, AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS FAIRMAIRE COLLECTION AND REARING OF EMERALD ASH BORER FIELD SURVEYS ON THE NATURAL ENEMIES ASSOCIATED WITH SWALLOW-WORT (VINCETOXICUM SPP.) IN CHINA KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA - CONTROL OF TICKS FEEDING ON WHITE-TAILED DEER PREDICTIVE MODELING & MITIGATION OF EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MIGRATION & INFESTATION PATTERNS OF SEMITROPICAL/TROPICAL CROP PEST INSECTS DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR POLLINATORS, ALFALFA LEAFCUTTER BEE, MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA AND BLUE ORCHARD BEE, OSMIA LIGNARIA ENHANCEMENT OF USDA-ARS, DOE, AND SUNGRANT UNIVERSITIES COOPERATIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH OLFACTORY PROTEINS AS TARGETS FOR MANIPULATING MOSQUITO BEHAVIOR PEST RISK ANALYSES FOR TEMPERATE FRUIT FLIES IN EXPORTED FRUITS Management of potato Psyllid and Zebra chip disease ECOLOGY, GENOMICS, AND MANAGEMENT OF STORED PRODUCT INSECTS GENOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF FUNGAL PLANT PATHOGENS CATTLE TICK GENOME SEQUENCING AND TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS DEVELOPMENT OF ATTRACTANTS/LURES FOR THE REDBAY AMBROSIA BEETLE. PRECISION ZONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR RESILIENT CEREAL YIELDS UNDER VARIABLE CLIMATES IMPROVEMENT OF BIOHERBICIDE STRATEGIES FOR INVASIVE WEEDS IN SOUTHERN CROPPING SYSTEMS FROM GENE TO LANDSCAPE: A HIERARCHICAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION AND SPREAD OF HERBICIDE RESISTANCE IN AMARANTHUS TUBERCULATUS ESTABLISH A GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR COOPERATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CENTER FOR GRAIN AND ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND KANSAS ST. UNIV. IMPROVED SEMIOCHEMICALS FOR DETECTION OF COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE, AN INVASIVE PEST ON COCONUT AND OTHER TROPICAL PLANTS NEMATODES AS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS OF THE COFFEE BERRY BORER IN MEXICO INHIBITION OF AQUAPORIN FOR NOVEL CONTROL OF BEMISIA TABACI FIELD EVALUATION OF NOVEL METHODS FOR THE CONTROL OF PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLIES IN EGYPT AND KENYA MONITORING BIOTYPIC DIVERSITY OF RUSSIAN WHEAT APHID STERILE INSECT CONTROL OF INVASIVE PESTS, WITH A FOCUS ON MOTHS EFFECT OF RESISTANCE ON INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT IN TRANSGENIC COTTON SUBTROPICAL INSECT PESTS OF VEGETABLES AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS DEVELOPMENT OF A COCOA QUARANTINE PROCESS SEMIOCHEMICALS FOR CONTROL OF CITRUS LEAFMINER AND CITRUS CANKER DISEASE WITH APPLICATION FOR CONTROL OF ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID AND HLB SEMIOCHEMICALS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PESTS IMPROVED SEMIOCHEMICALS FOR DETECTION OF COFFEE BERRY BORER FOR DETECTION AND CONTROL EVALUATION OF PARASITOID GUILDS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO MORTALITY OF THE EMERALD ASH BORER IN ITS NATIVE RANGE, NORTHEASTERN CHINA AREAWIDE MANAGEMENT OF IMPORTED FIRE ANTS PEST RISK ANALYSES FOR TEMPERATE FRUIT FLIES IN EXPORTED FRUITS LANDSCAPE-LEVEL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE WEEDS AND THEIR IMPACTS IN AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL SYSTEMS AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN WEED MANAGEMENT TO PROTECT U.S. WATER RESOURCES IN THE FAR WEST UNITED STATES INVESTIGATIONS OF NOVEL TARGET-SPECIFIC LIGANDS FOR ACETYLCHOLINESTERASES OF ARTHROPOD PESTS SEMIOCHEMICAL-BASED TECHNOLOGY FOR CONTROL OF CITRUS PESTS DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL INSECT CONTROL STRATEGIES BASED ON RNAI AND INSECT DETERRENT PROTEINS FOR INSECT PESTS OF CITRUS MANIPULATING THE OVERWINTERING DIAPAUSE OF HELIOTHINES WITH DIAPAUSE HORMONE FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION AND TARGET VALIDATION OF TICK (BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS) G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS REDUCING THE IMPACT OF INVASIVE WEEDS IN NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS RANGELANDS THROUGH BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND COMMUNITY RESTORATION Integrated pest management for insect pests of horticultural crops PREDICTIVE MODELING & MITIGATION OF EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MIGRATION & INFESTATION PATTERNS OF SEMITROPICAL/TROPICAL CROP PEST INSECTS PLANT RESISTANCE, BIOLOGY, AND RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT OF CORN PESTS, WITH EMPHASIS ON WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM Management of zebra chip to enhance profitability and sustainability of U.S. potato production INSECT CRYOPRESERVATION, DORMANCY, GENETICS AND BIOCHEMISTRY VIRUS OF HEMIPTERANS: LEAFHOPPERS AND PSYLLIDS PATHOGENS OF INVASIVE INSECTS ADOPTION OF ‘SOLID-TARP’ SOIL SOLARIZATION BY CUT-FLOWER GROWERS DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF AN INNOVATIVE ALTERNATIVE PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR RHIPICEPHALUS TICKS TRANSITIONAL ACTIVITIES TO FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF ALT. TO METHYL BROMIDE IN THE PRODUCTION OF LOBLOLLY PINE SEEDLINGS IN THE SOUTHERN US BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ORGANISM DATABASES AND ASSESSMENTS EICOSANOID-MEDIATED AND MOLECULAR IMMUNE SIGNALING INHIBITORS IN PIERCING/SUCKING INSECT PESTS OF SMALL AND URBAN VEGETABLE FARMS TRANSITIONAL ACTIVITIES TO FACILITATE ADOPTION OF METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES BY VEGETABLE GROWERS IN SC, NC, TN, AND VA BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INVASIVE WEEDS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF EMERALD ASH BORER IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND ECOLOGICALLY BASED PEST MANAGEMENT IN MODERN CROPPING SYSTEMS INSECT ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS FOR INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF GRASSHOPPERS AND OTHER INSECT PESTS IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS USE OF SYNERGIZED ACARICIDE FORMULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF RESISTANT POPULATIONS OF RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS IN THE MEXICAN TROPICS UTILIZING HERBICIDE TOLERANT AND COMPETITIVE CULTIVARS AND INNOVATIVE CULTURAL PRACTICES TO ENHANCE WEED MANAGEMENT IN VEGETABLE CROPS EVALUATION, INTEGRATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NON-FUMIGATION BASED PEST MANAGEMENT APPROACHES FOR FOOD PROCESSING FACILITIES PREDICTIVE MODELING & MITIGATION OF EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MIGRATION & INFESTATION PATTERNS OF SEMITROPICAL/TROPICAL CROP PEST INSECTS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN USDA-ARS EBCL AND THE JOINT GENOMIC CENTER SOFIA UNIVERSITY "ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI" Biology, Control, and Area-Wide Managment of Fruit Flies and Other Quarantine Pests ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS IN INTEGRATED AND BIOLOGICALLY-BASED MANAGMENT OF INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES IN WESTERN RANGELANDS BIORATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF INSECT PESTS OF TEMPERATE TREE FRUITS CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS OF CROPS, EMPHASIZING TARNISHED PLANT BUG, SOYBEAN APHID, AND BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG BIOLOGICALLY BASED MANAGEMENT OF CEREAL APHIDS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INVASIVE TERRESTRIAL AND RIPARIAN WEEDS IN THE FAR WESTERN U.S. REGION, WITH EMPHASIS ON THISTLES, BROOMS AND CAPE-IVY OPTIMIZATION OF METHODS FOR MASS-REARING NEWLY INTRODUCED PARASITOIDS FOR BIOCONTROL OF EMERALD ASH BORER BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA ON SMALL AND STONE FRUITS SYSTEMS BIOLOGY INVESTIGATIONS OF ARTHROPOD-BORNE DISEASES TO CONTROL VECTORS OF PATHOGENS CONTROL OF TARNISHED PLANT BUGS BY BIOCONTROL AND OTHER METHODS BIOLOGICALLY-BASED TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF CROP INSECT PESTS IN LOCAL AND AREAWIDE PROGRAMS FORMULATIONS FOR 2 MODEL PREDATORS: A POLLEN FEEDING PHYTOSEIID MITE AND ORIUS INSIDIOSUS BIOLOGICALLY BASED MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE INSECT PESTS AND WEEDS IPM TECHNOLOGIES FOR INSECT PESTS OF ORCHARD CROPS INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT FOR MAIZE-FINGERMILLET PRODUCTION SYSTEMS OF THE MID-HILLS OF NEPAL CHEMICAL BIOLOGY OF INSECT AND PLANT SIGNALING SYSTEMS COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ON THE CITRUS LEAFMINER, PHYLLOCNISTIS CITRELLA INSECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR URBAN SMALL FARMS AND GARDENS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE AND INDIGENOUS INSECTS OF URBAN LANDSCAPES BIOCONTROL AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONTROL OF INVASIVE SPECIES, WITH EMPHASIS ON ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE AND RELATED SPECIES MELALEUCA ERADICATION AND OTHER EXOTIC PLANTS: IMPLEMENT BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS ASSESSING THE RISK OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER ADAPTATION TO TRANSGENIC MAIZE Pre and Postharvest Treatment of Tropical and Other Commodities for Quarantine Security, Quality Maintenance, and Value Enhancement CHEMICAL ECOLOGY OF THE MEXICAN BROMELIAD WEEVIL AND ITS PARASITOID, LIXADMONTIA FRANKI NATURAL PRODUCTS FOR CONTROLLING RED IMPORTED FIRE ANTS LOW PRESSURE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CHEMICAL FUMIGATION FOR CONTROLLING PESTS IN FRESH TEMPERATE FRUITS ANIMAL HEALTH AND PLANT HEALTH RESEARCH TRACKING AND MANAGING DISEASES OF FLORICULTURE CROPS CAUSED BY OOMYCETES AND FUNGI PRELIMINARY SURVEYS OF INSECTS NATURAL ENEMIES OF MEDUSAHEAD RYE EMPLOYING NEW TOOLS TO DETECT AND LIMIT PHYTOPHTHORA ROOT ROT, DOWNY MILDEW, AND OTHER KEY PATHOGENS OF FLORAL CROPS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF SALTCEDAR: IMPROVEMENT OF REARING OF THE GALLING MOTH AMBLYPALPIS TAMARICELLA DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-TACTIC WEED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION DISCOVERY, BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF NATURAL ENEMIES OF INSECT PESTS OF CROP AND URBAN AND NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS DISCOVERY AND EVALUATION OF CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR INVASIVE EURASIAN WEEDS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL AREAS Sustainable Pest Management Strategies for Arid-land Crops MASS PRODUCTION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS DISCOVERY & DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR WEEDS/INSECT PESTS...INVASIVE IN THE U.S. NATIVE TO AUSTRALIA & SOUTHEAST ASIA ASSESSMENT OF A MECHANICAL SAMPLING DEVICE FOR ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID SYSTEMATICS OF HEMIPTERA AND RELATED GROUPS: PLANT PESTS, PREDATORS, AND DISEASE VECTORS MANAGEMENT OF INSECTS THAT ATTACK HORTICULTURAL, TURF, AND NURSERY CROPS ECOLOGICALLY BASED MANAGEMENT OF BOLL WEEVILS AND OTHER ROW CROP PESTS UNDER TRANSITION TO BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION IN TEMPERATE REGIONS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF SWALLOW-WORTS, INVASIVE WEEDS OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT AND NEW CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR PESTS OF CORN, COTTON, SORGHUM, SOYBEAN, AND SWEET POTATO WILD HOSTS AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA MINOR USE PESTICIDE TESTING ON VEGETABLES AND SUGAR CROPS NOVEL WEED MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS: A BASIS IN UNDERSTANDING BUD AND SEED DORMANCY TRACKING AND MANAGING DISEASES OF FLORICULTURE CROPS CAUSED BY OOMYCETES MINOR USE PESTICIDE TESTING ON FLORAL AND NURSERY CROPS DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPORTANT PHYTOPHTHORA SPECIES IN FLORAL CROPS DEVELOPING INTEGRATED WEED AND INSECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE SUGARCANE PRODUCTION SYSTEMATICS OF FLIES OF AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPORTANCE SYSTEMATICS OF BEETLES IMPORTANT TO AGRICULTURE, LANDSCAPE PLANTS, AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE CONTROLS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE INVASIVE CARIBBEAN CRAZY ANT (PARATRECHINA PUBENS) IN NATURAL & URBAN LANDSCAPES TRACKING AND MANAGING DISEASES OF FLORICULTURE CROPS CAUSED BY OOMYCETES AND FUNGI DEVELOPMENT OF RAPID AND ACCURATE DETECTION OF REGULATED CITRUS PATHOGENS DEVELOPMENT & EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING THE EVERGLADES & OTHER NATURAL AND MANANGED SYSTEMS DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PLANT PATHOGENS FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INVASIVE WEEDS FROM THEIR NATIVE RANGE ATTRACT AND KILL TECHNOLOGY TO CONTROL CITRUS LEAFMINER IN CITRUS NURSERIES AND ORCHARDS RECLAIMING AND MANAGING MEDUSAHEAD INFESTED SAGEBRUSH STEPPE RANGELANDS ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WEEDY AND INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE FUNGAL RESOURCES FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND HIGH-VALUE USES SYSTEMATICS OF LEPIDOPTERA: INVASIVE SPECIES, PESTS, AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS SYSTEMATICS OF PARASITIC AND HERBIVOROUS WASPS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPORTANCE IPM-BASED STRATEGIES FOR INCORPORATING MICROBIAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL FOR MANAGEMENT OF GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY CROP PESTS MITE SYSTEMATICS AND ARTHROPOD DIAGNOSTICS WITH EMPHASIS ON INVASIVE SPECIES BIOCONTROL OF INVASIVE PESTS SUCH AS EMERALD ASH BORER AND QUARANTINE SERVICES GENETICS AND EVOLUTION OF HOST SPECIFICITY OF INSECT BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS, EMPHASIZING APHIDS AND MOTHS FACTORS DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LYSEPHLEBUS TESTACEIPES AS A BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT OF CEREAL APHIDS Retaining Export and Food Security of U.S. Specialty Crops: Low-Emission Methyl Bromide Fumigations for Quarantine and Pre-Shipment Uses DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH QUALITY, COST-EFFECTIVE, MASS-REARED BIOCONTROL AGENTS FOR SMALL AND URBAN FARMS, ORGANIC FARMS AND GREENHOUSES INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL CROPS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL PLAIN LINKS BETWEEN RETURN MIGRATION OF CROP PEST INSECTS AND BAT FORAGING BEHAVIORS AND BODY CONDITION Mortality of Asian Citrus Psyllid, Diaphorina Citri, in California Citrus During Packing and Export to Australia MONITORING TOOLS FOR THE DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL PARASITOIDS OF THE EMERALD ASH BORER MINOR USE WEED MANAGEMENT MINOR USE PESTICIDE-FOOD/ORNAMENTALS MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS FOR FUNGAL PATHOGENS PROSPECTIVE INSECT BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS OF YELLOW STARTHISTLE AND SCOTCH THISTLE IN TURKEY RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF MINOR USE PESTICIDES FIELD TESTING OF MINOR USE PESTICIDES GENOME WIDE SEQUENCING AND ANALYSIS OF BACTROCERA SPECIES COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT OF CDNA MICROARRAYS FOR GENE EXPRESSION RESEARCH IN FLORICULTURAL CROPS MAGNITUDE OF THE RESIDUE ANALYSES IN MINOR CROPS FROM EXPERIMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF PESTICIDES SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR INSECTS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPORTANCE COORDINATION ACTIVITIES FOR RESEARCH TO REGISTER MINOR USE OF PESTICIDES COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY SCREENING FOR PSYLLID DISRUPTION MOLECULES PESTICIDE TRIALS IN VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS TO SUPPORT THE IR-4 PROGRAM CHARACTERIZATION AND MITIGATION OF HERBICIDE-RESISTANT AND RECALCITRANT WEEDS NEMATODE, DISEASE, WEED, INSECT AND MITE CONTROL ON MINOR FOOD CROPS AND ORNAMENTALS FIELD SCOUTING TO ASSESS TREATMENT EFFICACY AND MONITORING PROTOCOLS FOR THE SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA DEVELOPMENT OF A DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE ECOLOGICALLY-BASED MANAGEMENT OF CHEATGRASS- AND MEDUSAHEAD-INFESTED RANGELAND DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL TECHOLOGIES & STRATEGIES FOR ARTHROPOD PESTS OF PERENNIAL TROPICAL CROPS IMP. TO THE US, .. COFFEE Multi-State Evaluation of Carbonated Fumigants and Low Permeable Tarps to Reduce Application Rate, Increase Efficacy, and Minimize Emissions INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT FOR KEY PESTS OF PECAN AND PEACH HERBICIDE EFFICACY STUDIES IN ORNAMENTAL AND VEGETABLE CROPS IMPROVED PATHOGEN DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF BULB DISEASES PRODUCTION, STABILIZATION AND FORMULATION OF MICROBIAL AGENTS AND THEIR NATURAL PRODUCTS BASELINE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF TARNISHED PLANT BUG TO THE INSECT GROWTH REGULATOR, NOVALURON CONSTRUCTING A DNA-BASED SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK FOR THE BACTROCERA DORSALIS COMPLEX (DIPTERA:TEPHRITIDAE) FOR IMPROVED CONTROL AND QUARANTINE DEEP SEQUENCING OF DIAPHORINA CITRI ADDING VALUE AND CONTROLLING PESTS AND DISEASES OF PAPAYA DEVELOPMENT OF MASS REARING METHODS FOR THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT OF ARUNDO DONAX, RHIZASPIDIOTUS DONACIS, THE ARUNDO SCALE AEROSOL APPLICATIONS FOR CONTROL OF SAND FLIES AND MOSQUITOES Best Practices for Predator Releases: Lacewings, Beetles, and Mites Development of a Collodial Artificial Diet Based Mass Production System for Lygus lineolaris and Lygus hesperus EVALUATING NON-TARGET EFFECTS OF ROOTWORM MAIZE (CRY34/35AB1) ON CARABID BEETLES EVALUATE EUROPEAN CORN BORER INJURY AND PRODUCTION FROM OPTIMUM ACREMAX 2 DISCOVERY AND EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS OF MEDUSAHEAD RYE AND OTHER IMPORTANT WEEDS OF WESTERN U.S. RANGELANDS SPEEDY EVALUATION OF CITRUS GERMPLASM FOR PSYLLID RESISTANCE PROTEOMICS ANALYSIS OF PLANT-BENEFICIAL BACTERIA DEVELOPMENT OF TEST SYSTEM ON THE BENEFICIAL GROUND BEETLE POECILUS CHALCITES ECOLOGICALLY-BASED MANAGEMENT OF INSECT PESTS OF CORN, WITH EMPHASIS ON CORN BORERS, ROOTWORMS, AND CUTWORMS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ANAEROBIC SOIL DISINFESTATION TECHNOLOGY AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO METHYL BROMIDE FIELD EVALUATION OF BROAD-SPECTRUM, NON-FUMIGANT PEST CONTROL FOR VEGETABLE AND STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION IN FLORIDA GENERATION OF SIRRL GENETIC MARKERS FOR EUROPEAN CORN BORER, WESTERN BEAN CUTWORM, AND A TORTRICID PEST OF PRAIRIE CORD GRASS LABORATORY AND FIELD EVALUATION OF IMPREGNATED MATERIALS FOR MANAGEMENT OF STABLE FLIES AROUND LIVESTOCK FACILITIES DISRUPTION OF FIRE ANT FORAGING THROUGH GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE FIRE ANT RECRUITMENT ORIENTATION PHEROMONE MIR604- AND 5307-WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM RESISTANT COLONIES: FOLLOW UP STUDIES FOREIGN EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR THISTLES AND TUMBLEWEED Molecular diagnostics of Phytophthora Spp. from natural ecosystems BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CEREAL APHIDS IN WHEAT: IMPLICATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE FOODS AND INTRAGUILD PREDATION (US-4318-10 R) ENERGY EFFICIENT STEAM SOIL DISINFESTATION SYSTEMS FOR FLOWERS AND STRAWBERRIES TARGETING THE ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID (ASCP) FEEDING MECHANSIM AS A MEANS OF BLOCKING PSYLLLID FEEDING ON CITRUS ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI FOR MANAGING WESTERN FLOWER THRIPS, PEAR THRIPS, AND OTHER SOIL-DWELLING INSECT PESTS IN GREENHOUSES AND FORESTS Control of Navel Orangeworm in Almonds Using Insecticides and Assessing Spray Coverage DEVELOPMENT OF A MALE-ONLY STRAIN OF THE NEW WORLD SCREWWORM, COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX (DIPTERA, CALLIPHORIDAE) DEVELOPMENT OF RAPID IFA ASSAY KIT AND SPECIES-SPECIFIC SURVEILLANCE TRAP - 2010 EFFICACY OF DURABLE WALL LINING FOR CONTROLLING THREE MOSQUITO GENERA UNDER SEMI-FIELD CONDITIONS USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ENTOMOLOGICAL COLLECTION INTEGRATED APPROACHES FOR PROTECTION OF ANIMALS FROM VECTOR-BORNE PATHOGENS EVALUATION OF NEW MOLECULAR TARGETS TO CONTROL ARBOVIRUS TRANSMISSION MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN USDA-ARS AND THE AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN USDA-ARS EBCL AND THE BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GREECE DEMOGRAPHY OF THE INVASIVE PERENNIALS PALE AND BLACK SWALLOW-WORT (VINCETOXICUM SPP.) Greater System Efficiency Fruit Quality via Soil Microbiology MOU BETWEEN USDA-ARS, DOD, AND THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER - NAVY ENTOMOLOGY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE NATIVE RANGE COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF CANDIDATE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR ARUNDO DONAX IMPROVING WEED AND INSECT MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC REDUCED-TILLAGE SYSTEMS INVESTIGATION OF ELECTROPORATION AS A MEANS OF TRANSFORMATION OF THE HORN FLY WITH GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN EVALUATION OF NOVEL ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI FOR GRASSHOPPER MANAGEMENT SEQUENCING OF BAC ENDS FROM A RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS BAC LIBRARY INTEGRATED METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES IN WALNUT ORCHARDS DEVELOPMENT OF CRY34/35AB1 RESISTANT ROOTWORM COLONIES & EVALUATION OF INHERITANCE IN ROOTWORM COLONIES Area-Wide Management of Potato Pests (AMPP) in the Pacific Northwest FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF THE FIRE ANT SOLENOPSIS INVICTA HOST- AND MATE-FINDING BEHAVIOR OF THE PLUM CURCULIO: DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-LIFE STAGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR A KEY TREE FRUIT PEST RISK OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM ADAPTATION TO TRANSGENIC CORN ECOLOGICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF DEFENSIVE SYMBIOSIS IN AN INVASIVE APHID PEST BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF MOSQUITOES AND OTHER DIPTERA OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY IMPORTANCE FEEDING STUDIES AND ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL NON-TARGET EFFECTS ON THE BENEFICIAL LADY BEETLE COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA REGARDING THE NEED FOR INCREASED EFFORTS IN MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION OF SAGEBRUSH COMMUNITIES IN THE GREAT BASIN COOPERATIVE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL INTRODUCTIONS AGAINST EXOTIC INSECT PESTS OF MUTUAL INTEREST TO CHINA AND U.S. (INCLUDING MIRID PLANT BUGS) MANIPULATING HOST- AND MATE-FINDING BEHAVIOR OF THE PLUM CURCULIO: DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-LIFESTAGE MGMT STRATEGY FOR A KEY TREE FRUIT DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS FOR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT OF STABLE FLIES NATURAL ENEMIES OF WEEDS WHICH ARE ENDEMIC TO SOUTHEAST ASIA AND AUSTRALIA, AND INVASIVE TO THE UNITED STATES BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF MELALEUCA AND OTHER INVASIVE PLANTS NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DISSECTION OF COMPLEX PHENOTYPIC TRAITS IN LEPIDOPTERA DEVELOPING PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR USING PYRIPROXYFEN AGAINST THE ASIAN TIGER MOSQUITO, AEDES ALBOPICTUS DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMICALS FOR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT OF BITING ARTHROPODS AND URBAN PESTS RISK OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM ADAPTATION TO TRANSGENIC CORN DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PUBLIC HEALTH PESTICIDES BASIC AND RESIDUAL EFFICACY OF ORAL INSECTICIDES IN TOXIC SUGAR BAITS TO CONTROL SAND FLIES AND MOSQUITOES IN ISRAEL IMMUNOLOGICAL CONTROL OF RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS (RVFV) IN AFRICAN RUMINANTS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF OLIVE FRUIT FLY IN FRANCE HIGHER DIPTERA PESTS OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND HUMAN HEALTH: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AND ADULT BIOLOGY CHEMICAL ATTRACTANTS FOR TRAPPING AND BAITING POLISTES PAPER WASPS BIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF TICKS OF VETERINARY AND HUMAN IMPORTANCE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF BITING FLIES AFFECTING LIVESTOCK GENETIC VARIABILITY OF DOMESTICATED AND NATURAL SPINED SOLDIER BUGS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF EXOTIC WEEDS IN CALIFORNIA MODELING YELLOW STARTHISTLE BIOCONTROL SYSTEMATIC REVISION AND IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO THE EMERALD ASH BORER AND RELATED SPECIES (COLEOPTERA: BUPRESTIDAE) PROCESSING QUALITY OF NONI JUICE (MORINDA CITRIFOLIA) MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR DETERMINING POPULATION DIFFERENCES IN SCREWWORMS ORIGINATING FROM DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF THE SYSTEMS APPROACH COMPONENTS FOR WESTERN CHERRY FRUIT FLY (RHAGOLETIS INDIFFERENS) BIONOMICS AND CONTROL OF RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS VECTORS IN KENYA EVALUATION AND EXPANSION OF A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) DEGREE DAY MODEL TO PREDICT RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS RISK IN NORTH AMERICA RATIONAL DESIGN OF INSECT CONTROL AGENT PROTOTYPES BASED ON PYROKININ/PBAN NEUROPEPTIDE ANTAGONISTS BIOLOGY, GENOMICS, AND INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE ANTS DEVELOP NOVEL REDUCED RISK PUBLIC HEALTH PESTICIDES AND INSECT REPELLENTS MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF NON-SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PYRETHROIDS IN THE STABLE FLY, A SIGNIFICANT LIVESTOCK PEST REDUCED-TILLAGE WEED MANAGEMENT FOR ORGANIC FARMING WEED AND INSECT CONTROL IN CRANBERRY BEDS CONTROL OF MINOR CROP PESTS AND DISEASES THE ROLE OF ANNUAL FORBS AND SEED PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE IN ROADSIDE RESTORATION ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF TEPHRITID FRUIT FLY CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT CHEMICAL ATTRACTANTS FOR TRAPPING AND BAITING POLISTES PAPER WASPS WITHIN NAVY LEASED LAND A MULTI-TACTICAL ASSESSMENT OF COVER-CROP AUGMENTED WEED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS EXPLORATION FOR NATURAL ENEMIES OF INVASIVE SPECIES ORIGINATING FROM CHINA AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS DEMONSTRATION OF MEBR ALTERNATIVES PLUS HERBICIDES FOR BROAD-SPECTRUM PEST CONTROL IN OPEN-FIELD NURSERIES PESTICIDE REGISTRATION ON ORNAMENTAL CROPS (2009-2014) Methyl bromide alternatives for weed and disease control in strawberry production PACIFIC AREA-WIDE PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR INTEGRATED METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES-ALMOND TRIAL IN MERCED COUNTY Demonstration of Mebr Alternatives Plus Herbicides for Broad-Spectrum Pest Control in Open-Field Nurseries HIGHER DIPTERA PESTS OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY: SCREWWORM FLIES CONSERVATION ASSOCIATES PERFORM ONGOING RESEARCH AT THE USDA/ARS INVASIVE PLANT RESEARCH LAB FEMALE-SPECIFIC EMBRYONIC LETHALITY STRAINS FOR THE MEXICAN FRUIT FLY, ANASTREPHA LUDENS DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALASIAN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS AGAINST INVASIVE INSECTS MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF NEMATODE AND FUSARIUM WILT RESISTANCE GENE-RICH REGION IN THE COTTON GENOME EVALUATIONS OF COTTON CULTIVARS AND GERMPLASM WITH DIVERSE GENETIC BACKGROUNDS FOR YIELD, FIBER QUALITY, AND DISEASE RESISTANCE TRAITS DISCOVERY OF NEW INSECTICIDES AND REPELLENTS BY STRUCTURE-PROPERTY BASED MODELS Novel Fumigation and Bale Compression Quarantine Treatments, and Postharvest Mortality of Hessian Fly in Exported Hay SUPPORT OF CACAONET AND INGENIC ACTIVITIES GENOMICS OF THE RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT SOLENOPSIS INVICTA ULTRA-HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING FOR DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF VIRAL GENOMES IN FIRE ANTS WEED CONTROL FOR MINOR AND SPECIALTY CROPS MOU BETWEEN THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SERUM CONCENTRATION OF IVERMECTIN IN PASTURED CATTLE PROVIDED FREE-ACCESS TO AN IVERMECTIN-MEDICATED PROTEIN OR MINERAL BLOCK SUPPLEMENT Do Weed Prevention Areas Influence Land Manager Practices and Help Prevent New Infestations of Invasive Weed Species? BITING ARTHROPODS: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT In Season Control of Navel Orangeworm, Assessment of Application Coverage BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS OF BELLYACHE BUSH AND PARKINSONIA -PROJECT B.NBP.0366.06 ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID ATTRACTANTS AND REPELLENTS ENHANCING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL TO STABILIZE WESTERN ORCHARD IPM SYSTEMS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA MINING THE GENOME OF RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS TO DEVELOP NOVEL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY AND VACCINES FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF THE FIRE ANT SOLENOPSIS INVICTA GENOMIC RESOURCES TO ACCELERATE WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM RESEARCH EVALUATING NON-BT REFUGE NEEDS FOR THE CORN BELT: EFFECTS OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER RESISTANCE ALLELES AND MULTIPLE-TOXIN BT HYBRIDS REPELLENTS AND ATTRACTANTS FOR ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID BEHAVIOR AND BIOLOGY OF THE ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE ATTRACTANT DEVELOPMENT FOR EFFECTIVE ADULT BLACK VINE WEEVIL MANAGEMENT PROPRIETARY WHITE-TAILED DEER COLLAR ASSEMBLY PACIFIC AREA-WIDE PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR INTEGRATED METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES-ECONOMIC EVALUATION IDENTIFICATION OF INSECTS AND MITES OF IMPORTANCE TO QUARANTINE AND BIOSECURITY BIOLOGICAL CONTROL RESEARCH ON WESTERN RANGELAND WEEDS INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT TEMPLATE DEVELOPMENT WITH AN INITIAL EMPHASIS ON THRIPS RISK ASSESSMENT STUDIES OF CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF BRAZILIAN PEPPER LYGODIUM BIOCONTROL INVESTIGATIONS Efficacy of mating disruption to control navel orangeworm in walnuts IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS PREDISPOSING WOODY ORNAMENTALS TO AMBROSIA BEETLE ATTACK UHM-COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FOR EVALUATING REGIONALLY BASED FEEDSTOCK AND CO-PRODUCTS FOR AQUACULTURE AND LIVESTOCK UHH-COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FOR EVALUATING REGIONALLY BASED FEEDSTOCK AND CO-PRODUCTS FOR AQUACULTURE AND LIVESTOCK SOUTH ATLANTIC AREA EXTENSION PROGRAM FOR METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES BT RISK ASSESSMENT FOR LEPIDOPTEROUS PESTS OF COTTON DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF DIGITAL THERMOMETER/RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECORDING DEVICES WITH REMOTE DOWNLOADING CAPABILITIES ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF SEMIOCHEMICALS IN SUPPORT OF THE DETECTION AND BIOCONTROL OF EMERALD ASH BORER, AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS Impact of navel orangeworm mating disruption on the natural enemy complex of key arthropod pests INVESTIGATING NOVEL APPROACHES THAT REDUCE RISK OF AMBROSIA BEETLE ATTACK IN COMMERCIAL NURSERIES DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS TO REDUCE METHYL BROMIDE FUMIGATIONS FOR CONTROL OF INSECTS IN POSTHARVEST STRUCTURES DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS TO REDUCE METHYL BROMIDE FUMIGATIONS FOR CONTROL OF INSECTS IN POSTHARVEST STRUCTURES BIOCHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY, BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND CONTROL OF PLANT BUGS IN THE WESTERN U.S. Area-wide pest management project for navel orangeworm control in almonds, pistachios, and walnuts - North Region Economic analysis of navel orangeworm control strategies in almonds, pistachios, and walnuts Reducing Air and Water Quality Issues with Methyl Bromide Alternatives in California Develop Field Methods to Reduce Fumigant Emissions and Improve Fumigation Efficacy IR-4 HQ ASSISTANCE TO REGISTER PESTICIDES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH USE IDENTIFICATION OF GENES AFFECTING INVASIVENESS OF PERENNIAL WEEDS IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS MINOR USE PESTICIDES UMBRELLA PROJECT AREA-WIDE MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PESTS Areawide Pest Management (AWPM) program for navel orangeworm control in almonds, pistachios, and walnuts Areawide pest management project for navel orangeworm control in almonds, pistachios, and walnuts Projects AREA-WIDE MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PESTS Appropriated (D)   Accession Number: 149756 HEADQUARTERS COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS - CROP PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION (CPP) Appropriated (D)   Accession Number: 407777 CARRIZO CANE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL PROGRAM Reimbursable (R)   Accession Number: 421901 LATIN AMERICAN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS AND INSECTS Specific Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number: 422489 Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.) Glyphosate effects on plant mineral nutrition, crop rhizosphere microbiota, and plant disease in glyphosate-resistant crops - (Review Article) Duke, S.O., Lydon, J., Koskinen, W.C., Moorman, T.B., Chaney, R.L., Hanmerschmidt, R. 2012. Glyphosate effects on plant mineral nutrition, crop rhizosphere microbiota, and plant disease in glyphosate-resistant crops. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 60:10375-10397. Effect of overexpressing rsmA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa on virulence of select phytotoxin-producing strains of P. syringae - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Kong, H., Roberts, D.P., Patterson, C.D., Kuehn, S., Heeb, S., Lakshman, D.K., Lydon, J. 2012. Effect of overexpressing rsmA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa on virulence of select phytotoxin-producing strains of P. syringae. Phytopathology. 102:575-587. Mutation of a degS homologue in Enterobacter cloacae decreases colonization and biological control of damping-off caused by Pythium ultimum on cucumber - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Roberts, D.P., Lohrke, S.M., Mckenna, L.F., Lakshman, D.K., Kong, H.N., Lydon, J. 2011. Mutation of a degS homologue in Enterobacter cloacae decreases colonization and biological control of damping-off caused by Pythium ultimum on cucumber. Microbiology. 101:271-280. The Biology and Biological Activity of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (02-Sep-10) Pseudomonas cannabina pv.cannabina pv. nov., and Pseudomonas cannabina pv. alisalensis(Cintas Koike and Bull 2000)comb. nov., are members of the emended species Pseudomonas cannabina(ex Šutic & Dowson 1959)Gardan et al., 1999 - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Bull, C.T., Lesaux, M., Manceau, C., Lydon, J., Kong, H.N., Vinatzer, B.A. 2010. Pseudomonas cannabina pv.cannabina pv. nov., and Pseudomonas cannabina pv. alisalensis(Cintas Koike and Bull 2000)comb. nov., are members of the emended species Pseudomonas cannabina(ex Šutic & Dowson 1959)Gardan et al., 1999. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2010.02.001. Effects of solar UV radiation on alkaloid production in Erythroxylum novogranatense var. novogranatense - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Lydon, J., Casale, J.F., Kong, H.N., Sullivan, J.H., Daughtry, C.S., Bailey, B.A. 2009. The effects of ambient solar UV radiation on alkaloid production by Erythroxylum novogranatense var. novogranatense. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 85(5):1156:1161. The presence of eriophyid mites on native and weed Cirsium species in North America - (Abstract Only) Hansen, R., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G.R., Amrine, J., Lekveishvili, M., Wells, J.D., Michels, G.J., Petanovic, R.U., Lydon, J. 2009. The presence of eriophyid mites on native and weed Cirsium species in North America [abstract]. Weed Science Society of America Meeting Abstracts. Paper No. 160. ISOLATION AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS ME488 FOR SUPPRESSION OF SOILBORNE PATHOGENS OF CUCUMBER AND PEPPER - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Chung, S., Kong, H., Buyer, J.S., Lakshman, D.K., Lydon, J., Kim, S., Roberts, D.P. 2008. Isolation and partial characterization of bacillus subtilis me488 for suppression of soilborne pathogens of cucumber and pepper. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 80(1):115-23. New records for Aceria anthocopes (Acari: Eriophyidae) occurring on Canada thistle in Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Michels, Jr., G.J., Carney, V.A., Lydon, J., Ochoa, R., Renn, R.L. 2008. New records for Aceria anthocopes (Acari: Eriophyidae) occurring on Canada thistle in Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming. Entomological News. 119:483-491. Effects of RsmA on phytotoxin production by Pseudomonas syringae pathovars - (Abstract Only) Kong, H., Patterson, C.D., Roberts, D.P., Heeb, S., Kuehne, S., Lydon, J. 2007. Effects of rsma on phytotoxin production by pseudomonas syringae pathovars [abstract]. American Society for Microbiology. p. 88. SUPPRESSION OF DAMPING-OFF OF CUCUMBER CAUSED BY PYTHIUM ULTIMUM WITH LIVE CELLS AND EXTRACTS OF SERRATIA MARCESCENS N4-5 - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Roberts, D.P., Mckenna, L.F., Lakshman, D.K., Meyer, S.L., Kong, H.N., De Souza, J.T., Lydon, J., Baker, C.J., Buyer, J.S., Chung, S. 2007. Suppression of damping-off of cucumber caused by pythium ultimum with live cells and extracts of serratia marcescens n4-5. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 39:2275-2288. APPARENT EFFECTS OF GLYPHOSATE ON ALKALOID PRODUCTION IN COCA PLANTS GROWN IN COLOMBIA - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Casale, J., Lydon, J. 2007. Apparent effects of glyphosate on alkaloid production in coca plants grown in colombia. Journal of Forensic Science. 52:573-578. MUTATION IN CYAA IN ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE DECREASES CUCUMBER ROOT COLONIZATION - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Roberts, D.P., Mckenna, L.F., Hu, X., Lohrke, S.M., Kong, H.N., De Souza, J.T., Baker, C.J., Lydon, J. 2006. Mutation in cyaa in enterobacter cloacae decreases cucumber root colonization. Archives Of Microbiology. 187:101-115. DETECTION OF ILLEGAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION USING REMOTE SENSING - (Proceedings) Walthall, C.L., Daughtry, C.S., Vanderbilt, V., Pachepsky, L., Lydon, J., Erbe, E., Higgins, M., Bobbe, T. 2006. Detection of illegal cannabis cultivation using remote sensing. Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, July 31-August 4, Denver, Colorado. 2006 CDROM. A MUTATION IN AN EXBD GENE REDUCES TAGETITOXIN PRODUCTION BY PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV TAGETIS - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Kong, H.N., Patterson, C.D., Mitchell, R., Buyer, J.S., Aime, M.C., Lydon, J. 2006. A mutation in an exbd gene reduces tagetitoxin production by pseudomonas syringae pv tagetis. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 52:1027-1035. MUTATION OF A CYAA HOMOLOGUE IN ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE RESULTS IN REDUCED COLONIZATION OF CUCUMBER SEEDLINGS AND ROOTS - (Abstract Only) Roberts, D.P., Hu, X., Mckenna, L.F., Lohrke, S., Kong, H.N., Desouza, J.T., Lydon, J. 2006. Mutation of a cyaa homologue in enterobacter cloacae results in reduced colonization of cucumber seedlings and roots [abstract]. International Union of Microbiological Societies Proceedings/Abstracts. HERBICIDES, BIOTECHNOLOGY - (Review Article) Duke, S.O., Scheffler, B.E., Boyette, C.D., Lydon, J., Oliva, A. 2005. Herbicides, biotechnology. In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Wiley-Interscience, New York. 13:346-369. SOYBEAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT VISUALIZED WITH L-SYSTEMS SIMULATIONS: EFFECT OF TEMERATPURE - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Pachepsky, L., Kaul, M., Walthall, C., Lydon, J., Kong, H., Daughtry, C., 2005. Soybean growth and development visualized with L-systems simulations: Effects of temperature. International Journal of Biotronics. 33:31-47. A MUTATION IN A TONB MEMBRANE TRANSPORT SYSTEM DISRUPTS TAGETITOXIN PRODUCTION BY PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TAGETIS - (Abstract Only) Kong, H.N., Patterson, C.D., Lydon, J. 2005. A mutation in a TonB membrane transport system disrupts tagetitoxin production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis. Weed Science Society of America Meeting Abstracts. 45:64. THE CHARACTERIZATION OF GENES REQUIRED FOR TAGETITOXIN PRODUCTION BY PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TAGETIS - (Abstract Only) - (26-Mar-04) Changes in biomass and root:shoot ratio of field-grown Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), a noxious, invasive weed, with elevated CO2: implications for control with glyphosate - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Ziska, L.H., Faulkner, S.S., Lydon, J. 2004. Changes in biomass and root:shoot ratio of field-grown Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), a noxious, invasive weed, with elevated CO2: implications for control with glyphosate. Weed Science. 52(4):584-588. NEED AND FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING L-SYSTEM MODELS IN AGRICULTURAL CROP MODELING - (Proceedings) Pachepsky, L., Kaul, M., Walthall, C., Daughtry, C., Lyndon, J. 2004. Need and feasibility of applying L-System models in agricultural crop modeling. In: Proceedings of Fractional 2004 Conference, April 3-8, 2004, Vancouver, Canada. p. 317-318. EFFECT OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TAGETIS INFECTION ON SUNFLOWER LEAF PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND ASCORBIC ACID RELATIONS - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Robinson, J.M., Lydon, J., Murphy, C.A., Rowland, R., Smith, R. 2004. Effect of pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis infection on sunflower leaf photosynthesis and ascorbic acid relations. International Journal of Plant Science. 165:263-271. A CANADIAN STRAIN OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE CAUSES WHITE-COLOUR DISEASE OF CIRSIUM ARVENSE (CANADA THISTLE) - (Proceedings) Zhang, W., Sulz, M., Mykitiek, T., Li, X., Yanke, L., Kong, H.N., Buyer, J.S., Lydon, J. 2004. A Canadian strain of Pseudomonas syringae causes white-colour disease of Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle). In: Cullen,J.M., Briese, D.T., Kriticos, D.J., Lonsdale, W.M., Morin, L. and J.K. Scott, editors.Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, April 27 - May 2, 2003, Canberra, Australia. p. 215-220. THE GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TAGETIS BASED ON THE 16S-23S RDNA INTERGENIC SPACER REGIONS - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Kong, H.N., Blackwood, C.B., Buyer, J.S., Gulya Jr, T.J., Lydon, J. 2005. The genetic characterization of pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis based on the 16s-23s rDNA intergenic spacer regions. Biological Control. 32:356-362. SOYBEAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT VISUALIZED WITH L-SYSTEM SIMULATIONS:EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE - (Abstract Only) Pachepsky, L., Walthall, C.L., Kaul, M., Kong, H., Lyden, J., Daughtry, C.S. 2003. Soybean growth and development visualized with L-system simulations: Effect of temperature [CD-ROM]. Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America. Denver, Colorado: Agronomy Society of America. A PCR PROTOCOL FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV TAGETIS BASED ON GENES REQUIRED FOR TAGETITOXIN PRODUCTION - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Kong, H.N., Patterson, C.D., Zhang, W., Suzuki, A., Takikawa, Y., Lydon, J. 2004. A pcr protocol for the identification of pseudomonas syringae pv tagetis based on genes required for tagetitoxin production. Biological Control. 30:83-89. THE CHARACTERIZATION OF GENES REQUIRED FOR TAGETITOXIN PRODUCTION, A CHLOROPLAST RNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR PRODUCED BY PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TAGETIS - (Abstract Only) Kong, H.N., Patterson, C.D., Mitchell, R., Lydon, J. 2004. The characterization of genes required for tagetitoxin production, a chloroplast rna polymerase inhibitor produced by pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis [abstract]. Weed Science Society of America Meeting Abstracts. 44:22. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SPECTRAL SIGNATURES OF ILLEGAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION? - (Proceedings) WALTHALL, C.L., DAUGHTRY, C.S., VANDERBILT, V., HIGGINS, M., BOBBE, T., LYDON, J., KAUL, M.N. 2003. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SPECTRAL SIGNATURES OF ILLEGAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION? PROCEEDINGS OF THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY PROCEEDINGS. A PCR PROTOCOL FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TAGETIS BASED ON GENE MUTATIONS THAT DISRUPT TAGETITOXIN PRODUCTION - (Abstract Only) Kong, H.N., Lydon, J., Patterson, C.D. 2003. A PCR protocol for the identification of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis based on gene mutations that disrupt tagetitoxin production. BARC Poster Day. Abstract 16. A CANADIAN STRAIN OF PSUEDOMONAS SP. CAUSES WHITE-COLOR DISEASE OF CANADA THISTLE - (Abstract Only) Zhang, W., Sulz, M., Mykitiek, T., Li, X., Yanke, J.L., Kong, H.N., Buyer, J.S., Blackwood, C.B., Lydon, J. 2003. A canadian strain of psuedomonas sp. causes white-color disease of canada thistle. International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. THE GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TAGETIS BASED ON THE 16S-23S RDNA INTERGENIC SPACER REGIONS - (Abstract Only) Kong, H.N., Blackwood, C.B., Buyer, J.S., Gulya, T.J., and Lydon, J. 2003. The genetic characterization of pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis based on the 16s-23s rdna intergenic spacer regions. Weed Science Society of America Meeting Abstracts. 43:29. CHARACTERIZATION OF A BACTERIAL STRAIN FROM CANADA THAT CAUSES WHITE-COLOR DISEASE IN CANADA THISTLE (CIRSIUM ARVENSE(L.) SCOP.) - (Abstract Only) Zhang, W., Sulz, M., Mykitiek, T., Li, X., Yanke, J.L., Kong, H.N., Buyer, J.S., Lydon, J. 2003. Characterization of a bacterial strain from canada that causes white-color disease in canada thistle (cirsium arvense(l.) scop.). Weed Science Society of America Meeting Abstracts. 43:28. FOLIAR DISEASE IN FRESH MARKET TOMATO GROWN IN DIFFERING BED STRATEGIES AND FUNGICIDE SPRAY PROGRAMS - (Peer Reviewed Journal) MILLS, D.J., COFFMAN, C.B., TEASDALE, J.R., EVERTS, K.L., LYDON, J., ANDERSON, J.D. FOLIAR DISEASE IN FRESH MARKET TOMATO GROWN IN DIFFERING BED STRATEGIES AND FUNGICIDE SPRAY PROGRAMS. PLANT DISEASE. 2002. CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF EXTRACELLULAR ANTIOXIDANTS IN SUSPENSION CELLS ATTENUATES THE OXIDATIVE BURST DETECTED IN PLANT MICROBE INTERACTIONS - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (22-Mar-02) BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR CONTROL OF WEEDS - (Book / Chapter) Duke, S.O., Scheffler, B.E., Boyette, D.C., Lydon, J., Oliva, A. 2003. Biotechnology for control of weeds. In: Plimer, J., Gammon, D.W., Ragsdale, N.N., editors. Encyclopedia of Agrochemicals, Vol. 2. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. P. 733-744. THE PRESENCE OF ACERIA ANTHOCOPTES (NAL.)(ACARI: ERIOPHYIDAE) ON CIRSIUM SPECIES IN THE UNITED STATES. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Internat. J. Acarol. 27(3):179-187. (peer-reviewed journal article) DETECTION OF TABTOXIN-PRODUCING PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE STRAINS BY PCR - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (13-Dec-00) INHIBITORS OF GLUTAMINE BIOSYNTHESIS - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (20-Jul-98) HERBICIDE RESIDUES IN LEAVES OF ERYTHROXYLUM COCA VAR. 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