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Research Project: DISCOVERY, BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF NATURAL ENEMIES OF INSECT PESTS OF CROP AND URBAN AND NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Retrospective analysis of the successful establishment of a biocontrol agent based upon microsatellite data - (Proceedings)
Bon, M., Marcari, V., Hoelmer, K.A., Coutinot, D., De Biase, A. 2012. Retrospective analysis of the successful establishment of a biocontrol agent based upon microsatellite data. Evolutionary Biology Meeting at Marsielle. 16th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, September 18-21, 2012, Marseille, France, p. 33.
Population genetic structure of the soybean aphid from Asia and North America based on microsatellites. - (Proceedings)
Kim, H., Kim, M., Hoelmer, K.A., Lee, S. 2012. Population genetic structure of the soybean aphid from Asia and North America based on microsatellites. Proceedings, XXIV International Congress of Entomology, August 19-25, 2012, Daegu, South Korea.
Plant-mediated decisions by an herbivore affect oviposition pattern and subsequent egg parasitism - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Williams Iii, L.H., Zhu, Y., Snodgrass, G.L., Manrique, V. 2012. Plant-mediated decisions by an herbivore affect oviposition pattern and subsequent egg parasitism. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 6:159-169. DOI 10.1007/s11829-011-9165-0.
Biological control of the Mediterranean fruit fly in Israel: biological parameters of imported parasitoid wasps - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Argov, Y., Blanchet, A., Gazit, Y. 2011. Biological control of the Mediterranean fruit fly in Israel: biological parameters of imported parasitoid wasps. Biological Control. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.07.009.
Genetic characterization for intraspecific hybridization of an exotic parasitoid prior its introduction for classical biological control - (Proceedings)
Bon, M., Ris, N., Fauvergue, X., Malausa, J., Benvenuto, C., Jones, W.A., Jeanneau, M., Blanchet, A., Thaon, M., Warot, S. 2011. Genetic characterization for intraspecific hybridization of an exotic parasitoid prior its introduction for classical biological control. Molecular Insect Science International Symposium Proceedings. 2-5 October, 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. P.3.69.
Field responses of predaceous arthropods to methyl salicylate: a meta-analysis and case study in cranberries - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rodriguez-Saona, C., Kaplan, I., Braasch, J., Chinnasamy, D., Williams Iii, L.H. 2011. Field responses of predaceous arthropods to methyl salicylate: a meta-analysis and case study in cranberries. Biological Control. 59: 294-303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.06.017.
Oviposition strategy as a means of local adaptation to plant defence in native and invasive populations of the viburnum leaf beetle - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Desurmont, G.A., Herard, F., Agrawal, A.A. 2011. Oviposition strategy as a means of local adaptation to plant defence in native and invasive populations of the viburnum leaf beetle. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1294.
Biological control of olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, in Israel - (Proceedings)
Argov, Y., Kuslitzky, W., Hoelmer, K.A. 2012. Biological control of olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, in Israel. European Meeting in the IOBC/WPRS Working Group. 79-85.
Molecular characterization of Psyttalia lounsburyi,a candidate biocontrol agent of the olive fruit ¿y,and its Wolbachia symbionts as a pre-requisite for future intraspeci¿c hybridization - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cheyppe-Buchmann, S., Bon, M., Warot, S., Jones, W.A., Malausa, T., Fauvergue, X., Ris, N. 2011. Molecular characterization of Psyttalia lounsburyi,a candidate biocontrol agent of the olive fruit,and its Wolbachia symbionts as a pre-requisite for future intraspecic hybridization.. Biocontrol. DOI 10.1007/s10526-011-9346-x.
   

 
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Williams, Livy - (33) 499623045
Hoelmer, Kim - (33)499623000
 
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