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Biologically Based Control Strategies
item Whole genome PCR sequencing strategy for ‘Candidatus’ Liberibacter asiaticus: Analyzing sequence diversity among U.S. isolates. (Dec 2016)
item Toxicity of insecticidal soaps to the Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri) and two of its natural enemies (May 2013)
item Geographic distribution suggests that Solenopsis invicta is the host of predilection for Solenopsis invicta virus 1 (Apr 2013)
item Formation of stylet sheaths in aere (in air) from eight species of phytophagous hemipterans from six families (suborders: Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha) (Apr 2013)
item Revisiting an old question: Is the natural blend best for disruption of pheromone communication in moths? (Apr 2013)
item Successful transmission of Solenopsis invicta virus 3 to Solenopsis invicta fire ant colonies in oil, sugar, and cricket bait formulations (Apr 2013)
item Identification and characterization of the pyrokinin/PBAN family of GPCRs from Ostrinia nubilalis (Mar 2013)
item Stylet morphometrics and citrus leaf vein structure in relation to feeding behavior of the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri, vector of citrus huanglongbing bacterium (Mar 2013)
item Evaluation of management programs for protecting young citrus plantings from huanglongbing (Mar 2013)
item An overview of chilli thrips. Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) biology, distribution and management (Mar 2013)
item A call for antibiotic alternatives research (Mar 2013)
item Treatment, promotion, commotion: Antibiotic alternatives in food-producing animals (Mar 2013)
item Retracted stylets in nymphs of the Asian citrus psyllid are held externally against the clypeus by a special paired organ not found in the adults (Mar 2013)
item A new excised-leaf assay method to test the inoculativity of the Asian citrus psyllid with Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus associated with citrus huanglongbing disease (Feb 2013)
item New and simple methods for studying Hemipteran stylets, bacteriomes and salivary sheaths in host plants (Feb 2013)
item Estimation of viral richness from shotgun metagenomes using a frequency count approach (Feb 2013)
item Asian citrus psyllid genome (Diaphorina citri, Hemiptera) (Feb 2013)
item Contact toxicities of Anuran Skin Alkaloids against the Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) (Jan 2013)
item Resistance of Poncirus and Citrus x Poncirus germplam to the Asian citrus psyllid (Jan 2013)
item A Y-like social chromosome causes alternative colony organization in fire ants (Jan 2013)
item Antibiotics and gene transfer in swine gut bacteria (Dec 2012)
item Targeting juvenile hormone metabolic genes in the Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri Kuwayama) as a strategy to reduce the spread of citrus greening disease (Dec 2012)
item Clues into the metagenome of huanglongbing infected citrus by analysis of ancillary sequences from Ion Torrent whole genome Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus sequencing (Dec 2012)
item RNAi-based strategy for Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri) Control: A method to reduce the spread of citrus greening disease (Dec 2012)
item Sequencing and annotation of the Wolbachia endosymbiont of Diaphorina citri by the CG-HLB genome resources group reveals candidate sources of interaction with the insect host (Dec 2012)
item Non-enzymatic hydrolysis of RNA in workers of the ant Nylanderia pubens (Dec 2012)
item Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), vector of citrus huanglongbing disease (Dec 2012)
item Neuropeptide-mediated stimulation of pheromone biosynthesis in an ant (Nov 2012)
item Ornamental pepper as banker plants for establishment of Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) for biological control of multiple pests in greenhouse vegetable production (Nov 2012)
item Survey of endosymbionts in the Diaphorina citri metegenome and assembly of a Wolbachia wDi draft genome (Nov 2012)
item Evolution and homoplasy at the bem6 microsatellite locus in three Bemisia tabaci cryptic species (Nov 2012)
item The molecular clockwork of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Nov 2012)
item Haplotype analysis of global chili thrips (Schirtothrips dorsalis) populations using the metazoan barcode (Nov 2012)
item Asian citrus psyllid tolerance to heat (Nov 2012)
item Establishment, dispersal, and competitive impacts of a third fire ant decapitating fly (Pseudacteon obtusus) in North Central Florida (Oct 2012)
item Cloacibacillus porcorum sp. nov.,–a mucin-degrading bacterium from the swine intestinal tract (Oct 2012)
item Genomic sequences of Piezodorus guildinii from the southern United States (Oct 2012)
item Introduction of a neurohormone in the fire ants (Sep 2012)
item Poultry intestinal microbiota (turkeys; chickens) – animal health and food safety perspectives (Sep 2012)
item RNAi strategies to suppress insects of fruit and tree crops (Sep 2012)
item Cell culture techniques in honey bee research (Sep 2012)
item Defensive Spiroketals from Asceles glaber (Phasmatodea): Absolute Configuration and Effects on Ants and Mosquitoes (Sep 2012)
item Mitsuokella jalaludinii inhibits growth of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (Sep 2012)
item Isaria poprawskii sp. nov. (Hypocreales: Cordycipitacae), a new entomopathogenic fungus from Texas affecting sweet potato whitefly (Sep 2012)
item Volatile profiles of young leaves of Rutaceae spp. varying in susceptibility to the Asian citrus psyllid,(Hemiptera: Psyllidae) (Sep 2012)
item A comparison of two methods of eluting insect DNA from flinders technology associates cards (Sep 2012)
item Using biological control research in the classroom to promote scientific inquiry and literacy (Sep 2012)
item Titers of 'Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus' in Murraya paniculata and Murraya-reared Diaphorina citri are much lower than in citrus and citrus-reared psyllids (Aug 2012)
item Entomopathogenic fungus, Isaria fumosorosea, and aphid parasitoid, Lysiphlebus testaceipes, for managing infestations of brown citrus aphid, Toxoptera citricidus (Aug 2012)
item Multilocus genetic characterization of two ant vectors (Group II ‘‘Dirty 22’’ species) known to contaminate food and food products and spread foodborne pathogens (Aug 2012)
item Collateral effects of antibiotics on mammalian gut microbiomes (Jul 2012)
item Congener response reduces risks from bottom-up and top-down forces: Behavioral parsimony by Xylophage (Jul 2012)
item RNAI: Future in insect management (Jul 2012)
item LAMP (Loop-mediated isothermal amplification of DNA) - A technique for biotype discrimination in Bemisia tabaci (Jul 2012)
item Estimating richness from phage metagenomes (Jun 2012)
item Expression of heat shock protein genes in insect stress responses (Jun 2012)
item RNA Interference of the PBAN/Pyrokinin Gene: Impact on Ant, Solenopsis invicta, and Moth, Helicoverpa zea, Development (Jun 2012)
item Ants: the supreme soil manipulators (Jun 2012)
item Low incidence of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in Diaphorina citri and its host plant Murraya paniculata (Jun 2012)
item Distribution of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) biotypes in North America following the Q invasion (Jun 2012)
item Confirmation of the genome position and mass of the viral protien, VP3, of Solenopsis Invicta Virus 1 (Picornavirales: Dicistroviridae) infecting the Red Imported Fire Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Jun 2012)
item Isolation of unique butyrate-producing bacteria from swine (May 2012)
item Laboratory evaluation of novaluron for controlling larval horn flies, house flies, and stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae) (May 2012)
item Acetylcholinesterase of Haematobia irritans (Diptera: Muscidae): Baculovirus expression, biochemical properties and organophosphate insensitivity (May 2012)
item Chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis: A potential threat to cotton production. (May 2012)
item Aerosol delivery of trail pheromone disrupts red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, foraging (Apr 2012)
item Field releases in Florida of Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), an endoparasitoid of Diaphorina citri (Homoptera: Psyllidae) from mainland China (Apr 2012)
item Supergene Gp-9 is associated polyandry and male reproductive success in fire ants (Apr 2012)
item No evidence for translation of pog, a predicted overlapping gene of Solenopsis invicta virus 1 (Apr 2012)
item Terrestrialization, miniaturization and rates of diversification in African frogs (Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) (Apr 2012)
item Advances in RNA interference: dsRNA treatment in trees and grapevines for insect pest population suppression (Mar 2012)
item Disruption of gene expression in hybrids of the fire ants Solenopsis invicta and S. richteri (Mar 2012)
item Observations on the entomopathogenic fungus Hirsutella citriformis attacking adult Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllid) in a managed citrus grove (Mar 2012)
item Isothermal Amplification of Insect DNA (Mar 2012)
item Identification and synthesis of a male-produced pheromone for the neotropical root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus (Mar 2012)
item Effects of pyriproxyfen and buprofezin on immature development and reproduction in the stable fly (Mar 2012)
item Host specificity testing of the Solenopsis fire ant (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) pathogen, Kneallhazia (=Thelohania) solenopsae (Microsporidia:Thelohaniidae), in Florida (Mar 2012)
item The fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) pathogen, Vairimorpha invictae (Microsporidia: Burenellidae), not detected in Florida (Mar 2012)
item First record of the tramp ant Cardiocondyla obscurior (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Mississippi (Mar 2012)
item Papaya is not a host for tomato yellow leaf-curl virus (Mar 2012)
item New tropical fruit hosts of Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and its relative abundance on them in South Florida (Mar 2012)
item Acetylcholinesterase of Stomoxys calcitrans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae): cDNA sequence, baculovirus expression, and biochemical properties (Feb 2012)
item Molecular structure and diversity of PBAN/Pyrokinin family peptides in ants (Feb 2012)
item Metatranscriptomics and pyrosequencing facilitate discovery of potential viral natural enemies of the invasive Caribbean crazy ant, Nylanderia pubens (Feb 2012)
item Moving plants means moving pests (Updated Version) (Feb 2012)
item Using banker plants to control insects (Feb 2012)
item Estimating population diversity with CatchAll (Feb 2012)
item Microsporidian entomopathogens (Feb 2012)
item Caribbean Crazy Ants and their look-alikes in Florida (Feb 2012)
item Innate and conditional responses to chemosensory cues by Asian citrus psyllid: Importance of ecological context (Jan 2012)
item Estimating population diversity with unreliable low frequency counts (Jan 2012)
item Polyphenol oxidase inhibitor(s) from German cockroach (Blattella germanica) extract (Jan 2012)
item Positive-strand RNA viruses infecting the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta (Jan 2012)
item The role of tyramine and octopamine in the regulation of reproduction in queenless worker honeybees (Dec 2011)
item Population genetics reveals multiple introductions and subsequent cross-province movements of the invasive fire ant Solenopsis invicta in China (Dec 2011)
item Broad sprectrum potential of Isaria fumosorosea on insect pests of citrus (Dec 2011)
item Survival of adult Asian citrus pysllid on harvested citrus fruit and leaves (Dec 2011)
item Differential performance of tropical soda apple and its biological control agent Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in open and shaded habitats (Dec 2011)
item Localization of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus associated with citrus huanglongbing disease, in its pysllid vector using fluorescence in situ hybridization (Dec 2011)
item Antibiotics in feed induce prophages in swine fecal microbiomes (Nov 2011)
item Isothermal amplification of insect DNA (Nov 2011)
item An applicator for high viscosity semiochemical products and intentional treatment gaps for mating disruption of Phyllocnistis citrella (Oct 2011)
item Chlortetracycline - resistant intestinal bacteria in organically-raised and feral swine (Oct 2011)
item Mitsuokella jalaludinii inhibits growth of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (Oct 2011)
item Exploring the impacts of antibiotics on the microbial communities in the swine intestinal tract (Oct 2011)
item Evaluation of corn plant as potential banker plant for supporting predatory gall Midge, Feltiella acarisuga (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) against Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) in greenhouse vegetable production (Oct 2011)
item Sampling efficacy for the imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Oct 2011)
item Associated bacteria of Asian citrus psyllid (Hemiptera: Psyllidae: Diaphorina citri) (Sep 2011)
item Relaxed selection is a precursor to the evolution of phenotypic plasticity (Sep 2011)
item Abundance of citrus leafminer larvae on citrus and citrus-related germplasm (Sep 2011)
item Leafhopper comparative genomics - Identifying similarities and differences across Leafhopper vectors of Xylella fastidiosa (Sep 2011)
item Kneallhazia carolinensae sp. nov., a microsporidian pathogen of the thief ant, Solenopsis carolinensis (Sep 2011)
item Pest management practices aimed at curtailing citrus huanglongbing disease (Aug 2011)
item Colonization of citrus and citrus-related germplasm by Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) (Jul 2011)
item Ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) technology for control of Asian citrus psyllid (Jul 2011)
item Phorid fly, Pseudacteon tricuspis, response to alkylpyrazine analogs of a fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, alarm pheromone (Jul 2011)
item Examination of host genome for the presence of integrated fragments of Solenopsis invicta virus 1 (Jul 2011)
item Immunohistological localization of serotonin in the CNS and feeding system of the stable fly stomoxys calcitrans L. (Diptera: muscidae) (Jun 2011)
item Ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) and control of citrus pests (Jun 2011)
item Localization of Candidatus liberibacter asiaticus associated with huanglongbing disease in various organs of its insect vector Diaphorina citri using FISH and Q-PCR (Jun 2011)
item Multiple virus infections occur in individual polygyne and monogyne Solenopsis invicta ants (Jun 2011)
item The large decapitating fly Pseudacteon litoralis (Diptera: Phoridae): Successfully established on fire ant populations in Alabama (Jun 2011)
item A new detached-leaf assay to test the inoculativity of psyllids with Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus associated with huanglongbing disease (Jun 2011)
item On a mission (Jun 2011)
item Evaluation of the VetCap® treatment method for horn fly control in cattle (May 2011)
item Pheromone Biosynthesis Activating Neuropeptide (PBAN)/Pyrokinin Family of Peptides and Fire Ants, Solenopsis spp. (May 2011)
item Assessment of genetic diversity among selected raspberry cultivars (May 2011)
item Sampling High-Altitude and Stratified Mating Flights of Red Imported Fire Ant (May 2011)
item Ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) Technology for control of Asian citrus psyllid - You Tube (Apr 2011)
item Global invasion history of the Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta (Feb 2011)
item Identification of a mutation associated with permethrin resistance in the para-type sodium channel of the stable fly (Diptera: Muscidae) (Feb 2011)
item Fire ant decapitating fly cooperative release programs (1994-2008): Two Pseudacteon species (P. tricuspis, P. curvatus) rapidly expand across imported fire and populations in the southeastern United States (Feb 2011)
item The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Jan 2011)
item Odorant binding proteins (OBPs) of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): An example of the problems facing the analysis of widely divergent proteins (Jan 2011)
item High levels of insecticide resistance in introduced horn fly (Diptera: Muscidae) populations and implications for management (Jan 2011)
item Comparative anaylsis of Asian citrus psyllid and potato psyllid antennae (Jan 2011)
item PBAN gene architecture and expression in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Jan 2011)
item Evolution of gene expression in fire ants: the effects of developmental stage, caste, and species (Dec 2010)
item Gene response to stress in the Asian citrus psyllid (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) (Dec 2010)
item Mitochondrial genome evolution in fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Oct 2010)
item Detection of target site resistance to pyrethroids and organophosphates in the horn fly using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (Sep 2010)
item Analysis of chemical signals in red fire ants by gas chromatography and pattern recognition techniques (Sep 2010)
item Urban Pest Management of Ants in California (Sep 2010)
item Effects of varroa mites and bee diseases on pollination efficacy of honey bees (Aug 2010)
item Seasonal variation and the co-occurence of four pathogens and a group of parasites among monogyne and polygyne fire ant colonies (Aug 2010)
item Laboratory evaluation of verbutin as a synergist of acaricides against larvae of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) (Aug 2010)
item Molecular diversity of the microsporidium Kneallhazzia solenopsae reveals an expanded host range among fire ants in North America (Aug 2010)
item Exploitation of a high genomic mutation rate in Solenopsis invicta virus 1 to infer demographic information about its host, Solenopsis invicta (Jun 2010)
item Characterization of Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptora: Formicidae) populations in Virginia: Social form genotyping and pathogen/parasitoid detection (Mar 2010)
item Site-directed mutagenesis and PBAN activation of the Helicoverpa zea PBAN-receptor (Mar 2010)
item Loss of microbial (pathogen) infections associated with recent invasions of the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Feb 2010)
item Complete genome sequence of an Argentinean isolate of Solenopsis invicta virus 3 (Jan 2010)
item Alteration of cuticular hydrocarbon composition affects heterospecific nestmate recognition in the carpenter ant Camponotus fellah (Dec 2009)
item Knockdown resistance in pyrethroid-resistant horn fly (Diptera: Muscidae) populations in Brazil (Jul 2009)
item Biological control of red imported fire ants (Jun 2007)
item Sugarcane borer in Florida (Jan 2007)
item Euthyrhynchus floridanus (L.) (Hemiptera: pentatomidae), a predacious insect in Florida (Dec 2006)
item Phorid Flies in Alabama: A tale of two species (Jul 2003)
     
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