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Submissions from 2014

Water transport by Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), Bal K. Gautam and Gregg Henderson

Localized treatments using commercial dust and liquid formulations of fipronil against Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in the laboratory, Bal K. Gautam, Gregg Henderson, and Cai Wang

Comparative evaluation of three chitin synthesis inhibitor termite baits using multiple bioassay designs, Bal Krishna Gautam and Gregg Henderson

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Genomic diversification in strains of rickettsia felis isolated from different arthropods, Joseph J. Gillespie, Timothy P. Drisco, Victoria I. Verhoeve, Tadanobu Utsuki, Claudia Husseneder, Vladimir N. Chouljenko, Abdu F. Azad, and Kevin R. MacAluso

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Efficiency of sampling to determine population size of Cyrtobagous salviniae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Michael J. Grodowitz, Seth Johnson, and Aaron N. Schad

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Quantifying the impact of mosquitoes on quality of life and enjoyment of yard and porch activities in new jersey, Yara A. Halasa, Donald S. Shepard, Dina M. Fonseca, Ary Farajollahi, Sean Healy, Randy Gaugler, Kristen Bartlett-Healy, Daniel A. Strickman, and Gary G. Clark

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Influence of rice seeding rate on efficacies of neonicotinoid and anthranilic diamide seed treatments against rice water weevil, Jason Hamm, Srinivas Lanka, and Michael Stout

Opportunities to manage fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Bollgard II® cotton with reduced rates of insecticides, Jarrod T. Hardke, Ryan E. Jackson, and B. Rogers Leonard

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Integrating the public in mosquito management: Active education by community peers can lead to significant reduction in peridomestic container mosquito habitats, Kristen Healy, George Hamilton, Taryn Crepeau, Sean Healy, Isik Unlu, Ary Farajollahi, and Dina M. Fonseca

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Cry1F resistance in fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda: Single gene versus pyramided Bt maize, Fangneng Huang, Jawwad A. Qureshi, Robert L. Meagher, Dominic D. Reisig, Graham P. Head, David A. Andow, Xinzi Ni, David Kerns, G. David Buntin, Ying Niu, et al.

Evaluation of seed treatment insecticides for management of the rice water weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in commercial rice fields in Louisiana, N. A. Hummel, A. Mészáros, D. R. Ring, J. M. Beuzelin, and M. J. Stout

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Development of microsatellites for population genetic analyses of tabanus nigrovittatus (Diptera: Tabanidae), Claudia Husseneder, Jennifer R. Delatte, Jeremy Krumholt, and Lane D. Foil

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Effects of caste on the expression of genes associated with septic injury and xenobiotic exposure in the Formosan subterranean termite, Claudia Husseneder and Dawn M. Simms

Responses of two parasitoids, the exotic Spathius agrili Yang and the native Spathius floridanus Ashmead, to volatile cues associated with the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, Todd D. Johnson, Jonathan P. Lelito, and Kenneth F. Raffa

Modeling evolution of resistance of sugarcane borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) to transgenic Bt corn, J. Kang, F. Huang, and D. W. Onstad

The use of systemic anthranilic diamide and neonicotinoid seed treatments in rice pest management, Srinivas K. Lanka and Michael J. Stout

Activity of chlorantraniliprole and thiamethoxam seed treatments on life stages of the rice water weevil as affected by the distribution of insecticides in rice plants, Srinivas K. Lanka, Michael J. Stout, Julien M. Beuzelin, and James A. Ottea

Evaluation of neonicotinoids as pyrethroid alternatives for rice water weevil management in water-seeded rice, Srinivas K. Lanka, Michael J. Stout, and James A. Ottea

Effect of temperature on the occurrence and distribution of colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in China, Chao Li, Huai Liu, Fangneng Huang, Deng Fa Cheng, Jin Jun Wang, Yun Hui Zhang, Jin Rui Sun, and Wen Chao Guo

A new species of leptochromus motschulsky (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Costa Rica, with notes on morphology and natural history, Nathan P. Lord, Christopher E. Carlton, and Richard A.B. Leschen

Host range tests reveal Paectes longiformis is not a suitable biological control agent for the invasive plant Schinus terebinthifolia, Veronica Manrique, Rodrigo Diaz, Todd Condon, and W. A. Overholt

Comparison of two populations of Pseudophilothrips ichini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) as candidates for biological control of the invasive weed Schinus terebinthifolia (Sapindales: Anacardiaceae), Veronica Manrique, Rodrigo Diaz, Lenin Erazo, Neha Reddi, Gregory S. Wheeler, Dean Williams, and William A. Overholt

Distribution of Pseudacteon spp. (Diptera: Phoridae), biological control agents of Solenopsis spp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in Louisiana and associated prevalence of Kneallhazia solenopsae (Microsporidia: Thelohaniidae), Anna Mészáros, David H. Oi, Steven M. Valles, Julien M. Beuzelin, Francis P.F. Reay-Jones, and Seth J. Johnson

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Potential use of an essential oil from the flower of Swertia densifolia as a repellent for Apis florea (Hymenoptera: Apidae), D. G. Naik, H. Vaidya-Kannur, P. V. Deshpande, C. N. Dandge, and G. V.P. Reddy

Larval survival and plant injury of Cry1F-susceptible, -resistant, and -heterozygous fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on non-Bt and Bt corn containing single or pyramided genes, Ying Niu, Fei Yang, Vikash Dangal, and Fangneng Huang

Habitat suitability under changing climatic conditions for the exotic ambrosia beetle, Cnestus mutilatus (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) in the southeastern United States, Rabiu Olatinwo, Douglas Streett, and Christopher Carlton

Pseudostenosagola, a new genus from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), J. S. Park and C. E. Carlton

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Aphid amino acid transporter regulates glutamine supply to intracellular bacterial symbionts, Daniel R.G. Price, Honglin Feng, James D. Baker, Selvan Bavan, Charles W. Luetje, and Alex C.C. Wilson

Canopy arthropod responses to thinning and burning treatments in old-growth mixed-conifer forest in the Sierra Nevada, California, Thomas Rambo, Timothy Schowalter, and Malcolm North

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Biorational versus conventional insecticides - Comparative field study for managing red spider mite and fruit borer on tomato, Gadi V.P. Reddy and Ross H. Miller

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Field evaluation of petroleum spray oil and carbaryl against tetranychus marianae (Acari: Tetranichidae) on eggplant, Gadi V.P. Reddy and Ross H. Miller

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Sustainable management tactics for control of phyllotreta cruciferae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on canola in montana, Gadi V.P. Reddy, Khanobporn Tangtrakulwanich, Shaohui Wu, John H. Miller, Victoria L. Ophus, and Julie Prewett

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Evaluation of the effectiveness of entomopathogens for the management of wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) on spring wheat, Gadi V.P. Reddy, Khanobporn Tangtrakulwanich, Shaohui Wu, John H. Miller, Victoria L. Ophus, Julie Prewett, and Stefan T. Jaronski

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Efficacy of pheromone trapping of the sweetpotato weevil (Coleoptera: Brentidae): Based on dose, septum age, attractive radius, and mass trapping, Gadi V.P. Reddy, Shaohui Wu, Robert C. Mendi, and Ross H. Miller

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Laboratory and field efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi for the management of the sweetpotato weevil, Cylas formicarius (Coleoptera: Brentidae), Gadi V.P. Reddy, Zihua Zhao, and Richard A. Humber

Canopy arthropod responses to experimental canopy opening and debris deposition in a tropical rainforest subject to hurricanes, Timothy D. Schowalter, Michael R. Willig, and Steven J. Presley

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Protozoacidal Trojan-Horse: Use of a ligand-lytic peptide for selective destruction of symbiotic protozoa within termite guts, Amit Sethi, Jennifer Delatte, Lane Foil, and Claudia Husseneder

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Economic evaluation of an area-wide integrated pest management program to control the Asian tiger mosquito in New Jersey, Donald S. Shepard, Yara A. Halasa, Dina M. Fonseca, Ary Farajollahi, Sean P. Healy, Randy Gaugler, Kristen Bartlett-Healy, Daniel A. Strickman, and Gary G. Clark

Efficacy of dermacor-X-100® seed treatment against diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on rice, Jaspreet K. Sidhu, Jarrod T. Hardke, and Michael J. Stout

Host-Plant Resistance in Pest Management, Michael J. Stout

Types and Mechanisms of Rapidly Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivorous Arthropods, Michael J. Stout

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Temperature-dependent development, cold tolerance, and potential distribution of cricotopus lebetis (Diptera: Chironomidae), a tip miner of hydrilla verticillata (Hydrocharitaceae), Karen N. Stratman, William A. Overholt, James P. Cuda, A. Mukherjee, R. Diaz, Michael D. Netherland, and Patrick C. Wilson

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Functional characterization of chemosensory proteins in the scarab beetle, Holotrichia oblita faldermann (Coleoptera: Scarabaeida), Hongyan Sun, Li Guan, Honglin Feng, Jiao Yin, Yazhong Cao, Jinghui Xi, and Kebin Li

Development of insect resistance to plant biopesticides: An overview, Khanobporn Tangtrakulwanich and Gadi V.P. Reddy

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Developing nominal threshold levels for Phyllotreta cruciferae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) damage on canola in Montana, USA, Khanobporn Tangtrakulwanich, Gadi V.P. Reddy, Shaohui Wu, John H. Miller, Victoria L. Ophus, and Julie Prewett

Clay preference and particle transport behavior of Formosan subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): A laboratory study, Cai Wang and Gregg Henderson

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Lethal and sublethal effects of lufenuron on the formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), Cai Wang, Gregg Henderson, Bal K. Gautam, and Xuan Chen

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Stylet penetration behaviors of myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on four ipomoea spp. infected or noninfected with sweet potato potyviruses, E. N. Wosula, J. A. Davis, and C. A. Clark

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Photoperiod and temperature effects on the adult eclosion and mating rhythms in Pseudopidorus fasciata (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae), Shaohui Wu, Roberto Refinetti, Loke T. Kok, Roger R. Youngman, Gadi V.P. Reddy, and Fang Sen Xue

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A challenge for the seed mixture refuge strategy in Bt maize: Impact of cross-pollination on an ear-feeding pest, corn earworm, Fei Yang, David L. Kerns, Graham P. Head, B. Rogers Leonard, Ronnie Levy, Ying Niu, and Fangneng Huang

Occurrence, distribution, and ear damage of Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in mixed plantings of non-Bt and Bt corn containing Genuity® SmartStax™ traits, Fei Yang, David L. Kerns, Graham P. Head, B. Rogers Leonard, Ying Niu, and Fangneng Huang

Fitness costs and stability of Cry1Ab resistance in sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (F.), Liping Zhang, B. Rogers Leonard, Mao Chen, Thomas Clark, Konasale Anilkumar, and Fangneng Huang

Submissions from 2013

Oviposition and larval development of a stem borer, Eoreuma loftini, On rice and non-crop grass hosts, J. M. Beuzelin, L. T. Wilson, A. T. Showler, A. Mészáros, B. E. Wilson, M. O. Way, and T. E. Reagan

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Evidence of establishment of bagous hydrillae (coleoptera: Curculionidae), a biological control agent of hydrilla verticillata (hydrocharitales: Hydrocharitaceae) in North America?, Ted D. Center, Katherine Parys, Mike Grodowitz, Gregory S. Wheeler, F. Allen Dray, Charles W. O'Brien, Seth Johnson, and Al Cofrancesco

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Effects of Biogents Sentinel Trap Field Placement on Capture Rates of Adult Asian Tiger Mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus, Taryn N. Crepeau, Sean P. Healy, Kristen Bartlett-Healy, Isik Unlu, Ary Farajollahi, and Dina M. Fonseca

Systematics and biology of cremastobombycia chromolaenae, new species (Gracillariidae), a natural enemy of chromolaena odorata (L.) king and H. Robinson (Asteraceae), Donald R. Davis, Rodrigo Diaz, and William A. Overholt

Biology and host specificity of anthonomus tenebrosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) : A herbivore of tropical soda apple, Rodrigo Diaz, Octavio Menocal, Cecil Montemayor, and William A. Overholt

Discovery of the Rdl mutation in association with a cyclodiene resistant population of horn flies, Haematobia irritans (Diptera: Muscidae), Luísa N. Domingues, Felix D. Guerrero, Michael E. Becker, Montgomery W. Alison, and Lane D. Foil

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Area-wide management of Aedes albopictus. Part 2: Gauging the efficacy of traditional integrated pest control measures against urban container mosquitoes, Dina M. Fonseca, Isik Unlu, Taryn Crepeau, Ary Farajollahi, Sean P. Healy, Kristen Bartlett-Healy, Daniel Strickman, Randy Gaugler, George Hamilton, Daniel Kline, et al.

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Cotton aphid (Heteroptera: Aphididae) susceptibility to commercial and experimental insecticides in the Southern United States, J. Gore, D. Cook, A. Catchot, B. R. Leonard, S. D. Stewart, G. Lorenz, and D. Kerns

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Genetic Analysis of Population Structure and Reproductive Mode of the Termite Reticulitermes chinensis Snyder, Qiuying Huang, Ganghua Li, Claudia Husseneder, and Chaoliang Lei

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Characterization of microsatellites for population genetic analyses of the fungus-growing termite Odontotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Termitidae), Claudia Husseneder, Susan P. Garner, Qiuying Huang, Warren Booth, and Edward L. Vargo

The effects of spinosad on culex quinquefasciatus and three nontarget insect species, Owen M. Jones and James Ottea

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Effects of chlorantraniliprole and thiamethoxam rice seed treatments on egg numbers and first instar survival of Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), S. K. Lanka, J. A. Ottea, J. M. Beuzelin, and M. J. Stout

Systemic effects of thiamethoxam and chlorantraniliprole seed treatments on adult Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in rice, Srinivas K. Lanka, James A. Ottea, Jeffrey A. Davis, Amy B. Hernandez, and Michael J. Stout

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Ecological and Control Techniques for Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) Associated with Rodent Reservoirs of Leishmaniasis, Thomas M. Mascari, Hanafi A. Hanafi, Ryan E. Jackson, Souâd Ouahabi, Btissam Ameur, Chafika Faraj, Peter J. Obenauer, Joseph W. Diclaro, and Lane D. Foil

Insecticide-treated rodent baits for sand fly control, T. M. Mascari, R. W. Stout, J. W. Clark, S. W. Gordon, J. D. Bast, and L. D. Foil

Oral treatment of rodents with fipronil for feed-through and systemic control of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae), T. M. Mascari, R. W. Stout, and L. D. Foil

Agricultural case studies of classification accuracy, spectral resolution, and model over-fitting, Christian Nansen, Leandro Delalibera Geremias, Yingen Xue, Fangneng Huang, and Jose Roberto Parra

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Susceptibility of field populations of the fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Florida and Puerto Rico to Purified Cry1f protein and corn leaf tissue containing single and pyramided Bt Genes, Ying Niu, Robert L. Meagher, Fei Yang, and Fangneng Huang

Detection and identification of amylostereum areolatum (Russulales: Amylostereaceae) in the mycangia of sirex nigricornis (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) in central Louisiana, Rabiu Olatinwo, Jeremy Allison, James Meeker, Wood Johnson, Douglas Streett, M. Catherine Aime, and Christopher Carlton

A revision of the New Zealand Genus Stenosagola Broun, 1921 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), J. S. Park and C. E. Carlton

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Checklist of insects associated with Salvinia minima Baker in Louisiana, USA, Katherine A. Parys, Matthew L. Gimmel, and Seth J. Johnson

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Biological control of common salvinia (salvinia minima) in louisiana using cyrtobagous salviniae (coleoptera: Curculionidae), Katherine A. Parys and Seth J. Johnson

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Action threshold treatment regimens for red spider mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) and tomato fruitworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on tomato, Gadi V.P. Reddy and Khanobporn Tangtrakulwanich

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Threshold-based spraying decision programmes for the red spider mite Tetranychus marianae on eggplant, G. V.P. Reddy, R. Kikuchi, and J. R. Bautista

Insects and sustainability of ecosystem services, Timothy D. Schowalter

Insects and Sustainability of Ecosystem Services, Timothy Duane Schowalter

Performance and preference of sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis, on rice cultivars, Jaspreet K. Sidhu, Michael J. Stout, and David C. Blouin

Effect of silicon soil amendment on performance of sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera:Crambidae) on rice, J. K. Sidhu, M. J. Stout, D. C. Blouin, and L. E. Datnoff

Arthropod management & applied ecology: Survey of thrips species infesting cotton across the southern U.S. cotton belt, Scott D. Stewart, D. Scott Akin, Jack Reed, Jack Bacheler, Angus Catchot, Don Cook, Jeff Gore, Jeremy Greene, Ames Herbert, Ryan E. Jackson, et al.

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Reevaluating the conceptual framework for applied research on host-plant resistance, Michael J. Stout

The influence of rice plant age on susceptibility to the rice water weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus, M. J. Stout, J. C. Hamm, I. Abbe, and C. Bergeron

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Differential undertaking response of a lower termite to congeneric and conspecific corpses, Qian Sun, Kenneth F. Haynes, and Xuguo Zhou

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Corpse management in social insects, Qian Sun and Xuguo Zhou

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Comparative binding of Cry1Ab and Cry1F bacillus thuringiensis toxins to brush border membrane proteins from Ostrinia nubilalis, Ostrinia furnacalis and Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) midgut tissue, Sek Yee Tan, Bonifacio F. Cayabyab, Edwin P. Alcantara, Fangneng Huang, Kanglai He, Kenneth W. Nickerson, and Blair D. Siegfried

Susceptibility of southern green stink bug and redbanded stink bug to insecticides in soybean field experiments and laboratory bioassays, J. H. Temple, J. A. Davis, J. Hardke, J. Moore, and B. R. Leonard

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Species composition and seasonal abundance of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Louisiana Soybean, J. H. Temple, J. A. Davis, S. Micinski, J. T. Hardke, P. Price, and B. R. Leonard

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Dissemination of bloodmeal acquired Rickettsia felis in cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis, Chutima Thepparit, Supanee Hirunkanokpun, Vsevolod L. Popov, Lane D. Foil, and Kevin R. MacAluso

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Effect of depth of flooding on the rice water weevil, lissorhoptrus oryzophilus, and yield of rice, Kelly V. Tindall, John L. Bernhardt, Michael J. Stout, and Donn H. Beighley

Evidence of formosan subterranean termite group size and associated bacteria in the suppression of entomopathogenic bacteria, bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis and thuringiensis, Cai Wang and Gregg Henderson

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Horizontal transfer of fipronil is enhanced with increased group size in Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), Cai Wang, Gregg Henderson, Xuan Chen, and Bal K. Gautam

Lufenuron suppresses the resistance of formosan subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) to entomopathogenic bacteria, Cai Wang, Gregg Henderson, and Bal K. Gautam

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Occurrence and larval movement of Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in seed mixes of non-Bt and Bt pyramid corn, David S. Wangila, B. Rogers Leonard, Mukti N. Ghimire, Yaoyu Bai, Liping Zhang, Yunlong Yang, Karla D. Emfinger, Graham P. Head, Fei Yang, Ying Niu, et al.

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Population dynamics of three aphid species (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on four ipomoea spp. Infected or noninfected with sweetpotato potyviruses, E. N. Wosula, J. A. Davis, and C. A. Clark

The role of aphid abundance, species diversity, and virus titer in the spread of sweetpotato potyviruses in Louisiana and Mississippi, E. N. Wosula, J. A. Davis, C. A. Clark, T. P. Smith, R. A. Arancibia, F. R. Musser, and J. T. Reed

Analysis of three leafminers' complete mitochondrial genomes, Fei Yang, Yuzhou Du, Jingman Cao, and Fangneng Huang

Susceptibility of Louisiana and Florida populations of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to transgenic Agrisure®Viptera™ 3111 corn, Fei Yang, Fangneng Huang, Jawwad A. Qureshi, B. Rogers Leonard, Ying Niu, Liping Zhang, and David S. Wangila

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Susceptibility of Louisiana and Florida populations of spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to Pyramided Bt corn containing genuity®vt double pro and Smartstax traits, Fei Yang, Jawwad A. Qureshi, B. Rogers Leonard, Graham P. Head, Ying Niu, and Fangneng Huang

Characterization and transcriptional analyses of cDNAs encoding three trypsin- and chymotrypsin-like proteinases in Cry1Ab-susceptible and Cry1Ab-resistant strains of sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis, Yunlong Yang, Yu Cheng Zhu, James Ottea, Claudia Husseneder, B. Rogers Leonard, Craig Abel, Randall Luttrell, and Fangneng Huang