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D-Index
39
Citations
5151
World Ranking
4206
National Ranking
1042

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Horticulture

Codling moth, Botany, Tortricidae, Horticulture and Sex pheromone are his primary areas of study. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Insect and Pheromone. His work in Botany addresses subjects such as Orchard, which are connected to disciplines such as Canopy.

His research in Tortricidae intersects with topics in Fruit tree and Mating disruption. His study in the field of PEAR is also linked to topics like Drosophila suzukii and White. He works mostly in the field of Sex pheromone, limiting it down to topics relating to Mating and, in certain cases, Olfaction, as a part of the same area of interest.

His most cited work include:

  • A pear-derived kairomone with pheromonal potency that attracts male and female codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.). (216 citations)
  • Particle Films for Suppression of the Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Apple and Pear Orchards (99 citations)
  • Effects of a Kaolin-Based Particle Film on Obliquebanded Leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) (84 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Alan L. Knight mainly focuses on Codling moth, Horticulture, Tortricidae, Botany and Sex pheromone. Alan L. Knight has researched Codling moth in several fields, including Malus, Toxicology, Kairomone and PEAR. The various areas that Alan L. Knight examines in his Horticulture study include Canopy and Trapping.

His Tortricidae research incorporates themes from Fruit tree, Mating disruption and Orchard. The study incorporates disciplines such as Orange and Animal science in addition to Botany. His Sex pheromone study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Pest control, Mating and Grapholita molesta.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Codling moth (74.29%)
  • Horticulture (69.29%)
  • Tortricidae (69.29%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Tortricidae (69.29%)
  • Lepidoptera genitalia (51.43%)
  • Sex pheromone (57.86%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Tortricidae, Lepidoptera genitalia, Sex pheromone, Horticulture and Codling moth. Botany covers Alan L. Knight research in Lepidoptera genitalia. His Sex pheromone study combines topics in areas such as Pest control, Pome, Kairomone and Grapholita molesta.

His research investigates the connection between Kairomone and topics such as Zoology that intersect with issues in Insecticide resistance and Economic threshold. His work in the fields of PEST analysis overlaps with other areas such as Metschnikowia pulcherrima. His Codling moth study incorporates themes from Malus, Toxicology, PEAR, Choristoneura rosaceana and Orchard.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Use of Glacial Acetic Acid to Enhance Bisexual Monitoring of Tortricid Pests With Kairomone Lures in Pome Fruits (30 citations)
  • Caterpillar-induced plant volatiles attract conspecific adults in nature. (24 citations)
  • Emission of volatile compounds from apple plants infested with Pandemis heparana larvae, antennal response of conspecific adults and preliminary field trial (21 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

His scientific interests lie mostly in Tortricidae, Sex pheromone, Lepidoptera genitalia, Horticulture and Kairomone. His Sex pheromone research integrates issues from Codling moth and Grapholita molesta. The concepts of his Codling moth study are interwoven with issues in Mating disruption, Toxicology and PEAR.

His research ties Larva and Lepidoptera genitalia together. In his research on the topic of Horticulture, Nocturnal is strongly related with Botany. He focuses mostly in the field of Kairomone, narrowing it down to matters related to Spilonota ocellana and, in some cases, Zoology, Caterpillar and Herbivore.

Best Publications

  • A pear-derived kairomone with pheromonal potency that attracts male and female codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.).

    Douglas M. Light;Alan L. Knight;Clive A. Henrick;Dayananda Rajapaska

  • Particle Films for Suppression of the Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Apple and Pear Orchards

    T. R. Unruh;A. L. Knight;J. Upton;D. M. Glenn

  • Survey of Azinphosmethyl Resistance in Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Washington and Utah

    Alan L. Knight;J. F. Brunner;D. Alston

  • Effects of a Kaolin-Based Particle Film on Obliquebanded Leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

    A. L. Knight;T. R. Unruh;B. A. Christianson;G. J. Puterka

  • "This is not an Apple"-Yeast Mutualism in Codling Moth

    Peter Witzgall;Magali Proffit;Elzbieta Rozpedowska;Paul G. Becher

  • Attractants from Bartlett pear for codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), larvae.

    Alan L. Knight;Douglas M. Light

  • Control of Codling Moth in Apple and Pear with Sex Pheromone-Mediated Mating Disruption

    J. F. Howell;A. L. Knight;T. R. Unruh;D. F. Brown

  • Factors affecting the efficacy of a vinegar trap for Drosophila suzikii (Diptera; Drosophilidae)

    Esteban Basoalto;Rick Hilton;Alan Knight

  • Disruption of mating in codling moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) by chlorantranilipole, an anthranilic diamide insecticide.

    Alan L Knight;Lindsey Flexner

  • Monitoring Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Apple with Blends of Ethyl (E, Z)-2,4-Decadienoate and Codlemone

    A. L. Knight;R. Hilton;D. M. Light

  • Economics of Agricultural Pesticide Resistance in Arthropods

    Alan L. Knight;George W. Norton

  • Developing action thresholds for codling moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with pear ester- and codlemone-baited traps in apple orchards treated with sex pheromone mating disruption

    A. L. Knight;D.M. Light

  • Neural coding merges sex and habitat chemosensory signals in an insect herbivore

    Frederica Trona;Gianfranco Anfora;Anna Balkenius;Marie Bengtsson

  • Worldwide variability of insecticide resistance mechanisms in the codling moth, Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

    M. Reyes;P. Franck;J. Olivares;J. Margaritopoulos

  • Tebufenozide targeted against codling moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) adults, eggs, and larvae.

    Alan L. Knight

  • Specificity of codling moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) for the host plant kairomone, ethyl (2E,4Z)-2,4-decadienoate: field bioassays with pome fruit volatiles, analogue, and isomeric compounds.

    Douglas M Light;Alan L Knight

  • Vertical distribution of codling moth adults in pheromone-treated and untreated plots

    Thomas J. Weissling;Alan L. Knight

  • Identifying (E)-4,8-Dimethyl-1,3,7-Nonatriene Plus Acetic Acid as a New Lure for Male and Female Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

    A. L. Knight;D. M. Light;R. M. Trimble

  • Acaricide Bioassays with Spider Mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) on Pome Fruits: Evaluation of Methods and Selection of Discriminating Concentrations for Resistance Monitoring

    A. L. Knight;E. H. Beers;S. C. Hoyt;H. Riedl

  • Impacts of seasonal kaolin particle films on apple pest management

    A.L. Knight;B.A. Christianson;T.R. Unruh;G. Puterka

  • Factors Affecting the Differential Capture of Male and Female Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Traps Baited with Ethyl (E, Z)-2,4-Decadienoate

    Alan L. Knight;Alan L. Knight;Douglas M. Light

  • Emission characteristics of a polyethylene pheromone dispenser for mating disruption of codling moth (Lepidoptera : Tortricidae)

    D. F. Brown;A. L. Knight;J. F. Howell;C. R. Sell

  • Dose–Response of Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) to Ethyl (E, Z)-2,4-Decadienoate in Apple Orchards Treated with Sex Pheromone Dispensers

    A. L. Knight;A. L. Knight;D. M. Light

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Witzgall
Peter Witzgall Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Lukasz L. Stelinski
Lukasz L. Stelinski University of Florida
Gary J. Puterka
Gary J. Puterka Agricultural Research Service
Lawrence A. Lacey
Lawrence A. Lacey Agricultural Research Service
Cletus P. Kurtzman
Cletus P. Kurtzman National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Franco Biasioli
Franco Biasioli Fondazione Edmund Mach
Gianfranco Anfora
Gianfranco Anfora University of Trento
James H. Tumlinson
James H. Tumlinson Pennsylvania State University
Peter E. A. Teal
Peter E. A. Teal United States Department of Agriculture
James P. Mattheis
James P. Mattheis United States Department of Agriculture

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