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Larry J. Gut was affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States and conducted extensive research primarily in agricultural and biological sciences. Their work focused on various aspects of insect science, with particular attention to insect behavior, pest control techniques, and insect-plant interactions.

The scientist contributed significantly to subfields including insect science, plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and cell biology. Their research topics centered on insect behavior and control techniques, insect-plant interactions and control, insect and pesticide research, plant and animal studies, insect pest control strategies, forest insect ecology and management, and insect pheromone research and control.

Larry J. Gut published numerous papers, with key recent works including:

  • "Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): A Decade of Research Towards a Sustainable Integrated Pest Management Program," 2021, Journal of Economic Entomology
  • "CropPol: A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination," 2021, Ecology
  • "Responding to the US national pollinator plan: a case study in Michigan," 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • "Evaluating invasion risk and population dynamics of the brown marmorated stink bug across the contiguous United States," 2022, Pest Management Science

Their frequent collaborators included John C. Wise, Celeste E Wheeler, Anthony H. VanWoerkom, Julianna K. Wilson, and Juan Huang. Collaborations with these researchers spanned multiple projects and publications, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement within the field.

Throughout their career, Larry J. Gut published regularly in several established academic venues. These included:

  • Arthropod Management Tests
  • Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Ecology
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

This body of work contributed to a deeper understanding of insect pest management, pollination issues, and integrated pest management strategies, particularly within the context of agricultural productivity in the United States. Larry J. Gut's research included empirical studies on insect population dynamics and ecosystem impacts, reflecting a comprehensive scope ranging from basic insect science to applied entomology.

Best Publications

  • Codling Moth Management and Chemical Ecology

    Peter Witzgall;Lukasz Stelinski;Larry Gut;Don Thomson

  • Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators.

    J R Reilly;D R Artz;D Biddinger;K Bobiwash;K Bobiwash

  • Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): A Decade of Research Towards a Sustainable Integrated Pest Management Program

    Gabriella Tait;Serhan Mermer;Dara Stockton;Jana Lee

  • Differentiation of competitive vs. non-competitive mechanisms mediating disruption of moth sexual communication by point sources of sex pheromone (part 2): Case studies.

    J. R. Miller;L. J. Gut;F. M. de Lame;L. L. Stelinski

  • Mating Disruption for the 21st Century: Matching Technology with Mechanism

    James R. Miller;Larry J. Gut

  • Trap Designs for Monitoring Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

    Jana C. Lee;Peter W. Shearer;Luz D. Barrantes;Elizabeth H. Beers

  • Resistance of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), larvae in Michigan to insecticides with different modes of action and the impact on field residual activity.

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  • Differentiation of Competitive vs. Non-competitive Mechanisms Mediating Disruption of Moth Sexual Communication by Point Sources of Sex Pheromone (Part 2): Case Studies

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  • Effects of Broad-Spectrum Insecticides on Epigeal Arthropod Biodiversity in Pacific Northwest Apple Orchards

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  • Does Passive Sampling Accurately Reflect the Bee (Apoidea: Anthophila) Communities Pollinating Apple and Sour Cherry Orchards?

    Jason Gibbs;Jason Gibbs;Neelendra K. Joshi;Neelendra K. Joshi;Julianna K. Wilson;Nikki L. Rothwell

  • General principles of attraction and competitive attraction as revealed by large-cage studies of moths responding to sex pheromone

    J. R. Miller;P. S. McGhee;P. Y. Siegert;C. G. Adams

  • Season-long mating disruption of Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) by one machine application of pheromone in wax drops (SPLAT-OFM)

    L. L. Stelinski;L. L. Stelinski;J. R. Miller;R. Ledebuhr;P. Siegert

  • Lethal and sublethal effects of chlorantraniliprole on three species of Rhagoletis fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae).

    Luis A. F. Teixeira;Larry J. Gut;John C. Wise;Rufus Isaacs

  • Increased EAG responses of tortricid moths after prolonged exposure to plant volatiles: evidence for octopamine-mediated sensitization.

    Lukasz L. Stelinski;James R. Miller;Noah E. Ressa;Larry J. Gut

  • Presence of long-lasting peripheral adaptation in oblique-banded leafroller, Choristoneura rosaceana and absence of such adaptation in redbanded leafroller, Argyrotaenia velutinana.

    Lukasz L. Stelinski;James R. Miller;Larry J. Gut

  • Antennal and Behavioral Responses of Virgin and Mated Oriental Fruit Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Females to Their Sex Pheromone

    L. L. Stelinski;A. L. Il’ichev;L. J. Gut

  • Perspectives on Arthropod Community Structure, Organization, and Development in Agricultural Crops

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  • Small Plot Trials Documenting Effective Mating Disruption of Oriental Fruit Moth by Using High Densities of Wax-Drop Pheromone Dispensers

    L. L. Stelinski;L. J. Gut;R. E. Mallinger;D. Epstein

  • Higher Densities of Distributed Pheromone Sources Provide Disruption of Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Superior to That of Lower Densities of Clumped Sources

    D. L. Epstein;L. L. Stelinski;T. P. Reed;J. R. Miller

  • Season-Long Monitoring of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Throughout the United States Using Commercially Available Traps and Lures.

    Angelita L. Acebes-Doria;Arthur M. Agnello;Diane G. Alston;Heather Andrews

  • Concentration of air‐borne pheromone required for long‐lasting peripheral adaptation in the obliquebanded leafroller, Choristoneura rosaceana

    Lukasz L. Stelinski;Larry J. Gut;James R. Miller

  • Geographic Variation in Pheromone Chemistry, Antennal Electrophysiology, and Pheromone-Mediated Trap Catch of North American Populations of the Obliquebanded Leafroller

    A.M. El-Sayed;J. Delisle;N. De Lury;L.J. Gut

  • Alightment of Spotted Wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) on Odorless Disks Varying in Color.

    D. M. Kirkpatrick;P. S. McGhee;S. L. Hermann;L. J. Gut

  • Mismatched outcomes for biodiversity and ecosystem services: testing the responses of crop pollinators and wild bee biodiversity to habitat enhancement.

    Charlie C. Nicholson;Charlie C. Nicholson;Kimiora L. Ward;Neal M. Williams;Rufus Isaacs

  • Estimating Monitoring Trap Plume Reach and Trapping Area for Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Michigan Tart Cherry.

    Danielle M Kirkpatrick;Larry J Gut;James R Miller

  • Improving monitoring tools for spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii

    D.M. Kirkpatrick;P.S. McGhee;L.J. Gut;J.R. Miller

  • Maximizing Information Yield From Pheromone-Baited Monitoring Traps: Estimating Plume Reach, Trapping Radius, and Absolute Density of Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Michigan Apple

    C. G. Adams;J. H. Schenker;P. S. McGhee;L. J. Gut

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Miller
James R. Miller University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rufus Isaacs
Rufus Isaacs Michigan State University
Jason Gibbs
Jason Gibbs University of Manitoba
Frank G. Zalom
Frank G. Zalom University of California, Davis
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jeffrey L. Feder
Jeffrey L. Feder University of Notre Dame
Vaughn M. Walton
Vaughn M. Walton Oregon State University

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