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Mark S. Hoddle is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to insect science, plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and genetics. The scientist's work encompasses numerous aspects of insect-plant interactions and control, insect behavior and control techniques, insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, Hemiptera insect studies, forest insect ecology and management, and phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens.

Mark S. Hoddle has published extensively, contributing to several scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Biological Control
  • Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Arthropod Management Tests
  • Florida Entomologist
  • Insects

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Ivan Milosavljević
  • Francesc Gómez-Marco
  • Christina D. Hoddle
  • Nicola A. Irvin
  • Michael R. Lewis

Recent publications by Mark S. Hoddle include the following titles with publication years and venues:

  • Evaluating the potential of flowering plants for enhancing predatory hoverflies (Syrphidae) for biological control of Diaphorina citri (Liviidae) in California, 2021, Biological Control
  • Density dependent mortality, climate, and Argentine ants affect population dynamics of an invasive citrus pest, Diaphorina citri, and its specialist parasitoid, Tamarixia radiata, in Southern California, USA, 2021, Biological Control
  • Biodegradable alginate hydrogel bait delivery system effectively controls high-density populations of Argentine ant in commercial citrus, 2020, Journal of Pest Science
  • A new paradigm: proactive biological control of invasive insect pests, 2023, BioControl
  • Taxonomy, Biology, Symbionts, Omics, and Management of Rhynchophorus Palm Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae), 2024, Annual Review of Entomology

Best Publications

  • Invasion biology of thrips.

    Joseph G. Morse;Mark S. Hoddle

  • Control of Pests and Weeds by Natural Enemies: An Introduction to Biological Control

    Roy G. Van Driesche;Mark Hoddle

  • Classical biological control for the protection of natural ecosystems

    R. G. Van Driesche;R. I. Carruthers;M. S. Hoddle

  • Biological control of invasive plants in the Eastern United States.

    R. Van Driesche;B. Blossey;M. Hoddle;S. Lyon

  • BIOLOGY AND USE OF THE WHITEFLY PARASITOID ENCARSIA FORMOSA

    M. S. Hoddle;R. G. Van Driesche;J. P. Sanderson

  • Restoring Balance: Using Exotic Species to Control Invasive Exotic Species

    Mark S. Hoddle

  • Assessing fitness costs for transgenic Aedes aegypti expressing the GFP marker and transposase genes

    Nic Irvin;Mark S. Hoddle;David A. O'Brochta;Bryan Carey

  • Invasion Biology, Ecology, and Management of Western Flower Thrips.

    Stuart R. Reitz;Yulin Gao;William D.J. Kirk;Mark S. Hoddle

  • Indigenous arthropod natural enemies of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug in North America and Europe

    Paul K. Abram;Kim A. Hoelmer;Angelita Acebes-Doria;Heather Andrews

  • The potential adventive geographic range of glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata and the grape pathogen Xylella fastidiosa: implications for California and other grape growing regions of the world

    Mark S. Hoddle

  • Nuclear-mitochondrial barcoding exposes the global pest Western flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) as two sympatric cryptic species in its native California.

    Paul F. Rugman-Jones;Mark S. Hoddle;Richard Stouthamer

  • Attraction of thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae and Aeolothripidae) to colored sticky cards in a California avocado orchard

    Mark S Hoddle;Lindsay Robinson;David Morgan

  • The Lesser of Two Weevils: Molecular-Genetics of Pest Palm Weevil Populations Confirm Rhynchophorus vulneratus (Panzer 1798) as a Valid Species Distinct from R. ferrugineus (Olivier 1790), and Reveal the Global Extent of Both

    Paul F. Rugman-Jones;Christina D. Hoddle;Mark S. Hoddle;Richard Stouthamer

  • Parasitoid Guilds of Agrilus Woodborers (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): Their Diversity and Potential for Use in Biological Control

    Philip B. Taylor;Jian J. Duan;Roger W. Fuester;Mark Hoddle

  • Should arthropod parasitoids and predators be subject to host range testing when used as biological control agents

    Roy G. Van Driesche;Mark Hoddle

  • Molecular Identification Key for Pest Species of Scirtothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

    Paul F. Rugman-Jones;Mark S. Hoddle;Laurence A. Mound;Richard Stouthamer

  • UC scientists apply IPM techniques to new eucalyptus pests

    Timothy D. Paine;Donald L. Dahlsten;Jocelyn G. Millar;Mark S. Hoddle

  • DISTRIBUTION AND PLANT ASSOCIATION RECORDS FOR HOMALODISCA COAGULATA (HEMIPTERA: CICADELLIDAE) IN FLORIDA

    Mark S. Hoddle;Serguei V. Triapitsyn;David J. W. Morgan

  • The economic impact of Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on California avocado production

    Mark S. Hoddle;Karen M. Jetter;Joseph G. Morse

  • Control of pests and weeds by natural enemies

    Roy Van Driesche;Mark Hoddle

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Stouthamer
Richard Stouthamer University of California, Riverside
Laurence A. Mound
Laurence A. Mound Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
George K. Roderick
George K. Roderick University of California, Berkeley
Jocelyn G. Millar
Jocelyn G. Millar University of California, Riverside
Ashok Mulchandani
Ashok Mulchandani University of California, Riverside
Andy Gardner
Andy Gardner University of St Andrews
Michael K. Rust
Michael K. Rust University of California, Riverside
Bernd Blossey
Bernd Blossey Cornell University
John M. Heraty
John M. Heraty University of California, Riverside
Steve D. Wratten
Steve D. Wratten Lincoln University

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