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Peter J. Landolt is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with particular attention to insect science, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, plant science, and genetics.

The main topics covered by their work include forest insect ecology and management, insect and pesticide research, entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control, insect pest control strategies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, and beetle biology and toxicology studies.

Peter J. Landolt has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Recent papers include:

  • Limoniic Acid and Its Analog as Trap Lures for Pest Limonius Species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in North America, 2021, Journal of Economic Entomology
  • The Venom Compound N-(3-methylbutyl)acetamide Attracts Several Polistes (Fuscopolistes) Species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), 2020, Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Sex pheromones and sex attractants of species within the genera Idolus Desbrochers des Loges and Dalopius Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in the western United States, 2022, Agricultural and Forest Entomology
  • Known and new records of Disteniidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from Guatemala, 2020, The Pan-Pacific Entomologist
  • New country records of blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Guatemala with distributional notes on other meloid species and a record of human blistering caused by Epicauta (Macrobasis) forticornis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880, 2023, The Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Richard S. Zack
  • W. Rodney Cooper
  • Jacqueline M. Serrano
  • Willem G. van Herk
  • Emily Lemke

Peter J. Landolt has published notably in the following venues:

  • Journal of Economic Entomology
  • The Pan-Pacific Entomologist
  • Agricultural and Forest Entomology
  • Florida Entomologist

Best Publications

  • Host plant influences on sex pheromone behavior of phytophagous insects.

    Peter J. Landolt;Thomas W. Phillips

  • Trapping spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), with combinations of vinegar and wine, and acetic acid and ethanol

    P. J. Landolt;T. Adams;H. Rogg

  • Identification and field evaluation of fermentation volatiles from wine and vinegar that mediate attraction of spotted wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii.

    Dong H. Cha;Todd Adams;Helmuth Rogg;Peter J. Landolt

  • A four-component synthetic attractant for Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) isolated from fermented bait headspace.

    Dong H Cha;Todd Adams;Christopher T Werle;Blair J Sampson

  • Identification of Floral Compounds of Night-Blooming Jessamine Attractive to Cabbage Looper Moths

    Robert R. Heath;Peter J. Landolt;Barbara Dueben;Barbara Lenczewski

  • Size-assortative mating, male choice and female choice in the curculionid beetle Diaprepes abbreviatus.

    Ally R. Harari;Alfred M. Handler;Peter J. Landolt

  • Advances in Attract-and-Kill for Agricultural Pests: Beyond Pheromones

    Peter C. Gregg;Alice P. Del Socorro;Peter J. Landolt

  • Plant essential oils as arrestants and repellents for neonate larvae of the codling moth (Lepidoptera : Tortricidae)

    Peter J. Landolt;Richard W. Hofstetter;Lisa L. Biddick

  • Effects of host plant leaf damage on cabbage looper moth attraction and oviposition

    P. J. Landolt

  • Attraction of Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae) to damaged and chemically induced potato plants

    Peter J. Landolt;J. H. Tumlinson;D. H. Alborn

  • Spotted Wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae), Trapped with Combinations of Wines and Vinegars

    Peter J. Landolt;Todd Adams;Thomas Seth Davis;Helmuth Rogg

  • Chemical Attractants for Trapping Yellowjackets Vespula germanica and Vespula pensylvanica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

    Peter J. Landolt

  • Positive interaction of a feeding attractant and a host kairomone for trapping the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.).

    P. J. Landolt;D. M. Suckling;G. J. R. Judd

  • Topics in the evolution of sexual behavior in the tephritidae

    John Sivinski;Martín Aluja;Gary N. Dodson;Amnon Freidberg

  • Alternative to the Use of Probit 9 Mortality as a Criterion for Quarantine Treatments of Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)-Infested Fruit

    P. J. Landolt;D. L. Chambers;V. Chew

  • Comparison of a synthetic chemical lure and standard fermented baits for trapping Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae).

    Dong H. Cha;Stephen P. Hesler;Richard S. Cowles;Heidrun Vogt

  • Analysis, synthesis, formulation, and field testing of three major components of male mediterranean fruit fly pheromone

    R. R. Heath;P. J. Landolt;J. H. Tumlinson;D. L. Chambers

  • Attraction of Female Papaya Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Male Pheromone and Host Fruit

    Peter J. Landolt;Hal C. Reed;Robert R. Heath

  • Apple fruit infested with codling moth are more attractive to neonate codling moth larvae and possess increased amounts of (E, E)-α-farnesene

    Peter J. Landolt;Jewel A. Brumley;Connie L. Smithhisler;Lisa L. Biddick

  • New Chemical Attractants for Trapping Lacanobia subjuncta,Mamestra configurata, and Xestia c-nigrum (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

    Peter J. Landolt

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert R. Heath
Robert R. Heath Agricultural Research Service
James H. Tumlinson
James H. Tumlinson Pennsylvania State University
John Sivinski
John Sivinski Agricultural Research Service
Miklós Tóth
Miklós Tóth Cornell University
Jocelyn G. Millar
Jocelyn G. Millar University of California, Riverside
Joseph E. Munyaneza
Joseph E. Munyaneza Agricultural Research Service
Martin Aluja
Martin Aluja Instituto de Ecología
David J. Brooks
David J. Brooks Newcastle University
Philip B. Hamm
Philip B. Hamm Oregon State University
H. Jane Brockmann
H. Jane Brockmann University of Florida

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