Roger I. Vargas

Overview

Best Publications

• An Overview of Pest Species of Bactrocera Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and the Integration of Biopesticides with Other Biological Approaches for Their Management with a Focus on the Pacific Region.

  Roger I. Vargas;Jaime C. Piñero;Luc Leblanc

  378
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• How risky is risk assessment: The role that life history strategies play in susceptibility of species to stress

  John D. Stark;John E. Banks;Roger Vargas

  294
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• Potential for Areawide Integrated Management of Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) with a Braconid Parasitoid and a Novel Bait Spray

  Roger I. Vargas;Steve L. Peck;Grant T. McQuate;C. Glen Jackson

  259
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• Incorporating ecologically relevant measures of pesticide effect for estimating the compatibility of pesticides and biocontrol agents.

  John D. Stark;Roger Vargas;John E. Banks

  219
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• Effect of larval host on life history traits of the mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata.

  D. A. Krainacker;J. R. Carey;R. I. Vargas

  214
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• Effectiveness of GF-120 fruit fly bait spray applied to border area plants for control of melon flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

  Ronald J. Prokopy;Neil W. Miller;Jaime C. Piñero;James D. Barry

  193
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• Methyl eugenol and cue-lure traps for suppression of male oriental fruit flies and melon flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Hawaii: effects of lure mixtures and weathering.

  Roger I. Vargas;John D. Stark;Michael H. Kido;Heidi M. Ketter

  192
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• Sexual communication and related behaviours in Tephritidae: current knowledge and potential applications for Integrated Pest Management

  Giovanni Benelli;Kent M. Daane;Angelo Canale;Chang-Ying Niu

  182
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• Toxicity of spinosad in protein bait to three economically important tephritid fruit fly species (Diptera: Tephritidae) and their parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).

  John D. Stark;Roger Vargas;Neil Miller

  170
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• Impact of introduction of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) and classical biological control releases of Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on economically important fruit flies in French Polynesia.

  Roger I. Vargas;Luc Leblanc;Rudolph Putoa;Avi Eitam

  167
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• Comparative Demography of Three Hawaiian Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) at Alternating Temperatures

  Roger I. Vargas;William A. Walsh;Dale Kanehisa;John D. Stark

  153
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• Attraction and feeding responses of Mediterranean fruit fly and a natural enemy to protein baits laced with two novel toxins, phloxine B and spinosada

  Roger I. Vargas;Neil W. Miller;Ronald J. Prokopy

  148
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• Opiine Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Oriental Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Kauai Island, Hawaii: Islandwide Relative Abundance and Parasitism Rates in Wild and Orchard Guava Habitats

  Roger I. Vargas;John D. Stark;Grant K. Uchida;Mary Purcell

  139
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• Population Dynamics, Habitat Preference, and Seasonal Distribution Patterns of Oriental Fruit Fly and Melon Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in an Agricultural Area

  Roger I. Vargas;John D. Stark;Toshiyuki Nishida

  129
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• Response of female melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae, to host-associated visual and olfactory stimuli

  Jaime C. Piñero;Isabel Jácome;Roger Vargas;Ronald J. Prokopy

  115
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• The Hawaii Area-Wide Fruit Fly Pest Management Programme: Influence of Partnerships and a Good Education Programme

  R. F. L. Mau;E. B. Jang;R. I. Vargas

  112
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• Field trials of spinosad as a replacement for naled, DDVP, and malathion in methyl eugenol and cue-lure bucket traps to attract and kill male oriental fruit flies and melon flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Hawaii.

  Roger I. Vargas;Neil W. Miller;John D. Stark

  111
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• Azadirachtin: Effects on Metamorphosis, Longevity, and Reproduction of Three Tephritid Fruit Fly Species (Diptera: Tephritidae)

  John D. Stark;Roger I. Vargas;Ronald K. Thalman

  110
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• Recent advances in methyl eugenol and cue-lure technologies for fruit fly detection, monitoring, and control in Hawaii.

  Roger I Vargas;Todd E Shelly;Luc Leblanc;Jaime C Piñero;Jaime C Piñero

  102
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• Regional Suppression of Bactrocera Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the Pacific through Biological Control and Prospects for Future Introductions into Other Areas of the World

  Roger I. Vargas;Luc Leblanc;Ernest J. Harris;Nicholas C. Manoukis

  102
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