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Ronald J. Prokopy was affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. They contributed to academic research during their career, with a focus directed toward their institutional association.

Details about Ronald J. Prokopy's scientific publications indicate that no recent papers with titles, years, or publication venues are available in the provided data. Similarly, there is no information on frequent co-authors or publication venues associated with their name.

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The record does not include any books published by Ronald J. Prokopy, nor are there any listed awards or recognitions with specified years or citations.

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Best Publications

  • ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS OF LEARNING IN PHYTOPHAGOUS INSECTS

    Daniel R. Papaj;Ronald J. Prokopy

  • Mating Behavior of Ceratitis capitata on a Field-Caged Host Tree

    Ronald J. Prokopy;Jorge Hendrichs

  • Evidence for a Marking Pheromone Deterring Repeated Oviposition in Apple Maggot Flies

    Ronald J. Prokopy

  • Bionomics and Management of Rhagoletis

    and E F Boller;R J Prokopy

  • Associative learning in egglaying site selection by apple maggot flies.

    Ronald J. Prokopy;Anne L. Averill;Sylvia S. Cooley;Carol A. Roitberg

  • JOINING AND AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR IN NONSOCIAL INSECTS

    Ronald J. Prokopy;Bernard D. Roitberg

  • Sex differences in movement between natural feeding and mating sites and tradeoffs between food consumption, mating success and predator evasion in Mediterranean fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae).

    J. Hendrichs;B. I. Katsoyannos;D. R. Papaj;R. J. Prokopy

  • Intraspecific Competition in the Tephritid Fruit Fly Rhagoletis Pomonella

    Anne L. Averill;Ronald J. Prokopy

  • Insects that Mark Host Plants

    Bernard D. Roitberg;Ronald J. Prokopy

  • Identification of a new blend of apple volatiles attractive to the apple maggot: Rhagoletis pomonella

    Aijun Zhang;Aijun Zhang;Charles Linn;Starker Wright;Ronald Prokopy

  • 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

  • Behavioral evidence for host races in Rhagoletis pomonella flies.

    Ronald J. Prokopy;Scott R. Diehl;Sylvia S. Cooley

  • Host odor and visual stimulus interaction during intratree host finding behavior of Rhagoletis pomonella flies

    Martin Aluja;Ronald J. Prokopy

  • Distribution and Activities of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) Flies on Host and Nonhost Trees

    Aldo Malavasi;Joao S. Morgante;Ronald J. Prokopy

  • MATING BEHAVIOR IN RHAGOLETIS POMONELLA (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE): I. SITE OF ASSEMBLY

    Ronald J. Prokopy;Edward W. Bennett;Guy L. Bush

  • 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

  • Foraging Behaviour of Rhagoletis pomonella, a Parasite of Hawthorn (Crataegus viridis), in Nature

    Bernard D. Roitberg;Joop C. Van Lenteren;Jacques J. M. Van Alphen;Frietson Galis

  • VISUAL GENERALIST WITH VISUAL SPECIALIST PHYTOPHAGOUS INSECTS: HOST SELECTION BEHAVIOUR AND APPLICATION TO MANAGEMENT

    R. J. Prokopy;E. D. Owens

  • Deterrence of repeated oviposition by fruit-marking pheromone in Ceratitis capitata (Diptera:Tephritidae).

    Ronald J. Prokopy;James R. Ziegler;Tim T. Y. Wong

  • Foraging Behavior of True Fruit Flies

    Ronald J. Prokopy;Bernard D. Roitberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel R. Papaj
Daniel R. Papaj University of Arizona
Roger I. Vargas
Roger I. Vargas United States Department of Agriculture
Martin Aluja
Martin Aluja Instituto de Ecología
Guy L. Bush
Guy L. Bush Michigan State University
Bernard D. Roitberg
Bernard D. Roitberg Simon Fraser University
Robert R. Heath
Robert R. Heath Agricultural Research Service
Reuven Dukas
Reuven Dukas McMaster University
Eric B. Jang
Eric B. Jang Agricultural Research Service
James H. Tumlinson
James H. Tumlinson Pennsylvania State University
W. H. Reissig
W. H. Reissig Cornell University

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