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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
45
Citations
6066
World Ranking
2917
National Ranking
725

Best Publications

  • Classical biological control for the protection of natural ecosystems

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

  • Biological control of invasive species: solution or pollution?

    Unknown

  • 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

  • Parasitoid learning: Current knowledge and implications for biological control

    G. Giunti;A. Canale;R.H. Messing;E. Donati

  • Selection of pupation habitats by oriental fruit fly larvae in the laboratory.

    Unknown

  • The ectoparasitic pupal parasitoid, Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), attacks other primary tephritid fruit fly parasitoids: host expansion and potential non-target impact

    Unknown

  • Predation by Asian bullfrog tadpoles, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus, against the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, in an aquatic environment treated with mosquitocidal nanoparticles.

    Kadarkarai Murugan;Vishwanathan Priyanka;Devakumar Dinesh;Pari Madhiyazhagan

  • Response of the Fruit Fly Parasitoid Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to Host-Fruit Stimuli

    Russell H. Messing;Eric B. Jang

  • Parasitoids of medfly, Ceratitis capitata, and related tephritids in Kenyan coffee: a predominantly koinobiont assemblage.

    R.A. Wharton;M.K. Trostle;R.H. Messing;R.S. Copeland

  • Volatile host fruit odors as attractants for the oriental fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae).

    Unknown

  • Intra- and interspecific competition by Fopius arisanus and Diachasmimorpha tryoni (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), parasitoids of tephritid fruit flies

    Unknown

  • Responses of Female Oriental Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Protein and Host Fruit Odors in Field Cage and Open Field Tests

    Unknown

  • Parasitoid drift after biological control introductions: re-examining Pandora's box.

    Unknown

  • Visual Stimuli and the Response of Female Oriental Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Fruit-Mimicking Traps

    Unknown

  • Fitness consequences of body-size-dependent host species selection in a generalist ectoparasitoid

    Unknown

  • Competitive Superiority of Early Acting Species: A Case Study of Opiine Fruit Fly Parasitoids

    Unknown

  • Diachasmimorpha longicaudata and D. kraussii (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), potential parasitoids of the olive fruit fly

    Karen R. Sime;Kent M. Daane;Hannah Nadel;Clara S. Funk

  • Resistance of Aphis gossypii (Homoptera: Aphididae) to Insecticides in Hawaii: Spatial Patterns and Relation to Insecticide Use

    Robert G. Hollingsworth;Bruce E. Tabashnik;Diane E. Ullman;Marshall W. Johnson

  • Quality Control Parameters of Mass-Reared Opiine Parasitoids Used in Augmentative Biological Control of Tephritid Fruit Flies in Hawaii

    Unknown

  • Effects of humidity on eggs and immatures of Neoseiulus fallacis, Amblysieus andersoni, Metaseiulus occidentalis and Typhlodromus pyri (Phytoseiidae): implications for biological control on apple, caneberry, strawberry and hop

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Benelli
Giovanni Benelli University of Pisa
Angelo Canale
Angelo Canale University of Pisa
Marshall W. Johnson
Marshall W. Johnson University of California, Riverside
Kent M. Daane
Kent M. Daane University of California, Berkeley
Cesare Stefanini
Cesare Stefanini Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Eric B. Jang
Eric B. Jang Agricultural Research Service
Kadarkarai Murugan
Kadarkarai Murugan Bharathiar University
Nickolas G. Kavallieratos
Nickolas G. Kavallieratos Agricultural University of Athens
Mark S. Hoddle
Mark S. Hoddle University of California, Riverside
Bruce E. Tabashnik
Bruce E. Tabashnik University of Arizona

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