Zvi Mendel

Best Publications

• Novel Approaches for the Management of Mealybug Pests

  José Carlos Franco;Anat Zada;Zvi Mendel

  209
  Citations

• Fusarium euwallaceae sp. nov.—a symbiotic fungus of Euwallacea sp., an invasive ambrosia beetle in Israel and California

  Stanley Freeman;M Sharon;M Maymon;Zvi Mendel

  195
  Citations

• An inordinate fondness for Fusarium: Phylogenetic diversity of fusaria cultivated by ambrosia beetles in the genus Euwallacea on avocado and other plant hosts

  Matthew T. Kasson;Kerry O’Donnell;Alejandro P. Rooney;Stacy Sink

  187
  Citations

• An Asian ambrosia beetle Euwallacea fornicatus and its novel symbiotic fungus Fusarium sp. pose a serious threat to the Israeli avocado industry

  Z. Mendel;A. Protasov;M. Sharon;A. Zveibil

  185
  Citations

• Management strategies of mealybug pests of citrus in mediterranean countries

  José Carlos Franco;Pompeo Suma;Elsa Borges da Silva;Daniel Blumberg

  169
  Citations

• Discordant phylogenies suggest repeated host shifts in the Fusarium-Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualism.

  Kerry O’Donnell;Stacy Sink;Ran Libeskind-Hadas;Jiri Hulcr

  153
  Citations

• Taxonomy, biology, and efficacy of two Australian parasitoids of the eucalyptus gall wasp, Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae)

  Il-Kwon Kim;Zvi Mendel;Alexey Protasov;Daniel Blumberg

  140
  Citations

• Tracing the origin of a cryptic invader: phylogeography of the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) species complex

  Richard Stouthamer;Paul Rugman-Jones;Pham Q. Thu;Akif Eskalen

  131
  Citations

• Biology, Revised Taxonomy and Impact on Host Plants of Ophelimus maskelli, an Invasive Gall Inducer on Eucalyptus spp. in the Mediterranean Area

  A. Protasov;D. Blumberg;D. Brand

  129
  Citations

• Natural History of the Processionary Moths (Thaumetopoea spp.): New Insights in Relation to Climate Change

  Andrea Battisti;Mustafa Avci;Dimitrios N. Avtzis;Mohamed L.Ben Jamaa

  120
  Citations

• Biological control of the eucalyptus gall wasp Ophelimus maskelli (Ashmead): Taxonomy and biology of the parasitoid species Closterocerus chamaeleon (Girault), with information on its establishment in Israel

  A. Protasov;D. Blumberg;D. Brand

  88
  Citations

• EFFECTS OF SOME INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS ON NATURAL ENEMIES OF SCALE INSECTS (HOM. : COCCOIDEA)

  Z. Mendel;D. Blumberg;I. Ishaaya

  75
  Citations

• Response by encapsulation of four mealybug species (homoptera: pseudococcidae) to parasitization by Anagyrus pseudococci

  D. Blumberg;Michal Klein;Z. Mendel

  74
  Citations

• Presence of the Eucalyptus gall wasp Ophelimus maskelli and its parasitoid Closterocerus chamaeleon in Portugal: first record, geographic distribution and host preference.

  Manuela Branco;Conceição Boavida;Nicolas Durand;José Carlos Franco

  72
  Citations

• Sex pheromone of the vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus in Israel: occurrence of a second component in a mass-reared population

  A. Zada;E. Dunkelblum;F. Assael;M. Harel

  72
  Citations

• Kairomonal response of the parasitoid Anagyrus spec. nov. near pseudococci to the sex pheromone of the vine mealybug

  J.C. Franco;E.B. Silva;E. Cortegano;L. Campos

  71
  Citations

• Spatial Distribution of Scale Insects: Comparative Study Using Taylor's Power Law

  David Nestel;Hadass Cohen;Nitza Saphir;Michal Klein

  65
  Citations

• Occurrence of two local Megastigmus species parasitic on the eucalyptus gall wasp Leptocybe invasa in Israel and Turkey

  Alex Protasov;Miktat Doĝanlar;Zvi Mendel

  65
  Citations

• Survey of Eucalyptus gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Portugal.

  M. Branco;J. C. Franco;C. Valente;Z. Mendel

  62
  Citations

• Sex Pheromone of the Citrus Mealybug Planococcus citri: Synthesis and Optimization of Trap Parameters

  A. Zada;E. Dunkelblum;M. Harel;F. Assael

  58
  Citations

• Symbiotic association of three fungal species throughout the life cycle of the ambrosia beetle Euwallacea nr. fornicatus

  Stanley Freeman;Michal Sharon;Mally Dori-Bachash;Marcel Maymon

  53
  Citations

• Invasive Asian Fusarium – Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualists pose a serious threat to forests, urban landscapes and the avocado industry

  Kerry O’Donnell;Ran Libeskind-Hadas;Jiri Hulcr;Craig Bateman

  51
  Citations