NCERA-148


North Central Committee NCERA-148
Migration and Dispersal of Agriculturally-Important Biota

 
 
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Publications by NCERA-148 Committee Members

Books
Flow of Life in the Atmosphere: An Airscape Approach to Understanding Invasive Organisms. Gage and Isard. Michigan State Press.
Selected recent journal articles

Alyokhin, A. and G. Sewell. 2003. On-soil movement and plant colonization by walking wingless morphs of three aphid species (Homoptera: Aphididae) in greenhouse arenas. Environmental Entomology 32: 1393-1398.

Asplen, M. K. and D. N. Byrne. 2005. Quantification and ultrastructure of oösorption in Eretmocerus eremicus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Journal of Morphology submitted.

Beanland, L., Madden, L. V., Hoy, C. W., Miller, S. A., and Nault, L. 2005. Temporal distribution of aster leafhopper (Macrosteles quadrilineatus) sex ratios and spatial pattern of aster yellows phytoplasma disease in lettuce. Annals Entomological Society of America 98: 756-762

Bellamy, D. E., M. K. Asplen and D. N. Byrne. 2004. Impact of Eretmocerus eremicus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) on open-field Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) populations. Biological Control 29: 227-234.

Bellamy, D. E. and D. N. Byrne. 2001. Effects of gender and mating status on self-directed dispersal by the whitefly parasitoid Eretmocerus eremicus. Ecological Entomology 26: 571-577.

Bellamy, D. E. and D. N. Byrne. 2005. Sex-specific vertical movement of the parasitoid Eretmocerus eremicus in response to resource density. Journal of Insect Science accepted

Boiteau, G., A. Alyokhin, and D. N. Ferro. 2003. The Colorado potato beetle in movement. Canadian Entomologist 135: 1-22.

Carrillo, M.A., Koch, R.L., Venette, R.C., Cannon, C.A., Hutchison, W.D. 2004. Response of the mulicolored Asian lady beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to low temperatures: implications for winter survival. American Entomologist 50: 157-158.

Cleveland, C.J., Betke, M., Federico, P., Frank, J.D., Hallam, T.G., Horn, J., Lopez, J.D., Jr., McCracken, G.F., Medellin, R.A., Moreno-Valdez, A., Sansone, C.G., Westbrook, J.K., and Kunz, T.H. 2006. Estimation of the economic value of the pest control service provided by the Brazilian free-tailed bat in the Winter Garden region of south-central Texas. Front. Ecol. Environ. 4(5): 238-243.

Crowder, D. W., D.W. Onstad, M.E. Gray, P.D. Mitchell, J.L. Spencer, and R.J. Brazee. 2005. Economic analysis of dynamic management strategies utilizing transgenic corn for control of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chysomelidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 98: 961-975.

Dauer J.T., D.A. Mortensen and R. Humston, 2006. Controlled experiments to predict horseweed (Conyza canadensis) dispersal distances. Weed Science 54: 484-489.

DeWolf, E.D., and S.A. Isard. 2007. Disease cycle approach to plant disease prediction. Annual Review of Phytopathology 45:9.1-9.18.

Dively, G.P., R. Rose, M.K. Sears, R.L. Hellmich, D.E. Stanley-Horn, D.D. Calvin, J.M. Russo, and P.L. Anderson, 2004. Effects on monarch butterfly larvae (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) after continuous exposure to cry1Ab-espressing corn during anthesis. Environmental Entomology 33: 1116-1125.

Fleischer, S. G. Payne, T. Kuhar, A. Herbert, Jr., S. Malone, J. Whalen, G. Dively, D. Johnson, J.A. Hebberger, J. Ingerson-Mahar, D. Miller and S. Isard, 2007. H. zea trends from the northeast: Suggestions towards collaborative mapping of migration and pyrethroid susceptibility. Plant Health Progress, doi:10.1094/PHP-2007-0719-03-RV.

Hsu, C.L., G. Heimpel, D.A. Andow, R. Venette. August 2004. Influence of host density on the dispersal of a specialist parasitoid. Paper in Session: "Movement of Natural Enemies of Agricultural Pests: Increasing Abundance and Effectiveness", XXII International Congress of Entomology 2004, Brisbane, Australia.

Isard, S.A., E.D. DeWolf, J.M. Russo, 2006. The Establishment of a National Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education Online. Plant Health Progress. doi:10.1094/PHP-2006-0915-01-RV.

Isard, S.A., N.S. Dufault, M.R. Miles, G.L. Hartman, J.M. Russo, E.D. De Wolf, and W. Morel, 2006. The effect of solar irradiance on the mortality of Phakopsora pachyrhizi urediniospores. Plant Disease 90:941-945.

Isard, S.A., S.H. Gage, P. Comtois, and J. Russo, 2005. Principles of aerobiology applied to soybean rust as an invasive species. BioScience 55:851-861.

Isard, S.A., C.E. Main, T. Keever, R. Magarey, S. Redlin, and J.M. Russo, 2004. Weather-Based Assessment of Soybean Rust Threat to North America: Final Report to APHIS http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/ep/soybean_rust/weather07_31_2004.pdf

Isard, S.A., D.A. Mortensen, S.J. Fleischer, and E.D. DeWolf. 2008. Application of Aerobiology to IPM. Radcliff, E. and W. Hutchinson (eds.), IPM Textbook, Cambridge Press, (in press).

Isard, S.A., J.M. Russo, and A. Ariatti. 2007. Aerial transport of soybean rust spores into the Ohio River Valley during September 2006. Aerobiologia, (in press).

Isard, S.A., J.L. Spencer, T.R. Mabry, and E. Levine. 2004. The influence of atmospheric conditions on high elevation flight of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Environmental Entomology, 33(3): 350-356.

Jallow, M. and C. W. Hoy. 2007. Indirect Selection for Increased Susceptibility to Permethrin in Diamondback Moth (Plutella xylostella) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). J. of Econ. Entomol. 100(2): 526-533.

Jallow, M. and C. W. Hoy. 2006. Quantitative genetics of adult behavioral response and larval physiological tolerance to permethrin in diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Pluutellidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 99(4): 1388-1395.

Jallow, M. F. A. and C. W. Hoy. 2005. Phenotypic variation in adult behavioral response and offspring fitness in Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) in response to permethrin. J. Econ. Entomol. 98: 2195-2202.

Kim, K. S., P. Cano-Ríos, and T. W. Sappington. 2006. Forum: Using genetic markers and population assignment techniques to infer origin of boll weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) unexpectedly captured near an eradication zone in Mexico. Environ. Entomol. 35: 813-826.

Kim, K. S., B. S. Coates, R. L. Hellmich, D. V. Sumerford, and T. W. Sappington. 2007. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Molecular Ecology Notes, OnlineEarly Article, doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01974.x.

Kim, K. S., S. T. Ratcliffe, B. W. French, L. Liu, and T. W. Sappington. 2007. Suitability of EST-derived microsatellites as population genetics markers in a beetle. Journal of Heredity (in press).

Kim, K. S., and T. W. Sappington. 2006. Molecular genetic variation of boll weevil populations in North America estimated with microsatellites: Implications for patterns of dispersal. Genetica 127: 143-16.

Kim, K. S., and T. W. Sappington. 2004. Polymorphic microsatellite loci from the western corn rootworm (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and cross-amplification with other Diabrotica spp. Mol. Ecol. Notes (In Press).

Koch, R.L., Carillo, M.A., Venette, R.C., Cannon, C.A., Hutchison, W.D. 2004. Cold hardiness of the multicolored Asian lady beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Environmental Entomology 33:815-822.

Knolhoff, L., D. Onstad, J. Spencer, and E. Levine. 2006. Behavioral differences between rotation-resistant and wild-type Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Environmental Entomology. 35(4):1049-1057.

Koch, R. L., R. C. Venette, W. D. Hutchison. 2006. Invasions by Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the Western Hemisphere: implications for South America. Neotropical Entomology 35: 421-434.

Leslie, T. W., G. A. Hoheisel, D. J. Biddinger, J. R. Rohr, and S. J. Fleischer. 2007. Transgenes sustain epigeal insect biodiversity in diversified vegetable farm systems. Environmental Entomology 36: 234-244.

Leslie, T. W., W. van der Werf, F. J. J. A. Bianchi, and A. Honek. 2008. Evidence for coupled population dynamics of three aphid species and a shared predator. Agricultural and Forest Entomology (in press).

Levine, E., T. R. Mabry, S. A. Isard, J. L. Spencer, H. A. Hobbs, G. L. Hartman, L. L. Domier, W. L. Pedersen, and T. A. Steinlage. 2003. Transmission of bean pod mottle virus in soybeans by bean leaf beetles and western corn rootworm adults, p. 97. In Proceedings of the Illinois Crop Protection Technology Conference. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Levine, E., J.L. Spencer, S.A. Isard, D.W. Onstad, and M.E. Gray, 2002. Adaptation of the western corn rootworm to crop rotation: evolution of a new strain in response to a management practice. American Entomologist 48: 94-107.

Levine, E., J.L. Spencer, T.R. Mabry, and S.A. Isard. 2005. Soybean virus transmission by rootworms. INHS Reports, Winter 2005, No. 382, p.5.

Mabry T.R., H.A. Hobbs, T.A. Steinlage, B.B. Johnson, W.L. Pedersen, J.L. Spencer, E.Levine, S.A. Isard, L.L. Domier, and G.L. Hartman. 2003. Distribution of leaf feeding beetles and bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) in Illinois and insect transmission of BPMV in soybean. Plant Disease, 87:1221-1225.

Mabry, T.R. and J.L. Spencer. 2003. Survival and Oviposition of a Western Corn Rootworm Variant Feeding on Soybean. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 109:113-121.

Mabry, T.R., J.L. Spencer, E. Levine, and S.A. Isard. 2004. Western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) behavior is affected by alternating diets of corn and soybean. Environmental Entomology, 33(4):860-871.

Magarey, R. D., D. M. Borchert, G. L Fowler, T.G. Sutton, M. Colunga-Garcia, and J. A. Simpson. 2007. NAPPFAST, an internet system for the weather-based mapping of plant pathogens. Plant Disease 91:336-345.

McCornack, B.P., Ragsdale, D.W., and Venette, R.C. 2004. Demography of soybean aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) at summer temperatures. Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 851-864.

Mercader, R.J. and Isaacs, R. 2003. Phenology-dependent effects of foliar damage on the growth and photosynthetic capacity of nonbearing Vitis labrusca (Linnaeus) var. Niagara. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 54, 252-260.

Michel, A. P., O. Grushko, W. M. Guelbeogo, N. F. Lobo, N'F. Sagnon, C. Costantini, and N. J. Besansky. 2006. Divergence with gene flow in Anopheles funestus from the Sudan savanna of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Genetics 173: 1389-1395.

Michel, A. P., O. Grushko, W. M. Guelbeogo, N'F. Sagnon, C. Costantini, and N. J. Besansky. 2006. Effective population size of Anopheles funestus chromosomal forms in Burkina Faso. Malaria Journal 5: 115, doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-115.

Michel, A.P., Rull J., Aluja M., Feder, J.L. 2007 The genetic structure of hawthorn-infesting Rhagoletis pomonella populations in Mexico: implications for sympatric host race formation. Molecular Ecology 6: 2867-78.

Miller, N. J., M. Ciosi, T. W. Sappington, S. T. Ratcliffe, J. L. Spencer, and T. Guillemaud. 2007. Genome scan of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera for genetic variation associated with crop rotation tolerance. Journal of Applied Entomology 131: 378-385.

Mullin, C. A., M. C. Saunders II, T. W. Leslie, D. J. Biddinger, and S. J. Fleischer. 2006. Toxic and behavioral effects to Carabidae of seed treatments used on Cry 3Bb1- and Cry1 Ab/c protected corn. Environmental Entomology 34: 1626-1636.

Narayandas, G. and A. Alyokhin. 2006. Diurnal patterns in host finding by potato aphids, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Homoptera: Aphididae). Journal of Insect Behavior 19: 347-356

Nietshcke, B., D. M. Borchert, R. D.Magarey, and M. A. Ciomperlik. 2007. Climatological potential for Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) establishment in the United States. Florida Entomologist (in press).

Nietshcke, B., R. D. Magarey, D. M. Borchert, D. D. Calvin, and E. M. Jones. 2007. A developmental database to support insect phenology models. Crop Protection 26: 1444-1448.

Onstad, D.W., D.W. Crowder, S.A. Isard, E. Levine, J.L. Spencer, M.E. O'Neal, S.T. Ratcliffe, M.E. Gray, L.W. Bledsoe, C.D.DiFonzo, JlB. Eisley, and C.R. Edwards, 2003. Does landscape diversity slow the spread of rotation-resistant western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)? Environmental Entomology 32: 992-1001.

Onstad, D.W., D.W. Crowder, P.D. Mitchell, C.A. Guse, J.L. Spencer, E. Levine, and M.E. Gray. 2003. Economics versus alleles: Balancing IPM and IRM for rotation-resistant western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 96(6):1872-1885.

Pierce, C. M. F., and M. E. Gray. 2006. Western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), oviposition: a variant’s response to maize phenology. Environmental Entomology 35: 423-434.

Pierce, C. M. F., and M. E. Gray. 2006. Seasonal oviposition of a western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), variant in east central Illinois commercial maize and soybean fields. Environmental Entomology 35: 676-683.

Pietrantonio, P. V., T. A. Junek, R. Parker, D. Mott, K. Siders, N. Troxclair, J. Vargas-Camplis, J. K. Westbrook, V. A. Vassiliou. 2007. Detection and evolution of resistance to the pyrethroid cypermethrin in bollworm, Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Texas. Environmental Entomology 36: 1174-1188.

Prasifka, J. R., M. D. Lopez, R. L. Hellmich, P. L. Prasifka. 2008. Effects of insecticide exposure on movement and population size estimates of predatory ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pest Management Science (in press).

Reardon, B. J., and T. W. Sappington. 2007. Effect of age and mating status on adult European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) dispersal from small-grain aggregation plots. Journal of Economic Entomology 100: 1116-1123.

Reardon, B. J., D. V. Sumerford, and T. W. Sappington. 2006. Dispersal of newly-eclosed European corn borer moths (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from corn into small-grain aggregation plots. J. Econ. Entomol. 99: 1641-1650.

Reardon, B. J., D. V. Sumerford, and T. W. Sappington. 2006. Impact of trap design, windbreaks, and weather on captures of European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in pheromone-baited traps. Environ. Entomol 99(6): 2002-2009

Sappington, T. W. 2005. First-flight adult European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) distribution in roadside vegetation relative to cropping patterns and corn phenology. Environ. Entomol. 34: 1541-1548

Sappington, T. W., M. D. Arnold, A. D. Brashears, M. N. Parajulee, S. C. Carroll, A. E. Knutson, and J. W. Norman Jr. 2006. Dispersal of boll weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from cotton modules before ginning. J. Econ. Entomol. 99: 67-75.

Spencer, J.L. 2006. Tracking movement of mate-seeking WCR males between refuges and transgenic corn. INHS Reports, Summer 2006, No. 388, p.1.

Spencer, J.L., S.A. Isard, and E. Levine. 2005. Movement of western corn rootworm adults within and between fields: implications for resistance management, p. 28-34. In Proceedings of the Illinois Crop Protection Technology Conference. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Spencer, J.L., and E. Levine. 2008. Resistance to crop rotation. Chapter 8 (pp. 153-183) In: Insect Resistance Management: Biology, Economics and Prediction. D. W. Onstad, ed. Academic Press. 305 pp.

Spencer, J.L., T.R. Mabry, E. Levine, and S.A. Isard. 2005. Movement, Dispersal, and Behavior of Western Corn Rootworm Adults in Rotated Corn and Soybean Fields. In Western Corn Rootworm: Ecology and Management. S. Vidal, U. Kuhlmann, and C. R. Edwards, eds. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. Pp. 121-144.

Spencer, J.L., T.R. Mabry, E. Levine, and S.A. Isard. 2004. Movement, Dispersal, and Behavior of Western Corn Rootworm Adults in Rotated Corn and Soybean Fields. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Western Corn Rootworm. Goerg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany. CAB International. In Press.

Spencer, J.L., T.R. Mabry, E. Levine, and S.A. Isard. 2003. “Eat and Run:” Soybean herbivory influences western corn rootworm behavior and egg-laying. INHS Reports, Autumn 2003, No. 377, p.4.

Spencer, J.L., Mabry, T.R., and T. Vaughn. 2003. Use of transgenic plants to measure insect herbivore movement. Journal of Economic Entomology 96(6):1738-1749.

Stuart, R. J., M. E. Barbercheck, P. S. Grewal , R. A. J. Taylor , and C. W. Hoy. 2006. Population Biology of Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Concepts, Issues and Models. Biological Control 38: 80-102.

Venette, R. C., and S. D. Cohen. 2006. Potential climatic suitability for establishment of Phytophthora ramorum within the contiguous United States. Forest Ecology and Management 231: 18-26.

Venette, R. C., and J. R. Gould. 2006. A pest risk assessment for Copitarsia spp., insects associated with importation of commodities into the United States. Euphytica 148: 165-183.

Venette, R.C. and Ragsdale, D.W. 2004. The invasion of soybean aphid: where will it end? Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97:219-226.

Venette, R.C., Ragsdale, D.W., Ostlie, K.R., MacRae, I., Hutchison, W.D., and Potter, B. 2003. The Minnesota experience with soybean aphid. Pp. 5-6. In Proceedings, 2003 Midwest Food Processors Association Processing Crops Conference, February 24-25, 2003. La Crosse, WI.

Westbrook, J.K., R.S. Eyster, C.T. Allen. 2007. A model evaluation of long-distance dispersal of boll weevils. pp. 337-344. In: Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 9-12, 2007.

Zhu, Min. 2004. Weather patterns influence seasonal abundance of green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and spread of Potato leafroll virus in the northern Great Plains. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota, 82 pp.

Dissertation/theses in movement and dispersal arena
Tim Leslie dissertation: Insect diversity and dynamics in agroecosystems adopting transgenic crops. Pennsylvania State University.

Joe Dauer dissertation: From emergence to impact: the role of the environment in facilitating dispersal of Conyza Canadensis. Pennsylvania State University.

Jeremy Zidek, M.S. thesis: Phakopsora pachyrhizi urediniospore escape for a soybean canopy. Pennsylvania State University.

David L. Dorhout, M.S. thesis: Ecological and behavioral studies of the western bean cutworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in corn. Iowa State University.

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