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A New Aculodes Species (Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) Described from an Invasive Weed by Morphological, Morphometric and DNA Barcode Analyses

scientific article published in 2022

A NewMetaculusSpecies (Acari: Eriophyoidea) onDiplotaxis tenuifolia(Brassicaceae) From Serbia: A Combined Description Using Morphology and DNA Barcode Data

A new Aceria species (Acari:Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) from West Asia, a potential biological control agent for the invasive weed camelthorn, Alhagi maurorum Medik. (Leguminosae)

scientific article published in 2018

A new Aculodes species (Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) associated with medusahead, Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski (Poaceae) ⬇️

A review of open-field host range testing to evaluate non-target use by herbivorous biological control candidates

scientific article published in 2018

Accessing biological control genetic resources: the United States perspective

scientific article published in 2023

Applying molecular-based approaches to classical biological control of weeds

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Assessing the biological control of yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis L): prospective analysis of the impact of the rosette weevil (Ceratapion basicorne (Illiger))

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Chloromonilinic Acids C and D, Phytotoxic Tetrasubstituted 3-Chromanonacrylic Acids Isolated from Cochliobolus australiensis with Potential Herbicidal Activity against Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris).

scientific article

Cochliotoxin, a Dihydropyranopyran-4,5-dione, and Its Analogues Produced by Cochliobolus australiensis Display Phytotoxic Activity against Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris).

scientific article

DNA Fingerprinting to Improve Data Collection Efficiency and Yield in an Open-Field Host-Specificity Test of a Weed Biological Control Candidate

scientific article published in 2010

Effects of Gamma Irradiation on the Fecundity, Fertility, and Longevity of the Invasive Stink Bug Pest Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

scientific article published in 2022

Effects of Irradiation on Biology and Mating Behaviour of Wild Males of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Using a 6 MV Medical Linear Accelerator

Effects of a neem extract on blood feeding, oviposition and oocyte ultrastructure in Anopheles stephensi Liston (Diptera: Culicidae).

scientific article published on 13 November 2006

Effects of γ-Irradiation on Mating Behavior of Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790) (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae)

scientific article published in 2023

Eriophyid Mites in Classical Biological Control of Weeds: Progress and Challenges

scientific article published on 01 June 2021

Eriophyid mite Aceria artemisiifoliae sp.nov. (Acari: Eriophyoidea) potential biological control agent of invasive common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (Asteraceae) in Serbia

Evaluation of biogeographical factors in the native range to improve the success of biological control agents in the introduced range

scientific article published in 2013

Field Assessment of the Host Range of Aculus mosoniensis (Acari: Eriophyidae), a Biological Control Agent of the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

scientific article published on 14 July 2021

Genetic analysis of invasive populations of Ventenata dubia (Poaceae): an assessment of propagule pressure and pattern of range expansion in the Western United States

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Genetic and morphological studies of Trichosirocalus species introduced to North America, Australia and New Zealand for the biological control of thistles.

scientific article published on 9 November 2015

Host-plant specificity and specialization in eriophyoid mites and their importance for the use of eriophyoid mites as biocontrol agents of weeds.

scientific article published on 30 September 2009

Identifying the geographic origins of invasive <i>Megathyrsus maximus</i> in the United States using molecular data

scientific article published in 2022

Insights into the Microbes and Nematodes Hosted by Pupae of the Arundo Leaf Miner, <i>Lasioptera donacis</i> (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

scientific article published in 2018

Integrative Taxonomy and Synonymization of Aculus mosoniensis (Acari: Eriophyidae), a Potential Biological Control Agent for Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

scientific article published on 24 May 2022

Laboratory and field experimental evaluation of host plant specificity of Aceria solstitialis, a prospective biological control agent of yellow starthistle.

scientific article

Laboratory evaluation of the bioinsecticide Spinosad for mosquito control.

scientific article published in March 2006

Last-male sperm precedence in Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier): observations in laboratory mating experiments with irradiated males

scientific article

Live Traps for Adult Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs

scientific article published on 29 October 2019

Morphology of the male reproductive system, sperm ultrastructure and γ-irradiation of the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Oliv. (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae).

scientific article published on 11 June 2014

Paternity Analyses for the Planning of SIT Projects against the Red Palm Weevil ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 March 2023

Phytotoxic Activity and Structure-Activity Relationships of Radicinin Derivatives against the Invasive Weed Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris) ⬇️

scientific article published on 31 July 2019

Population densities of yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) in Turkey

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Pyriculins A and B, two monosubstituted hex-4-ene-2,3-diols and other phytotoxic metabolites produced by Pyricularia grisea isolated from buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris).

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Radicinin, a Fungal Phytotoxin as a Target-Specific Bioherbicide for Invasive Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris) Control ⬇️

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Sterile Rhynchophorus ferrugineus males efficiently impair reproduction while maintaining their sexual competitiveness in a social context

Synthesis and Herbicidal Activity Against Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris) of (±)-3-deoxyradicinin

scientific article published on 03 September 2019

Taxonomic Description of Stenodiplosis tectori n. sp. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a Seed Parasite of Cheatgrass, Anisantha tectorum, Based on Morphological and Mitochondrial DNA Data

scholarly article published in 2021

Tetramesa amica and its parasitoid Eurytoma amicophaga (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae): two new species associated with medusahead, Taeniatherum caput-medusae (Poaceae)

scientific article published on 18 December 2020

The Competitive Mating of Irradiated Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs, Halyomorpha halys, for the Sterile Insect Technique

scientific article published on 16 November 2019

The Effect of the Sterile Insect Technique on Vibrational Communication: The Case of Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

scientific article published in 2023

The dilemma of Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus): a valued pasture grass and a highly invasive species

scientific article published on 04 August 2021

The impact of the flower mite Aceria acroptiloni on the invasive plant Russian knapweed, Rhaponticum repens, in its native range

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α-Costic acid, a plant sesquiterpene with acaricidal activity against Varroa destructor parasitizing the honey bee

scientific article published on 16 August 2019

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