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	Zhang, D., F. E. Vega, W. Solano, F. Su, F. Infante, and L. Meinhardt. 2021. Selecting a core set of nuclear SNP markers for molecular characterization of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica L.) genetic resources. Conservation Genetics Resources in press.

	Vega, F. E., S. Emche, J. Shao, A. Simpkins, R. Summers, M. B. Mock, D. Ebert, F. Infante, S. Aoki, and J. Maul. 2021. Cultivation and genome sequencing of bacteria isolated from the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei), with emphasis on the role of caffeine degradation. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:644768.

	Poinar, G. O. and F. E. Vega. 2021. A new genus of Empididae (Diptera) with enlarged postpedicels in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Historical Biology in press.

	Poinar, G., and F. E. Vega. 2021. Mid-Cretaceous cellular slime mold (Eukarya: Dictyostelia?) in Burmese amber. Historical Biology 33: 712-715.

	Poinar, G. O., Jr., K. L. Chambers, U. T. Iwaniec, and F. E. Vega. 2020. Valviloculus pleristaminis gen. et sp. nov., a lauralean fossil flower with valvate anthers from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 14:359–366.

	Poinar, Jr., G., and F. E. Vega. 2020. A new genus of cylindrical bark beetle (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Biosis: Biological Systems 1:134–140.

	Poinar Jr., G., F. E. Vega and S. A. Schneider. 2020. A mid-Cretaceous female scale insect (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) in Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4810:511-522.

	Summers, R., J. Shao, M. B. Mock, C. L. Yu, and F. E. Vega. 2020. Draft genome of Pseudomonas sp. strain CES, containing the entire alkylxanthine gene cluster for caffeine breakdown. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9:e00484-20.

	Poinar Jr., G., and F. E. Vega. 2020. A lacewing bug, Paleoanomala aptenus gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Tingidae), in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Biosis: Biological Systems 1:65–71.

	Zhang, D., F. E. Vega, F. Infante, W. Solano, E. S. Johnson, and L. W. Meinhardt. 2020. Accurate differentiation of green beans of Arabica and Robusta coffee using nanofluidic array of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. Journal of AOAC International 103:315-324.

	Vega, F. E., L. Ziska, A. Simpkins, F. Infante, A. P. Davis, J. A. Rivera, J. Barnaby, and J. Wolf. 2020. Early growth phase and caffeine content response to recent and projected increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide in coffee (Coffea arabica and C. canephora). Scientific Reports 10:5875.

	Castro-Moretti F. R., J.-C. Cocuron, F. E. Vega, and A. P. Alonso. 2020. Differential metabolic responses caused by the most important insect pest of coffee worldwide, the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 68:2597-2605.

	Vega, F. E. and P. H. W. Biedermann. 2020. On interactions, associations, mycetangia, mutualists and symbiotes in insect-fungus symbioses. Fungal Ecology 44:100909.

	Poinar, G. O., Jr., F. E. Vega, and A. A. Legalov. 2020. New subfamily of ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Historical Biology 32:137–142.

	Biedermann, P. H. W., and F. E. Vega. 2020. Ecology and evolution of insect-fungus mutualisms. Annual Review of Entomology 65:431–455.

	Ramakuwela, T., J. Hatting, C. Bock, F. E. Vega, L. Wells, N. George, G. N. Mbata and D. Shapiro-Ilan. 2020. Establishment of Beauveria bassiana as a fungal endophyte in pecan (Carya illinoinensis) seedlings and its virulence against pecan insect pests. Biological Control 140:104102.

	Poinar, G., and F. E. Vega. 2020. Entomopathogenic fungi (Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae) infecting bark lice (Psocoptera) in Dominican and Baltic amber. Mycology 11:71–77.

	Alba-Tercedor, J., I. Alba-Alejandre, and F. E. Vega. 2019. Revealing the respiratory system of the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei, Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) using micro-computed tomography. Scientific Reports 9:17753.

	Alba-Alejandre, I., J. Alba-Tercedor, and F. E. Vega. 2019. Anatomical study of the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) using micro-computed tomography. Scientific Reports 9:17150.

	Vega, F. E., L. T. Smith, N. Davies, J. Moat, T. Goral, R. O’Sullivan, and A. P. Davis. 2019. Elucidation of hosts, native distribution, and habitat of the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) using herbaria and other museum collections. Frontiers in Plant Science 10:1188.

	Poinar, G., and F. E. Vega. 2019. Poisonous setae structure on a Baltic amber caterpillar. Arthropod Structure & Development 51:37–40.

	Biedermann, P. H. W., and F. E. Vega. 2019. Did insects invent agriculture? Proceedings of the 38th Altenberg Workshop in Theoretical Biology: The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects; Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Klosterneuburg, Austria, June 13-16, 2019, pp. 11–13.

	Castillo, A., F. Martínez, J. Gómez, J. Cisneros, and F. E. Vega. 2019. Sterility of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), caused by the nematode Metaparasitylenchus hypothenemi (Tylenchidae: Allantonematidae). Biocontrol Science & Technology 29:786–795.

	Poinar, G., and F. E. Vega. 2019. A mid-Cretaceous trichomycete, Priscadvena corymbosa gen. et sp. nov., in Burmese amber. Fungal Biology 123:393–396.

	Vega, F. E. 2019. The Edward A. Steinhaus Index Cards Collection. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 164:1–4.

	Poinar, G. O. Jr., and F. E. Vega. 2018. A mid-Cretaceous ambrosia fungus, Paleoambrosia entomophila gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Ascomycota: Ophiostomatales) in Burmese (Myanmar) amber, and evidence for a femoral mycangium. Fungal Biology 122:1159–1162.

	Alba-Alejandre, I., J. Alba-Tercedor, and F. E. Vega. 2018. Observing the devastating coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) inside the coffee berry using micro-computed tomography. Scientific Reports 8:17033.35:70–77.

	Donga, T. K., F. E. Vega, and I. Klingen. 2018. Establishment of the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana as an endophyte in sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum. Fungal Ecology 35:70–77.

	Blackwell, M., and F. E. Vega. 2018. Lives within lives: hidden fungal biodiversity and the importance of conservation. Fungal Ecology 35:127–134.

	Ziska, L. H., B. A. Bradley, R. D. Wallace, C. T. Bargeron, J. H. LaForest, R. A. Choudhury, K. A. Garrett, and F. E. Vega. 2018. Climate change, carbon dioxide, and pest biology, managing the future: coffee as a case study. Agronomy 8, 152.

	Alba-Alejandre, I., J. Alba-Tercedor, and F. E. Vega. 2018. Micro-CT to document the coffee bean weevil, Araecerus fasciculatus (Coleoptera: Anthribidae), inside field-collected coffee berries (Coffea canephora). Insects 9(3), 100.

	Vega, F. E. 2018. The use of fungal entomopathogens as endophytes in biological control: a review. Mycologia 110:4–30.

	Vega, F. E. 2018. Probing the microbial. Science 360:972.

	Alba-Tercedor, J., I. Alba-Alejandre, and F. E. Vega. 2018. Micro-CT unveils the secret life of the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei; Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae) inside coffee berries. Bruker Micro-CT User Meeting, April 16-19, 2018, Ghent, Belgium, pp. 165–173.

	Michaud, J. P., J. K. Pell, and F. E. Vega (Eds.). 2018. When insect endosymbionts and plant endophytes mediate biological control outcomes. Biological Control 116:1–112.

	Parsa, S., V. Ortiz, M. I. Gómez-Jiménez, M. Kramer, and F. E. Vega. 2018. Root environment is a key determinant of fungal entomopathogen endophytism following seed treatment in the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. Biological Control 116:74–81.

	Vega, F. E., A. Simpkins, J. Miranda, J. M. Harnly, F. Infante, A. Castillo, D. Wakarchuk, and A. Cossé. 2017. A potential repellent against the coffee berry borer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Journal of Insect Science 17(6):122.

	Vega, F. E., G. Bauchan, F. Infante, and S. Davis. 2017. Mouthpart structure and elemental composition of the mandibles in the coffee berry borer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 110:381–389.

	Vega, F. E., A. Simpkins, M. M. Rodríguez-Soto, F. Infante, and P. H. W. Biedermann. 2017. Artificial diet sandwich reveals subsocial behavior in the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Journal of Applied Entomology 141:470–476.

	Infante, F., J. A. Ortíz, L. Solis-Montero, L. A. Mound, and F. E. Vega. 2017. Thrips (Thysanoptera) of coffee flowers. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 110:329–337.

	Zhou, L., F. E. Vega, H. Tan, A. E. Ramírez Lluch, L. W. Meinhardt, W. Fang, S. Mischke, B. Irish, and D. Zhang. 2016. Developing single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for the identification of coffee germplasm. Tropical Plant Biology 9:82-95.

	Parsa, S., A. M. García-Lemos, K. Castillo, V. Ortiz, L. A. Becerra López-Lavalle, J. Braun, and F. E. Vega. 2016. Fungal endophytes in germinated seeds of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. Fungal Biology 120:783-790.

	Greenfield, M, M. I. Gómez-Jiménez, V. Ortiz, F. E. Vega, M. Kramer, and S. Parsa. 2016. Beauveria bassiana and Metarzhizium anisopliae endophytically colonize cassava roots following soil drench inoculation. Biological Control 95:40-48.

	Vega, F. E., S. M. Brown, H. Chen, E. Shen, M. B. Nair, J. A. Ceja-Navarro, E. L. Brodie, F. Infante, P. F. Dowd, and A. Pain. 2015. Draft genome of the most devastating insect pest of coffee worldwide: the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei. Scientific Reports 5:12525.

	Ceja-Navarro, J. A., F. E. Vega, U. Karaoz, Z. Hao, S. Jenkins, H. C. Lim, P. Kosina, F. Infante, T. R. Northen, and E. L. Brodie. 2015. Gut microbiota mediate caffeine detoxification in the primary insect pest of coffee. Nature Communications 6:7618.

	Pérez, J., F. Infante, and F. E. Vega. 2015. A coffee berry borer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) bibliography. Journal of Insect Science 15(1):83.

	Greenfield, M., R. Pareja, V. Ortiz, M. I. Gómez-Jiménez, F. E. Vega, and S. Parsa. 2015. A novel method to scale-up fungal endophyte isolations. Biocontrol Science and Technology 25:1208-1212.

	Vega, F. E., G. Bauchan, F. Infante, J. M. Váldez-Carrasco, and R. Beaver. 2015. Visualizing the mesothoracic spiracles in a bark beetle: the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 108:446-448.

	Gómez, J., B. Y. Chávez, A. Castillo, F. J. Valle, and F. E. Vega. 2015. The coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei: how many instars are there? Annals of the Entomological Society of America 108:311-315.

	Vega, F. E., A. Simpkins, G. Bauchan, J. M. Valdéz-Carrasco, A. Castillo, and F. Infante. 2015. A mysterious wing spine in male coffee berry borers. Florida Entomologist 98:352-353.

	Hofstetter, R. W., and F. E. Vega. 2015. Are bark beetles chewing up our forests? How about our coffee? Elsevier SciTech Connect Blog - For the Science and Technology Books Community.

	Pérez, J., F. Infante, G. Poinar, Jr., A. Castillo, and F. E. Vega. 2015. Natural parasitism of Metaparasitylenchus hypothenemi (Tylenchida: Allantonematidae) on the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei, in Chiapas, Mexico. Biocontrol Science and Technology 25:608-612.

	Infante, F., J. Pérez, and F. E. Vega. 2014. The coffee berry borer: the centenary of a biological invasion in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology 74, no. 3 (suppl.): S125-S126.

	Vega, F. E., A. Simpkins, G. Bauchan, F. Infante, M. Kramer, and M. F. Land. 2014. On the eyes of male coffee berry borers as rudimentary organs. PLoS ONE 9(1):e85860.

	Infante, F., A. Castillo, J. Pérez, and F. E. Vega. 2013. Field-cage evaluation of the parasitoid Phymastichus coffea as a natural enemy of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei. Biological Control 67:446-450.

	Parsa, S., V. Ortiz, and F. E. Vega. 2013. Establishing fungal entomopathogens as endophytes: towards endophytic biological control. Journal of Visualized Experiments 74:e50360.

	Bourtzis, K., S. Crook, D. Daffonchio, R. Durvasula, Y. Hanboonsong, F. Infante, P. Lacava, T. A. Miller, and F. E. Vega. 2012. International entomology. American Entomologist 58:234-246.

	Ceja-Navarro, J., E. L. Brodie, and F. E. Vega. 2012. A technique to dissect the alimentary canal of the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei), with isolation of internal microorganisms. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 44:e21.

	Infante, F., J. Pérez, and F. E. Vega. 2012. Redirect research to control coffee pest. Nature 489:502.

	Vega, F. E., A. P. Davis, and J. Jaramillo. 2012. From forest to plantation? Obscure articles reveal alternative host plants for the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 107:86-94.

	Chaves, F. C., T. J. Gianfagna, M. Aneja, F. Posada, S. W. Peterson, and F. E. Vega. 2012. Aspergillus oryzae NRRL 35191 from coffee, a non-toxigenic endophyte with the ability to synthesize kojic acid. Mycological Progress 11:263-267.

	Burbano, E., M. Wright, D. E. Bright, and F. E. Vega. 2011. New record for the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei, in Hawaii. Journal of Insect Science 11:117.

	Jaramillo, J., E. Muchugu, F. E. Vega, A. Davis, C. Borgemeister, and A. Chabi-Olaye. 2011. Some like it hot: the influence and implications of climate change on coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) and coffee production in East Africa. PLoS ONE 6:e24528.

	Beard, J., R. Ochoa, and F. E. Vega. 2011. A new Asca (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae) from Costa Rica. Systematic & Applied Acarology 16:7-20.

	Vega, F. E., M. Kramer, and J. Jaramillo. 2011. Increasing coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei; Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) female density in artificial diet decreases fecundity. Journal of Economic Entomology 104:87-93.

	Vega, F. E., and J. Jaramillo. 2010. A predator of the coffee berry borer: is it present in your country? Distributed to coffee producing countries by the International Coffee Organization, London. Published in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

	Peterson, S. W., Z. Jurjevic, G. F. Bills, A. M. Stchigel, J. Guarro, and F. E. Vega. 2010. Genus Hamigera, six new species and multilocus DNA sequence based phylogeny. Mycologia 102:847-864.

	Vega, F. E., A. Simpkins, M. C. Aime, F. Posada, S. W. Peterson, S. A. Rehner, F. Infante, A. Castillo, and A. E. Arnold. 2010. Fungal endophyte diversity in coffee plants from Colombia, Hawai’i, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Fungal Ecology 3:122-138.
	Roy, H. E., E. L. Brodie, D. Chandler, M. S. Goettel, J. K. Pell, E. Wajnberg, and F. E. Vega. 2010. Deep space and hidden depths: Understanding the evolution and ecology of fungal entomopathogens. BioControl 55:1-6.
	Ownley, B. H., K. D. Gwinn, and F. E. Vega. 2010. Endophytic fungal entomopathogens with activity against plant pathogens: ecology and evolution. BioControl 55:113-128.
	Jaramillo, J., E. G. Chapman, F. E. Vega, and J. D. Harwood. 2010. Molecular diagnosis of a previously unreported predator-prey association in coffee: Karnyothrips flavipes predation on the coffee berry borer. Naturwissenschaften 97:291-298.
	Vega, F. E., M. S. Goettel, M. Blackwell, D. Chandler, M. A. Jackson, S. Keller, M. Koike, N. K. Maniania, A. Monzón, B. H. Ownley, J. K. Pell, D. E. N. Rangel, and H. E. Roy. 2009. Fungal entomopathogens: new insights on their ecology. Fungal Ecology 2:149-159.
	Jaramillo, J., A. Chabi-Olaye, C. Kamonjo, A. Jaramillo, F. E. Vega, H.-M. Poehling, and C. Borgemeister. 2009. Thermal tolerance of the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei: predictions of climate change on a tropical insect pest. PLoS ONE 4:e6487.
	Castillo, A., J. Gómez, F. Infante, and F. E. Vega. 2009. Susceptibilidad del parasitoide Phymastichus coffea LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) a Beauveria bassiana en condiciones de laboratorio. Neotropical Entomology 38:665-670.
	Vega, F. E., F. Infante, A. Castillo, and J. Jaramillo. 2009. The coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): a short review, with recent findings and future research directions. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 2:129-147.
	Espinoza, J. C., F. Infante, A. Castillo, J. Perez, G. Nieto, E. Pinson, and F. E. Vega. 2009. The biology of Phymastichus coffea LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) under field conditions. Biological Control 49:227-233.
	Jaramillo, J., A. Chabi-Olaye, C. Borgemeister, C. Kamonjo, H.-M. Poehling, and F. E. Vega. 2009. Where to sample? Ecological implications of sampling strata in determining abundance of natural enemies of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei. Biological Control 49:245-253.
	Chapman, E. G., J. Jaramillo, F. E. Vega, and J. Harwood. 2009. Biological control of coffee berry borer: the role of DNA-based gut-content analysis in assessment of predation. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, February 8-13, 2009, Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 475-484.
	Jaramillo, J., and F. E. Vega. 2009. Aphanogmus sp. (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae): a hyperparasitoid of the coffee berry borer parasitoid Prorops nasuta (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) in Kenya. Biocontrol Science and Technology 19:113-116.
	Vega, F. E. 2008. Insect pathology and fungal endophytes. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 98:277-279.
	Vega, F. E., A. Ebert, and R. Ming. 2008. Coffee germplasm resources, genomics, and breeding. Plant Breeding Reviews 30:415-447.
	Vega, F. E., F. Posada, M. C. Aime, S. W. Peterson, and S. A. Rehner. 2008. Fungal endophytes in green coffee seeds. Mycosystema 27:75-84.
	Vega, F. E., F. Posada, M. C. Aime, M. Pava-Ripoll, F. Infante, and S. A. Rehner. 2008. Entomopathogenic fungal endophytes. Biological Control 46:72-82.
	Vega, F. E., R. Ochoa, C. Astorga, and D. E. Walter. 2007. Mites (Arachnida: Acari) inhabiting coffee domatia: a short review and recent findings from Costa Rica. International Journal of Acarology 33:291-295.
	Benavides, P., J. J. Stuart, F. E. Vega, J. Romero-Severson, A. E. Bustillo, L. Navarro, L. M. Constantino, and F. E. Acevedo. 2007. Genetic variability of Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) in Colombia and development of molecular markers. Proceedings of the 21st International Scientific Colloquium on Coffee, Montpellier, France, September 2006. Association Scientifique Internationale du Café (ASIC), pp. 1301-1315.
	Posada, F., M. C. Aime, S. W. Peterson, S. A. Rehner, and F. E. Vega. 2007. Inoculation of coffee plants with the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales). Mycological Research 111:749-758.
	Vega, F. E., F. Posada, T. Gianfagna, F. Chaves, and S. W. Peterson. 2006. An insect parasitoid carrying an ochratoxin producing fungus. Naturwissenschaften 93:297-299.
	Vega, F. E., F. Posada, S. W. Peterson, T. Gianfagna, and F. Chaves. 2006. Penicillium species endophytic in coffee plants and ochratoxin A production. Mycologia 98:31-42.
	Rehner, S. A., F. Posada, E. Buckley, F. Infante, A. Castillo, and F. E. Vega. 2006. Phylogenetic origins of African and American Beauveria bassiana pathogens of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 93:11-21.
	Posada, F., and F. E. Vega. 2006. Inoculation and colonization of coffee seedlings (Coffea arabica L.) with the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales). Mycoscience 47:284–289.
	Vega, F. E., F. Posada, and F. Infante. 2006. Coffee insects, ecology, and control. In "Encyclopedia of Pest Management" (D. Pimentel, Ed.). Dekker, published online.
	Benavides, P., F. E. Vega, J. Romero-Severson, A. E. Bustillo, and J. Stuart. 2005. Biodiversity and biogeography of an important inbred pest of coffee, the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98:359-366.
	Vega, F. E. 2005. What Makes Biology Unique? Considerations on the Autonomy of a Scientific Discipline by Ernst Mayr, Cambridge University Press, New York, NY. The Quarterly Review of Biology 80:224-225 [Book Review].
	Pérez, J., F. Infante, and F. E. Vega. 2005. Does the coffee berry borer (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) have mutualistic fungi? Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98:483-490.
	Infante, F., J. C. Espinoza, A. Castillo, and F. E. Vega. 2005. Historia natural de la avispita Phymastichus coffea. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) and Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), Mexico. 13 pp.
	Peterson, S. W., F. E. Vega, F. Posada, and C. Nagai. 2005. Penicillium coffea, a new endophytic species isolated from a coffee plant and its phylogenetic relationship to P. fellutanum, P. thiersii, and P. brocae based on parsimony analysis of multilocus DNA sequences. Mycologia 97:659-666.
	Vega, F. E., M. Pava-Ripoll, F. Posada, and J. S. Buyer. 2005. Endophytic bacteria in Coffea arabica L. Journal of Basic Microbiology 45:371-380.
	Posada, F., and F. E. Vega. 2005. A new method to evaluate the biocontrol potential of single spore isolates of fungal entomopathogens. Journal of Insect Science 5:37.
	Posada, F., and F. E. Vega. 2005. Establishment of the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) as an endophyte in cocoa seedlings (Theobroma cacao). Mycologia 97:1195-1200.
	Castillo, A., F. Infante, G. López, J. Trujillo, L. R. Kirkendall, and F. E. Vega. 2004. Laboratory parasitism by Phymastichus coffea upon non-target bark beetles associated with coffee plantations. Florida Entomologist 87:274-277.
	Vega, F. E. 2004. Coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). In "Encyclopedia of Entomology" (J. L. Capinera, Ed.), pp. 575-576. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. Second edition published by Springer in 2008, pp. 959-960.
	Ortiz, A., A. Ortiz, F. E. Vega, and F. Posada. 2004. Volatile composition of coffee berries at different stages of ripeness, and their possible attraction to the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 52:5914-5918.
	Posada, F., F. E. Vega, S. A. Rehner, M. Blackwell, D. Weber, S.-O. Suh, and R. A. Humber. 2004. Syspastospora parasitica, a mycoparasite of the fungus Beauveria bassiana attacking the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata: a tritrophic association. Journal of Insect Science 4:24.
	Poinar, Jr., G. O., F. E. Vega, A. Castillo, I. Chavez, and F. Infante. 2004. Metaparasitylenchus hypothenemi sp. n. (Allantonematidae: Nematoda), a parasite of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Journal of Parasitology 90:1106-1110.
	Peterson, S. W., J. Pérez, F. E. Vega, and F. Infante. 2003. Penicillium brocae, a new species associated with the coffee berry borer in Chiapas, Mexico. Mycologia 95:141-147.
	Dowd, P. F., and F. E. Vega. 2003. Autodissemination of Beauveria bassiana by sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) to overwintering sites. Biocontrol Science and Technology 15:69-79.
	Vega, F. E., M. A. Jackson, G. Mercadier, and T. Poprawski. 2003. The impact of nutrition on spore yields for various fungal entomopathogens in liquid culture. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 19:363-368.
	Vega, F. E., M. B. Blackburn, C. P. Kurtzman, and P. F. Dowd. 2003. Identification of a coffee berry borer associated yeast: does it break down caffeine? Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 107:19-24.
	Pérez, J., F. Infante, F. E. Vega, F. Holguín, J. Macías, J. Valle, G. Nieto, S. W. Peterson, C. P. Kurtzman, and K. O’Donnell. 2003. Mycobiota associated with the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) in Mexico. Mycological Research 107:879-887.
	Vega, F. E., E. Rosenquist, and W. Collins. 2003. Global project needed to tackle coffee crisis. Nature 425:343.
	Vega, F. E., P. Benavides, J. Stuart, and S. L. O’Neill. 2002. Wolbachia infection in the coffee berry borer (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95:374-378.
	Mercadier, G., M.-G. Saethre, and F. E. Vega. 2002. First report of the fungal entomopathogen Paecilomyces in Norway. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 49:71-73.
	Castillo, A., F. Infante, J. Barrera, L. Carta, and F. E. Vega. 2002. First field report of a nematode (Tylenchida: Sphaerularioidea) attacking the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in the Americas. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 79:199-202.
	Vega, F. E., R. A. Franqui, and P. Benavides. 2002. The presence of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei, in Puerto Rico: fact or fiction? Journal of Insect Science 2.13.
	Narang, N., F. Hérard, E. M. Dougherty, K. Chen, and F. E. Vega. 2001. A gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar, Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) multinucleocapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus from France: comparison with North American and Korean strains. European Journal of Entomology 98:189-194.
	Fargues J., N. Smits, C. Vidal, A. Vey, F. E. Vega, G. Mercadier, and P. C. Quimby, Jr. 2001. Effect of liquid culture media on morphology, growth, propagule production, and pathogenic activity of the Hyphomycete, Metarhizium flavoviride. Mycopathologia 154:127-138.
	Vega, F. E., G. Mercadier, and P. F. Dowd. 2000. Fungi associated with the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Proceedings of the 18th International Scientific Colloquium on Coffee, Helsinki, Finland, August 1999. Association Scientifique Internationale du Café (ASIC), pp. 229-238.
	Vega, F. E., L. A. Lacey, A. P. Reid, F. Hérard, D. Pilarska, E. Danova, R. Tomov,and H. K. Kaya. 2000. Infectivity of a Bulgarian and an American strain of Steinernema carpocapsae (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) against codling moth. BioControl 45:337-343.
	Pilarska, D., M. McManus, A. Hajek, F. Hérard, F. E. Vega, D. Pilarska, and G. Markova. 2000. Introduction of the entomopathogenic fungus Entomophaga maimaiga to a Lymantria dispar population in Bulgaria. Anzeiger für Shädlingskunde (Journal of Pest Science) 73:125-126.
	Vega, F. E., G. Mercadier, A. Damon, and A. Kirk. 1999. Natural enemies of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Togo and Ivory Coast, and additional entomofauna associated with coffee beans. African Entomology 7:243-248.
	Vega, F. E., M. A. Jackson, and M. R. McGuire. 1999. Germination of conidia and blastospores of the fungal entomopathogen Paecilomyces fumosoroseus on the cuticle of Bemisia argentifolii and on two types of agar. Mycopathologia 147:33-35.

Books


	Vega, F. E., and M. Blackwell (Eds.). 2005. Insect -Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolution. Oxford University Press, New York, 333 pp. Japanese translation published by Kyoritsu Shuppan in 2007, 400 pp.
	*Roy, H. E., F. E. Vega, D. Chandler, M. S. Goettel, J. K. Pell, and E. Wajnberg (Eds.). 2010. The Ecology of Fungal Entomopathogens. Springer, The Netherlands, 198 pp.*

	*Vega, F. E., and H. K. Kaya (Eds.). 2012. Insect Pathology, Second Edition. Academic Press, San Diego, 490 pp.*

	*Vega, F. E., and R. W. Hofstetter (Eds). 2015. Bark Beetles: Biology and Ecology of Native and Invasive Species. Academic Press, San Diego, 620 pp.*

Book Chapters

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	Vega, F. E., P. F. Dowd, L. A. Lacey, J. K. Pell, D. Michael Jackson, and M. Klein. 2000. Dissemination of beneficial microbial agents by insects. In "Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology" (L. A. Lacey and H. K. Kaya, Eds.), pp. 153-176. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
	Quimby, Jr., P. C., G. Mercadier, W. Meikle, F. E. Vega, J. Fargues, and N. Zidack. 2001. Enhancing biological control through superior formulations: a worthy goal but still a work in progress. In "Enhancing Biocontrol Agents and Handling Risks - NATO Science Series Vol. 339: Life and Behavioural Sciences" (M. Vurro, J. Gressel, T. Butt, G. Harman, D. Nuss, D. Sands, and R. St. Leger, Eds.), pp. 86-95. IOS Press, The Netherlands.
	Blackwell, M., and F. E. Vega. 2005. Seven wonders of the insect-fungus world. In "Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolution" (F. E. Vega and M. Blackwell, Eds.), pp. xiii-xvii. Oxford University Press, New York.
	Vega, F. E., and P. F. Dowd. 2005. The role of yeasts as insect endosymbionts. In "Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolution" (F. E. Vega and M. Blackwell, Eds.), pp. 211-243. Oxford University Press, New York.
	Vega, F. E., and M. Blackwell. 2005. Symbioses, biocomplexity, and metagenomes. In "Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolution" (F. E. Vega and M. Blackwell, Eds.), pp. 293-295. Oxford University Press, New York.
	Vega, F. E. 2007. Naming names: The etymology of fungal entomopathogens. In "Use of Entomopathogenic Fungi in Biological Pest Management" (S. Ekesi and N. Maniania, Eds.), pp. 1-11. Research SignPost, India.
	Vega, F. E., P. F. Dowd, L. A. Lacey, J. K. Pell, D. Michael Jackson, and M. Klein. 2007. Dissemination of beneficial microbial agents by insects. In "Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology, Second Edition. Application and Evaluation of Pathogens for Control of Insects and other Invertebrate Pests" (L. A. Lacey and H. K. Kaya, Eds.), pp. 127-146. Springer, The Netherlands.

	Vega, F. E. and H. K. Kaya. 2012. Preface. In "Insect Pathology, Second Edition" (F. E. Vega and H. K. Kaya, Eds.), p. xiii. Academic Press, San Diego.

	Kaya, H. K., and F. E. Vega. 2012. Scope and basic principles of insect pathology. In "Insect Pathology, Second Edition" (F. E. Vega and H. K. Kaya, Eds.), pp. 1-12. Academic Press, San Diego.

	Vega, F. E., N. V. Meyling, J. J. Luangsa-ard, and M. Blackwell. 2012. Fungal entomopathogens. In "Insect Pathology, Second Edition" (F. E. Vega and H. K. Kaya, Eds.), pp. 171-220. Academic Press, San Diego.

	Cardoza, Y. J., R. W. Hofstetter, and F. E. Vega. 2012. Insect-associated microorganisms and their possible role in outbreaks. In "Insect Outbreaks Revisited" (P. Barbosa, D. K. Letourneau, and A. A. Agrawal, Eds.), pp. 155-174. Wiley-Blackwell, UK.

	Vega, F. E., F. Infante, and A. J. Johnson. 2015. The genus Hypothenemus, with emphasis on H. hampei, the coffee berry borer. In "Bark Beetles: Biology and Ecology of Native and Invasive Species" (F. E. Vega and R. W. Hofstetter, Eds.), pp. 427-494. Academic Press, San Diego.

Patents

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	Dowd, P. F., and F. E. Vega. 1995. Autoinoculating device for contaminating insects with active agents. U. S. Patent No. 5,452,540.

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