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Weed Biology & Biosystematics
item Fire in feces: bats reliably record fire history in their guano (Oct 2024)
item Mixed responses of tenebrionid beetles to solar energy development in the Mojave Desert (Aug 2024)
item Integrated vegetation management within electric power transmission rights-of-way promotes the abundance and richness of floral resources and flower-visiting insects (Aug 2024)
item Assessing the attractiveness of native wildflower species to bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in the southeastern United States (Jul 2024)
item Uncovering the gaps in managed aquifer recharge for sustainable groundwater management: A focus on hillslopes and mountains (Jul 2024)
item Computationally efficient watershed-scale hydrological modeling: Integrating HYDRUS-1D and KINEROS2 for coupled surface-subsurface analysis (Jul 2024)
item A comparative analysis of OpenET for evaluating evapotranspiration in California almond orchards (Jul 2024)
item Mapping of flumioxazin tolerance in a snap bean diversity panel leads to the discovery of a master genomic region controlling multiple stress resistance genes (Jul 2024)
item Application of a standardized impact monitoring protocol (SIMP) to assess biological weed control projects in the state of Idaho, USA (Jun 2024)
item Insights to the host range of the flea beetle Disonycha argentinensis Jacoby, 1992 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a candidate biological control agent of alligator weed in the U.S.A. (Jun 2024)
item Bat guano isotope systems (d13C, d15N, and d2H) integrate environmental, climatic, and ecological signals (Jun 2024)
item Gynandromorph records of Melissodes trinodis and Melissodes communis (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from North Dakota, USA (Jun 2024)
item Genetic and phenotypic differentiation in functional traits of Iris pseudacorus L. in native and introduced Mediterranean climate ranges (May 2024)
item Estimating the value of satellite-derived measurements of evapotranspiration to inform irrigation scheduling in California almond orchards (May 2024)
item Bat guano isotope systems (d13C, d15N, and d2H) integrate environmental, climatic, and ecological signals (May 2024)
item Pollinators and other beneficial insects within two brassicaceous oilseeds and a cover crop mix under evaluation as fallow surrogates for dryland production systems of the northern Great Plains (Apr 2024)
item Dual roles of goethite coating on the transport of plastic nanoparticles in heterogeneous porous media: The significance of collector surface roughness (Mar 2024)
item Interaction of gibberellic acid and glyphosate on growth and phenolic metabolism in soybean seedlings (Mar 2024)
item A conditioned Latin hypercube sampling design methodology for ground-truthing transient EM resistivity models (Mar 2024)
item Establishment of the wasp Tetramesa romana for biological control of Arundo donax in northern California and the role of release plot manipulation (Mar 2024)
item First report of severe tolpyralate sensitivity in corn (Zea mays) discovers a novel genetic factor conferring crop response to a herbicide (Mar 2024)
item Population structure of three invasive congeneric teasel (Dipsacus) species (Feb 2024)
item Rainfall distributional properties control hydrologic model parameter importance when modeling medium size semi-arid watersheds (Jan 2024)
item Genome-wide association study identifies candidate loci with major contributions to the genetic control of pod morphological traits in snap bean (Dec 2023)
item Increasing large wildfire in the Eastern United States (Dec 2023)
item The silver bullet that wasn’t: rapid agronomic weed adaptations to glyphosate in North America (Dec 2023)
item The Tree-Crop Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration Experiment (T-REX): A science-based path for sustainable water management and climate resilience (Dec 2023)
item Early impacts of invasive shrub removal on riparian arthropod communities (Dec 2023)
item Recent contributions of molecular population genetic and phylogenetic studies to classical biological control of weeds (Dec 2023)
item Coupling water, solute, and sediment transport into a new computationally efficient hydrologic model (Nov 2023)
item Multivariate evaluation of cold tolerance in domestic and foreign populations for addressing climate mismatch in biological control of Alternanthera philoxeroides in the USA (Nov 2023)
item What distribution models of alligator weed in its native and invaded ranges tell us about its invasion story and biological control (Nov 2023)
item Exotic herbivores and fire energy drive standing herbaceous biomass but do not alter compositional patterns in a semiarid savanna ecosystem (Oct 2023)
item Plant-mediated effects of fire and fragmentation in drive plant-pollinator interaction Beta diversity in fire-dependent pine savannas. (Oct 2023)
item The influence of wildfire on invasive plant abundance and spatial structure in eastern ponderosa pine savanna (Sep 2023)
item Sweet corn yield prediction using machine learning models and field-level data (Jul 2023)
item Bioherbicidal Activity of Albifimbria verrucaria (formerly Myrothecium verrucaria) on Glyphosate-Resistant Conyza canadensis (Jul 2023)
item Retention and release of black phosphorus nanoparticles in porous media under various physicochemical conditions (Jul 2023)
item Divalent cation contributions to the co-transport and deposition of functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes and soil nanoparticles in porous media in the presence of bentonite or geothite nanoparticles: Experiment and (Jul 2023)
item Genetic diversity of North American popcorn germplasm and the effect of population structure on nicosulfuron response (Jul 2023)
item An outlook on processing sweet corn production from the last three decades (1990s-2010s) (Jun 2023)
item Observing bees and wasps: Why surveys and monitoring programs are critical and how they can improve our understanding of these beneficial hymenopterans (Jun 2023)
item Uninvited guests: Identifying parasites and other nest associates of solitary bees and wasps using artificial nest sites in north central Florida (Jun 2023)
item The new wildfire season (Jun 2023)
item Phenotypic trait differences between Iris pseudacorus in native and introduced ranges support greater capacity of invasive populations to withstand sea level rise (May 2023)
item Toxicity of herbicides used for control of waterhyacinth in the California Delta towards the planthopper Megamelus scutellaris released for biological control (May 2023)
item Tropical lacustrine sediment microbial community response to an extreme El Niño event (Apr 2023)
item Statistical analysis, machine learning modeling, and text analytics of aggregation attachment efficiency: Mono and binary particle systems (Apr 2023)
item Decreased latency in landsat-derived land surface temperature products: A case for near-real-time evapotranspiration estimation in California (Apr 2023)
item Sexual dimorphism in excess power index of four North American native bees (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae, Apidae, and Halictidae) (Apr 2023)
item Wrack burial limits germination and establishment of yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus L.) (Mar 2023)
item Noteworthy collections North Dakota (Mar 2023)
item Artificial pollination of kiwifruit (Actinida chinensis Planch. var. chinensis)(Ericales: Actinidiaceae) results in greater fruit set compared to flowers pollinated by managed bees (Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (Mar 2023)
item Vegetative vs. sexual reproduction varies widely in an invasive plant species across western North America (Mar 2023)
item Controls on flood managed aquifer recharge through a heterogeneous vadose zone: Hydrologic modeling at a site characterized with surface geophysics (Mar 2023)
item No evidence sowing date influences optimum plant density of sweet corn grown in the Midwestern United States (Mar 2023)
item Snap bean response to pyroxasulfone in a diversity panel (Feb 2023)
item Genetic diversity and structure of Crupina vulgaris (common crupina): A noxious rangeland weed of the western United States (Feb 2023)
item Invasive aquatic vegetation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh: The history and science of control efforts and recommendations for the path forward (Feb 2023)
item 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibiting herbicides: past, present, and future (Feb 2023)
item Comparing three collection methods for pollinating insects within electric transmission rights-of-ways (Jan 2023)
item Probabilistic assessment of cereal rye cover crop impacts on regional crop yield and soil carbon (Jan 2023)
item Evaluation of partitioned evaporation and transpiration estimates within the DisALEXI modeling framework over irrigated crops in California (Dec 2022)
item High genetic diversity in the landscape suggests frequent seedling recruitment by Euphorbia virgata Waldst. & Kit. (leafy spurge) in the northern U.S (Dec 2022)
item Prediction of attachment efficiency using machine learning on a comprehensive database and its validation (Nov 2022)
item A global assessment of the species composition and effectiveness of watermelon pollinators and the management strategies to inform effective pollination service delivery (Nov 2022)
item A computationally efficient hydrologic modeling framework to simulate surface-subsurface hydrological processes at the hillslope scale (Nov 2022)
item Evidence of sweet corn yield losses from rising temperatures (Oct 2022)
item Pollination biology and insect visitation of pasqueflower (Ranunculaceae: Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida) in the Little Missouri National Grasslands of North Dakota (Oct 2022)
item Comparison of two milkweed (Asclepias) sampling techniques on eastern Nebraska grasslands (Oct 2022)
item Biology of immature stages and host range characteristics of Sudauleutes bosqi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a candidate biological control agent of exotic Ludwigia spp. in the USA (Oct 2022)
item Response of soil carbon dioxide efflux to temporal repackaging of rainfall into fewer, larger events in a semiarid grassland (Sep 2022)
item Estimating local eradication costs for invasive Miscanthus populations throughout the eastern and midwestern United States (Jul 2022)
item Everything edamame: biology, production, nutrition, sensory and economics, volume 1 (Jul 2022)
item Variation in reproductive mode across the latitudinal range of an invasive Russian knapweed (Jul 2022)
item Stable carbon isotope values of syndepositional carbonate spherules and micrite record spatial and temporal changes in photosynthesis intensity (Jul 2022)
item Biological control of leafy spurge (Jun 2022)
item Germination niche breadth of invasive Iris pseudacorus (L.) suggests continued recruitment from seeds with global warming (Jun 2022)
item Multiple genomic regions govern tolerance to sulfentrazone in snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) (Jun 2022)
item Identifying the geographic origins of invasive Megathyrsus maximus in the United States using molecular data (May 2022)
item Coyote and porcupine spread Russian olive seeds through endozoochory (May 2022)
item Biogeochemical cycle of mercury and controlling technologies: Publications in critical reviews in environmental science & technology during 2017–2021 (May 2022)
item Contrasted impacts of yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) on plant diversity in tidal wetlands within its native and invaded distribution ranges (Apr 2022)
item Deteriorating weed control and variable weather portends greater soybean yield losses in the future (Mar 2022)
item CropPol: A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination (Mar 2022)
item Prescribed fire and other fuel-reduction treatments alter ground spider assemblages in a Southern Appalachian hardwood forest (Feb 2022)
item High-intensity fire experiments to manage shrub encroachment: Lessons learned in South Africa and the United States (Feb 2022)
item Significance of application timing, formulation, and cytochrome P450 genotypic class on sweet corn response to dicamba (Feb 2022)
item Toward understanding the impact of nuisance algae bloom on the reduction of rice seedling emergence and establishment (Jan 2022)
item Effects of the fungal bioherbicide, Alternaria cassia on peroxidase, pectinolytic and proteolytic activities in sicklepod seedlings (Nov 2021)
item Prosopis glandulosa persistence is facilitated by differential protection of buds during low- and high-energy fires (Nov 2021)
item Solar energy development impacts flower-visiting beetles and flies in the Mojave Desert (Oct 2021)
item Historical trends in sweet corn plant density tolerance using era hybrids (1930–2010s) (Sep 2021)
item Prescribed burning communication kit (Sep 2021)
item Taxonomic evaluation of a bioherbicidal isolate albifimbria verrucaria, formerly myrothecium verrucaria (Aug 2021)
item Diminishing weed control exacerbates maize yield loss to adverse weather (Aug 2021)
item Biological control of water hyacinth, Pontederia crassipes (C. Mart.) Solms (Pontederiaceae), in California: Release and re-distribution of biological control agents 1987–2006 (Jul 2021)
item Differential structure and functional gene response to geochemistry associated with the suspended and attached shallow aquifer microbiomes from the Illinois Basin, IL (Jul 2021)
item Salinity and inundation effects on Iris pseudacorus: implications for tidal wetland invasion with sea level rise (Jun 2021)
item Climate mismatch between introduced biological control agents and their invasive host plants: improving biological control of tropical weeds in temperate regions (Jun 2021)
item First report of Mummenhoffia alliacea (Brassicaceae)for New York (Jun 2021)
item Biological and host range characteristics of Lysathia flavipes (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a candidate biological control agent of invasive Ludwigia spp. (Onagraceae) in the USA (May 2021)
item Diversity and origins of Butomus umbellatus (flowering rush) invasion in North America (May 2021)
item Identification of Watermilfoil, Discovery of Hybrid Watermilfoil, and Their Implications for Aquatic Plant Management in the Clark Fork River, Western MT, USA (May 2021)