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item Rearing impacts on dispersal and biocontrol performance: A case study on Phytoseiulus persimilis (Oct 2024)
item Phylogeny, biogeography, and host range of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) feeding on spores of rust fungi (Basidiomycota: Pucciniales) (Aug 2024)
item Evaluating impacts of radiation-induced sterilization on the performance and gut microbiome of mass-reared Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) in Hawai’i (Aug 2024)
item Host range of a parasitoid wasp is linked to host susceptibility to its mutualistic viral symbiont (Jul 2024)
item Persistence of widespread moderate Spinosad resistance among wild melon fly (Zeugodacus cucurbitae) and oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) populations on the major Hawaiian Islands (Jul 2024)
item Vertical and temporal flight patterns of coffee berry borer (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Hawaii (May 2024)
item Longevity and potential mechanisms of fenpropathrin resistance in Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Apr 2024)
item Understanding the movement and dispersal patterns of released Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitoids in a papaya orchard (Apr 2024)
item Coffee berry borer (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) population dynamics across Hawaii Island’s diverse coffee-growing landscape: Optimizing location-specific pesticide applications (Apr 2024)
item Less is more: Fewer attract-and-kill sites improve the male annihilation technique against Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) (Mar 2024)
item Impact of larval food source on the stability of the Bactrocera dorsalis microbiome (Feb 2024)
item Genome report: Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the West Indian fruit fly Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera: Tephritidae) (Feb 2024)
item Review of surveillance systems for tephritid fruit fly threats in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (Dec 2023)
item Previously introduced braconid parasitoids target recent olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) invaders in Hawai’i (Dec 2023)
item Grower and operational characteristics of US passionfruit farms (Oct 2023)
item Phylogenomic analysis provides diagnostic tools for the identification of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) species complex (Aug 2023)
item Hotter days, stronger immunity? Exploring the impact of rising temperatures on insect gut health and microbial relationships (Aug 2023)
item Gut bacterial population and community dynamics following adult emergence in pest tephritid fruit flies (Aug 2023)
item Toward an integrated understanding of the Lepidoptera microbiome (Aug 2023)
item Sieving fruit pulp to detect immature Tephritid fruit flies in the field (Jul 2023)
item Survey of U.S. Passionfruit growers’ production practices and support needs (Jul 2023)
item Establishing an integrated pest management for coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) in Hawaii and Puerto Rico coffee agroecosystems: Achievements and challenges (Jul 2023)
item A chromosome scale assembly of the parasitoid wasp Venturia canescens provides insight into the process of virus domestication (Jun 2023)
item Simulation to investigate site-based monitoring of pest insect species for trade (Jun 2023)
item Phylogenetic and functional trait-based community assembly within Pacific Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae): Evidence for clustering at multiple spatial scales (May 2023)
item Transect-based trapping for area-wide delimitation of insects (Apr 2023)
item Quantifying captures from insect pest trap networks (Apr 2023)
item Evaluation of bioactive low-density polyethylene (LDPE) nanocomposite films in combined treatment with irradiation on strawberry shelf-life extension (Apr 2023)
item Economic benefits from managing coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) in Hawaii (Apr 2023)
item Tomato chemical defenses intensify corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) mortality from opportunistic bacterial pathogens (Mar 2023)
item Frequent and efficient harvesting as an economically viable strategy to regulate coffee berry borer on commercial farms in Hawaii (Mar 2023)
item Whole-genome resequencing data support a single introduction of the invasive white pine sawfly, Diprion similis (Feb 2023)
item HiMAP2: Identifying phylogenetically informative genetic markers from diverse genomic resources (Feb 2023)
item Jackson trap efficiency capturing Bactrocera dorsalis and Zeugodacus cucurbitae with male lures with and without insecticides (Jan 2023)
item Harmonic radar tracking of individual melon flies, Zeugodacus cucurbitae, in Hawaii: Determining movement parameters in cage and field settings (Nov 2022)
item A unified protocol for CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene knockout in tephritid fruit flies led to the recreation of white eye and white puparium phenotypes in the melon fly (Oct 2022)
item Molecular and behavioral studies reveal differences in olfaction between winter and summer morphs of Drosophila suzukii (Sep 2022)
item Comparative efficacy of a spider knottin insecticide, GS-omega/kappa-Hxtx-Hv1a, against four species of invasive tropical tephritids (Sep 2022)
item Comparisons of economic thresholds for Asian citrus psyllid management suggest a revised approach to reduce management costs and improve yield (Aug 2022)
item Host-specific larval lepidopteran mortality to pathogenic Serratia mediated by poor diet (Aug 2022)
item A phylogenomic approach to species delimitation in the mango fruit fly (Bactrocera frauenfeldi) complex: A new synonym of an important pest species with variable morphotypes (Diptera: Tephritidae) (Jul 2022)
item Simulation-based evaluation of two insect trapping grids for delimitation surveys (Jun 2022)
item Opposing growth responses of Lepidopteran larvae to the establishment of gut microbiota (Jun 2022)
item Identifying an optimal screen mesh to enable augmentorium-based enhanced biological control of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae(Diptera: Tephritidae) and the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritida (May 2022)
item Monitoring coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix) on commercial coffee farms in Hawaii: Early insights from the first year of disease incursion (May 2022)
item Mating competitiveness of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) males from a genetic sexing strain: Effects of overflooding ratio and released females (Apr 2022)
item A viral mutualist employs post-hatch transmission for vertical and horizontal spread among parasitoid wasps (Apr 2022)
item Evaluating Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) response to methyl eugenol: Comparison of three common bioassay methods (Mar 2022)
item Plant nutrition influences resistant maize defense responses to the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (Feb 2022)
item HiFiAdapterFilt, a memory efficient read processing pipeline, prevents occurrence of adapter sequence in PacBio HiFi reads and their negative impacts on genome assembly (Feb 2022)
item Enterococcal symbionts of caterpillars facilitate the utilization of a suboptimal diet (Feb 2022)
item Diet hierarchies guide temporal-spatial variation in Drosophila suzukii resource use (Feb 2022)
item Pathway analysis: Likelihood of Coffee Berry Borer (Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari) introduction into the Hawaiian Islands by air passenger travel (Jan 2022)
item Influence of seasonal and climatic variables on coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari) flight activity in Hawaii (Dec 2021)
item Prediction of cattle fever tick outbreaks in United States quarantine zone (Dec 2021)
item Concerted impacts of antiherbivore defenses and opportunistic Serratia pathogens on the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (Nov 2021)
item Quantifying insect dispersal distances from trapping detections data to predict delimiting survey radii (Oct 2021)
item The Aphelenchus avenae genome highlights evolutionary adaptation to desiccation (Oct 2021)
item Probability of insect capture in a trap network: Low prevalence and detection trapping with TrapGrid (Oct 2021)
item Simulation-based investigation of the performance of delimiting trapping surveys for insect pests (Oct 2021)
item Population genomics of Drosophila suzukii reveal longitudinal population structure and signals of migrations in and out of the continental United States (Oct 2021)
item Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): A decade of research towards a sustainable integrated pest management program (Sep 2021)
item Spinosad resistance in field populations of melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett), in Hawaii (Jul 2021)
item Cold acclimation increases Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) survival during exposure to freezing temperatures (Jul 2021)
item The efficacy of two Sivanto products on grape mealybug infestations, 2020 (Jun 2021)
item Survey of coffee leaf rust in Kona, West Hawaii Island (Feb 2021)
item Drivers of mosquito mating (Jan 2021)
item Dispersal and adaptive radiation of Bidens (Compositae) across the remote archipelagoes of Polynesia (Nov 2020)