Browsing by Author "Bernal, Julio"
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Martin, Jaclyn E (2022-12-12)The occurrence of invasive insect pests has increased as temperatures and trade increase globally. Invasive pests are spread from large countries like the United States and are spread to these large countries. Invasive ...
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Catanach, Therese Anne (2017-05-24)Recent molecular phylogenies have suggested that hawks (Accipitridae) and falcons (Falconidae) form 2 distantly related groups within birds. Avian feather lice have often been used as a model for comparing host and parasite ...
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Chantos, Jillian Marie (2009-05-15)Solenopsis invicta, the red imported fire ant, has recently become associated with Antonina graminis, an invasive pest, and Neodusmetia sangwani, biological control agent, and maybe negatively affecting established biological ...
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Irungu, Rose Wambui (2009-05-15)A randomized block experiment was conducted in cabbage fields at Texas Agriculture Experiment Station at Weslaco in the spring and fall 2005 and spring 2006. There were four blocks and two pesticide treatments, spinosad ...
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Thompson, Aaron Neal (2009-05-15)The red imported fire ant (RIFA) was introduced to the United States from South America over 75 years ago, and has become a pest in wildlife settings. Hydramethylnon fire ant bait has been the industry standard for controlling ...
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Fiene, Justin; Kalns, Lauren; Nansen, Christian; Bernal, Julio; Harris, Marvin; Sword, Gregory A.; Dornhaus, Anna (PloS One, 2013)
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Davila-Flores, Amanda (2012-12-06)In one study, a suite of plants from the maize genus Zea L. (Poaceae) and the specialist herbivore Dalbulus maidis (DeLong and Wolcott, 1923) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) were used to test the hypotheses that anti-herbivore ...
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Hale, Michael Walker (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Thelohania solenopsae Knell, Allen and Hazard is a microsporidian pathogen that infects the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren. This five part study examined the effects that T. solenopsae has on constructs of ...
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Diaz Galarraga, Rodrigo Rogelio (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Inclusion/exclusion field experiments demonstrated that the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, did not affect the abundance of 49 groups of insects and spiders collected in pitfall traps. However, arthropod ...
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Henderson, Ruth 1982- (2012-08-17)Toxoneuron nigriceps is a koinobiont larval endoparasitoid of the tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens. No koinobiont parasitoid (which develop in active, growing hosts) has been reared completely in vitro. However, T. ...
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Chinchilla-Ramirez, Milena (2014-12-04)In one study, a suite of host plants from the genus Zea L. (Poaceae) and the specialist herbivore Dalbulus maidis (DeLong and Wolcott) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) were used to address whether plant tolerance to direct damage ...
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Butler, James Joseph (Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman) is currently under eradication in the U.S. The eradication program is implemented by means of area-wide applications of malathion ULV. Frequent applications of this ...