Migration & Dispersal-Related

Publications 1996-2000

Scientific Publications:

Blackmer, J. L. and D. N. Byrne. 1999. Changes in amino acids in Cucumis melo in relation to life-history traits and flight propensity of Bemisia tabaci. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata in press: 1-12.

Blackmer, J. L. and D. N. Byrne. 2000. The effect of Bemisia tabaci on amino acid balance in Cucumis melo. Experimentalis et Applicata in press: 1-5.

Byrne, D. N. 1999. Whiteflies as subjects of laboratory research. In K. Maramorosch (ed.). Maintenance of Animal/Human and Plant Pathogens, in press.

Byrne, D. N. and J. L. Blackmer. 1996. Examination of short-range migration by Bemisia. Pp. 17-28 In D. Gerling and R. T. Mayer (eds.) Bemisia: 1995 Taxonomy, Biology, Damage, Control and Management. Intercept Limited, Andover, UK.

Byrne, D. N., R. J. Rathman, T. V. Orum and J. C. Palumbo. 1996. Localized migration and dispersal by the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. Oecologia 105: 320-328.

Colunga-Garcia, M., S. H. Gage and D. Landis. 1997. Response of an assemblage of Coccinelidae (Coleoptera) to a diverse agricultural landscape. Environ. Entomol.

Gage, S.H., S.A. Isard, and M. Colunga-G., 1999. Biological scales of motion for dispersal of biota. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (in press).

Gray, M.E., E. Levine, M.E. O'Neal, J.L. Spencer, S.A. Isard, and K.L. Steffey, 1998. Crop rotation and western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, management: have we lost a pest management tool in the eastern corn belt?, pp. 155-163. In Proceedings of the Sixth Australasian Applied Entomological Research Conference. Sept 29-Oct 2, 1998, Brisbane, Australia.

Hoy, C. W., J. A. Wyman, T. T. Vaughn, D. A. East and P. Kaufman. 1996. Food, ground cover and Colorado potato beetle (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) dispersal in late summer. J. Econ. Entomol. 89: 963-969.

Isaacs, R. & D. N. Byrne. 1998. Aerial distribution, flight behaviour and eggload: their inter-relationship during dispersal by the sweetpotato whitefly. J. Animal Ecology 67: 741-750.

Isaacs, R. and D. N. Byrne. 1998. Aerial distribution, flight behaviour and eggload: their inter-relationship during dispersal by the sweetpotato whitefly. Journal of Animal Ecology 67: 741-750.

Isaacs, R., D. N. Byrne and D. L. Hendrix. 1998. Feeding rates and carbohydrate metabolism by Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on different quality phloem saps. Physiological Entomology 23: 241-248.

Isaacs, R., M. A. Willis, and D. N. Byrne. 1999. Modulation of whitefly take-off and flight orientation by wind speed and visual cues. Physiological Entomology 24: 1-8.

Isaacs, R., M. Cahill and D, N. Byrne. 1999. Host plant evaluation behaviour by Bemisia tabaci, and its modification by external or internal uptake of imidachloprid. Physiological Entomology 24: 101-108.

Isaacs, R., M. Cahill and D, N. Byrne. 2000. Is behavioral response to plant chemistry by Bemisia tabaci mediated by internal or external gustation? Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata submitted.

Isard, S. A. and S. Gage. 2000. Flow of Life in the Atmosphere: A Perspective on Managing Pests and Diseases at Large Spatial and Temporal Scales. Michigan State University Press; in press, expected March 2000.

Isard, S.A., D.A.R. Kristovich, S.H. Gage, C.J. Jones, and N.F. Laird. 1999. Atmospheric motion systems that influence the redistribution and accumulation of insects on the beaches of the Great Lakes in North America. Physical Aerobiology [http://www.fisbat.bo.cnr.it /AERO/PA/PAIJ.html].

Isard, S.A., J.L. Spencer, E. Levine, D.W. Onstad, M.A. Nasser, T.R. Mueller, and D.M. Coppin, 1998. The influence of weather in interfield and regional movement of western corn rootworm, pp. 344-347. In Proceedings of the 13th Annual Biometeorology and Aerobiology Conference. American Meteorological Society. Albuquerque, NM, November 2-6, 1998.

Isard, S.A., J.L. Spencer, M.A. Nasser, and E. Levine, 1999. Aerial movement of western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Diel periodicity of flight activity in a soybean field. Environmental Entomology. In press.

Isard, S.A., M.A. Nasser, J.L. Spencer, and E. Levine, 1999. The influence of weather on western corn rootworm flight activity at the borders of a soybean field in east-central Illinois. Aerobiologia. 15: 94-104.

Jones, C.J., J. Hogsette, and S.A. Isard, 1998. Using phenology to detect dispersal of stable flies in western Kansas, pp. 348-351. In Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology, American Meteorological Society, Boston.

Jones, C.J., S.A. Isard, and M.R. Cortinas, 1999. Dispersal of synanthropic Diptera: Lessons from the past and technology for the future. Annals of the Entomological Society of America (in press).

Keaster, A. J., J. A. Grundler, W. S. Craig, and M. A. Jackson. 1996. Noctuid moths and other insects captured in wing-style traps baited with black cutworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) pheromone on offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, 1988-1991. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 69: 17-25.

Levizzani, V., T. Georgiadis, and S.A. Isard, 1998. Meteorological aspects of the aerobiological pathway. Pages 113-184 in Mandrioli, P., P. Comtois, and V. Levizzani, (eds.), Methods in Aerobiology, Petagora Editrice, Bologna.

Mahmood, T., G. L. Hein, and R. C. French. 1997. Development of serological procedures for rapid and reliable detection of wheat streak mosaic virus in a single wheat curl mite. Plant Dis. 81:250-253.

Mandrioli, P., P. Comtois, E. Dominguez Vilches, C. Galan Sodevilla, S. Isard, and L. Syzdek, 1998. Sampling: principles and techniques. Pages 47-112 in Mandrioli, P., P. Comtois, and V. Levizzani, (eds.), Methods in Aerobiology, Petagora Editrice, Bologna.

McNeil, J. E., R. French, G. L. Hein, P. S. Baenziger, and K. M. Eskridge. 1996. Characterization of genetic variability among natural populations of wheat streak mosaic virus. Phytopathology 86:1222-1227.

Murral, D. J., L. R. Nault, C. W. Hoy, L. V. Madden, and S. A. Miller. 1996. Effects of temperature and vector age on transmission of two Ohio strains of the aster yellows phytoplasma by the aster leafhopper (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 89: 1223-1232.

O'Neal, M. E., M. E. Gray, and C. A. Smyth. 1999. Population characteristics of a western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) strain in east-central Illinois corn and soybean fields. J. Econ. Entomol. (in press).

Onstad, D.W., M.G. Joselyn, S.A. Isard, E. Levine, J.L. Spencer, L.W. Bledsoe, C.R. Edwards, C.D. Di Fonzo, and H. Willson, 1999. Modeling the spread of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) populations adapting to soybean-corn rotation. Environmental Entomology 28: 188-194.

Ostrom, P.H., M. Colunga-Garcia and S.H. Gage. 1997. Evaluating pathways of energy flow with stable isotope ratios: field and laboratory evidence. Oecologia 109:108-113.

Spencer, J.L. and E. Levine, 1998. Western corn rootworm flight activity in soybeans. Illinois Natural History Survey Reports, No. 350. 2-3.

Spencer, J.L., E. Levine, and S.A. Isard, 1998. Western corn rootworm on the move: monitoring beetles in corn and soybeans, pp. 10-23. In 1998 Illinois Agricultural Pesticides Conference, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Illinois.

Spencer, J.L., E. Levine, D.W. Onstad, S.A. Isard, and M. Joselyn, 1999. Monitoring the spread of western corn rootworms infesting Illinois soybean fields. Illinois Natural History Survey Reports, January/February 1999: pp. 4-5.

Spencer, J.L., S.A. Isard, and E. Levine, 1999. Western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) free flight to corn and soybean plants in a walk-in wind tunnel. Journal of Economic Entomology 92: 146-155.

Spencer, J.L., S.A. Isard, and E. Levine, 1999. Western corn rootworm injury in first-year corn: what's new?, pp. 13-27. In 1999 Illinois Crop Protection Technology Conference, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Spencer, J.L., S.A. Isard, and E. Levine, 1999. Soybean foliage consumption reduces adult western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) vigor and stimulates flight. Journal of Ecomomic Entomology. Submitted.

Veenstra, K. H. and D. N. Byrne. 1998. Effects of starvation and oviposition activity on the reproductive physiology of the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. Physiological Entomology 23: 62-68.

Veenstra, K. H. and D. N. Byrne. 1998. The effects of physiological factors and host plant experience on the ovipositional activity of the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 89: 15-23.

Veenstra, K. H. and D. N. Byrne. 1999. Does dispersal affect the reproductive physiology of the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci? Physiological Entomology 24: 72-75.

Veenstra, K. H. and D. N. Byrne. 2000. Behavioral aspects of dispersal by Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Journal of Insect Behavior submitted.

Westbrook, J.K., W.W. Wolf, P.D. Lingren, J.R. Raulston, J.D. Lopez, Jr., J.H. Matis, R.S. Eyster, J.F. Esquivel and P.G. Schleider. 1997. Early-season migratory flights of corn earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Environ Entomol. 26(1): 12-20

Westbrook, J.K. and S.A. Isard, 1999. Atmospheric scales of motion for dispersal of biota. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (in press).

Popular Publications:

Hampton, N. E. 1999. Tracking an ill wind: blue mold forecasting technology is applied to predict the path of potent pollen. Perspectives NC State University 1(3): 16-17.

Holmes, G. J. and C. E. Main. 1999. Predicting downy mildew: Researchers need your help to predict the long-distance movement of cucurbit downy mildew. American Vegetable Grower 47(5):34-35, 38.

Schipper, L. L. 1998. Spraying for blue mold control: the watch and preventatve measures begin this month for a potentially devastating disease. Flue Cured Tobacco 35(3): cover art, 3, 8-9, 14

Newspaper Articles

The State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL. July 20, 1997. Ramblin Rootworm.

The News-Gazette, Champaign, IL. August 3, 1997. UI Team Aims to Root Out Rootworm.

Illinois Agrinews. January 23, 1998. Behavior Change Could Make Rootworm Spread 'Ecological Disaster of the Decade'.

The News-Gazette, Champaign, IL. January 25, 1998. Zeroing in on Corn Rootworms.

Sunday Journal, Fort Collins, CO. January 25, 1998. Cheap Control for Corn Killer Comes at Ideal Time.

The New York Times, Science Section, New York, NY. October 20, 1998. With Change in Habit, Beetles Shake Up Corn Country.

The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL. October 19, 1999. Corn-eating Bug Outsmarts Farmers as Threat Spreads.