Research Papers on Agricultural InsectsJohn A. Byers and Coauthors
Methods:
1. Nickel-chromium wire heaters of column transfer lines in GC-EAD
2. Sol-gel formulations for slow release of pheromones
3. RGB analysis of biological colors
Alarm and Defensive Chemicals:
1. Cost of aphid alarm pheromone production
2. Defensive chemicals of plant bug Lygus hesperus
3. Individual variation of alarm and defensive semiochemicals
Evolution and Chemical Structures in Moths:
1. Internet programs for drawing moth pheromone analogs
2. Constraints on Moth Pheromone Isomers
3. Evolution of Communication Channels in Moths
Models in Chemical Ecology:
1. Areawide models of synchronous versus asynchronous control
2. Mating Disruption
and Mass Trapping
3. Active Space versus EAR in Chemical Ecology
4. Insect Flight Layer
and EAR in 3D
5. Vertical Flight
Distribution - Insects
6. Estimating Densities
of Flying Insects
7. Female or Male
Mass Trapping
8. Evolution of Host Selection and Insecticide Resistance
9. Dose-response curves
antennae / catch
10. Pink bollworm and invasive species
Plant bug Lygus hesperus:
1. Behavioral response of Lygus hesperus to alfalfa
2. color traps for monitoring Lygus spp.
3. Lygus hesperus and Lesquerella oil crops
4. Antiaphrodisiac in
male Lygus bugs
5. Lygus plant bug sex pheromones
Thrips:
1. Detection and mass trapping of Frankliniella occidentalis and Thrips tabaci
Plant Volatiles:
1. Isoprenoid products of guayule rubber plants
Reviews:
1. Mass trapping and pest management of invasive species
2. "lure and kill" in pest management of invasive species
Attractive Traps:
1. Generic Moth attractant
Canadian thistle volatiles
2. Asian Corn Borer
moth larval volatiles
3. Chinese Rangeland
pest scarab beetles:
Hopplia spectabilis
4. Tea Aphid = Black Citrus Aphid (Toxoptera aurantii) attraction
to tea volatiles and colors
5. Attraction of Leafhoppers of Cranberry to Colors and Flight Height
Images © 1996 by John A. Byers.
Research supported by grants from Sweden's SJFR (Skogs- och Jordbrukets Forskningsråd = Forest and Agricultural Research Council).