Research Publications 2007

Butler, Casey D. and Robert J. O’Neil. 2007. Life history characteristics of Orius insidiosus (Say) fed Aphis glycines Matsumura. Biological Control, Volume 40 (3): 333-338. Read abstract»

Chacon, Jeremy M. and George E. Heimpel. Biotic interference of a classical biological control agent of the soybean aphid. Presented at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, December 2007. Read abstract»

Costamagna, Alejandro C. and Douglas A. Landis. 2007. Quantifying predation on soybean aphid through direct field observations. Biological Control, Volume 42 (1): 16-24. Read abstract»

Costamagna, Alejandro C., Brian P. McCornack, and David W. Ragsdale. Incorporating natural enemies into current economic thresholds for soybean aphid. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, December 2007. Read abstract»

Desneux, D. , Ho Jung S. Yoo, and Robert J. O’Neil. Impact of endemic natural enemies on soybean aphid dynamics. Presented at the Entomological Society of American, North Central Branch meeting, March 2006.

Heidel, T. H. and R. J. O’Neil. Survey of aphids of Indiana and their associated natural enemies as part of a study of nontarget effects of a classical biological control program of the soybean aphid. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, December 2007. Read abstract»

Heimpel, George E. Classical biocontrol of soybean aphid: Risk assessment and releases. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, December 2007. Soybean Aphid in the North Central US: Implementing IPM at the Landscape Scale.

Lagos, Doris and D. Voegtlin. A Survey of the Aphis spp. of the Midwestern States. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, December 2006.

Loden, Anthony S. and George E. Heimpel. Phoretic association of Binodoxys communis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Homoptera: Aphididae). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, December 2007. Read abstract»

Noma, Takuji and Michael Brewer. Seasonal abundance of aphid predators and parasitoids in summer and overwintering host vegetation of soybean aphid. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of American, December 2007. Read abstract»

Ohnesorg, Wayne J. and and Matthew E. O'Neal. Are Iowa prairies a source for soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) predators? Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, December 2007. Read abstract»

O'Neal, Matthew E., M. Felicitas Avendano, Gregory L. Tylka, Terry Niblack, Michael Gray, and Josh Heeren. Toward integrated management of the soybean cyst nematode and soybean aphids. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, December 2007.

Tilmon, Kelley J. , Deirdre A. Prischmann, Louis Hesler, and Jonathan Lundgren. Impact of Harmonia axyridis and Orius spp. on soybean aphids in a field cage experiment. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, December 2007. Read abstract»

Wyckhuys, K. A. G., R. L. Koch, and G. E. Heimpel. 2007. Physical and ant-mediated refuges from parasitism: implications for non-target effects in biological control. Biological Control 40: 306-313. Read abstract»

Wyckhuys, K. A. G., and G. E. Heimpel. 2007. Response of the soybean aphid parasitoid Binodoxys communis (Gahan) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to olfactory cues from target and non-target host-plant complexes. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata In press.

Wyckhuys, K. A. G., L. Stone, N. Desneux, K. A. Hoelmer, K. R. Hopper, and G. E. Heimpel. Parasitism of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines, by Binodoxys communis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): the role of aphid defensive behavior and parasitiod reproductive performance. Bulletin of Entomological Research: submitted.