Publications 2008

Chacon, J. M., D. A. Landis, and G. E. Heimpel. 2008. Potential for biotic interference of a classical biological control agent of the soybean aphid. Biological Control 46: 216-225. Read abstract»

Rice, M.E., and M.E. O’Neal. 2008 Soybean Aphid Management Field Guide Iowa State University Extension Publication # CSI 0011. . Includes an extensive section on biological control.

Schmidt, N.P., M.E. O’Neal and P.M. Dixon. 2008. Aphidophagous predators in Iowa soybean: a community comparison across multiple sampling methods. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101: 341-350. Read abstract»

Wyckhuys, K. A. G., L. Stone, N. Desneux, K. A. Hoelmer, K. R. Hopper, and G. E. Heimpel. 2008. Parasitism of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines, by Binodoxys communis: the role of aphid defensive behavior and parasitoid reproductive performance. Bulletin of Entomological Research 98: 361-370. Read abstract»

Wyckhuys, K. A. G., J. E. Strange-George, C. A. Kulhanek, F. L. Wackers, and G. E. Heimpel. 2008 Sugar feeding by the aphid parasitoid Binodoxys communis: how does honeydew compare to other sugar sources? . Journal of Insect Physiology 54: 481-491. Read abstract»

Zhang, Y., L. Wang, K. Wu, K. A. G. Wyckhuys, and G. E. Heimpel. 2008. Flight performance of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae) under different temperature and humidity regimens. Environmental Entomology 37: 301-306. Read abstract»

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»

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»

Donaldson, Jack R. , Scott W. Myers and Claudio Gratton. 2007. Density-dependent responses of soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) populations to generalist predators in mid to late season soybean fields. Biological Control 43: 111-118
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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
Volume 123 Issue 2, Pages 149 - 158. Read abstract»