Publications

dissecting the mode of maize chlorotic mottle virus transmission (tombusviridae: machlomovirus) by frankliniella williamsi (thysanoptera: thripidae).	maize chlorotic mottle virus (mcmv) (tombusviridae: machlomovirus) has been recorded in hawaii (kauai island) since the early 1990s and has since become one of the most widespread corn viruses in the hawaiian islands. in the united states mainland, mcmv has been reported to be transmitted by six different species of chrysomelid beetles, including the western corn rootworm, diabrotica virgifera virgifera leconte. however, none of these beetle species have been reported in hawaii where the corn th ...	2013	23448010
effects of interplanting flowering plants on the biological control of corn earworm (lepidoptera: noctuidae) and thrips (thysanoptera: thripidae) in sweet corn.	natural enemy exploitation of food resources and alternative hosts in noncrop vegetation has been shown to be an effective means of enhancing natural enemy populations in diversified agro-ecosystem. field trials were conducted in hawaii to examine effects of interplanting flowering plants on 1) parasitism of corn earworm, helicoverpa zea (boddie) eggs by trichogramma spp., and 2) abundance of orius spp. in relation to prey (h. zea eggs and thrips [primarily, frankliniella occidentalis (pergande) ...	2016	26500338