Publications

virulence of hypocreales fungi to pecan aphids (hemiptera: aphididae) in the laboratory.	there is need for efficacious biocontrol agents for aphids in commercial orchards. as a preliminary step to this end we determined the virulence of several hypocreales fungi to pecan aphids. in the first experiment we tested the virulence of isaria fumosorosea (arsef 3581) blastospores to three pecan aphids monellia caryella, melanocallis caryaefoliae, and monelliopsis pecanis under laboratory conditions. rates of 1x10(7) or 1x10(8) spores per ml were applied in 2 ml via a spray tower to 90 mm p ...	2008	18675272
oviposition response of green lacewings (neuroptera: chrysopidae) to aphids (hemiptera: aphididae) and potential attractants on pecan.	pecan foliage is attacked by three species of aphids [monellia caryella (fitch), melanocallis caryaefoliae (davis), and monelliopsis pecanis bissell], resulting in damage that can reduce tree nut yield. in this study, we assayed the ovipositional response of the green lacewing chrysoperla rufilabris (burmeister) to m. caryella and m. caryaefoliae at high and low aphid densities and the development of c. rufilabris larvae when fed solely on each of the three pecan aphid species. during 2004 and 2 ...	2007	17540067