Browsing by Author "Appel, Arthur G."

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Biology and Management of Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius) (Heteroptera: Plataspidae): A Recent Invader to The United States

Golec, Julian (2014-11-06)

Identified as both an agricultural pest of soybean and a residential nuisance pest, Megacopta cribraria (F.) (Heteroptera: Plataspidae), is a recently invasive pest species to the southeastern United States. Isolated to a ...

Biology, Ecology, and Management of Key Pests of Satsuma Citrus in Alabama

Xiao, Yingfang (2009-10-15)

Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marcovitch) production is an emerging industry in Alabama. Recent surveys identified Leptoglossus zonatus (leaffooted bug), Phyllocnistis citrella (citrus leafminer), and Panonychus citri ...

Differential nymphal development of Blattella asahinai and B. germanica and their hybridization potential (Blattodea: Ectobiidae)

Peterson, Madison Knox (2020-07-14)

The Asian cockroach, Blattella asahinai (Blattodea: Ectobiidae), is the closest relative of the German cockroach, B. germanica (L.), and has become a peridomestic nuisance pest in the southeastern United States. However, ...

Distribution and Population Dynamics of the Asian Cockroach (Blattella asahinia Mizukubo) in Southern Alabama and Georgia

Snoddy, Edward (2007-05-15)

In 1986, a new species of cockroach, the Asian cockroach, Blattella asahinai Mizukubo, was introduced into Florida. The Asian cockroach is very similar in appearance to the German cockroach, B. germanica (L.), but differs ...

Effects of Toxicants, Temperature, and Resistance on Metabolism and Gas Exchange Patterns of the Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner), and the German Cockroach, Blattella germanica (Linnaeus)

Dingha, Beatrice (2005-08-15)

Components of the respiratory physiology and water relations of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1C resistant and susceptible beet armyworms, Spodoptera exigua, and pyrethroid resistant and susceptible German cockroaches, Blattella ...

Molecular Mechanisms of Pyrethroid Resistance in the Mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus (Say)

Xu, Qiang (2007-08-15)

Mosquitoes have been the ideal transmitters of a wide variety of disease agents due to their repeated blood feedings over their life span. Culex quinquefasciatus (Say) is an important disease vector in the Southeastern ...

A Multi-level Analysis of the Interactions between Vectors, Hosts, and Habitats of EEEV

Estep, Laura (2011-04-29)

Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) is a rare and dangerous mosquito-borne pathogen with an elusive pattern of occurrence across its range in North America. The primary basis of our understanding of its transmission ...

Production and characterization of Bt Cry1Ac resistance in bollworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie)

Anilkumar, Konasale (2008-08-15)

Laboratory-selected Bt-resistant colonies are important tools for elucidating Bt resistance mechanisms and helping to determine appropriate resistance management strategies for Bt crops. Here, two laboratory populations ...

Studies on the Biology and Host Location Behavior of Pteromalus cerealellae (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), A Parasitoid of Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Onagbola, Ebenezer (2008-05-15)

Pteromalus cerealellae is an ectoparasitoid of several pests of stored products. Information on several aspects of its biology and life history strategy is grossly lacking. My dissertation focuses on some aspects of the ...

Toxicity and Repellency of Essential Oils to the German Cockroach (Dictyoptera:Blattellidae)

Phillips, Alicia K. (2009-11-18)

The topical toxicity of 12 essential oil components (carvacrol, 1,8-cineole, trans-cinnamaldehyde, citronellic acid, eugenol, geraniol, S-(-)-limonene, (-)-linalool, (-)-menthone, (+)-α-pinene, (-)-β-pinene, and thymol) ...

A valine to leucine mutation in hypomorphic Wolbachia CidB reduces both deubiquitylation and cytoplasmic incompatibility

Akwa, Daniel (2021-07-23)

Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) remains one of the most highly researched and applied phenotype conferred by the bacterium, Wolbachia on the host organisms it infects. For programs that rely on the CI phenomenon, the ...