Publications for:

pest = Listronotus bonariensis
crop = Grasses/turf/rangeland

found 20 publications:

2022

Behaviour drives contemporary evolution in a failing insect-parasitoid importation biological control programme
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2022) 2022 (10 - 923248)
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2018

Breakdown in classical biological control of Argentine stem weevil: a matter of time
BioControl (2018) 63 (4), 521-531
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2013

Biology of the introduced biocontrol agent Microctonus hyperodae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and its host Listronotus bonariensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in northern New Zealand
Environmental Entomology (2013) 42 (5), 902-914
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2007

Influence of host diet on parasitoid fitness: unravelling the complexity of a temperate pastoral agroecosystem
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2007) 123 (1), 63-71
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2006

Early impact of endoparasitoid Microctonus hyperodae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) after its establishment in Listronotus bonariensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) populations of northern New Zealand pastures
Journal of Economic Entomology (2006) 99 (2), 273-287
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2005

Microsatellites and 16S sequences corroborate phenotypic evidence of trans-Andean variation in the parasitoid Microctonus hyperodae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Bulletin of Entomological Research (2005) 95 (4), 289-298
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A symbiosis expressed non-ribosomal peptide synthetase from a mutualistic fungal endophyte of perennial ryegrass confers protection to the symbiotum from insect herbivory
Molecular Microbiology (2005) 57 (4), 1036-1050
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2004

Allozyme markers to help define the South American origins of Microctonus hyperodae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) established in New Zealand for biological control of Argentine stem weevil
Bulletin of Entomological Research (2004) 94 (3), 229-234
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Unexpected Listronotus bonariensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) mortality in the presence of parasitoids
Bulletin of Entomological Research (2004) 94 (5), 411-417
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2001

Unexpected presence of larvae of Argentine stem weevil, Listronotus bonariensis (Kuschel) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in New Zealand pasture thatch
Australian Journal of Entomology (2001) 40 (2), 158-162
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Geographic variation in egg load of Microctonus hyperodae Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and its implications for biological control success
Biocontrol Science and Technology (2001) 11 (3), 371-380
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2000

Serratia marcescens as a rapid indicator of Microctonus hyperodae oviposition activity in Listronotus maculicollis and potential application of the technique to host-specificity testing
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2000) 95 (2), 193-200
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1999

Linear patterns of dispersal and build up of the introduced parasitoid Microctonus hyperodae (Hymenoptera : Braconidae) in Canterbury, New Zealand
Bulletin of Entomological Research (1999) 89 (4), 347-353
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Listronotus bonariensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) flight in Canterbury, New Zealand
Bulletin of Entomological Research (1999) 89 (5), 423-431
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1998

The bionomics of Listronotus bonariensis (Coleoptera : Curculionidae) in Canterbury, New Zealand
Bulletin of Entomological Research (1998) 88 (4), 415-423
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Establishment and phenology of the parasitoid Microctonus hyperodae (Hymenoptera : Braconidae) in New Zealand
Environmental Entomology (1998) 27 (6), 1386-1392
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1997

South American origins of Microctonus hyperodae loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) established in New Zealand as defined by morphometric analysis
Biocontrol Science and Technology (1997) 7 (2), 247-258
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1996

A morphometric method to assist in defining the South American origins of Microctonus hyperodae Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) established in New Zealand
Biocontrol Science and Technology (1996) 6 (2), 189-206
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Effect of the ratios of Listronotus bonariensis and Sitona discoideus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to their respective parasitoids Microctonus hyperodae and M. aethiopoides (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), on parasitism, host oviposition and feeding in the laboratory
Bulletin of Entomological Research (1996) 86 (2), 101-108
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1989

Flight behavior of Listronotus bonariensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Waikato, New Zealand
Environmental Entomology (1989) 18 (6), 996-1005
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