[HTML][HTML] Recruitment of aphidophagous arthropods to sorghum plants infested with Melanaphis sacchari and Schizaphis graminum (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

F Colares, JP Michaud, CL Bain, JB Torres - Biological Control, 2015 - Elsevier
A significant question in biological control is the extent to which indigenous natural enemies
might be pre-adapted to exploit invasive species that constitute novel prey. We observed the …

Indigenous Aphid Predators Show High Levels of Preadaptation to a Novel Prey, Melanaphis sacchari (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

F Colares, JP Michaud, CL Bain… - Journal of Economic …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The performance of four aphid predators, Hippodamia convergens Guerin-Meneville,
Coleomegilla maculata DeGeer, Chrysoperla carnea Stephens and Orius insidiosus Say was …

Toxicity of three aphicides to the generalist predators Chrysoperla carnea (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) and Orius insidiosus (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)

PRR Barbosa, JP Michaud, CL Bain, JB Torres - Ecotoxicology, 2017 - Springer
Recent widespread infestations of the invasive sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner)
(Hemiptera: Aphididae), in sorghum fields in the southern USA have created demand …

Relative toxicity of two aphicides to Hippodamia convergens (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): implications for integrated management of sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis …

F Colares, JP Michaud, CL Bain… - Journal of Economic …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor present novel insecticide chemistries with particular efficacy
against aphids, and the recent emergence of sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari (…

Multiple Quantitative Trait Loci Influence the Shape of a Male-Specific Genital Structure in Drosophila melanogaster

CL McNeil, CL Bain… - G3: Genes| Genomes …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The observation that male genitalia diverge more rapidly than other morphological traits
during evolution is taxonomically widespread and likely due to some form of sexual selection. …

Dissection of Complex, Fitness-Related Traits in Multiple Drosophila Mapping Populations Offers Insight into the Genetic Control of Stress Resistance

ER Everman, CL McNeil, JL Hackett, CL Bain… - Genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The ability to survive periods without food is an important component of individual fitness,
and genetic dissection can provide insight into the mechanisms and evolution of starvation …

Extending the “Ecology of Fear” beyond prey: reciprocal nonconsumptive effects among competing aphid predators

JP Michaud, PRR Barbosa, CL Bain… - Environmental …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Nonconsumptive effects of predators on prey are well known, but similar effects among
competing predators are not. Aphidophagous insect larvae are notorious for cannibalism and …

Feeding by Melanaphis sacchari (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Facilitates Use of Sorghum by Rhopalosiphum padi (Hemiptera: Aphididae), but Reciprocal Effects Are …

JP Michaud, Y Zhang, C Bain - Environmental Entomology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
In the process of feeding, aphids modify the physiology of their host plants in species-specific
ways, and plant responses to these aggressions are often genotype- or cultivar-specific. …

Mortality of Sugarcane Aphid, Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner, Hemiptera: Aphididae), at Low Temperatures

JP Michaud, C Bain… - Journal of economic …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We conditioned colonies of Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner, Hemiptera: Aphididae) to three
different temperature regimes over a period of 2 mo: 30C, 25C, and a cycle of 18/8C (L:D), all …

Polyandry restores female fertility and paternal effects diminished by inbreeding in Hippodamia convergens.

MH Bayoumy, JP Michaud, C Bain - Ecological Entomology, 2015 - cabdirect.org
The fertility restoration hypothesis posits that polyandry can evolve when female fertility is
reduced by matings with related males, but restored by matings with unrelated ones. Using a …