2023

Expression and functional analysis of Niemann-Pick C2 gene in Phytoseiulus persimilis

Eggplant-garlic intercrops reduce the density of Tetranychus urticae on eggplant and improve crop yield

2022

Identification and expression of potential olfactory-related genes related to Niemann-Pick C2 protein and ionotropic receptors in Haemaphysalis longicornis

Mite secretions from three traditional mite-ripened cheese types: are ripened French cheeses flavored by the mites (Acari: Astigmata)?

2020

"Electrotarsogram responses to synthetic odorants by Varroa destructor, a primary parasite of western honey bees (Apis mellifera)"

Estimates of phoretic mite abundance on bark beetles as affected by beetle capture method: a case study with Mesostigmata mites and Ips typographus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Physiological responses of plants and mites to salicylic acid improve the efficacy of spirodiclofen for controlling Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) on greenhouse tomatoes

Reproductive interference and sensitivity to female pheromones in males and females of two herbivorous mite species

Varroa destructor mite electrophysiological responses to honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony volatiles

2019

"Choice test to determine potential attractants and repellents for the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis (Acari: Psoroptidae)"

Comparison of in-vitro bioassays for evaluation of the response of different stages of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato to calcium alginate encapsulated pheromone beads

2018

The responses of cucumber plants subjected to different salinity or fertilizer concentrations and reproductive success of Tetranychus urticae mites on these plants

Species- and density-dependent induction of volatile organic compounds by three mite species in cassava and their role in the attraction of a natural enemy

Influence of the erineum strain of Colomerus vitis (Acari: Eriophyidae) on grape (Vitis vinifera) defense mechanisms

2017

Cross-talk between high light stress and plant defence to the two-spotted spider mite in Arabidopsis thaliana

"Male spider mites use chemical cues, but not the female mating interval, to choose between mates"

Drought stress promotes the colonization success of a herbivorous mite that manipulates plant defenses

2016

Scent of a mite: origin and chemical characterization of the lemon-like flavor of mite-ripened cheeses

"Evidence of female sex pheromones and characterization of the cuticular lipids of unfed, adult male versus female blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis"

"Predation risk-mediated maternal effects in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae"

2015

Activity studies of sesquiterpene oxides and sulfides from the plant Hyptis suaveolens (Lamiaceae) and its repellency on Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae)

The effect of queen pheromone status on Varroa mite removal from honey bee colonies with different grooming ability

2014

Spider mites adaptively learn recognizing mycorrhiza-induced changes in host plant volatiles

"Control of brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus using assembly pheromone encapsulated in natural polymer, chitosan"

Herbivore-induced indirect defense across bean cultivars is independent of their degree of direct resistance

Factors affecting photoreactivation in UVB-irradiated herbivorous spider mite (Tetranychus urticae)

2013

Artificial feeding of Varroa destructor through a chitosan membrane: a tool for studying the host-microparasite relationship

Do plants use airborne cues to recognize herbivores on their neighbours?

2012

Triggering chemical defense in an oribatid mite using artificial stimuli

Plant architecture and prey distribution influence foraging behavior of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

"Tiadinil, a plant activator of systemic acquired resistance, boosts the production of herbivore-induced plant volatiles that attract the predatory mite Neoseiulus womersleyi in the tea plant Camellia sinensis"

The predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo prefers green-mite induced plant odours from pubescent cassava varieties

2011

Evaluation of airborne methyl salicylate for improved conservation biological control of two-spotted spider mite and hop aphid in Oregon hop yards

Innate responses of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis to a herbivore-induced plant volatile

2010

Plant-eriophyoid mite interactions: cellular biochemistry and metabolic responses induced in mite-injured plants. Part I

The role of volatiles in aggregation and host-seeking of the haematophagous poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae (Acari: Dermanyssidae)

Spider mite web mediates anti-predator behaviour

"A key volatile infochemical that elicits a strong olfactory response of the predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus, an important natural enemy of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae"

2007

The influence of conspecific chemical cues on walking behavior of Ixodes ricinus males

2006

"A novel disease affecting the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari, Phytoseiidae): 2. Disease transmission by adult females"

Morphology of the olfactory system in the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis

"Does methyl salicylate, a component of herbivore-induced plant odour, promote sporulation of the mite-pathogenic fungus Neozygites tanajoae?"

Performance of a prototype baited-trap in attracting and infecting the tick Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) in field experiments

"Odour-mediated responses of a predatory mirid bug and its prey, the two-spotted spider mite"

"A novel disease affecting the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari, Phytoseiidae): 1. Symptoms in adult females"

Chemical alarm and defence in the oribatid mite Collohmannia gigantea (Acari: Oribatida)

Phytoseiulus persimilis response to herbivore-induced plant volatiles as a function of mite-days

2005

Semiochemicals influencing the host-finding behaviour of Varroa destructor

"S-isorobinal as the female sex pheromone from an alarm pheromone-emitting mite, Rhizoglyphus setosus"

2004

Below-ground plant parts emit herbivore-induced volatiles: olfactory responses of a predatory mite to tulip bulbs infested by rust mites

State-dependent and odour-mediated anemotactic responses of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis in a wind tunnel

Communication via sex pheromones within and among Arrenurus spp. mites (Acari: Hydrachnida; Arrenuridae)

2003

Intraspecific variation in induction of feeding preference and performance in a herbivorous mite

Attraction of Amblyomma variegatum (ticks) to the attraction-aggregation-attachment-pheromone with or without carbon dioxide

Effects of prey mite species on life history of the phytoseiid predators Typhlodromalus manihoti and Typhlodromalus aripo

2002

Experimental evidence for a female sex pheromone in Arrenurus manubriator (Acari: Hydrachnida; Arrenuridae)

The effect of feeding status on sexual attractiveness of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) females

"The role of 2,6-dichlorophenol as sex pheromone of the tropical horse tick Anocentor nitens (Acari: Ixodidae)"

How specific are host-produced kairomones to host-seeking ixodid ticks?

2001

"Behavioural and chemoreceptor cell responses of the tick, Ixodes ricinus, to its own faeces and faecal constituents"

Predatory mites avoid ovipositing near counterattacking prey

Emission of volatile organic compounds by apple trees under spider mite attack and attraction of predatory mites

2000

"Phytophagous mite populations on Tahiti lime, Citrus latifolia, under induced drought conditions"

"Does geographic range affect the attractant-aggregation-attachment pheromone of the tropical bont tick, amblyomma variegatum?"

"Attraction of immature stages of the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) to 2,6-dichlorophenol"

Chemical composition of lipophylic compounds from the body surface of unfed adult Ixodes persulcatus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Induced response of tomato plants to injury by green and red strains of Tetranychus urticae

Do herbivore-induced plant volatiles influence predator migration and local dynamics of herbivorous and predatory mites?

Collection of free-living nymphs and adults of Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae) with pheromone/carbon dioxide traps at 5 different ecological sites in heartwater endemic regions of South Africa

"Effects of light on the tritrophic interaction between kidney bean plants, two-spotted spider mites and predatory mites, Amblyseius womersleyi (Acari: Phytoseiidae)"

How predatory mites learn to cope with variability in volatile plant signals in the environment of their herbivorous prey

1997

Field sampling of the tick Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) on pastures in Guadeloupe; attraction of CO2 and/or tick pheromones and conditions of use

1996

"Efficacy of pheromone-acaricide-impregnated tail-tag decoys for controlling the bont tick, Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae), on cattle in Zimbabwe"

1994

"Cholesteryl esters on the body surfaces of the camel tick, Hyalomma dromedarii (Koch, 1844) and the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806)"

Factors affecting the distributions of the ticks Amblyomma hebraeum and A. variegatum in Zimbabwe: implications of reduced acaricide usage

"Pheromonal composition of two species of African Amblyomma ticks: similarities, differences and possible species specific components"

"Evidence for a mounting sex pheromone in the brown ear tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Neuman 1901 (Acari: Ixodidae)"

1992

Olfactory responses of adult Amblyomma hebraeum and A. variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) to attractant chemicals in laboratory tests

Responses of the ticks Amblyomma hebraeum and A. variegatum to known or potential components of the aggregation-attachment pheromone. IV. Attachment stimulation of nymphs

Responses of the ticks Amblyomma hebraeum and A. variegatum to known or potential components of the aggregation-attachment pheromone. III. Aggregation

"Comparison of the attachment rates of males of the ticks Amblyomma hebraeum and A. variegatum to cattle, sheep and rabbits in the absence of aggregation-attachment pheromone"

A comparison of the attraction of nymphs and adults of the ticks Amblyomma hebraeum and A. variegatum to carbon dioxide and the male-produced aggregation-attachment pheromone

1991

"Comparison of known and suspected pheromonal constituents in males of African ticks, Amblyomma hebraeum Koch and Amblyomma variegatum (Fabricius)"

Identification of xanthine and hypoxanthine as components of assembly pheromone in excreta of argasid ticks

Seasonal occurrence of the bont tick (Amblyomma hebraeum) in the southern lowveld of Zimbabwe

Pheromone/acaricide mixtures in the control of the tick Amblyomma hebraeum: effects of acaricides on attraction and attachment

Role of genital sex pheromones in Amblyomma americanum and A. maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae)

1988

"Surface skin lipids of birds--a proper host kairomone and feeding inducer in the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae"

1986

Field tests of the response of female Amblyomma variegatum (Acari:Ixodidae) to the synthetic aggregation-attachment pheromone and its components

1985

"Studies to evaluate the effectiveness of sex pheromone-impregnated formulations for control of populations of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say) (Acari: Ixodidae)"