Alfalfa Snout Beetle

Alfalfa Snout Beetle Research

PUBLICATIONS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Biological Control of Alfalfa Snout Beetle with Persistent Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Expanding a Single Farm’s Success to an Area-Wide Biological Control Program [Download Publication (PDF)]

Low Labor ‘‘In Vivo” Mass Rearing Method for Entomopathogenic Nematodes [Download Publication (PDF)]

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Hower, A. A. and E. J. Shields. Weevils and Root Borers.  In: Lamp, W.O., R. Berberet, Higley, and C. Baird (eds.). 2007. Handbook of Forage and Rangeland Insects.  Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD.

Shields, E. J. and A. A. Hower.  Rootweevils of Alfalfa.  In:  Lamp, W.O  (ed).  2012  Alfalfa Compendium. American Phytopathological Society.

Shields, E. J.  Ch 6 – Utilizing persistent EPNs in a conservation or a more classical biological control approach.  In: R. Campos-Herrera (ed).  Nematode pathogenesis of insects and other pests – ecology and applied technologies for sustainable plant and crop protection, Series: Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection, Vol. 1 (R. Campos-Herrera ed).  Springer. 2015. Pp. 165-184.

Shields, E. J. and A. M. Testa.  Ch 11 – New York Case Study:  Biological Control of O. ligustici with native persistent EPNs using a more classical approach.  In: R. Campos-Herrera (ed).  Nematode pathogenesis of insects and other pests – ecology and applied technologies for sustainable plant and crop protection, Series: Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection, Vol. 1 (R. Campos-Herrera ed).  Springer. 2015. pp 285-307.

PUBLICATIONS

        Research:

  • Testa, A. M. and J. Shields. 2016.  Low Labor “in vivo” Mass Rearing Method for Entomopathogenic Nematodes.  Biocontrol  (submitted)
  • Taylor, R.A.J., and J. Shields. 2016.  Revisiting Potato Leafhopper, Empoasca fabae, Migration:  Implications in a world where invasive insects are all too common.  American Entomologist.  (submitted).
  • Smith, E. A., J. Shields and B. A. Nault. 2016.  Impact of adjacent habitat on colonization of onion fields by adult onion thrips (Thysanoptera:  Thripidae).  J. Econ Entomol.  (submitted).
  • Smith, E. A., J. Shields and B. A. Nault. 2016.  Impact of abiotic factors on onion thrips (Thysanoptera:  Thripidae) dispersal activity in an onion ecosystem.  Environ. Entomol.  (submitted)
  • Smith, E. A., M. Fuchs, J. Shields and B. A. Nault. 2015.  Long-distance dispersal potential for onion thrips (Thysanoptera:  Thripidae) and Iris yellow spot virus (Bunyaviridae: Tospovirus) in an onion ecosystem.  Environ. Entomol. 44:  921-930.
  • Keller, M. D. and J. Shields. 2014.  Aerobiological sampling efficiency of media-containing Petri plates for use in lower atmosphere spore collection.  Aerobiologia 30 :  103-109 (Published on line 6/18/13)
  • Keller, M. D. G. C. Bergstrom and J. Shields. 2014.  The Aerobiology of Fusarium graminearum.  Aerobiologia. 30: 123-136.   (Published on line 11/5/13)
  • Goulet, E. J., A. Ditommaso and J. Shields. 2014.  Comparative study of Mecinus janthinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) attack and simulated mowing for control of Linaria dalmatica (Scrophulariaceae).  The Great Lakes Entomologist 47:  12-22.
  • Nansen, C, B. Stokes, J. James, P. Porter, J. Shields, T.Wheeler, W. G. Meikle. 2013.  Biological control agent of larger black flour beetles – a nuisance pest developing in cotton gin trash piles.  J. Econ. Entomol.  106: 648-652.
  • Petzold-Maxwell, J. L. , A. P. Alves , R. E. Estes , E. Gray, L. J. Meinke, E. J. Shields, S. D. Thompson, N. A. Tinsley and A. J. Gassmann. 2013.  Applying an integrated refuge to manage western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae):  Effects on survival, fitness and selection pressure. J. Econ. Entomol. 106: 2195-2207.
  • Goulet, E. J., J. Thaler, A. Ditammaso, M. Schwarzlander, J. Shields. 2013.  Impact of Mecinus janthinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on the growth and reproduction of Linaria dalmatica (Scrophulariaceae).  The Great Lakes Entomologist 46:  90-98.
  • Neumann, G. & J. Shields. 2011.  Long term field persistence and coexistence in three entomopathogenic nematodes, Steinernema carpocapsae Weiser, S. feltiae Filipjev, and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar.  The Great Lakes Entomologist 44:  42-52.
  • Shields, E. J., and A. M. Testa.   Effects of Low Temperature Storage on Fecundity and Adult Mortality for the Alfalfa Snout Beetle, Otiorhynchus ligustici (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).  The Great Lakes Entomologist 44: 21-31.
  • Aylor, D. E, D G. Schmale III, J. Shields, M. Newcomb and C. J. Nappo. 2011.  Tracking the potato late blight pathogen in the atmosphere using unmanned aerial vehicles and Lagrangian modeling.  Agric. For. Meteorol.  151: 251-260.
  • Sappington, T. W., K. R. Ostlie, C. DiFonzo, B. E. Hibbard, C. H. Krupke, P. Porter, S. Pueppke, E. J. Shields and J. J. Tollefson.  2010. Conducting public-sector research on commercialized transgenic seed: In search of a paradigm that works.  GM Crops 1 (2):  On line open access article (http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/gmcrops/article/10833
  • Shields, E. J., A. Testa, G. Neumann, K. L. Flanders and P. C. Schroeder. 2009. Biological Control of Alfalfa Snout Beetle with a multi-species application of locally-adapted persistent entomopathogenic nematodes: The first success. American Entomologist 55: 250-257.
  • VanGessel. 2009. Conyza canadensis seed ascent in the lower atmosphere. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149: 526-534.
  • Neumann, G. & E. J. Shields. 2008. Multiple-species natural enemy approach for the biological control of the alfalfa snout beetle, Otiorhynchus ligustici L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), using entomopathogenic nematodes. J. Econ Entomol 101: 1533-1539.
  • Shields, E. J., G. Neumann and A. Testa. 2007 (published in 2008). Alfalfa Snout Beetle, Otiorhynchus ligustici L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Methods for egg collection and larval rearing. The Great Lakes Entomologist 40: 62-67.
  • Neumann, G. & E. J. Shields. 2006. Interspecific interactions among three entomopathogenic nematodes, Steinernema carpocapsae, S. feltiae, and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, with different foraging strategies for hosts in multi-piece sand columns. Environ. Entomol. 35: 1578-1583.