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Establishing the distribution of Carpophilus truncatus in Australia using an integrative approach for an emerging global pest by Tobin, Stephen James, Cunningham, John Paul

“…The nitidulid beetle Carpophilus truncatus is rapidly becoming a major pest of nut crops around the world. This insect first infested Australian almonds in…”
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Developing a non-destructive metabarcoding protocol for detection of pest insects in bulk trap catches by Batovska, Jana, Piper, Alexander M., Valenzuela, Isabel, Cunningham, John Paul, Blacket, Mark J.

“…Metabarcoding has the potential to revolutionise insect surveillance by providing high-throughput and cost-effective species identification of all specimens…”
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Metarhizium spp. isolates effective against Queensland fruit fly juvenile life stages in soil by Prince, Madita, McKinnon, Aimee C, Leemon, Diana, Sawbridge, Tim, Cunningham, John Paul

“…Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni, Froggatt (Diptera: Tephritidae) is Australia's primary fruit fly pest species. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has…”
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Virulence Screen of Beauveria Bassiana Isolates for Australian Carpophilus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Beetle Biocontrol by Boston, William, Leemon, Diana, Cunningham, John Paul

“…Carpophilus beetles are serious pests of Australian fruit and nut crops, causing significant damage through adult and larval feeding and vectoring plant…”
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DNA Metabarcoding Enables High-Throughput Detection of Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) Within Unsorted Trap Catches by Piper, Alexander M., Cunningham, John Paul, Cogan, Noel O. I., Blacket, Mark J.

“…The spotted wing drosophila ( Drosophila suzukii , Matsumara) is a rapidly spreading global pest of soft and stone fruit production. Due to the similarity of…”
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Insect odour perception: recognition of odour components by flower foraging moths by Cunningham, J.P, Moore, C.J, Zalucki, M.P, Cribb, B.W

“…Argyranthemum frutescens…”
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A Synthetic Blend of Fruit and Live Yeast Odours Shows Promise for Trapping Mated Female Queensland Fruit Fly, Bactrocera tryoni, in the Field by Henneken, Jessica, Farnier, Kevin, Cunningham, John Paul

“…Tephritid fruit flies are major horticultural pests of fruit and vegetable crops. Developing an odour lure that can attract mated female flies under field…”
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Understanding Heliothine (Lepidoptera: Heliothinae) Pests: What is a Host Plant? by Cunningham, John Paul, Zalucki, Myron P.

“…Heliothine moths (Lepidoptera: Heliothinae) include some of the world's most devastating pest species. Whereas the majority of nonpest heliothinae specialize…”
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Volatiles produced by symbiotic yeasts improve trap catches of Carpophilus davidsoni (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): an important pest of stone fruits in Australia by Baig, Farrukh, Farnier, Kevin, Ishtiaq, Muhammad, Cunningham, John Paul

“…Carpophilus davidsoni (Dobson) is an important pest of Australian stone fruit. Current management practices for this beetle include the use of a trap that…”
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Prospects and challenges of implementing DNA metabarcoding for high-throughput insect surveillance by Piper, Alexander M, Batovska, Jana, Cogan, Noel O I, Weiss, John, Cunningham, John Paul, Rodoni, Brendan C, Blacket, Mark J

“…Trap-based surveillance strategies are widely used for monitoring of invasive insect species, aiming to detect newly arrived exotic taxa as well as track the…”
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Two Gut-Associated Yeasts in a Tephritid Fruit Fly have Contrasting Effects on Adult Attraction and Larval Survival by Piper, Alexander M., Farnier, Kevin, Linder, Tomas, Speight, Robert, Cunningham, John Paul

“…Yeast-insect interactions have been well characterized in drosophilid flies, but not in tephritid fruit flies, which include many highly polyphagous pest…”
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The pest sap beetle Carpophilus (Myothorax) truncatus Murray, 1864 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)-a new synonymy and a related new species of Carpophilus by Semeraro, Linda, Blacket, Mark J, Rako, Lea, Cunningham, John Paul

“…Carpophilus truncatus Murray 1864, is a species of sap beetle which has been recorded from many countries worldwide, and has become recognised as an important…”
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Yeasts Influence Host Selection and Larval Fitness in Two Frugivorous Carpophilus Beetle Species by Baig, Farrukh, Farnier, Kevin, Piper, Alexander M., Speight, Robert, Cunningham, John Paul

“…We explored how gut-associated yeasts influence olfactory behaviour and resource use in two pest species of Carpophilus beetle that co-exist in Australian…”
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Metarhizium spp. isolates effective against Queensland fruit fly juvenile life stages in soil by Madita Prince, Aimee C McKinnon, Diana Leemon, Tim Sawbridge, John Paul Cunningham

“…Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni, Froggatt (Diptera: Tephritidae) is Australia's primary fruit fly pest species. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has…”
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Do Fruit Ripening Volatiles Enable Resource Specialism in Polyphagous Fruit Flies? by Cunningham, John Paul, Carlsson, Mikael A, Villa, Tommaso F, Dekker, Teun, Clarke, Anthony R

“…Frugivorous tephritid fruit flies have lineages with high levels of host generalism. These insects use olfaction to locate fruits, but how they are able to…”
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Understanding Heliothine (Lepidoptera: Heliothinae) Pests: What is a Host Plant? by Cunningham, John Paul, Zalucki, Myron P

“…Heliothine moths (Lepidoptera: Heliothinae) include some of the world's most devastating pest species. Whereas the majority of nonpest heliothinae specialize…”
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Bees at War: Interspecific Battles and Nest Usurpation in Stingless Bees by Cunningham, John Paul, Hereward, James P., Heard, Tim A., De Barro, Paul J., West, Stuart A.

“…We provide the first evidence for interspecific warfare in bees, a spectacular natural phenomenon that involves a series of aerial battles and leads to…”
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Increased plant volatile production affects oviposition, but not larval development, in the moth Helicoverpa armigera by McCallum, Emily J, Cunningham, John Paul, Lücker, Joost, Zalucki, Myron P, De Voss, James J, Botella, José R

“…It is well established that herbivorous insects respond to changes in plant odour production, but little attention has been given to whether these responses…”
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An improved culturing method for opiine fruit fly parasitoids and its application to parasitoid monitoring in the field by Masry, Ayad, Furlong, Michael J., Clarke, Anthony R., Cunningham, John Paul

“…Good culturing methods play an important role in the study of insect behavior and its application to pest management. Here, we describe and validate a new…”
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Learning, odour preference and flower foraging in moths by Cunningham, John Paul, Moore, Chris J, Zalucki, Myron P, West, Stuart A

“…Floral volatiles play a major role in plant-insect communication. We examined the influence of two volatiles, phenylacetaldehyde and alpha-pinene, on the…”
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