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Effects of seed beetles on the performance of desert legumes depend on host species, plant stage, and beetle density by Fox, C.W., Wallin, W.G., Bush, M.L., Czesak, M.E., Messina, F.J.

“…Seeds of many arid habitat plants have a water-impermeable coat and can germinate only after being scarified. Bruchine seed beetles are important parasites of…”
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Mode of inheritance of increased host acceptance in a seed beetle by Messina, F J, Peña, N M

“…Colonization of a novel plant by herbivorous insects is frequently accompanied by genetic changes that progressively improve larval or adult performance on the…”
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How labile are the egg-laying preferences of seed beetles? by Messina, F.J

“…1. Previous studies have produced conflicting results with respect to the genetic lability of host preference in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus. 2…”
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Host plant alters the shape of the functional response of an aphid predator (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) by Messina, F.J. (Utah State University, Logan, UT.), Hanks, J.B

“…The response of the lady beetle Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (L.) to the density of the Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko), was measured in…”
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Aggregation behavior of Aplomyiopsis xylota (Diptera: Tachinidae) [New York] by Messina, F.J

“…The tachinid Aplomyiopsis xylota is a common parasitoid of larvae of Trirhabda virgata and T. borealis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in central New York. Flies…”
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Plant architecture and the foraging success of ladybird beetles attacking the Russian wheat aphid by Clark, T.L. (Utah State Univ., Logan, UT (USA). Dept. of Biology), Messina, F.J

“…We examined the interaction between the fourteen‐spotted ladybird beetle, Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (L.), and the Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia…”
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The behavioural ecology of parasites by Lewis, E. E, Campbell, J. F, Sukhdeo, M. V. K

“…Parasites have evolved numerous complex and fascinating ways of interacting with their hosts. The subject attracts the interest of numerous biologists from the…”
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Food plant choices of two goldenrod beetles: relation to plant quality by Messina, F.J

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Inheritance of host-plant choice in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) by Messina, F.J, Slade, A.F

“…We performed population crosses to estimate the mode of inheritance of both host acceptance (as determined in single-host arenas) and host preference (as…”
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Resource- versus enemy-mediated interactions between cereal aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) on a common host plant by Bergeson, E. (Utah State University, Logan, UT.), Messina, F.J

“…We examined the impact of the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.), on the per capita rate of increase of the Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia…”
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Foraging behavior of lacewing larvae (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) on plants with divergent architectures by Clark, T.L. (Utah State University, Logan, UT.), Messina, F.J

“…We investigated the effects of plant architecture on predator-prey interactions by quantifying the behavior of green lacewing larvae on perennial grasses with…”
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Effect of a co-occurring aphid on the susceptibility of the Russian wheat aphid to lacewing predators by Bergeson, E. (Utah State Univ., Logan, UT (USA). Dept. of Biology), Messina, F.J

“…Previous field experiments indicated that the presence of the bird cherry‐oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.), on perennial grasses can decrease the…”
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Comparative biology of the goldenrod leaf beetles, Trirhabda virgata Leconte and Trirhabda borealis Blake (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) [Taxonomic aspects, New York] by Messina F.J

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Host-plant effects on the efficacy of two predators attacking Russian wheat aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) by Messina, F.J. (Utah State University, Logan, UT.), Jones, T.A, Nielson, D.C

“…We compared the effectiveness of generalist predators in reducing populations of the Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko), on range grasses that…”
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Plant protection as a consequence of an ant-membracid mutualism: interactions on goldenrod (Solidago sp.) [Formica spp., Publilia concava, Trirhabda borealis, Trirhabda virgata, New York] by Messina, Frank J.

“…In central New York, two chrysomelid beetles, Trirhabda virgata and T. borealis, frequently cause severe defoliation of tall goldenrod, Solidago altissima…”
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Intraspecific variation in the egg-spacing behavior of the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus by Messina, F.J. (Utah State University, Logan, UT), Mitchell, R

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Effect of experience on host preference in Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae): variability among populations by Chiu, Y, Messina, F.J

“…Experiments using "naive" females established differences in host specificity among geographic strains of the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus; some…”
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Effect of initial colony size on the per capita growth rate and alate production of the Russian wheat aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) by Messina, F.J

“…Growth-chamber experiments were conducted to assess the relationship between initial colony size and the subsequent growth and alate production of the Russian…”
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Plasticity in the egg-spacing behavior of a seed beetle: effects of host deprivation and seed patchiness (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) by MESSINA, F. J, KEMP, J. L, DICKINSON, J. A

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Conspecific and heterospecific interactions of male Rhagoletis flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) on a shared host by Messina, F.J. (Utah State University, Logan, UT.), Subler, J.K

“…The western cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis indifferens Curran, is a frequent, chronic pest of sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) in western North America, whereas…”
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