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Liu, Y., He, X.-K., Hall, D., Farman, D., Amarawardana, L., Cross, J. and Liu, Q-R. (2S,8Z)-2-Butyroxy-8-heptadecene: major component of the sex pheromone of chrysanthemum gall midge, Rhopalomyia longicauda. Journal of Chemical Ecology (Abstract)

 

Molnár, B., Kárpáti, Z., Szocs, G. and Hall, D.R. Identification of Female-produced Sex Pheromone of the Honey Locust Gall Midge, Dasineura gleditchiae, a New Urban Pest in Europe. Journal of Chemical Ecology (Abstract)

 

Hall, D.R., Farman, D.I., Cross, J.V., Pope, T.W., Ando, T. and Yamamoto, M. (S)-2-Acetoxy-5-undecanone, Female Sex Pheromone of Raspberry Cane Midge, Resseliella theobaldi (Barnes). [PDF 11Kb] Journal of Chemical Ecology

 

Stevenson, P.C., Muyinza, H., Hall, D.R., Porter, E.A., Farman, D.I., Herbert, T. and Mwanga, R.. A Chemical Basis for Resistance in Sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas to the African Sweetpotato Weevil Cylas puncticollis.[PDF 15Kb] Pure and Applied Chemistry

 

Stewart-Jones, A., Stirrup, T.J., Hodges, R.J., Farman, D.I. and Hall, D.R. Analysis of free fatty acids in food substrates and in the dust and frass of stored product pests: Potential for species discrimination? [PDF 9Kb] Journal of Stored Products Research (submitted)

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Cross, J.V. and Hall, D.R. Exploitation of the sex pheromone of apple leaf midge Dasineura mali Kieffer (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae): 1. Development of lure and trap.[PDF 12Kb] Crop Protection

Cross, J.V., Hall, D.R., Shaw, P. and Anfora, G. Exploitation of the sex pheromone of apple leaf midge Dasineura mali Kieffer (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae): 2. Use of sex pheromone trap for pest monitoring. [PDF 12Kb] Crop Protection

Carpenter, S., Mellor, P.S. and Torr, S.J. (2008). Control techniques for Culicoides biting midges and their application in the UK and northwestern Palaearctic. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 22: 175-187 (Abstract)

Zhang, A., Kuang, L.F., Maisin, N., Karumuru, B., Hall, D.R., Virdiana, I., Lambert, S., Bin Purung, H., Wang, S., Hebbar, P. (2008). Activity evaluation of cocoa pod borer sex pheromone in cacao fields. [PDF 48Kb] Environmental Entomology, 37: 719-724.

 

Audino, P.G., Alzogaray, R.A., Vassena, C., Masuh, H., Fontan, A., Gatti, P., Martinez, A., Camps, F., Cork, A., Colazza, S. (2007). Volatile compounds secreted by Brindley's glands of adult Triatoma infestans: identification and biological activity of previously unidentified compounds. Journal of Vector Ecology, 32: 75-82 (Abstract).

Athanassiosi, S., Downham, M.C.A., Farman, D.I., Hall, D.R., Phythian, S.J. and Bohssini, M. (2007). Behavioural responses of Sunn pest, Eurygaster integreceps, to volatiles from conspecific insects and host plants. [PDF 8Kb] In Sunn Pest Management: A Decade of Progress 1994-2004. Eds Bruce L. Parker, Margaret Skinner, Mustapha El Bouhssini and Safaa G. Kumari. Arab Society for Plant Protection, Beirut, Lebanon, p 167-180.

 

Green, S.V., Downham, M.C.A., Farman, D.I., Hall, D.R., and Bohssini, M. (2007). The role of vibratory signals in mating behaviour of the Sunn pest bug, Eurygaster integriceps. [PDF 8Kb] In Sunn Pest Management: A Decade of Progress 1994-2004. Eds Bruce L. Parker, Margaret Skinner, Mustapha El Bouhssini and Safaa G. Kumari. Arab Society for Plant Protection, Beirut, Lebanon, p 157-166.

 

Hall, D.R., Cork, A., Downham, M.C.A., Farman, D.I., Innocenzi, P.I. and Bohssini, M. (2007). Chemical and electrophysiological studies on Sunn pest, Eurygaster integriceps. [PDF 8Kb] In Sunn Pest Management: A Decade of Progress 1994-2004. Eds Bruce L. Parker, Margaret Skinner, Mustapha El Bouhssini and Safaa G. Kumari. Arab Society for Plant Protection, Beirut, Lebanon, p 147-156.

 

Aslam, S.N., Stevenson, P.C., Kokubun, T. and Hall, D.R. (2007). Antibacterial and antifungal activity of cicerfuran and related 2-arylbenzofurans and stilbenes. [PDF 80Kb] Microbiological Research doi:10.1016/j.micres.2006.11.012

 

Adati, T., Tamo, M., Yusuf, S.R., Downham, M.C.A., Singh, B.B. and Hammond, W. (2008). Integrated pest management for cowpea-cereal cropping systems in the West African Savannah. [PDF 36Kb] International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 27: 123-137

 

Cork A., De Souza, K., Hall, D.R., Jones, O.T., Casagrande, E., Krishnaiah, K. and Zainulabeuddin, S. (2008). Development of PVC-resin controlled release formulation for pheromones and use in mating disruption of yellow rice stem borer, Scirpophaga incertulas. [PDF 117Kb] Crop Protection 27: 248-255

 

Nguyen D.T., Hodges R.J. and Belmain S.R. (2008). Do walking Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) locate cereal hosts by chance? [PDF 9Kb] Journal of Stored Products Research, 44: 90-99

Nguyen D.T. Effects of starvation on the locomotory response of Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (2008). [PDF 26Kb] Journal of Stored Products Research, 44: 100-102

 

Torr, S.J., Prior, A., Wilson, P.J. and Schofield, S. (2007). Is there safety in numbers? The effect of cattle herding on biting risk from tsetse flies. [PDF 55Kb] Medical and Veterinary Entomology 21: 301-311.

 

Suckling,D.M., Walker, J.T.S., Shaw, P.W., Manning, L.-A., Lo, P., Wallis, R., Bell, V., Sandanayaka, W.R.M., Hall, D.R., Cross, J.V. and El-Sayed, A.M. Trapping Dasinuera mali (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Apples [PDF 50Kb]. Journal of Economic Entomology, 100: 745-751

 

Stewart-Jones, A., Hodges, R.J., Farman, D.I. and Hall, D.R. (2007). Prey-specific kairomones exploited by of adult and larval Teretrius nigrescens: a behavioural comparison across different stored-product pests and different pest substrates [PDF 107Kb]. Journal of Stored Products Research, 43: 265-275 (Abstract)

Campbell, A.M., Tregidga, E.L., Hall, D.R., Ando, T. and Yamamoto, M. Sex pheromone of the currant pug moth Eupithecia assimilata, a re-emergent hop pest in England [PDF 10Kb]. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata, 122: 265-269 (Abstract)

 

Kestenholz, C., Stevenson, P.C., Belmain, S.R. (2007). Comparative study of field and laboratory evaluations of the ethnobotanical Cassia sophera L. (Leguminosae) for bioactivity against the storage pests Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF 90Kb]. Journal of Stored Products Research, 43: 79-86.

Peri, E., Guarino, S., Lo Bue, P., Cork, A. and Colazza, S. (2007). Host specificity in the egg parasitoid Telenomus busseolae is mediated by sex pheromone compounds. Journal of Insect Science 7:16-17 Mar 29 (Abstract)

 

Suckling M.W., Gibb A.R., Johnson T. and Hall D.R. (2006). Examination of sex attractants for monitoring weed biological control agents in Hawaii. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 16: 919-927 (Abstract)

Suckling M.W., Gibb A.R., Johnson T. and Hall D.R. (2006). Examination of sex attractants for monitoring weed biological control agents in Hawaii [PDF 32Kb]. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 16: 919-927

Aslam, S.N., Stevenson, P.C., Phythian, S.J., Veitch, N. and Hall, D.R. (2006). Synthesis of Cicerfuran, an antifungal benzofuran and some related analogues [PDF 61Kb]. Tetrahedron, 62: 1-14

 

Stewart-Jones, A., Hodges, R.J., Farman, D.I.. and Hall, D.R. (2006). Solvent extraction of cues in the dust and frass of Prostephanus truncatus and analysis of behavioural mechanisms leading to arrestment of the predator Teretrius nigrescens [PDF 54Kb]. Physiological Entomology, 31: 63-72

 

Torr, S.J., Mangwiro, T.N.C. and Hall, D.R. (2006). The effects of host physiology on the attraction of tsetse (Diptera: Glossinidae) and Stomoxys (Diptera: Muscidae) to cattle [PDF 33Kb]. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 96: 71-84

 

Hall, D.R., Cork, A., Phythian, S.J., Chittamuru, S,. Jayarama, Venkatesha, M.G., Sreedharan, K., Seetharama, H.G., Vinod Kumar, P.K. and Naidu, R. (2006). Identification of components of male-produced pheromone of coffee white stemborer, Xylotrechus quadripes Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 32(1): 213-237.

 

Cross, J.V., Hall, D.R., Innocenzi, P.I., Yeo, H., Jay, C.N. and Burgess, C.M. (2006) Exploiting the aggregation pheromone of strawberry blossom weevil Anthonomus rubi Herbst (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): 1. Development of lure and trap. Crop Protection, 25(2): 144-154 (Abstract).

Cross, J.V., Hall, D.R., Innocenzi, P.I., Yeo, H., Jay, C.N. and Burgess, C.M. (2006). Exploiting the aggregation pheromone of strawberry blossom weevil Anthonomus rubi Herbst (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): 2. Pest monitoring and control. Crop Protection, 25(2): 155-166 (Abstract).

 

Natarajan, N., Cork, A., Boomati, N., Pandi, R., Velavan, S. and Dhakshnamoorthy, G. (2006). cold aqueous extracts of African marigold, Tagetes erecta, for control of tomato root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Crop Protection, 25: 1210-1213 (Abstract).

Torr, S.J., Hargrove, J.W. and Vale, G.A. (2005). Towards a rational policy for dealing with tsetse. Trends in Parasitology, 21(11): 537-541 (Abstract).

 

Vale, G.A. and Torr, S.J. (2005). User-friendly models of the costs and efficacy of tsetse control: application to sterilizing and insecticidal techniques. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 19:293-305 (Abstract).

 

Cork, A., Alam, S.N., Rouf, F.M.A., Talekar, N.S. (2005). Development of mass trapping technique for control of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 95(6): 589-596.

 

Maruthi, M.N., Alam, S.N., Kader, K.A., Rekha, A.R., Cork, A., Colvin, J. (2005) Nucleotide sequencing, whitefly transmission, and screening tomato for resistance against two newly described Begomoviruses in Bangladesh. Phytopathology, 95(12): 1472-1481.

 

Maruthi, M.N., Rekha, A.R., Cork, A., Colvin, J., Alam, S.N., Kader, K.A. (2005). First report of Tomato leaf curl New Dellhi virus infecting tomato in Bangladesh. Plant Disease, 89: 1011.

 

Cork, A., Iles, M.J., Kamal, N.Q., Choudhury, J.C.S., Rahman, M.M., Islam, M. (2005). An old pest, a new solution - Commercializing rice stem-borer pheromones in Bangladesh. Outlook on Agriculture, 34(3): 181-187.

 

Hamilton, J.G.C., Hall, D.R. and Kirk, W.D.J. (2005). Identification of a male-produced aggregation pheromone in the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 31: 1369-1379 (Abstract).

Innocenzi, P.I., Hall, D.R., Cross, J.V. and Hesketh, H. (2005). Attraction of male European tarnished plant bug, Lygus rugulipennis, to components of the female sex pheromone in the field. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 31: 1401-1413 (Abstract).

Jayasekara, T.K., Stevenson, P.C., Hall, D.R. and Belmain, S.R. (2005). Effect of volatile constituents from Securidaca longipedunculata on insect pests of stored grain. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 31: 303-313 (Abstract)

 

Alzogaray, R.A., Fontan, A., Camps, F., Masuh, H., Santo Orihuela, P., Fernandez, D., Cork, A. and Zerba, E. (2005). Behavioural response of Triatoma infestans (Klug) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) to quinazolines. Molecules, 10: 1190-1196 (Abstract)

Green S.V., O. Youm, D R Hall, Y. Maliki and D.I. Farman (2004). Methods for rearing H. albipunctella in the laboratory and breaking diapause. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 45: 69-72 (Abstract).

Owusu E. O., O. Youm, Y. Maliki, D R Hall and Green S.V. (2004). Observations on factors affecting attraction and oviposition preferences of the millet head miner, Heliocheilus albipunctella De Joannis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to pearl millet panicles. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 45: 72-74 (Abstract).

Stewart-Jones, A., Hodges, R.J., Birkinshaw, L.A. and Hall, D.R. (2004). Responses of Teretriosoma nigrescens to the dust and frass of its prey, Prostephanus truncatus. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 30: 1629-1646 (Abstract)

 

Innocenzi, P.J., Hall, D.R., Cross, J.V., Masuh, H., Phythian, S.J., Chittamuru, S. and S Guarino (2004). Investigation of long-range female sex pheromone of the European tarnished plant bug, Lygus rugulipennis: chemical, electrophysiological and field studies. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 30: 1509-1529. (Abstract)

Hodges, R.J., Addo, S., Farman, D.I. and Hall, D.R. (2004). Optimising pheromone lures and trapping methodology for Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 40: 439-449.(Abstract)

Downham, M.C.A., Tamò, M., Hall, D.R., Farman, D.I., Datinon, B. and Adetonah, S. (2004). Developing pheromone traps and lures for Maruca vitrata (F.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Benin, West Africa. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata, 110: 151-158. (Abstract)

Birkinshaw, L.A., Hodges, R.J., and Addo, S. (2004). Flight behaviour of Prostephanus truncatus and Teretrius nigrescens demonstrated by a cheap and simple pheromone-baited trap designed to segregate catches with time. Journal of Stored Products Research, 40(2): 227-232 (Abstract).

 

Jayasekara, T.K., Belmain, S.R., Stevenson P.C. and Hall, D.R. (2003). Securidaca longepedunculata (Fres.) as a control for stored product insect pests. In "Advances in Stored Product Protection", Proceedings of 8th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection, York 2002. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK. Eds. P.F. Credland, D.M. Armitage, C.H. Bell, P.M Cogan, and E. Highley. pp 596-599. (Abstract)

Habtewold, T., Prior, A., Torr, S.J. and Gibson, G. (2004). Could insecticide-treated cattle reduce Afrotropical malaria transmission? Effects of deltamethrin-treated Zebu on Anopheles arabiensis behaviour and survival in Ethiopia. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 18:408-417 (Abstract).

 

Zollner, G.E., Torr, S.J., Ammann, C. and Meixner, F.X. (2004). Dispersion of carbon dioxide plumes in African woodland: implications for host-finding by tsetse flies. Physiological Entomology, 29:381-394 (Abstract).

 

Eisler, M.C., Torr, S.J., Coleman, P.G., Machila, N. and Morton, J.F. (2003). Integrated control of vector-borne diseases of livestock - pyrethroids: panacea or poison? Trends in Parasitology, 19: 341-345.

Hargrove, J.W., Torr, S.J. and Kindness, H.M. (2003). Insecticide-treated cattle against tsetse (Diptera: Glossinidae): what governs success? Bulletin of Entomological Research, 93: 203-217 (Abstract)

Cork, A. and Lobos, E. (2003). Female sex pheromone components of Helicoverpa gelotopoeon: first Heliothine pheromone without (Z)-11-hexadecenal. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata, 107: 201-206 (Abstract)

Chamberlain, D.J., Beevor, P.S., Cork, A. and Hall, D.R. (2003). (E)-8-Dodecenyl acetate: major component of the female sex pheromone of a macadamia nut borer, Ecdytolopha torticornis. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata, 107: 91-93 (Abstract)

Hodges, R.J., Addo, S. and Birkinshaw, L. (2003). Can observation of climatic variables be used to predict the flight dispersal rates of Prostephanus truncatus? Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 5: 123-135 (Abstract)

Bashir, T., Birkinshaw, L.A., Hall, D.R. and Hodges, R.J. (2003). Phenotypic plasticity of Rhyzopertha dominica pheromone signalling: the effects of different hosts and presence of conspecifics on male-produced aggregation pheromone, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 29: 945-959 (Abstract)

Downham, M.C.A., Hall, D.R., Chamberlain, D.J., Cork, A., Farman, D.I., Tamo, M., Dahounto, D., Datinon, B. and Adetonah, S. (2003) Minor components in sex pheromone of legume podborer, Maruca vitrata (F.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): development of attractive blend. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 29: 989-1012 (Abstract).

Bashir, T., Birkinshaw L.A., Farman, D., Hall D.R. and Hodges, R.J. (2003). Pheromone release by Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in the laboratory: daily rhythm, inter-male variation and association with body weight and/or boring activity. Journal of Stored Products Research, 39: 159-169 (Abstract).

Cork, A., Alam, S.N., Rouf, F.M.A. and Talekar, N.S. (2003). Female sex pheromone of brinjal fruit and shoot borer Leucinoides orbonalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): trap optimisation and application in IPM trials. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 93: 107-113 (Abstract).

Hodges, R.J., Birkinshaw, L.A., Farman, D.I. and Hall, D.R. (2002). Intermale variation in aggregation pheromone release in Prostephanus truncatus. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 28: 1665-1672. (Abstract)

Fontán, A., González Audino, P., Martínez , A., Alzogaray, R. A., Zerba, N. E., Camps, F. & Cork, A. (2002). Attractant volatiles released by female and male Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a vector of chagas disease: Chemical analysis and behavioral bioassay. Journal of Medical Entomology, 39, 191-197. (Abstract)

Jayasekara, T.K., Stevenson, P.C., Belmain, S.R., Farman, D.I. and Hall, D.R. (2002). Identification of methyl salicylate as the principal volatile component in the methanol extract of roots of Securidaca longepedunculata Fers. Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 37:577-580.(Abstract)

Healy, T.P., Copland, M.J.W., Cork, A., Przyborowska, A. and Halket, J.M. (2002). Landing responses of Anopheles gambiae elicited by oxocarboxylic acids. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 16:126-132. (Abstract)

Schofield, S. and Torr, S.J. (2002). A comparison of the feeding behaviour of tsetse and stable flies Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 16:177-185. (Abstract)

Prior, A. and Torr, S.J. (2002). Host selection by Anopheles arabiensis and An. quadriannulatus feeding on cattle in Zimbabwe. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 16:207-213. (Abstract)

Innocenzi, P.J., Hall, D.R., Cross, J.V. & Green, S.V. (2001) Sexing adults of the strawberry blossom weevil, Anthonomus rubi Herbst. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Journal of Applied Entomology, 126: 159-160.(Abstract)

Bashir, T., Birkinshaw, L.A., Hall, D.R. and Hodges, R.J. (2001). Host odours enhance the responses of adult Rhyzopertha dominica to male-produced aggregation pheromone. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata, 101: 273-280.(Abstract)

Belmain, S.R. and Stevenson, P.C. (2001) Ethnobotanicals in Ghana: reviving and modernising age-old farmer practice. Pesticide Outlook 12, 233-238.

Simmonds, M.S.J., Stevenson, P.C., Porter, E.A. and Veitch, N.C. (2001). Insect antifeedant activity of three new tetranorterpenoids from Trichilia pallida. Journal of Natural Products, 64: 1117-1120.(Abstract)

Smit, N.E.J.M., Downham, M.C.A., Laboke, P.O., Hall, D.R. and Odongo, B. (2001). Mass-trapping male Cylas spp. with sex pheromones: a potential IPM component in sweet potato production in Uganda. Crop Protection, 20: 643-651.(Abstract)

Cork, A., Alam, S.N., Das, A., Das, C.S., Ghosh, G.C., Farman, D.I., Hall, D.R., Maslen, N.R., Vedham, K., Phythian, S.J., Rouf, F.M.A., and Srinivasan, K. (2001). Female sex pheromone of brinjal fruit and shoot borer, Leucinodes orbonalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) blend optimization. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 27:1867-1877.(Abstract)

Bruce, T.J. and Cork, A. (2001). Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of female Helicoverpa armigera to compounds identified in flowers of African marigold, Tagetes erecta. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 27:1119-1131.(Abstract)

Innocenzi, P.J., Hall, D.R. and Cross, J.V. (2001) Components of male aggregation pheromone of strawberry blossom weevil, Anthonomus rubi Herbst. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 27: 1203-1218.(Abstract)

Simmonds, M.S.J. & Stevenson, P.C. (2001). Effects of isoflavanoids from Cicer on larvae of Herlicoverpa armigera. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 27: 965-977.(Abstract)

Torr, S.J., Wilson, P.J., Schofield, S., Mangwiro, T.N.C., Akber, S. and White, B.N. (2001). Application of DNA markers to identify the individual-specific hosts of tsetse feeding on cattle. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 15, 78-86.(Abstract)

Cross, J.V., Easterbrook, M.A., Crook A.M., Crook, D., Fitzgerald, J.D., Innocenzi, P.J., Jay, C.N. and Solomon, M.G.(2001). Review: Natural Enemies and Biocontrol of Pests of Strawberry in Northern and Central Europe. Biocontrol Science and Technology 11(2): 165-216.(Abstract)

Downham, M.C.A., Smit, N.E.J.M., Laboke, P.O., Hall, D.R. and Odongo, B. (2001) Reduction of pre-harvest infestations of African sweetpotato weevils using a pheromone mating-disruption technique. Crop Protection, 20: 163-166. (Abstract)

Burguiere, L., Marion-Poll, F and Cork, A. (2000) Electrophysiological responses of female Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) to synthetic odours. Journal of Insect Physiology, 47: 509-514.(Abstract)

Torr, S.J. & Mangwiro, T.N.C. (2000). Interactions between cattle and biting flies: effects on the feeding rate of tsetse. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 14, 400-409.(Abstract)