Submissions from 2013
Impact of demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides on clipping yield and rooting depth of creeping bentgrass, Nathaniel A. Mitkowski and Arielle Chaves
Identification of Waitea circinata as a pathogen of the moss Bryum rgenteum var. argenteum on a golf course fairway, N. Mitkowski and A. Chaves
Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi ospC genotypes in canine tissue following tick infestation: Implications for Lyme disease vaccine and diagnostic assay design, D. V.L. Rhodes, C. G. Earnhart, Thomas N. Mather, P. F.M. Meeus, and R. T. Marconi
Flagging versus dragging as sampling methods for nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), Eric L. Rulison, Isis Kuczaj, Genevieve Pang, Graham J. Hickling, Jean I. Tsao, and Howard S. Ginsberg
Submissions from 2012
Evaluation of population structure within diploid Agrostis germplasm based on miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements, Keenan Amundsen, Rebecca Brown, Geunhwa Jung, and Scott Warnke
Plant species diversity of highway roadsides in southern New England, Rebecca Nelson Brown and Carl D. Sawyer
Identification, characterization, and distribution of Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae associated with creeping bentgrass etiolation and decline, Paul R. Giordano, Arielle M. Chaves, Nathaniel A. Mitkowski, and Joseph M. Vargas
Host specificity of hypena opulenta: A potential biological control agent of vincetoxicum in North America, Alex F. Hazlehurst, Aaron S. Weed, Lisa Tewksbury, and Richard A. Casagrande
Distribution of Cotesia rubecula (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Its Displacement of Cotesia glomerata in Eastern North America, M. V. Herlihy, R. G. Van Driesche, M. R. Abney, J. Brodeur, A. B. Bryant, Richard A. Casagrande, D. A. Delaney, T. E. Elkner, S. J. Fleischer, R. L. Groves, D. S. Gruner, J. P. Harmon, G. E. Heimpel, K. Hemady, T. P. Kuhar, C. M. Maund, A. M. Shelton, A. J. Seaman, M. Skinner, R. Weinierl, K. V. Yeargan, and Z. Szendrei
Submissions from 2011
Half-sandwich ruthenium–arene complexes with thiosemicarbazones: Synthesis and biological evaluation of [(η6-p-cymene)Ru(piperonal thiosemicarbazones)Cl]Cl complexes, Floyd Beckford, Deidra Dourth, Michael Shaloski Jr., Jacob Didion, Jeffrey Thessing, Jason Woods, Vernon Crowell, Nikolay Gerasimchuk, Antonio Gonzalez-Sarrías, and Navindra P. Seeram
The use of soil amendments to improve survival of roadside grasses, Rebecca Nelson Brown and Josef H. Gorres
A 4-year study of invasive and native spider populations in Maine, Elizabeth M. Jakob, Adam H. Porter, Howard Ginsberg, Julie V. Bednarski, and Jeremy Houser
Evaluation of lactuca germplasm for resistance to the northern root-knot nematode, P. Kaur and N. A. Mitkowski
Enhanced toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki and aizawai to black cutworm larvae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with Bacillus sp. NFD2 and Pseudomonas sp. FNFD1, Tamer A. Mashtoly, Assem Abolmaaty, Mohamed El Said El-Zemaity, Mohamed I. Hussien, and Steven R. Alm
Layering, Brian Maynard
The ability of a topical novel combination of fipronil, amitraz and (S)-methoprene to protect dogs from Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections transmitted by Ixodes scapularis, John W. McCall, Christine F. Baker, Thomas N. Mather, S. Theodore Chester, Scott D. McCall, Jennifer P. Irwin, Stephanie L. Young, Luiz G. Cramer, and Matthias G. Pollmeier
Tick Bite Protection With Permethrin-Treated Summer-Weight Clothing, Nathan J. Miller, Erin E. Rainone, Megan C. Dyer, M. Liliana Gonzalez, and Thomas N. Mather
Evaluation of host range and larval feeding impact of Chrysolina aurichalcea asclepiadis (Villa): Considerations for biological control of Vincetoxicum in North America, Aaron S. Weed and Richard A. Casagrande
Effects of leaf and root herbivory by potential insect biological control agents on the performance of invasive Vincetoxicum spp., Aaron S. Weed, André Gassmann, and Richard A. Casagrande
Performance of potential European biological control agents of Vincetoxicum spp. with notes on their distribution, A. S. Weed, A. Gassmann, A. M. Leroux, and R. A. Casagrande
Submissions from 2010
Emerging dragonfly diversity at small Rhode Island (U.S.A.) wetlands along an urbanization gradient, Maria A. Aliberti Lubertazzi and Howard S. Ginsberg
Competitive interactions between a native spider (Frontinella communis, Araneae: Linyphiidae) and an invasive spider (Linyphia triangularis, Araneae: Linyphiidae), Julie Bednarski, Howard Ginsberg, and Elizabeth M. Jakob
Relative rooting depths of native grasses and amenity grasses with potential for use on roadsides in New England, Rebecca Nelson Brown, Cynthia Percivalle, Sophia Narkiewicz, and Samantha DeCuollo
Identification of quantitative trait loci for seed traits and floral morphology in a field-grown Lolium perenne × Lolium multiflorum mapping population, R. N. Brown, R. E. Barker, S. E. Warnke, L. D. Cooper, L. A. Brilman, M. A. Rouf Mian, G. Jung, and S. C. Sim
Evaluation of nontarget effects of methoprene applied to catch basins for mosquito control, Mari Butler, Howard S. Ginsberg, Roger A. LeBrun, and Alan Gettman
Susceptability of Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Adults from Southern New England Golf Courses to Chlorpyrifos, Christopher D. Clavet, Edwin D. Requintina Jr., Darryl Ramoutar, and Steven R. Alm
The use of early summer mosquito surveillance to predict late summer West Nile virus activity, Howard S. Ginsberg, Ilia Rochlin, and Scott R. Campbell
Functional Genomics Tool: Gene Silencing in Ixodes scapularis Eggs and Nymphs by Electroporated dsRNA, Shahid Karim, Emily Troiano, and Thomas N. Mather
The ecology of a keystone seed disperser, the ant Rhytidoponera violacea, Dave Lubertazzi, Maria A. Aliberti Lubertazzi, Neil McCoy, Aaron D. Gove, Jonathan D. Majer, and Robert R. Dunn
Enhanced toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis japonensis strain Buibui toxin to oriental beetle and northern masked chafer (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) larvae with Bacillus sp. NFD2, Tamer A. Mashtoly, Assem Abolmaaty, Nicole Thompson, Mohamed El Said El-Zemaity, Mohamed I. Hussien, and Steven R. Alm
Nursery worker turnover and language proficiency, Hannah M. Mathers, Alejandra A. Acuña, Donna R. Long, Bridget K. Behe, Alan W. Hodges, John J. Haydu, Ursula K. Schuch, Susan S. Barton, Jennifer H. Dennis, Brian K. Maynard, Charles R. Hall, Robert McNeil, and Thomas Archer
Nematodes associated with vineyards throughout Markazi Province (Arak), Iran, Abbas Mohammad Deimi and Nathaniel Mitkowski
Field performance of metarhizium anisopliae against popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae in Turfgrass, Darryl Ramoutar, Ana I. Legrand, and Steven R. Alm
Synergism between deinethylation inhibitor fungicides or Gibberellin inhibitor plant growth regulators and bifenthrin in a pyrethroid-resistant population of Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), D. Ramoutar, R. S. Cowles, E. Requintina, and S. R. Alm
Host-seeking activity and avian host preferences of mosquitoes associated with West Nile virus transmission in the Northeastern U.S.A., Channsotha Suom, Howard S. Ginsberg, Andrew Bernick, Coby Klein, P. A. Buckley, Christa Salvatore, and Roger A. Lebrun
Classical biological control for the protection of natural ecosystems, R. G. Van Driesche, R. I. Carruthers, T. Center, M. S. Hoddle, J. Hough-Goldstein, L. Morin, L. Smith, D. L. Wagner, B. Blossey, V. Brancatini, R. Casagrande, C. E. Causton, J. A. Coetzee, J. Cuda, J. Ding, S. V. Fowler, J. H. Frank, R. Fuester, J. Goolsby, M. Grodowitz, T. A. Heard, M. P. Hill, J. H. Hoffmann, J. Huber, M. Julien, M. T.K. Kairo, M. Kenis, P. Mason, J. Medal, R. Messing, and R. Miller
Casual gaming as a means to raise awareness of vector-borne disease risks, Tomás Francisco Yago Vicente, Brian Mullen, Thomas N. Mather, and Jean Yves Hervé
Biology and larval feeding impact of Hypena opulenta (Christoph) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): A potential biological control agent for Vincetoxicum nigrum and V. rossicum, Aaron S. Weed and R. A. Casagrande
Submissions from 2009
Persistence of dragonfly exuviae on vegetation and rock substrates, Maria A. Aliberti Lubertazzi and Howard S. Ginsberg
Evaluation of the United States Department of Agriculture Northeast Area-wide Tick Control Project by meta-analysis, Brandon Brei, John S. Brownstein, John E. George, J. Mathews Pound, J. Allen Miller, Thomas J. Daniels, Richard C. Falco, Kirby C. Stafford, Terry L. Schulze, Thomas N. Mather, John F. Carroll, and Durland Fish
Biological Control of Fenusa pusilla (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in the Northeastern United States: A Thirty-four Year Perspective on Efficacy, Richard A. Casagrande, R. G. van Driesche, M. Mayer, R. Fuester, D. Gilrein, L. Tewksbury, and Heather H. Faubert
Potential effects of mixed infections in ticks on transmission dynamics of pathogens: Comparative analysis of published records, Howard S. Ginsberg
Effects of tick control by acaricide self-treatment of white-tailed deer on host-seeking tick infection prevalence and entomologic risk for Ixodes scapularis-borne pathogens, Anne Gatewood Hoen, Lindsay G. Rollend, Michele A. Papero, John F. Carroll, Thomas J. Daniels, Thomas N. Mather, Terry L. Schulze, Kirby C. Stafford, and Durland Fish
LC and LD50 values of bacillus thuringiensis serovar japonensis strain buibui toxin to oriental beetle and northern masked chafer larvae (coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Tamer A. Mashtoly, Mohamed El Said El-Zemaity, Mohamed I. Hussien, and Steven R. Alm
Evaluating a deer-targeted acaricide applicator for area-wide suppression of blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), in Rhode Island, Nathan J. Miller, William A. Thomas, and Thomas N. Mather
Purification and characterization of a novel salivary antimicrobial peptide from the tick, Ixodes scapularis, Sivakamasundari Pichu, José M.C. Ribeiro, and Thomas N. Mather
The United States Department of Agriculture's Northeast Area-wide Tick Control Project: Summary and conclusions, Joe Mathews Pound, John Allen Miller, John E. George, Durland Fish, John F. Carroll, Terry L. Schulze, Thomas J. Daniels, Richard C. Falco, Kirby C. Stafford, and Thomas N. Mather
Pyrethroid resistance in populations of Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from southern New England golf courses, Darryl Ramoutar, Steven R. Alm, and Richard S. Cowles
Pyrethroid resistance mediated by enzyme detoxification in listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from connecticut, Darryl Ramoutar, Richard S. Cowles, and Steven R. Alm
Distribution and Abundance of Host-seeking Culex Species at Three Proximate Locations with Different Levels of West Nile Virus Activity, Ilia Rochlin, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Scott R. Campbell
Submissions from 2008
Survival of Phytophthora ramorum hyphae after exposure to temperature extremes and various humidities, Marsha Browning, Larry Englander, Paul W. Tooley, and Dana Berner
Potential effects of mixed infections in ticks on transmission dynamics of pathogens: Comparative analysis of published records, Howard S. Ginsberg
RNAi-Mediated Gene Silencing in Tick Synganglia: A Proof of Concept Study, Shahid Karim, Bronwyn Kenny, Emily Troiano, and Thomas N. Mather
Cutting edge: Immunity against a "silent" salivary antigen of the lyme vector Ixodes scapularis impairs its ability to feed, Michalis Kotsyfakis, Jennifer M. Anderson, John F. Andersen, Eric Calvo, Ivo M.B. Francischetti, Thomas N. Mather, Jesus G. Valenzuela, and José M.C. Ribeiro
Comparative Analysis of Distribution and Abundance of West Nile and Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus Vectors in Suffolk County, New York, Using Human Population Density and Land Use/Cover Data, I. Rochlin, K. Harding, Howard S. Ginsberg, and S. R. Campbell
Anti-tick biological control agents: Assessment and future perspectives, M. Samish, H. Ginsberg, and I. Glazer
Submissions from 2007
Susceptibility of four species of turfgrass-infesting scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) to Bacillus thuringiensis serovar japonensis strain Buibui, Andrea Bixby, Steven R. Alm, Kevin Power, Parwinder Grewal, and Stanley R. Swier
Natural communities in catch basins in southern Rhode Island, Mari Butler, Howard S. Ginsberg, Roger A. LeBrun, Alan D. Gettman, and Fred Pollnak
Monarch Butterfly Oviposition on Swallow-Worts (Vincetoxicum spp.), Richard A. Casagrande and J. E. Dacey
Selective Cysteine Protease Inhibition Contributes to Blood-feeding Success of the Tick Ixodes scapularis, Michalis Kotsyfakis, Shahid Karim, John F. Andersen, Thomas N. Mather, and José M. C. Ribeiro
Characteristics of a successful estuarine invader: Evidence of self-compatibility in native and non-native lineages of Phragmites australis, Adam M. Lambert and Richard A. Casagrande
Susceptibility of native and non-native common reed to the non-native mealy plum aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) in North America, Adam M. Lambert and Richard A. Casagrande
Distribution and impact of exotic gall flies (Lipara sp.) on native and exotic Phragmites australis, Adam M. Lambert, Kris Winiarski, and Richard A. Casagrande
Human Babesia microti Incidence and Ixodes scapularis Distribution, Rhode Island, 1998–2004, Sarah E. Rodgers and Thomas N. Mather
Seasonal Variation in Nymphal Blacklegged Tick Abundance in Southern New England Forests, Sarah E. Rodgers, Nathan J. Miller, and Thomas N. Mather
Duration of Exposure to Suboptimal Atmospheric Moisture Affects Nymphal Blacklegged Tick Survival, Sarah E. Rodgers, Christine P. Zolnik, and Thomas N. Mather
Prostaglandin E2 is a major inhibitor of dendritic cell maturation and function in Ixodes scapularis saliva, Anderson Sá-Nunes, André Bafica, David A. Lucas, Thomas P. Conrads, Timothy D. Veenstra, John F. Andersen, Thomas N. Mather, José M.C. Ribeiro, and Ivo M.B. Francischetti
The production of callus, shoot, and rooted plantlets of Rhododendron catawbiense 'English Roseum' from florets, Jenna Sicuranza and Nathaniel A. Mitkowski
Submissions from 2006
Efficacy of methoprene for mosquito control in storm water catch basins, Mari Butler, Roger A. Lebrun, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Alan D. Gettman
Effects of methoprene on oviposition by Aedes japonicus and Culex spp., Mari Butler, Channsotha Suom, Roger A. Lebrun, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Alan D. Gettman
Assessing peridomestic entomological factors as predictors for Lyme disease, Neeta P. Connally, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Thomas N. Mather
Assessing peridomestic entomological factors as predictors for Lyme disease, Neeta P. Connally, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Thomas N. Mather
Growth and sporulation of Phytophthora ramorum in vitro in response to temperature and light, Larry Englander, Marsha Browning, and Paul W. Tooley
Soil test calibration for predicting corn response to phosphorus in the northeast USA, J. R. Heckman, W. Jokela, T. Morris, D. B. Beegle, J. T. Sims, F. J. Coale, S. Herbert, T. Griffin, B. Hoskins, J. Jemison, W. M. Sullivan, D. Bhumbla, G. Estes, and W. S. Reid
Population dynamics of plant-parasitic nematodes in golf course greens turf in southern New England, K. S. Jordan and N. A. Mitkowski
Antiinflammatory and Immunosuppressive Activity of Sialostatin L, a Salivary Cystatin from the Tick Ixodes scapularis, Michalis Kotsyfakis, Anderson Sá-Nunes, Ivo M. B. Francischetti, Thomas N. Mather, John F. Anderson, and José M. Ribeiro
Distribution of native and exotic Phragmites australis in Rhode Island, Adam M. Lambert and Richard A. Casagrande
No evidence of fungal endophytes in native and exotic Phragmites australis, Adam M. Lambert and Richard A. Casagrande
Comparing cultivars of three cool-season turfgrasses for nitrogen recovery in clippings, Haibo Liu and Richard J. Hull
Reservoir Competency of Goats for the Ap-Variant 1 Strain of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Robert F. Massung, Thomas N. Mather, and Michael L. Levin
A genetic linkage map for hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) based on RAPD and SSR markers, Shawn A. Mehlenbacher, Rebecca N. Brown, Eduardo R. Nouhra, Tufan Gökirmak, Nahla V. Bassil, and Thomas L. Kubisiak
The identification of a limited number of vegetative compatibility groups within isolates of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa infecting Poa spp. and Agrostis palustris from temperate climates, N. A. Mitkowski and S. Colucci
Prevalence of Ehrlichia, Borrelia, and Rickettsial agents in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from nine states, Tonya R. Mixson, Scott R. Campbell, James S. Gill, Howard S. Ginsberg, Mason V. Reichard, Terry L. Schulze, and Gregory A. Dasch
Population trends and flight behavior of the American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus (Coleoptera: Silphidae), on Block Island, RI, Christopher J. Raithel, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Ming Lee Prospero
An annotated catalog of salivary gland transcripts from Ixodes scapularis ticks, José M.C. Ribeiro, Francisco Alarcon-Chaidez, Ivo M. Ivo, Ben J. Mans, Thomas N. Mather, Jesus G. Valenzuela, and Stephen K. Wikel
Trapping Phyllophaga spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) in the United States and Canada Using Sex Attractants, Paul S. Robbins, Steven R. Alm, and et al
Evaluating satellite sensor-derived indices for lyme disease risk prediction, Sarah E. Rodgers and Thomas N. Mather
Submissions from 2005
Identification of quantitative trait loci for flowering time in a field-grown Lolium perenne x Lolium multiflorum mapping population, R. N. Brown, R. E. Barker, S. E. Warnke, L. A. Brilman, M. A.R. Mian, S. C. Sim, and G. Jung
Tick saliva is a potent inhibitor of endothelial cell proliferation and angiogenesis, Ivo M.B. Francischetti, Thomas N. Mather, and José M.C. Ribeiro
The transcriptome of the salivary glands of the female western black-legged tick Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae), Ivo M.B. Francischetti, Van My Pham, Ben J. Mans, John F. Andersen, Thomas N. Mather, Robert S. Lane, and José M.C. Ribeiro
Pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) and permethrin to Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs, V. L. Hornbostel, Elyes Zhioua, Michael A. Benjamin, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Richard S. Ostfeld
RNAi-mediated gene silencing to assess the role of synaptobrevin and cystatin in tick blood feeding, Shahid Karim, Nathan J. Miller, Jesus Valenzuela, John R. Sauer, and Thomas N. Mather
First report of bacterial wilt of annual bluegrass caused by Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae in Montana, N. A. Mitkowski
Pathogenicity of Xanthomonas translucens from annual bluegrass on golf course putting greens, N. A. Mitkowski, M. Browning, C. Basu, K. Jordan, and N. Jackson
The genes of pumpkin and squash, Harry S. Paris and Rebecca Nelson Brown
Applications of a climatic water budget to tick-borne disease research, Sarah E. Rodgers, Christine P. Zolnik, Michael J. Brewer, and Thomas N. Mather
Submissions from 2004
Optimization of a valine:isoleucine methyl ester pheromone blend and comparison of Robbins and Trécé traps for capture of Phyllophaga anxia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Rhode Island, Steven R. Alm, Charles G. Dawson, and Paul Robbins
Penthalaris, a novel recombinant five-Kunitz tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) from the salivary gland of the tick vector of Lyme disease, Ixodes scapularis, Ivo M.B. Francischetti, Thomas N. Mather, and José M.C. Ribeiro
Nitrate uptake of seedling and mature kentucky bluegrass plants, Zhongchun Jiang and W. Michael Sullivan
Passive tick surveillance, dog seropositivity, and incidence of human lyme disease, Jaree L. Johnson, Howard S. Ginsberg, Elyes Zhioua, Ulysses G. Whitworth, Daniel Markowski, Kerwin E. Hyland, and Renjie Hu