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Submissions from 2013

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Impact of demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides on clipping yield and rooting depth of creeping bentgrass, Nathaniel A. Mitkowski and Arielle Chaves

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Identification of Waitea circinata as a pathogen of the moss Bryum rgenteum var. argenteum on a golf course fairway, N. Mitkowski and A. Chaves

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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

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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

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Evaluation of population structure within diploid Agrostis germplasm based on miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements, Keenan Amundsen, Rebecca Brown, Geunhwa Jung, and Scott Warnke

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Plant species diversity of highway roadsides in southern New England, Rebecca Nelson Brown and Carl D. Sawyer

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The use of soil amendments to improve survival of roadside grasses, Rebecca Nelson Brown and Josef H. Gorres

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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

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Evaluation of lactuca germplasm for resistance to the northern root-knot nematode, P. Kaur and N. A. Mitkowski

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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

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Layering, Brian Maynard

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Emerging dragonfly diversity at small Rhode Island (U.S.A.) wetlands along an urbanization gradient, Maria A. Aliberti Lubertazzi and Howard S. Ginsberg

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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

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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

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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

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Evaluation of nontarget effects of methoprene applied to catch basins for mosquito control, Mari Butler, Howard S. Ginsberg, Roger A. LeBrun, and Alan Gettman

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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

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The use of early summer mosquito surveillance to predict late summer West Nile virus activity, Howard S. Ginsberg, Ilia Rochlin, and Scott R. Campbell

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Functional Genomics Tool: Gene Silencing in Ixodes scapularis Eggs and Nymphs by Electroporated dsRNA, Shahid Karim, Emily Troiano, and Thomas N. Mather

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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

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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

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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

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Nematodes associated with vineyards throughout Markazi Province (Arak), Iran, Abbas Mohammad Deimi and Nathaniel Mitkowski

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Persistence of dragonfly exuviae on vegetation and rock substrates, Maria A. Aliberti Lubertazzi and Howard S. Ginsberg

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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

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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

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Potential effects of mixed infections in ticks on transmission dynamics of pathogens: Comparative analysis of published records, Howard S. Ginsberg

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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

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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

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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

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Purification and characterization of a novel salivary antimicrobial peptide from the tick, Ixodes scapularis, Sivakamasundari Pichu, José M.C. Ribeiro, and Thomas N. Mather

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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

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Pyrethroid resistance in populations of Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from southern New England golf courses, Darryl Ramoutar, Steven R. Alm, and Richard S. Cowles

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Pyrethroid resistance mediated by enzyme detoxification in listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from connecticut, Darryl Ramoutar, Richard S. Cowles, and Steven R. Alm

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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

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Survival of Phytophthora ramorum hyphae after exposure to temperature extremes and various humidities, Marsha Browning, Larry Englander, Paul W. Tooley, and Dana Berner

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Potential effects of mixed infections in ticks on transmission dynamics of pathogens: Comparative analysis of published records, Howard S. Ginsberg

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RNAi-Mediated Gene Silencing in Tick Synganglia: A Proof of Concept Study, Shahid Karim, Bronwyn Kenny, Emily Troiano, and Thomas N. Mather

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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

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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

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Anti-tick biological control agents: Assessment and future perspectives, M. Samish, H. Ginsberg, and I. Glazer

Submissions from 2007

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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

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Natural communities in catch basins in southern Rhode Island, Mari Butler, Howard S. Ginsberg, Roger A. LeBrun, Alan D. Gettman, and Fred Pollnak

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Monarch Butterfly Oviposition on Swallow-Worts (Vincetoxicum spp.), Richard A. Casagrande and J. E. Dacey

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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

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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

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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

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Distribution and impact of exotic gall flies (Lipara sp.) on native and exotic Phragmites australis, Adam M. Lambert, Kris Winiarski, and Richard A. Casagrande

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Human Babesia microti Incidence and Ixodes scapularis Distribution, Rhode Island, 1998–2004, Sarah E. Rodgers and Thomas N. Mather

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Seasonal Variation in Nymphal Blacklegged Tick Abundance in Southern New England Forests, Sarah E. Rodgers, Nathan J. Miller, and Thomas N. Mather

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Duration of Exposure to Suboptimal Atmospheric Moisture Affects Nymphal Blacklegged Tick Survival, Sarah E. Rodgers, Christine P. Zolnik, and Thomas N. Mather

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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

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The production of callus, shoot, and rooted plantlets of Rhododendron catawbiense 'English Roseum' from florets, Jenna Sicuranza and Nathaniel A. Mitkowski

Submissions from 2006

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Efficacy of methoprene for mosquito control in storm water catch basins, Mari Butler, Roger A. Lebrun, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Alan D. Gettman

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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

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Assessing peridomestic entomological factors as predictors for Lyme disease, Neeta P. Connally, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Thomas N. Mather

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Assessing peridomestic entomological factors as predictors for Lyme disease, Neeta P. Connally, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Thomas N. Mather

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Growth and sporulation of Phytophthora ramorum in vitro in response to temperature and light, Larry Englander, Marsha Browning, and Paul W. Tooley

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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

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Population dynamics of plant-parasitic nematodes in golf course greens turf in southern New England, K. S. Jordan and N. A. Mitkowski

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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

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Distribution of native and exotic Phragmites australis in Rhode Island, Adam M. Lambert and Richard A. Casagrande

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No evidence of fungal endophytes in native and exotic Phragmites australis, Adam M. Lambert and Richard A. Casagrande

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Comparing cultivars of three cool-season turfgrasses for nitrogen recovery in clippings, Haibo Liu and Richard J. Hull

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Reservoir Competency of Goats for the Ap-Variant 1 Strain of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Robert F. Massung, Thomas N. Mather, and Michael L. Levin

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Trapping Phyllophaga spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) in the United States and Canada Using Sex Attractants, Paul S. Robbins, Steven R. Alm, and et al

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Evaluating satellite sensor-derived indices for lyme disease risk prediction, Sarah E. Rodgers and Thomas N. Mather

Submissions from 2005

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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

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Tick saliva is a potent inhibitor of endothelial cell proliferation and angiogenesis, Ivo M.B. Francischetti, Thomas N. Mather, and José M.C. Ribeiro

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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

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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

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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

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First report of bacterial wilt of annual bluegrass caused by Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae in Montana, N. A. Mitkowski

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Pathogenicity of Xanthomonas translucens from annual bluegrass on golf course putting greens, N. A. Mitkowski, M. Browning, C. Basu, K. Jordan, and N. Jackson

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The genes of pumpkin and squash, Harry S. Paris and Rebecca Nelson Brown

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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

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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

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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

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Nitrate uptake of seedling and mature kentucky bluegrass plants, Zhongchun Jiang and W. Michael Sullivan

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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