OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Pest Science is 9. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Insect pest monitoring with camera-equipped traps: strengths and limitations	100
Integrated pest management of Tuta absoluta: practical implementations across different world regions	95
When is it biological control? A framework of definitions, mechanisms, and classifications	92
RNAi: What is its position in agriculture?	86
Interactions among Norway spruce, the bark beetle Ips typographus and its fungal symbionts in times of drought	66
First record of the invasive spotted wing Drosophila infesting berry crops in Africa	47
Recent advances toward the sustainable management of invasive Xylosandrus ambrosia beetles	44
Encapsulation of Carlina acaulis essential oil and carlina oxide to develop long-lasting mosquito larvicides: microemulsions versus nanoemulsions	43
Mechanisms and management of acaricide resistance for Tetranychus urticae in agroecosystems	37
A first greenhouse application of bacteria-expressed and nanocarrier-delivered RNA pesticide for Myzus persicae control	36
Seasonal phenology and activity of spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) in eastern US vineyards	35
Predicting climate change impacts on potential worldwide distribution of fall armyworm based on CMIP6 projections	34
Direct and indirect plant defenses induced by (Z)-3-hexenol in tomato against whitefly attack	33
An alternative to reduce the use of the synthetic insecticide against the maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais through the synergistic action of Pimenta racemosa and Citrus sinensis essential oils with chl	32
Detection of the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, in continental sub-Saharan Africa	31
Streamlining leaf damage rating scales for the fall armyworm on maize	30
Antibiotics increased host insecticide susceptibility via collapsed bacterial symbionts reducing detoxification metabolism in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens	30
Effect of entomopathogenic fungi introduced as corn endophytes on the development, reproduction, and food preference of the invasive fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda	29
Flower strips adjacent to greenhouses help reduce pest populations and insecticide applications inside organic commercial greenhouses	29
Genetic diversity of whitefly (Bemisia spp.) on crop and uncultivated plants in Uganda: implications for the control of this devastating pest species complex in Africa	29
Effect of crop diversity on predation activity and population dynamics of the mirid predator Nesidiocoris tenuis	28
Host preference of three Asian larval parasitoids to closely related Drosophila species: implications for biological control of Drosophila suzukii	28
Potential host ranges of three Asian larval parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii	28
Factors influencing the occurrence of fall armyworm parasitoids in Zambia	27
Exploiting trap color to improve surveys of longhorn beetles	26

Bird-mediated effects of pest control services on crop productivity: a global synthesis	25
Sustainable management of the vine mealybug in organic vineyards	25
Synergistic mechanism of insecticidal activity in basil and mandarin essential oils against the tobacco cutworm	25
Retrospective analysis of factors affecting the distribution of an invasive wood-boring insect using native range data: the importance of host plants	24
Interference competition and predation between invasive and native herbivores in maize	24
The effect of mycorrhizal seed treatments on rice growth, yield, and tolerance to insect herbivores	24
Climate tolerances of Philaenus spumarius should be considered in risk assessment of disease outbreaks related to Xylella fastidiosa	24
Implementation of RNAi-based arthropod pest control: environmental risks, potential for resistance and regulatory considerations	24
Yeast species affects feeding and fitness of Drosophila suzukii adults	24
Alterations of foliar arthropod communities in a maize agroecosystem induced by the root-associated fungus Trichoderma harzianum	23
A rapid field-based assay using recombinase polymerase amplification for identification of Thrips palmi, a vector of tospoviruses	23
Risk of the introduction of Lobesia botrana in suitable areas for Vitis vinifera	23
Combining physiological host range, behavior and host characteristics for predictive risk analysis of Trissolcus japonicus	22
Thermal biology of Tuta absoluta: demographic parameters and facultative diapause	22
Production of moth sex pheromone precursors in Nicotiana spp.: a worthwhile new approach to pest control	22
Natural insecticides from native plants of the Mediterranean basin and their activity for the control of major insect pests in vegetable crops: shifting from the past to the future	22
Confocal microscopy provides visual evidence and confirms the feasibility of dsRNA delivery to emerald ash borer through plant tissues	21
Long-term field evaluation and large-scale application of a Metarhizium anisopliae strain for controlling major rice pests	21
Spatial clusters of Varroa destructor control strategies in Europe	21
Expanding general surveillance of invasive species by integrating citizens as both observers and identifiers	21
Important pest species of the Spodoptera complex: Biology, thermal requirements and ecological zoning	20
Organic practices intensify the microbiome assembly and suppress root-knot nematodes	20
Nanocarrier-mediated transdermal dsRNA-NPF1 delivery system contributes to pest control via inhibiting feeding behavior in Grapholita molesta	20
Induction of plant defenses: the added value of zoophytophagous predators	20
Conservation agriculture practices have changed habitat use by rodent pests: implications for management of feral house mice	20
Supercooling capacity and cold tolerance of the South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta, a newly invaded pest in China	20
Leaf structural traits rather than drought resistance determine aphid performance on spring wheat	20
Preventing invasions of Asian longhorn beetle and citrus longhorn beetle: are we on the right track?	19
Origin of non-native Xylosandrus germanus, an invasive pest ambrosia beetle in Europe and North America	19
Using flower strips to promote green lacewings to control cabbage insect pests	19
Genetic improvement of Orius laevigatus for better fitness feeding on pollen	19
Plant exposure to herbivore-induced plant volatiles: a sustainable approach through eliciting plant defenses	19
Increased density of endosymbiotic Buchnera related to pesticide resistance in yellow morph of melon aphid	18
Genetic architecture and insecticide resistance in Chinese populations of Spodoptera frugiperda	18
Feeding behavior in relation to spittlebug transmission of Xylella fastidiosa	18
Toxicity of essential oils to slug parasitic and entomopathogenic nematodes	18
Foliar application of systemic insecticides disrupts feeding behavior of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 and the transmission of tomato chlorosis virus in potato plants	17
GNBP1 as a potential RNAi target to enhance the virulence of Beauveria bassiana for aphid control	17
Fluazaindolizine mitigates plant-parasitic nematode activity at sublethal dosages	16
Combining banker plants to achieve long-term pest control in multi-pest and multi-natural enemy cropping systems	16
Knockout of SldsRNase1 and SldsRNase2 revealed their function in dsRNA degradation and contribution to RNAi efficiency in the tobacco cutworm, Spodoptera litura	16
Potential economic impact of invasive fall armyworm on mainly affected crops in China	16
Fungi isolated from cysts of the beet cyst nematode parasitized its eggs and counterbalanced root damages	16
A sequence complementarity-based approach for evaluating off-target transcript knockdown in Bombus terrestris, following ingestion of pest-specific dsRNA	16
miR-34-5p, a novel molecular target against lepidopteran pests	15
A metabarcoding tool to detect predation of the honeybee Apis mellifera and other wild insects by the invasive Vespa velutina	15
Life history and temperature-dependence of cassava-colonising populations of Bemisia tabaci	15
Timing and order of different insecticide classes drive control of Drosophila suzukii; a modeling approach	15
Fruit volatiles mediate differential attraction of Drosophila suzukii to wild and cultivated blueberries	15
Entomopathogenic fungal endophyte-mediated tritrophic interactions between Spodoptera littoralis and its parasitoid Hyposoter didymator	15

The frequency of cannibalism by Spodoptera frugiperda larvae determines their probability of surviving food deprivation	15
Climate change simulations revealed potentially drastic shifts in insect community structure and crop yields in China’s farmland	15
Impact of Trichogramma parasitoid age on the outcome of multiparasitism in the factitious host eggs of Chinese oak silkworm, Antheraea pernyi	15
Essential oils from two aromatic plants repel the tobacco whitefly Bemisia tabaci	15
Vibrational calling signals improve the efficacy of pheromone traps to capture the brown marmorated stink bug	15
Red imported fire ants cover the insecticide-treated surfaces with particles to reduce contact toxicity	14
Fused: a promising molecular target for an RNAi-based strategy to manage Bt resistance in Plutella xylostella (L.)	14
Identification of a female-produced pheromone in a destructive invasive species: Asian longhorn beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis	14
Transgenerational hormesis effects of nitenpyram on fitness and insecticide tolerance/resistance of Nilaparvata lugens	14
Performances of six eupelmid egg parasitoids from China on Japanese giant silkworm Caligula japonica with different host age regimes	14
Population genetics and host specificity of Varroa destructor mites infesting eastern and western honeybees	14
Key role of environmental competence in successful use of entomopathogenic fungi in microbial pest control	13
Priming negatively affects feeding behaviour and aphid biomass of Rhopalosiphum padi on barley	13
The modes of action of Mentha arvensis essential oil on the granary weevil Sitophilus granarius revealed by a label-free quantitative proteomic analysis	13
Sublethal effects of plant essential oils toward the zoophytophagous mirid Nesidiocoris tenuis	13
A potential genetic control by suppression of the wing developmental gene wingless in a global invasive pest Bactrocera dorsalis	13
Physiological host range of Trissolcus mitsukurii, a candidate biological control agent of Halyomorpha halys in Europe	13
Host-induced gene silencing of brown planthopper glutathione S-transferase gene enhances rice resistance to sap-sucking insect pests	13
Facultative and obligate diapause phenotypes in populations of the European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus	13
Targeting a coatomer protein complex-I gene via RNA interference results in effective lethality in the pollen beetle Brassicogethes aeneus	12
Calcium-alginate beads as a formulation for the application of entomopathogenic nematodes to control rootworms	12
Mutations associated with pyrethroid resistance in the honey bee parasite Varroa destructor evolved as a series of parallel and sequential events	12
Arbovirus vectors insects: are botanical insecticides an alternative for its management?	12
Significant suppression of invasive emerald ash borer by introduced parasitoids: potential for North American ash recovery	12
The effect of banker plants and pre-plant release on the establishment and pest control of Macrolophus pygmaeus in tomato greenhouses	12
Novel diamide resistance-linked mutation in Korean Spodoptera exigua and a LAMP assay based on a mutation-associated intronic InDel	12
Population genetic structure of Anoplophora glabripennis in South Korea: Invasive populations in the native range?	12
Protecting avocado trees from ambrosia beetles by repellents and mass trapping (push–pull): experiments and simulations	12
Dietary RNAi toxicity assay suggests α and γ subunits of HvCOPI as novel molecular targets for Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata, an emerging coccinellid pest	11
Variation in susceptibility of rapeseed cultivars to the peach potato aphid	11
Flower provision reduces intraguild predation between predators and increases aphid biocontrol in tomato	11
Chemical polymorphism regulates the attractiveness to nymphs in the bean bug Riptortus pedestris	11
Banker plants and landscape composition influence colonisation precocity of tomato greenhouses by mirid predators	11
Advanced infections by cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus encourage whitefly vector colonization while discouraging non-vector aphid competitors	11
Olfactory and behavioral responses of red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, to ylang ylang oil and its components	11
Sulfoxaflor resistance in Aphis gossypii: resistance mechanism, feeding behavior and life history changes	11
There is more than chitin synthase in insect resistance to benzoylureas: molecular markers associated with teflubenzuron resistance in Spodoptera frugiperda	11
Oral RNAi of diap1 results in rapid reduction of damage to potatoes in Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata	11
An insecticide resistance diagnostic kit for whitebacked planthopper Sogatella furcifera (Horvath)	11
Aphids detect approaching predators using plant-borne vibrations and visual cues	11
Silicon suppresses a ubiquitous mite herbivore and promotes natural enemy attraction by altering plant volatile blends	11
Limited host range in the idiobiont parasitoid Phymastichus coffea, a prospective biological control agent of the coffee pest Hypothenemus hampei in Hawaii	10
A first inference of the phylogeography of the worldwide invader Xylosandrus compactus	10
Altered capsaicin levels in domesticated chili pepper varieties affect the interaction between a generalist herbivore and its ectoparasitoid	10
Patterns, drivers and detectability of infestation symptoms following attacks by the European spruce bark beetle	10
microRNAs shape social immunity: a potential target for biological control of the termite Reticulitermes chinensis	10
Infection of susceptible/tolerant barley genotypes with Barley yellow dwarf virus alters the host plant preference of Rhopalosiphum padi clones depending upon their ability to transmit BYDV	10
Transcriptomic and metabolomic reprogramming in cotton after Apolygus lucorum feeding implicated in enhancing recruitment of the parasitoid Peristenus spretus	10
A chitin synthase mutation confers widespread resistance to buprofezin, a chitin synthesis inhibitor, in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens	10
Basis and monitoring of methoxyfenozide resistance in the South American tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta	10
Subterranean termite colony elimination can be achieved even when only a small proportion of foragers feed upon a CSI bait	10
Transgenic plants expressing immunosuppressive dsRNA improve entomopathogen efficacy against Spodoptera littoralis larvae	10
Fluopimomide effectively controls Meloidogyne incognita and shows a growth promotion effect in cucumber	10
Larval response to frass and guaiacol: detection of an attractant produced by bacteria from Spodoptera littoralis frass	10
The parasitoid Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris eavesdrops on semiochemicals from its host Tuta absoluta and tomato	9
A real-time remote surveillance system for fruit flies of economic importance: sensitivity and image analysis	9
Potential of Bacillus altitudinis KMS-6 as a biocontrol agent of Meloidogyne javanica	9
Reduced quality of sterile Queensland fruit fly following post-production stress from hypoxia, irradiation and vibration	9
Companion plants and alternative prey improve biological control by Orius laevigatus on strawberry	9
Comparative effects of biopesticides on fall armyworm management and larval parasitism rates in northern Ghana	9
Consequences of elevated temperature on the biology, predation, and competitiveness of two mirid predators in the rice ecosystem	9
Silencing horizontally transferred genes for the control of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci	9
Essential oils-based repellents for the management of Myzus persicae and Macrosiphum euphorbiae	9
Azadirachtin affected the intestinal structure and microbiota of adult Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) while controlling Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)	9
Cannibalism and intraguild predation involved in the intra- and inter-specific interactions of the invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, and lepidopteran maize stemborers	9
Assessing the risk of establishment and transient populations of Spodoptera frugiperda in Europe	9
Seed blends of pyramided Cry/Vip maize reduce Helicoverpa zea populations from refuge ears	9
Fumigant toxicity of essential oils against Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Quality control of long-term mass-reared Aedes albopictus for population suppression	9
Endosymbiont-mediated resistance to entomotoxic nanoparticles and sex-specific responses in a seed beetle	9
Ecological niche complexity of invasive and native cryptic species of the Bemisia tabaci species complex in China	9