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Data from: Population dynamics of an invasive forest insect and associated natural enemies in the aftermath of invasion
Department of Agriculture —
Datasets archived here consist of all data analyzed in Duan et al. 2015 from Journal of Applied Ecology. Specifically, these data were collected from annual sampling... -
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Data from: Importance of color for artificial clay caterpillars as sentinel prey in maize, soybean, and prairie
Department of Agriculture —
Data files for manuscript titled "Importance of color for artificial clay caterpillars as sentinel prey in maize, soybean, and prairie". Metadata is contained within... -
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Data from: Defensive aphid symbiont Hamiltonella defensa effects on Aphelinus glycinis and Aphelinus atriplicis
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Endosymbiont interactions with hosts have important effects on fitness, including the fitness of many pest and beneficial species. Among these interactions,... -
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Data from: Toxicity of herbicides used for control of waterhyacinth in the California Delta towards the planthopper Megamelus scutellaris released for biological control
Department of Agriculture —
Data from five laboratory bioassays and three field mesocosm studies performed by Dr. Patrick Moran of the USDA-ARS Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Research... -
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Data from: Characterization of Adult Transcriptomes from the Omnivorous Lady Beetle Coleomegilla maculata Fed Pollen or Insect Egg Diet
Department of Agriculture —
Expressed genes from two individual sibling specimens of Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). One individual was fed only insect eggs as an adult, and... -
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Data from: Host specificity of Aphelinus species collected from soybean aphid in Asia
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The soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is native to Asia where it is an occasional pest of soybean, Glycine max (L.). Aphis glycines was... -
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Data from: Host plant water deficit stress impairs reproduction and development of the galling fly (Parafreutreta regalis), a biological control agent of Cape-ivy (Delairea odorata)
Department of Agriculture —
Data from choice and no-choice tests associated with the paper cited below. Drought leading to water deficit stress is known to reduce performance of galling insects.... -
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Data from: High genetic diversity in the landscape suggests frequent seedling recruitment by Euphorbia virgata Waldst. & Kit. (leafy spurge) in the northern U.S.A.
Department of Agriculture —
Site information and field-collected data from a 1-year 100-site survey of leafy spurge (Euphorbia virgata/esula) populations in the northern U.S. Data include: 1)... -
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Data from: Honeydew associated with four common crop aphid species increases longevity of the parasitoid wasp, Bracon cephi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Department of Agriculture —
Data are from a laboratory experiment conducted to examine the potential effects of honeydew from six different aphid species by crop species combinations on the... -
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Data from: Host specificity of Aphelinus species considered for introduction to control Diuraphis noxia
Department of Agriculture —
Diuraphis noxia, the Russian wheat aphid, has become a major pest of wheat and barley since first being detected in the western USA in 1986. However, it is rarely a... -
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Data from: Release and establishment of the weevil Mecinus janthiniformis for biological control of Dalmatian toadflax in southern California
Department of Agriculture —
We monitored populations of the stem weevil, Mecinus janthiniformis, the invasive alien weed Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) and other vegetation to document...