David R. Lance

TL;DR: Results indicated a several-fold advantage for the males-only strain as measured by the level of induced sterility, especially at the very high release ratios of 100:1 recorded in 1997.

TL;DR: Amplification and functional divergence of genes associated with specialized feeding on plants, including genes originally obtained via horizontal gene transfer from fungi and bacteria, contributed to the addition, expansion, and enhancement of the metabolic repertoire of the Asian longhorned beetle and to a lesser degree, other phytophagous insects.

TL;DR: Two indices were devised to quantify the degrees of mating compatibility between laboratory-reared, sterilized flies and wild flies and the results and implications of a series of field cage mating tests are discussed in the context of tephritid SIT programs worldwide.

TL;DR: Male–female interactions among three wild and three laboratory strains of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), were observed on caged trees in Hawaii and Guatemala, finding less-than-desirable levels of mating compatibility between sterile and wild C. capitata appear to result primarily from the relatively low rates at which wild females accept courtship overtures of sterile males.

TL;DR: Retinal sensitivity of Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire was examined with an aim to improve trap efficacy for the beetle and it is hypothesized that when placed in the mid-canopy, green traps constitute a foliage-type stimulus that elicits food-seeking and/or host seeking behavior by A. planip Dennis.