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James L. Nation
Researcher at University of Florida
Publications - 70
Citations - 2732
James L. Nation is an academic researcher from University of Florida. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anastrepha suspensa & Tephritidae. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 56 publications receiving 2549 citations. Previous affiliations of James L. Nation include Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária.
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A New Method Using Hexamethyldisilazane for Preparation of Soft Insect Tissues for Scanning Electron Microscopy
TL;DR: A new rapid procedure for preparing soft internal tissues from insects that allows air drying was found to compare favorably with tissues prepared by critical point drying.
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Insect Physiology and Biochemistry
TL;DR: Embryogenesis Digestion Nutrition Integument Hormones and Development Diapause Intermediary Metabolism Neuroanatomy Neurophysiology Muscles Flight Sensory Systems Vision Circulatory System Immunity Respiration Excretion Pheromones Reproduction Appendix
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Attachment of Metarhizium anisopliae to the southern green stink bug Nezara viridula cuticle and fungistatic effect of cuticular lipids and aldehydes
Daniel R. Sosa-Gómez,Daniel R. Sosa-Gómez,Drion G. Boucias,Drion G. Boucias,James L. Nation,James L. Nation +5 more
TL;DR: The aldehyde (E)-2-decenal, a primary component of the stink bug scent gland, was detected in cuticle extracts and found to be selectively fungistatic to certain entomopathogenic fungi, including M. anisopliae.
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Synergism of Turpentine and Ethanol as Attractants for Certain Pine-Infesting Beetles (Coleoptera)
Thomas W. Phillips,A. J. Wilkening,Thomas H. Atkinson,James L. Nation,R. C. Wilkinson,John L. Foltz +5 more
TL;DR: The synergistic effect of turpentine and ethanol for some species and not others may point to ecological differences between species with regard to the condition of preferred host material.
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Courtship Behavior and Evidence for a Sex Attractant in the Male Caribbean Fruit Fly, Anastrepha suspensa
TL;DR: Male Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae) release one or more volatile pheromones that attract females in laboratory assays, probably while distending the pleural region of abdominal segments 3, 4, and 5, and an anal pouch.