Paul Umina

Using mock surveillance to quantify pest detectability prior to establishment of exotic leafminers

Elia I Pirtle, Paul A Umina, Cindy E Hauser, James L Maino

Journal article  |  2021  |  CROP PROTECTION

Quantifying detectability of exotic pests in local contexts is crucial for designing efficient and regionally relevant surveillanc..

Forecasting impacts of biological control under future climates: mechanistic modelling of an aphid pest and a parasitic wasp

Madeleine Barton, Hazel Parry, Samantha Ward, Ary A Hoffmann, Paul A Umina, Maarten van Helden, Sarina Macfadyen

Journal article  |  2021  |  ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Climate change impacts agricultural pests in complicated ways, and accounting for these responses should form an integral part of ..

A molecular method for biomonitoring of an exotic plant-pest: Leafmining for environmental DNA

Elia Pirtle, Anthony R van Rooyen, James Maino, Andrew R Weeks, Paul A Umina

Journal article  |  2021  |  MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Understanding how invasive species respond to novel environments is limited by a lack of sensitivity and throughput in conventiona..

Pests of Australian dairy pastures: distribution, seasonality and potential impacts on pasture production

Paul A Umina, Stuart Kemp, Marielle Babineau, James L Maino, Isobel Roberts, Alana Govender, Garrick McDonald, Alison J Popay, David E Hume, Scott Hardwick, Nicola K Richards, Olivia Reynolds, Evatt Chirgwin

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRAL ENTOMOLOGY

The dairy industry provides an important contribution to the Australian economy, but its productivity relies on grass pastures tha..

Molecular Identification of Leafmining Flies From Australia Including New Liriomyza Outbreaks.

Xuefen Xu, Marianne P Coquilleau, Peter M Ridland, Paul A Umina, Qiong Yang, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Econ Entomol

Some leafmining fly species are pests of agricultural and ornamental plants but they also include many species with little economi..

Global patterns in genomic diversity underpinning the evolution of insecticide resistance in the aphid crop pest Myzus persicae.

Kumar Saurabh Singh, Erick MG Cordeiro, Bartlomiej J Troczka, Adam Pym, Joanna Mackisack, Thomas C Mathers, Ana Duarte, Fabrice Legeai, Stéphanie Robin, Pablo Bielza, Hannah J Burrack, Kamel Charaabi, Ian Denholm, Christian C Figueroa, Richard H Ffrench-Constant, Georg Jander, John T Margaritopoulos, Emanuele Mazzoni, Ralf Nauen, Claudio C Ramírez, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  Commun Biol

The aphid Myzus persicae is a destructive agricultural pest that displays an exceptional ability to develop resistance to both nat..

Variation in sex ratio of the leafminer Phytomyza plantaginis Goureau (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Australia

Marianne P Coquilleau, Xuefen Xu, Peter M Ridland, Paul A Umina, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRAL ENTOMOLOGY

Parthenogenetic reproduction has only previously been demonstrated in two species of agromyzid leafminer flies (Diptera: Agromyzid..

Options for managing pesticide resistance in the redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor Tucker): an experimental test involving altered selection pressures and alternative chemicals

Xuan Cheng, Paul A Umina, Matthew Binns, James Maino, Amol Ghodke, Ary Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2021  |  CROP & PASTURE SCIENCE

Chemical strategies to manage pest populations that have evolved pesticide resistance can involve killing resistant individuals by..

Global crop impacts, yield losses and action thresholds for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda): A review

Kathy Overton, James L Maino, Roger Day, Paul A Umina, Bosibori Bett, Daniela Carnovale, Sunday Ekesi, Robert Meagher, Olivia L Reynolds

Journal article  |  2021  |  CROP PROTECTION

The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a highly polyphagous plant pest that can..

Strip spraying delays pyrethroid resistance in the redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor: a novel refuge strategy

James L Maino, Ary A Hoffmann, Matthew Binns, Xuan Cheng, Anthony van Rooyen, Paul A Umina

Journal article  |  2021  |  PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

BACKGROUND: Pesticide resistance has seen control options for the redlegged earth mite (RLEM), Halotydeus destructor, dwindle for ..