James Maino

Fitness costs of pyrethroid resistance in the polyphagous pest mite, Halotydeus destructor, under field conditions

Paul A Umina, James L Maino, Owain Edwards, Xuan Cheng, Matthew Binns, Anthony van Rooyen, Sue Vern Song, Andrew Weeks, Aston L Arthur, Olivia L Reynolds, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2023  |  JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

The redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor, is an economically important pest of winter field crops and pastures in Australia..

Forecasting the potential distribution of invasive leafminer pests, Liriomyza spp. (Diptera: Agromyzidae), and their natural enemies

James L Maino, Elia I Pirtle, Virgile Baudrot, Peter M Ridland, Paul A Umina

Journal article  |  2023  |  AUSTRAL ENTOMOLOGY

Three species of polyphagous Liriomyza leafminers (Diptera: Agromyzidae), Liriomyza huidobrensis, L. sativae, and L. trifolii, are..

Expanding risk predictions of pesticide resistance evolution in arthropod pests with a proxy for selection pressure

JA Thia, J Maino, A Kelly, AA Hoffmann, PA Umina

Journal article  |  2023  |  Journal of Pest Science

Chemical resistance in pest organisms threatens global food security and human health, yet resistance issues are mostly dealt with..

Estimating rates of pesticide usage from trends in herbicide, insecticide, and fungicide product registrations

James L Maino, Joshua Thia, Ary A Hoffmann, Paul A Umina

Journal article  |  2023  |  CROP PROTECTION

Insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides are ubiquitously applied in agricultural production systems to increase yields by managin..

Mapping the life-history, development, and survival of spotted lantern fly in occupied and uninvaded ranges

JL Maino, R Schouten, JC Lye, PA Umina, OL Reynolds

Journal article  |  2022  |  Biological Invasions

The Spotted Lantern Fly (SLF), Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), is a sap feeding pest native to southeast Asia that has..

Beneficial invertebrates of dairy pastures in south-eastern Australia

E Chirgwin, S Kemp, JL Maino, M Babineau, I Roberts, A Govender, PA Umina

Journal article  |  2022  |  Crop and Pasture Science

Context: The Australian dairy industry largely relies on grass-based pastures to feed cattle, yet these pastures also host dynamic..

Warmer temperatures reduce chemical tolerance in the redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor), an invasive winter-active pest

Joshua A Thia, Xuan Cheng, James Maino, Paul A Umina, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2022  |  PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

BACKGROUND: Quantifying how chemical tolerance of pest arthropods varies with temperature is important for understanding the outco..

Australian Bryobia mites (Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae) form a complex of cryptic taxa with unique climatic niches and insecticide responses

Paul A Umina, Andrew R Weeks, James L Maino, Ary A Hoffmann, Sue Vern Song, Joshua Thia, Dustin Severtson, Xuan Cheng, Anthony van Rooyen, Aston A Arthur

Journal article  |  2022  |  PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

BACKGROUND: Bryobia (Koch) mites belong to the economically important spider mite family, the Tetranychidae, with >130 species des..

Economic Injury Levels and Dynamic Action Thresholds for Diuraphis noxia (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Australian Cereal Crops.

Maarten Van Helden, Thomas Heddle, Paul A Umina, James L Maino

Journal article  |  2022  |  J Econ Entomol

The Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia [Kurdjumov, Hemiptera: Aphididae], RWA) was first detected in Australia in 2016 and is th..

A working guide to spatial mechanistic modelling in Julia

Rafael Schouten, Virgile Baudrot, Paul Umina, James Maino

Journal article  |  2022  |  METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Models that can predict the dynamics of larger scale ecological processes are increasingly important in a rapidly changing world. ..