Rufus Isaacs
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Recent Articles
1.
Huang J, Isaacs R, Wilson J
J Insect Sci
. 2025 Mar;
25(2).
PMID: 40085515
Spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), native to Asia, has become a significant threat to soft fruit crops globally. To develop a classical biological control program for this pest, the...
2.
Walters J, Fisher R, Sharkey T, Isaacs R, Santiago J
Sci Rep
. 2025 Feb;
15(1):6249.
PMID: 39979487
Extreme heat events are increasingly common, and if these align with pollen development, they can alter pollen nutrient composition. However, no studies have examined how the timing of heat relative...
3.
Aly M, Burrack H, Isaacs R
Ann Entomol Soc Am
. 2025 Jan;
118(1):88-99.
PMID: 39811770
(Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is a global invasive pest attacking soft-skinned fruit. The specialist larval parasitoid wasp, (Ihering), was recently approved in Europe and the United States for classical biological control...
4.
Brouwer K, Eeraerts M, Rogers E, Goldstein L, Perkins J, Milbrath M, et al.
J Econ Entomol
. 2024 Nov;
118(1):282-290.
PMID: 39520394
Commercial blueberry Vaccinium spp. (Ericales: Ericaceae) production relies on insect-mediated pollination. Pollination is mostly provided by rented honey bees, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae), but blueberry crop yields can be...
5.
Graham K, Glaum P, Hartert J, Gibbs J, Tucker E, Isaacs R, et al.
Proc Biol Sci
. 2024 Aug;
291(2028):20232837.
PMID: 39137885
We analysed the wild bee community sampled from 1921 to 2018 at a nature preserve in southern Michigan, USA, to study long-term community shifts in a protected area. During an...
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Walters J, Barlass M, Fisher R, Isaacs R
Proc Biol Sci
. 2024 Jun;
291(2025):20240714.
PMID: 38889783
Extreme heat poses a major threat to plants and pollinators, yet the indirect consequences of heat stress are not well understood, particularly for native solitary bees. To determine how brief...
7.
Graham K, McArt S, Isaacs R
Sci Total Environ
. 2024 Feb;
922:171248.
PMID: 38402956
Wildflower plantings adjacent to agricultural fields provide diverse floral resources and nesting sites for wild bees. However, their proximity to pest control activities in the crop may result in pesticide...
8.
DeVisser A, Vandervoort C, Isaacs R, Wise J
J Econ Entomol
. 2023 Aug;
116(5):1737-1749.
PMID: 37598313
The gall wasp, Hemadas nubilipennis Ashmead, is a pest of highbush and lowbush blueberry and can pose a challenge to control with foliar sprays due to adult activity being during...
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Graham K, Milbrath M, Killewald M, Soehnlen A, Zhang Y, Isaacs R
Environ Entomol
. 2023 Jul;
52(5):907-917.
PMID: 37498984
The nutritional needs and foraging behavior of managed bees often lead to pollen collection from flowers other than the focal crop during crop pollination. To understand the pollen needs and...
10.
Linder S, Jarrett B, Fanning P, Isaacs R, Szucs M
Evol Appl
. 2022 Dec;
15(12):2113-2124.
PMID: 36540639
Co-evolved natural enemies provide sustainable and long-term control of numerous invasive insect pests, but the introduction of such enemies has declined sharply due to increasing regulations. In the absence of...