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Kathryn  Lanier
                        Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit

                        




                        
                        Biological Science Technician
                        Phone: (302) 731-7330
                         ext. 236
                        
                        Fax: (302) 731-1397(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            **Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Response to selection for parasitism of a sub-optimal, low-preference host in an aphid parasitoid
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Hopper, K.R., Wittmeyer, K.T., Kuhn, K.L., Lanier, K. 2021. Response to selection for parasitism of a sub-optimal, low-preference host in an aphid parasitoid. Evolutionary Applications. 00:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13254.Counties not countries: Variation in host specificity among populations of an aphid parasitoid
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Hopper, K.R., Oppenheim, S.J., Kuhn, K.L., Lanier, K., Hoelmer, K.A., Heimpel, G.E., Meikle, W.G., O'Neil, R.J., Voegtlin, D.G., Wu, K., Woolley, J.B., Heraty, J.M. 2019. Counties not countries: Variation in host specificity among populations of an aphid parasitoid. Evolutionary Applications. 12(4):815-829. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12759.Host specificity of Aphelinus species collected from soybean aphid in Asia
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Hopper, K.R., Lanier, K., Rhoades, J.H., Hoelmer, K.A., Meikle, W.G., Heimpel, G.E., O'Neil, R.J., Voetglin, D.G., Woolley, J.B. 2017. Host specificity of Aphelinus species collected from soybean aphid in Asia. Biological Control. 115:55-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2017.09.004.The defensive aphid symbiont Hamiltonella defensa affects host quality differently for Aphelinus glycinis versus Aphelinus atriplicis

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Hopper, K.R., Kuhn, K.L., Lanier, K., Rhoades, J.H., Oliver, K.M., White, J.A., Asplen, M.K., Heimpel, G.E. 2017. The defensive aphid symbiont Hamiltonella defensa affects host quality differently for Aphelinus glycinis versus Aphelinus atriplicis. Biological Control. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2017.05.008.Host specificity of Aphelinus species considered for introduction to control Diuraphis noxia

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Hopper, K.R., Lanier, K., Rhoades, J., Kondos, R., Coutinot, D., Mercadier, G., Ramualde, N., Roche, M., Woolley, J.B., Heraty 2017. Host specificity of Aphelinus species considered for introduction to control Diuraphis noxia. Biological Control. 107:21-32.


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