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ARS Home Pacific West Area Maricopa, Arizona U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center Pest Management and Biocontrol Research People & Locations







Paul  Merten
                        Pest Management and Biocontrol Research

                        




                        
                        Biological Science Technician (Insects)
                        Phone: (520) 316-6406
                        
                        
                        Fax: (520) 316-6330(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)No effect of a fluorophore taggant on western tarnished plant bug, Lygus hesperus roaming and flight behavior

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Hagler, J.R., Casey, M.T., Machtley, S.A., Merten, P. 2024. No effects of a fluorophore taggant on western tarnished plant bug, Lygus hesperus roaming and flight behavior. Entomologia Generalis. 44(1):115-119.A simple computerized Arduino-based control system for insect rotary flight mills
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Casey, M.T., Machtley, S.A., Merten, P., Hagler, J.R. 2023. A simple computerized Arduino-based control system for insect rotary flight mills. Journal of Insect Science. 23(4):5;1-10.Available https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iead053.Correlation-based network analysis of the influence of Bemisia tabaci feeding on photosynthesis and foliar sugar and starch composition in soybean
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Schutze, I., Yamamoto, P., Malaquias, J., Herritt, M.T., Merten, P., Thompson, A.L., Naranjo, S.E. 2022. Correlation-based network analysis of the influence of Bemisia tabaci feeding on photosynthesis and foliar sugar and starch composition in soybean. Insects. 13(1). Article 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13010056.Sublethal effects of diamide insecticides on development and flight performance of Chloridea virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Implications for Bt soybean refuge area management
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Barros, L., Yamamoto, P., Merten, P., Naranjo, S.E. 2020. Sublethal effects of diamide insecticides on development and flight performance of Chloridea virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Implications for Bt soybean refuge area management. Insects. 11(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11050269.Comparative susceptibility of bemisia tabaci to imidacloprid in field- and laboratory-based bioassays

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Castle, S.J., Merten, P., Prabhaker, N. 2013. Comparative susceptibility of bemisia tabaci to imidacloprid in field- and laboratory-based bioassays. Pest Management Science. 70:1538-1546.


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