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Brent Pubs for ALARC Highlights 2018headline bar Articles related to sexual maturationSpurgeon, D.W. 2017. Instar- and stage-specific photoperiodic diapause response of Lygus hesperus (Hemiptera: Miridae). Journal of Insect Science. 17(6):125. (PDF)Spurgeon, D.W., Brent, C.S. 2015. Diapause response to photoperiod in an Arizona population of Lygus hesperus (Hemiptera: Miridae). Journal of Entomological Science 50(3): 238-247. (PDF)Brent, C.S., Klok, C.J., Naranjo, S.E. 2013. Effect of diapause status and gender on activity, metabolism and starvation resistance in the plant bug Lygus hesperus Knight. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 148: 152-160. (PDF)Brent, C.S. 2012. Classification of diapause status by color phenotype in Lygus hesperus. Journal of Insect Science 12: 136. (PDF)Brent, C.S., Spurgeon, D.W. 2011. Diapause response of laboratory reared and native Lygus hesperus Knight (Hemiptera: Miridae). Environmental Entomology 40: 455-461. (PDF)Spurgeon, D.W., Brent, C.S. 2010. Morphological characters of diapause in Lygus hesperus Knight (Hemiptera: Miridae). Journal of Entomological Science 45: 303-316. (PDF)Articles related to chemical communicationBrent, C.S., Byers, J.A., Levi-Zada, A. 2017. An insect anti-antiaphrodisiac. eLife 6: e24063. (PDF)Byers, J.A., Fefer, D., Levi-Zada, A. 2013. Sex pheromone component ratios and mating isolation among three Lygus plant bug species of North America. Naturwissenschaften 100:1115-1123. (PDF)Brent, C.S., Byers, J.A. 2011. Female attractiveness modulated by a male-derived antiaphrodisiac pheromone in a plant bug. Animal Behaviour 82: 937-943. (PDF)Articles related to post-mating responsesBrent, C.S., Miyasaki, K., Vuong, C., Miranda, B., Steele, B., Brent, K.G., Nath, R. 2016. Regulatory roles of biogenic amines and juvenile hormone in the reproductive behavior of the western tarnished plant bug (Lygus hesperus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 186(2): 169-179. (PDF)Hull, J.J., Brent, C.S. 2014. Identification and characterization of a sex peptide receptor-like transcript from the western tarnished plant bug, Lygus hesperus. Insect Molecular Biology 23: 301-319. (PDF)Brent, C.S., Hull, J.J. 2014. Characterization of male-derived factors inhibiting female sexual receptivity in Lygus hesperus. Journal of Insect Physiology 60: 104-110. (PDF)Brent, C.S., Fasnacht, M.P., Judd, T.M. 2011. Post-mating enhancement of fecundity in female Lygus hesperus. Physiological Entomology 36: 141-148. (PDF)Brent, C.S. 2010. Reproductive refractoriness in the western tarnished plant bug (Hemiptera: Miridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102: 300-306. (PDF)Brent, C.S. 2010. Reproduction of the Western Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus hesperus, in relation to age, gonadal activity and mating status. Journal of Insect Physiology 56: 28-34. (PDF)


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