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Brian  Hogg    Research Entomologist Contact: (510) 559-6185 brian.hogg@ars.usda.gov  Area of Expertise: Research Entomologist
 Education: Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 2009
 **Work Experience:** Postdoctoral Associate, USDA-ARS, Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Research Unit, Albany, CA, 2014 to 2016.Project Coordinator, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2011 to 2013. Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2002 to 2008. Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2009 to 2014. Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS, Exotic and Invasive Weed Research Unit, Albany, CA, 2016 to present. Research Assistant II, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2001 to 2002. Research Focus: The primary aim of my research is to improve control of invasive agricultural pests by using biological control agents. Specific objectives are to: Conduct surveys for natural enemies in the native and invasive ranges of agricultural pests.
Determine the safety of prospective biological control agents through host specificity testing.
Test the efficacy of biological control agents in controlling target pests.
Assess the impacts of natural enemies that are already present in invaded agricultural areas.
Examine the dispersal patterns of pests to identify sources for pest outbreaks.  **My current research projects include:** Biological control of bagrada bug and spotted wing drosophila
Movement of bagrada bug and spotted wing drosophila in the crop landscape
Efficacy of resident natural enemies of bagrada bug and spotted wing drosophila  ***Info about my research team:** Current lab members include: Dr. Keith Stokes, Alexandria Gutierrez, and Erica Pollard
 Publications(Clicking on the reprint iconReprint Icon  will take you to the publication reprint.)Anticipating the arrival of a new stinkbug pest in continental Europe: what can we learn from preliminary host specificity tests for biocontrol?-(Peer Reviewed Journal)Parasitism by Gryon aetherium on Bagrada hilaris eggs in northcentral California-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Grettenberger, I.M., Borkent, C.J. 2023. Parasitism by Gryon aetherium on Bagrada hilaris eggs in northcentral California. Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad172.A comparison of candidate banker plants for management of pests in lettuce-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Nelson, E.H., Daane, K.M. 2023. A comparison of candidate banker plants for management of pests in lettuce. Environmental Entomology. 52(3):379-390. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad029.Factors affecting progeny production and sex ratio of Gryon aetherium (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), a candidate biological control agent for Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hougardy, E.H., Hogg, B.N. 2022. Factors affecting progeny production and sex ratio of Gryon aetherium (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), a candidate biological control agent for Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Insects. 13(11). Article 1010. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13111010.Discrimination abilities and parasitism success of pupal parasitoids towards spotted-wing drosophila pupae previously parasitized by the larval parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis (Hymenoptera: Figitidae)-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hougardy, E.H., Hogg, B.N., Wang, X., Daane, K.M. 2022. Discrimination abilities and parasitism success of pupal parasitoids towards spotted-wing drosophila pupae previously parasitized by the larval parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis (Hymenoptera: Figitidae). Environmental Entomology. 51(6):1106-1112. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvac083.Natural biological control of Bagrada hilaris by egg predators and parasitoids in north-central California-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Grettenberger, I.M., Borkent, C.J., Stokes, K., Zalom, F.G., Pickett, C.H. 2022. Natural biological control of Bagrada hilaris by egg predators and parasitoids in north-central California. Biological Control. 171. Article 104942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104942.Releases of the parasitoid Pachycrepoideus vindemiae for augmentative biological control of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Lee, J.C., Rogers, M., Worth, L., Nieto, D., Stahl, J.M., Daane, K.M. 2022. Releases of the parasitoid Pachycrepoideus vindemiae for augmentative biological control of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii. Biological Control. 168. Article 104865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104865.A coordinated sampling and identification methodology for larval parasitoids of spotted-wing drosophila-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Abram, P.K., Wang, X., Hueppelsheuser, T., Franklin, M.R., Daane, K.M., Lee, J.C., Lue, C., Girod, P., Carrillo, J., Wong, W.H., Kula, R.R., Gates, M.W., Hogg, B.N., Moffat, C.E., Hoelmer, K.A., Sial, A., Buffington, M.L. 2022. A coordinated sampling and identification methodology for larval parasitoids of spotted-wing drosophila. Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab237.A maximalist approach to the systematics of a biological control agent: Gryon aetherium Talamas, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae)-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Talamas, E., Bremer, J.S., Moore, M.R., Bon, M., Lahey, Z., Roberts, C.G., Combee, L.A., McGathey, N., van Noort, S., Timokhov, A.V., Hougardy, E.H., Hogg, B.N. 2021. A maximalist approach to the systematics of a biological control agent: Gryon aetherium Talamas, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 87:323–480. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.87.72842.Adventive Gryon aetherium Talamas (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) associated with eggs of Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) in the USA-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Hougardy, E.H., Talamas, E. 2021. Adventive Gryon aetherium Talamas (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) associated with eggs of Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) in the USA. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 87:481-492. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.87.73778.New insights into predation through imaging-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Pickett, C.H., Borkent, C.J., Popescu, V., Lightle, D., Hogg, B.N., Grettenberger, I.M. 2021. New insights into predation through imaging. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 32(2):196-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2021.1990856.Pheromone deployment strategies for mating disruption of a vineyard mealybug-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Daane, K.M., Cooper, M.L., Mercer, N.H., Hogg, B.N., Yokota, G.Y., Haviland, D.R., Welter, S.C., Cave, F., Sial, A.A., Boyd, E. 2021. Pheromone deployment strategies for mating disruption of a vineyard mealybug. Journal of Economic Entomology. 114(6):2439–2451. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab198.Survey of vineyard insects and plants to identify potential insect vectors and noncrop reservoirs of grapevine red blotch virus-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Wilson, H., Hogg, B.N., Blaisdell, G.K., Andersen, J., Yazdani, A., Billings, A., Ooi, K., Soltani, N., Almeida, R., Cooper, M.L., Rwahnih, M., Daane, K. 2022. Survey of vineyard insects and plants to identify potential insect vectors and noncrop reservoirs of grapevine red blotch virus. Phytofrontiers. 2(1):66-73. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-04-21-0028-R.Plasticity of body growth and development in two cosmopolitan pupal parasitoids-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Wang, X., Hogg, B.N., Biondi, A., Daane, K.M. 2021. Plasticity of body growth and development in two cosmopolitan pupal parasitoids. Biological Control. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2021.104738.Areawide mating disruption for vine mealybug in California vineyards-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Cooper, M.L., Daane, K.M. 2021. Areawide mating disruption for vine mealybug in California vineyards. Crop Protection. 148: Article 105735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2021.105735.Potential host ranges of three Asian larval parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Daane, K.M., Wang, X., Hogg, B.N., Biondi, A. 2021. Potential host ranges of three Asian larval parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii. Journal of Pest Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01368-1.Host patch use and potential competitive interactions between two egg parasitoids from the family Scelionidae, candidate biological control agents of Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hougardy, E.H., Hogg, B.N. 2021. Host patch use and potential competitive interactions between two egg parasitoids from the family Scelionidae, candidate biological control agents of Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 114(2):611-619. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab014.Development of a mating disruption program for a mealybug, Planococcus ficus, in vineyards-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Daane, K.M., Yokota, G.Y., Walton, V.M., Hogg, B.N., Cooper, M.L., Bentley, W.J., Millar, J.G. 2020. Development of a mating disruption program for a mealybug, Planococcus ficus, in vineyards. Insects. 11(9):635. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11090635.Host searching behavior of Gryon gonikopalense and Trissolcus hyalinipennis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), two potential biological control agents for Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Tofangsazi, N., Hogg, B.N., Hougardy, E.H., Stokes, K., Pratt, P.D. 2020. Host searching behavior of Gryon gonikopalense and Trissolcus hyalinipennis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), two potential biological control agents for Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Biological Control. 151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104397.Current distribution of the olive psyllid, Euphyllura olivina, in California and initial evaluation of the parasitoid Psyllaephagus euphyllurae as a biological control candidate-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hougardy, E.H., Wang, X., Hogg, B.N., Johnson, M.W., Daane, K.M., Pickett, C.H. 2020. Current distribution of the olive psyllid, Euphyllura olivina, in California and initial evaluation of the parasitoid Psyllaephagus euphyllurae as a biological control candidate. Insects. 11(3):146. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11030146.Foliar lifespan, phenology and seasonal dynamics of the invasive shrub Schinus terebinthifolia-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Stokes, K.H., Rayamajhi, M.B., Geiger, J., Pratt, P.D. 2020. Foliar lifespan, phenology and seasonal dynamics of the invasive shrub Schinus terebinthifolia. Invasive Plant Science and Management. 60(3)212-220. https://doi.org/10.1111/wre.12414.Combined effects of drought stress and psyllid herbivory on the invasive weed Scotch broom, Cytisus scoparius-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Moran, P.J. 2020. Combined effects of drought stress and psyllid herbivory on the invasive weed Scotch broom, Cytisus scoparius. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 168(3):209-220. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12880.Tritrophic interactions between an invasive weed (Lepidium latifolium), an insect herbivore (Bagrada hilaris), and a plant pathogenic fungus (Albugo lepidii)-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Tofangsazi, N., Hogg, B.N., Portman, S.L., Pratt, P.D. 2019. Tritrophic interactions between an invasive weed (Lepidium latifolium), an insect herbivore (Bagrada hilaris), and a plant pathogenic fungus (Albugo lepidii). Environmental Entomology. 48(6):1317-1322. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvz111.Comparison of thermal performances of two Asian larval parasitoids of Drosopihila suzukii-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hougardy, E.H., Hogg, B.N., Wang, X., Daane, K. 2019. Comparison of thermal performances of two Asian larval parasitoids of Drosopihila suzukii. Biological Control. 136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.104000.Relative performance and impacts of the psyllid Arytinnis hakani (Hemiptera:psyllidae) on nontarget plants and the target weed Genista monspessulana (Fabales:fabaceae)-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Moran, P.J., Smith, L. 2019. Relative performance and impacts of the psyllid Arytinnis hakani (Hemiptera:psyllidae) on nontarget plants and the target weed Genista monspessulana (Fabales:fabaceae). Environmental Entomology. 48(3):524-532.Potential competitive outcomes among three solitary larval endoparasitoids as candidate agents for classical biological control of Drosophila suzukii-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Wang, X., Hogg, B.N., Hougardy, E., Nance, A., Daane, K.M. 2018. Potential competitive outcomes among three solitary larval endoparasitoids as candidate agents for classical biological control of Drosophila suzukii. Biological Control. 130:18-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2018.12.003.Dynamics of predation on Lygus hesperus (Hemiptera: Miridae) in alfalfa trap cropped organic strawberry-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hagler, J.R., Nieto, D.J., Machtley, S.A., Spurgeon, D.W., Hogg, B.N., Swezey, S.L. 2018. Dynamics of predation on Lygus hesperus (Hemiptera: Miridae) in alfalfa trap cropped organic strawberry. Journal of Insect Science. 18(4):12. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iey077.Aerial dispersal ability does not drive spider success in a crop landscape-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Daane, K.M. 2018. Aerial dispersal ability does not drive spider success in a crop landscape. Ecological Entomology. 43:683-694.Thermal performance of two indigenous pupal parasitoids attacking the invasive Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Wang, X., Serrato, M.A., Son, Y., Walton, V.M., Hogg, B.N., Daane, K.M. 2018. Thermal performance of two indigenous pupal parasitoids attacking the invasive Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Environmental Entomology. 47(3):764-772. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvy053.Native grass ground covers in California vineyards provide multiple ecosystem services-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Daane, K.M., Hogg, B.N., Wilson, H., Yokota, G.Y. 2018. Native grass ground covers in California vineyards provide multiple ecosystem services. Journal of Applied Ecology. 55:2473-2483.Foraging distance of the Argentine ant in California vineyards-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Nelson, E.H., Hagler, J.R., Daane, K.M. 2018. Foraging distance of the Argentine ant in California vineyards. Journal of Economic Entomology. 111:672-679.Impacts of the psyllid Arytinnis hakani on invasive French broom in relation to plant size and psyllid density-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Moran, P.J., Smith, L. 2017. Impacts of the psyllid Arytinnis hakani on invasive French broom in relation to plant size and psyllid density. Environmental Entomology. 46(3):552-558. doi: 10.1093/ee/nvx074.Temporal patterns in the abundance and species composition of spiders on host plants of the invasive moth Epiphyas postvittana-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N.,  Mills, N.J., Daane, K.M. 2017. Temporal patterns in the abundance and species composition of spiders on host plants of the invasive moth Epiphyas postvittana. Environmental Entomology. doi: 10.1093/ee/nvx065.Multi-generational impacts of the psyllid Arytinnis hakani (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) on growth and survival of the invasive weed Genista monspessulana-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Moran, P.J., Smith, L. 2016. Multi-generational impacts of the psyllid Arytinnis hakani (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) on growth and survival of the invasive weed Genista monspessulana. Biological Control. 100(1):87-93. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.05.015.Post-establishment assessment of host plant specificity of Arytainilla spartiophila (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), an adventive biological control agent of Scotch broom, Cytisus scoparius-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Smith, L., Moran, P.J., Daane, K.M. 2016. Post-establishment assessment of host plant specificity of Arytainilla spartiophila (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), an adventive biological control agent of Scotch broom, Cytisus scoparius. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 26(7):995-1008. doi: 10.1080/09583157.2016.1178707.Impacts of the adventive psyllid Arytainilla spartiophila on growth of the invasive weed Cytisus scoparius under controlled and field conditions in California-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hogg, B.N., Smith, L., Daane, K.M. 2016. Impacts of the adventive psyllid Arytainilla spartiophila on growth of the invasive weed Cytisus scoparius under controlled and field conditions in California. Environmental Entomology. 45:109-116.
 ProjectsProactive Classical Biological Control of Tuta absoluta in CaliforniaCooperative Agreement (A)Accession Number:439542Proactive Classical Biological Control of Tuta absoluta in CaliforniaCooperative Agreement (A)Accession Number:439176Biological Control of Invasive Pests in Agroecosystems and Wetland, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystems in the Far Western U.S.In-House Appropriated (D)Accession Number:440251Biological Control of Bagrada Bug (FY22)Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)Accession Number:440595Biological Control of Bagrada Bug (FY23)Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)Accession Number:440975Establishment and Evaluation of Ganaspis brasiliensis to Suppress Spotted Wing DrosophilaReimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)Accession Number:444076Proactive Classical Biological Control of Tuta absoluta in CaliforniaReimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)Accession Number:439361Areawide Management of Spotted-Wing DrosophilaNon-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)Accession Number:430775


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