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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







Gabriel  Zilnik
                        Pest Management and Biocontrol Research

                        




                        
                        Research Entomologist
                        Phone: (520) 316-6332
                        
                        
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                            ProjectsSustainable Pest Management for Arid-Land Agroecosystems
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                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 438517Factors mediating long term success in a biological control introduction
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                                                                    (I)Accession Number: 443824**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Seasonal activity of Trechnites insidiosus(Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and its host Cacopsylla pyricola (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in pear
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Zilnik, G.L., Cooper, W.R., Horton, D.R., Orpet, R., Nottingham, L., Hilton, R., Adams, C., Dickens, K., Halbert, S., Snyder, J., Schmidt-Jeffris, R.A. 2023. Seasonal activity of Trechnites insidiosus(Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and its host Cacopsylla pyricola (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in pear. Journal of Economic Entomology. 116:1957-1968. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad199.Meta-analysis of herbicide non-target effects on pest natural enemies
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Zilnik, G.L., Bergeron, P., Chuang, A., Diepenbrock, L., Hanel, A., Middleton, E., Moretti, E.A., Schmidt-Jeffris, R.A. 2023. Meta-analysis of herbicide non-target effects on pest natural enemies. Insects. 14(10);787. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14100787.Trechnites insidiosus: What you need to know about this pear psylla natural enemy

- (Popular Publication)Schmidt-Jeffris, R.A., Zilnik, G.L., Dupont, T.S. 2023. Trechnites insidiosus: What you need to know about this pear psylla natural enemy. Miscellaneous Publishing Information Bulletin. March 2023.Factors influencing Trechnites spp. abundance in WA and OR pear orchards

- (Abstract Only)Nontarget impacts of herbicides on spiders in orchards
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Schmidt-Jeffris, R.A., Moretti, E.A., Bergeron, P.E., Zilnik, G.L. 2021. Nontarget impacts of herbicides on spiders in orchards. Journal of Economic Entomology. 115(1):65-73. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab228.


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