@article{ma_suiter_chen_niu_2019, title={Estimation of Lower Developmental Threshold and Degree Days for Pupal Development of Different Geographical Populations of Chinese Citrus Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in China}, volume={112}, ISSN={["1938-291X"]}, DOI={10.1093/jee/toz040}, abstractNote={The lower developmental threshold (LDT) and the number of developmental degree days (DDs) are fundamental parameters used to build phenology models that can be used to predict the timing of biological events during insect development. The Chinese citrus fly, Bactrocera minax (Enderlein) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is one of the most destructive citrus pest in China and Bhutan. This species overwinters as diapausing pupae in the soil before emerging as adults in the spring. In this study, B. minax collected from three representative geographical populations in China (Guizhou, Hubei, and Shaanxi) was used to conduct LDT experiments under laboratory conditions. Emergence data collected from pupae exposed to 10 constant temperatures was used to estimate the LDT and DDs required to complete pupal development for the three populations. The results show that LDT and DDs values for the Hubei and Shaanxi population are 11.9°C, 447.3 DDs and 11.5°C, 511.3 DDs, respectively. However, the geographic variation in pupal developmental rates was not statistically significant between the two populations. In addition, the Guizhou population was identified as a mixture of B. minax and B. tsuneonis (Miyake). The LDT and DDs values for the Hubei and Shaanxi populations obtained in this study can be used to predict adult emergence of naturally occurring field populations of B. minax within the majority of the citrus-growing production areas of China. These data can also be used in models to predict the risk of establishment of this species in the United States or other citrus-growing regions.}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY}, author={Ma, X. L. and Suiter, K. A. and Chen, Z. Z. and Niu, C. Y.}, year={2019}, month={Jun}, pages={1162–1166} }
 @article{parker_saunders_bontrager_weitz_hendricks_magarey_suiter_gilbert_2015, title={Phylogenetic structure and host abundance drive disease pressure in communities}, volume={520}, ISSN={["1476-4687"]}, DOI={10.1038/nature14372}, abstractNote={Pathogens play an important part in shaping the structure and dynamics of natural communities, because species are not affected by them equally. A shared goal of ecology and epidemiology is to predict when a species is most vulnerable to disease. A leading hypothesis asserts that the impact of disease should increase with host abundance, producing a 'rare-species advantage'. However, the impact of a pathogen may be decoupled from host abundance, because most pathogens infect more than one species, leading to pathogen spillover onto closely related species. Here we show that the phylogenetic and ecological structure of the surrounding community can be important predictors of disease pressure. We found that the amount of tissue lost to disease increased with the relative abundance of a species across a grassland plant community, and that this rare-species advantage had an additional phylogenetic component: disease pressure was stronger on species with many close relatives. We used a global model of pathogen sharing as a function of relatedness between hosts, which provided a robust predictor of relative disease pressure at the local scale. In our grassland, the total amount of disease was most accurately explained not by the abundance of the focal host alone, but by the abundance of all species in the community weighted by their phylogenetic distance to the host. Furthermore, the model strongly predicted observed disease pressure for 44 novel host species we introduced experimentally to our study site, providing evidence for a mechanism to explain why phylogenetically rare species are more likely to become invasive when introduced. Our results demonstrate how the phylogenetic and ecological structure of communities can have a key role in disease dynamics, with implications for the maintenance of biodiversity, biotic resistance against introduced weeds, and the success of managed plants in agriculture and forestry.}, number={7548}, journal={NATURE}, author={Parker, Ingrid M. and Saunders, Megan and Bontrager, Megan and Weitz, Andrew P. and Hendricks, Rebecca and Magarey, Roger and Suiter, Karl and Gilbert, Gregory S.}, year={2015}, month={Apr}, pages={542-+} }
 @article{gilbert_magarey_suiter_webb_2012, title={Evolutionary tools for phytosanitary risk analysis: phylogenetic signal as a predictor of host range of plant pests and pathogens}, volume={5}, ISSN={["1752-4571"]}, DOI={10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00265.x}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={8}, journal={EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS}, author={Gilbert, Gregory S. and Magarey, Roger and Suiter, Karl and Webb, Campbell O.}, year={2012}, month={Dec}, pages={869–878} }
 @article{suiter_gould_1994, title={PHYSIOLOGICAL RESISTANCE AND BEHAVIORAL AVOIDANCE RESPONSES TO RESIDUES OF 4 PESTICIDES BY 6 SPIDER-MITE POPULATIONS}, volume={71}, ISSN={["1570-7458"]}, DOI={10.1111/j.1570-7458.1994.tb01764.x}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={1}, journal={ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA}, author={SUITER, KA and GOULD, F}, year={1994}, month={Apr}, pages={1–14} }
 @article{suiter_gould_1992, title={EFFECTS OF MATING STATUS AND AGE ON DISPERSAL BEHAVIOR IN THE 2-SPOTTED SPIDER-MITE, TETRANYCHUS-URTICAE IN RESPONSE TO FENVALERATE-TREATED LEAF SURFACES}, volume={62}, ISSN={["0013-8703"]}, DOI={10.1111/j.1570-7458.1992.tb00634.x}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={1}, journal={ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA}, author={SUITER, KA and GOULD, F}, year={1992}, month={Jan}, pages={1–8} }