Research Summary
Insect-to-insect or plant-to-insect chemical communication via olfaction, neuroethology, heliothine moth sex pheromone and host plant volatile mixture interactions, development of an insect antenna-based olfactory biosensor, discovery and development of novel insect attractants, traps and mating disruption dispensers, and evolution of sex pheromone blends.
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Recent Publications
Visual Responses of Flight-Dispersing Spotted Lanternflies, Lycorma delicatula toward a Tall Vertical Silhouette in a Vineyard
Baker, T. C., Myrick, A. J., Wolfin, M. S. & Wang, Y., Mar 2021, In: Journal of Insect Behavior. 34, 1-2, p. 49-60 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Role of fruit volatiles of different guava varieties in attraction and oviposition behaviors of peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata Saunders
Binyameen, M., Hamid, A., Afzal, I., Sajjad, M., Azeem, M., Zaka, S. M., Sarwar, Z. M., Shad, S. A., Baker, T. C. & Schlyter, F., Feb 2021, In: Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 15, 1, p. 95-106 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Skewed adult sex ratios observed early in the North American invasion of Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae)
Domingue, M. J., Cooperband, M. F. & Baker, T. C., Jun 2020, In: Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 23, 2, p. 425-429 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Choice of laboratory tissue homogenizers matters when recovering nucleic acid from medically important ticks
Jones, A. M., Van De Wyngaerde, M. T., Machtinger, E. T., Rajotte, E. G. & Baker, T. C., Jul 1 2020, In: Journal of medical entomology. 57, 4, p. 1221-1227 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pheromone Odorant Receptor Responses Reveal the Presence of a Cryptic, Redundant Sex Pheromone Component in the European Corn Borer, Ostrinia nubilalis
Wanner, K. W., Moore, K., Wei, J., Herdlicka, B. C., Linn, C. E. & Baker, T. C., Jul 1 2020, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 46, 7, p. 567-580 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Flight Duration Capabilities of Dispersing Adult Spotted Lanternflies, Lycorma delicatula
Wolfin, M. S., Myrick, A. J. & Baker, T. C., Jul 1 2020, In: Journal of Insect Behavior. 33, 2-4, p. 125-137 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Progression of seasonal activities of adults of the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula, during the 2017 season of mass flight dispersal behavior in eastern Pennsylvania
Baker, T. C., Smyers, E. C., Urban, J. M., Meng, Z., Pagadala Damadaram, K. J., Myrick, A. J., Cooperband, M. F. & Domingue, M. J., Sep 2019, In: Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 22, 3, p. 705-713 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Little effect of delayed mating on fecundity or fertility of female fungus gnats Lycoriella ingenua
Cloonan, K. R., Andreadis, S. S. & Baker, T. C., Mar 2019, In: Physiological Entomology. 44, 1, p. 60-64 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Orientation of flight for physically disturbed spotted lanternflies, Lycorma delicatula, (Hemiptera, Fulgoridae)
Domingue, M. J. & Baker, T. C., Mar 2019, In: Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 22, 1, p. 117-120 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Labial and maxillary palp recordings of the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis, reveal olfactory and hygroreceptive capabilities
Hall, L. P., Graves, F., Myrick, A., Hoover, K. & Baker, T. C., Aug 1 2019, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 117, 103905.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review