SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Wheeler, G.S. and R. Daxl. 1979. Phenology of the bean plant (Phaseolus vulgaris L. var Honduras 46) in Jalapa, Nicaragua. Central American Conference for the Improvement of Cultivated Crops (PCCMCA). 1979. (Title translated from Spanish).

Wheeler, G.S. and F.B. Peairs. 1980. Investigation of the control of slugs in common beans in Honduras. Central American Conference for the Improvement of Cultivated Crops (PCCMCA). 1980. (Title translated from Spanish).

Rueda, A., G. Wheeler, K. Andrews, & C. Sobrado. 1985. Geographic distribution and percent infestation of Listronotus dietrichi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in maize in Honduras. Central American Conference for the Improvement of Cultivated Crops (PCCMCA). 1985. (Title translated from Spanish).

Capinera, J.L., S. Blue, and G.S. Wheeler. 1982. Survival of earthworms exposed to Neoaplectana carpocapsae nematodes. J. Inver. Pathol. 39: 419-421.


McCaffrey, J.P., J.B. Johnson, and G.S. Wheeler. 1984. Effects of duration of low temperature exposure on post-diapause development of overwintering Urophora affinis and U. quadrifasciata. Proc. VI Int. Symp. Biol. Contr. Weeds, p. 445, Delfosse, E.S. (ed.), Agric. Can., Vancouver, Canada.


Wheeler, G. S. 1985. The bionomics of two spiders, Dictyna coloradensis and D. major (Araneae; Dictynidae): potential antagonists to the biocontrol of weeds. M.S. thesis, University of Idaho. Moscow, ID.

Wheeler, G. S. 1989. Nutritional and chemical ecology of select noctuid caterpillars with emphasis on the velvetbean caterpillar. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Wheeler, G.S. and J.P. McCaffrey. 1989. Egg predation by Catolaccus prob. n.sp. (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) on the spider, Dictyna coloradensis (Dictynidae). J. Arachnol. 17: 371-373.

Wheeler, G.S., K.L. Andrews, and T. Ashley. 1989. Larval natural enemies of the fall armyworm in Honduran maize. Entomophaga 34: 331-340.

Slansky, F., Jr. and G.S. Wheeler. 1989. Compensatory increases in food consumption and utilization efficiencies by velvetbean caterpillars mitigate the impact of diluted diets on growth. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 51: 175-187.

Wheeler, G.S., J.P. McCaffrey, and J.B. Johnson. 1990. Developmental biology and ecological aspects of two Dictyna spp. (Araneae: Dictynidae). Amer. Midl. Nat. 123: 124-134.

Slansky, F., Jr. and G.S. Wheeler. 1991. Food consumption and utilization by larvae of the velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis, in response to dietary dilution with cellulose and water. Physiol. Entomol. 16: 99-116

Wheeler, G.S. and F. Slansky, Jr. 1991. Compensatory responses of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) when fed diets diluted with water and cellulose. Physiol. Entomol. 16: 361-374.

Wheeler, G.S. and F. Slansky, Jr. 1991. Effect of non-induced and herbivore-induced extractables from susceptible and resistant soybean foliage on non-adapted and adapted noctuid herbivores. J. Econ. Entomol. 84: 1068-1079.

Rueda, A.A., F. Slansky, Jr. and G.S. Wheeler. 1991. Compensatory feeding response of the slug Sarsinula plebeia to dilution of two different diets. Oecologia 88: 181-188.

Slansky, F. and G.S. Wheeler. 1992. Caterpillars' compensatory feeding response to diluted nutrients leads to toxic allelochemical dose. Abstract. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Am. 73: 347.

Wheeler, G.S., F. Slansky, Jr., and S. J. Yu. 1992. Laboratory colonization has not reduced constitutive or induced polysubstrate monooxygenase activity in velvetbean caterpillars. J. Chem. Ecol. 18: 1313-1325.

Slansky, F., Jr. and G.S. Wheeler. 1992. Feeding and growth responses of laboratory and field strains of velvetbean caterpillars (Lepidoptera; Noctuidae) to food nutrient level and allelochemicals. J. Econ. Entomol. 85: 1717-1730.

Slansky, F., Jr. and G.S. Wheeler. 1992. Diet dilution-induced compensatory increase in insect feeding: ingestion of lethal allelochemical dose. Ent. Exp. Appl. 65: 171-186.

Wheeler, G.S., F. Slansky, Jr., and S.J. Yu. 1993. Fall armyworm sensitivity to flavone: limited role of basal and induced detoxication enzymes activity. J. Chem. Ecol. 19: 645- 667.

Wheeler, G.S. 1994. Impact of the fly Hydrellia pakistanae, A biocontrol agent of the submersed aquatic weed Hydrilla verticillata. Abstract. Lake Reserv. Manage. 9: 123.


Scheffrahn, R. H., G. S. Wheeler, and N-Y. Su. 1995. Synergism of methyl bromide and sulfuryl fluoride toxicity against termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae) by admixture with carbon dioxide. J. Econ. Entomol. 88:649-653.

Wheeler, G.S. and T.D. Center. 1995. Hydrilla leaf toughness affects larval growth and development of the biocontrol agent Hydrellia pakistanae. Proceedings, 29th Annual Meeting, Aquatic Plant Control Research Program. Miscellaneous Paper A-95-3, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS.

Su, N-Y., G.S. Wheeler, and R. H. Scheffrahn. 1995. Subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermidae) penetration in soil of various treatment thicknesses with termiticides. J. Econ. Entomol. 88: 1690-1694

Wheeler, G.S., M. Tokoro, R. H. Scheffrahn, and N-Y. Su. 1996 Comparative respiration and methane production rates in Nearactic termites. J. Insect Physiol. 42: 799-806.

Wheeler, G.S. and T.D. Center. 1996. The influence of hydrilla leaf quality on larval growth and development of the biological control agent Hydrellia pakistanae. Biol. Control 7: 1-9.

Wiseman, B.R., J.E. Carpenter and G. S. Wheeler. 1996. Growth inhibition of fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae reared on leaf diets of non-host plants. Florida Entomol. 79: 302-311.

Wheeler, G.S. and T.D. Center. 1997. The influence of hydrilla stem quality on growth and development of the biological control agent Bagous hydrillae. Biol. Control 8: 52-57.

Scheffrahn, R. H., G. S. Wheeler, and N-Y. Su. 1997. Heat tolerance of structure-infesting drywood termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) of Florida. Sociobiology 29: 237-245.

Su, N-Y., V. Chew, G. S. Wheeler, and R. H. Scheffrahn. 1997. Comparison of tunneling responses into insecticide-treated soil by field populations and laboratory groups of subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 90: 503-509.

Van, T.K., Wheeler, G.S., and Center, T.D. 1998. Competitive interactions between Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) and Vallisneria (Vallisneria americana) as influenced by insect herbivory. Biol. Control 11: 185-192.

Wheeler, G.S., Van, T.K., and Center, T.D. 1998. Fecundity and egg distribution of the herbivore Spodoptera pectinicornis as influenced by quality of the floating aquatic plant Pistia stratiotes. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 86: 295-304.

Wheeler, G.S., Van, T.K., and Center, T.D. 1998. Herbivore adaptations to a low-nutrient food: weed biological control specialist Spodoptera pectinicornis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) fed the floating aquatic plant Pistia stratiotes. Environ. Entomol. 29: 993-1000.

Scheffrahn, R. H., N-Y. Su, J. Krecek, A. Van Liempt, B. Maharajh, and G. S. Wheeler. 1998. Prevention of colony foundation by Cryptotermes brevis and remedial control of drywood termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) with selected chemical treatments. J. Econ. Entomol. 91: 1387-1396.

Van, T.K., G.S. Wheeler, and T.D. Center. 1999. Competition between hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) and american eelgrass (Vallisneria americana) as influenced by soil fertility. Aquat. Bot. 62: 225-233..

Wheeler, G.S. and Halpern, M.D. 1999. Compensatory responses of Samea multiplicalis larvae in response to different fertilization levels of the aquatic weed Pistia stratiotes. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 92 (2):205-216

Montgomery, B. R. and Wheeler, G.S. 2000. Anti-predatory activity of the weevil Oxyops vitiosa : a biological control agent of Melaleuca quinquenervia.  J. Ins. Behav. 13: 915-926.

Dray, F.A., Center, T.D. and Wheeler, G.S. 2001. Lessons from unsuccessful attempts to establish Spodoptera pectinicornis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a biological control agent of waterlettuce. Biocontrol Sci. & Technol. 11: 301-316.

Wheeler, G.S., F. Slansky, Jr., and S. J. Yu. 2001. Food consumption, utilization and detoxification enzyme activity of larvae of three lepidopterous species when fed the botanical insecticide rotenone. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 98: 225-239.

Wheeler, G. S. and T. D. Center.  2001. Impact of the leaf miner Hydrellia pakistanae: a biocontrol agent of the aquatic weed Hydrilla verticillata. Biol. Control 21: 168-181.

Wheeler, G.S. Massey, L. M., and Endries, M. 2001.  The Brazilian peppertree drupe feeder Megastigmus transvaalensis (Hymenoptera: Torymidae): Florida distribution and impact.  Biol. Control 22: 139-148.

Wheeler, G.S. and Zahniser, J. 2001. Artificial diet and rearing methods for the Melaleuca quinquenervia (Myrtales: Myrtaceae) biological control agent Oxyops vitiosa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Florida Entomol. 84: 439-441.

Wheeler, G.S. 2001. Host Plant Quality Factors That Influence the Growth and Development of Oxyops vitiosa, a Biological Control Agent of Melaleuca quinquenervia. Biological Control 22: 256-264.

Wheeler, G. S., Massey, L. M. and Southwell, I. A. 2002. Antipredator defense of the biological control agent Oxyops vitiosa is mediated by plant volatiles sequestered from the host plant Melaleuca quinquenervia. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28 (2): 297-315

Wheeler, G.S. 2003. Minimal increase in larval and adult performance of the biological control agent Oxyops vitiosa when fed Melaleuca quinquenervia leaves of different nitrogen levels Biological Control 26: 109-116.

Wheeler, G. S., Massey, L. M. and Southwell, I. A. 2003. Dietary influences on the terpenoids sequestered by the biological control agent Oxyops vitiosa: the effect of plant volatiles from different Melaleuca quinquenervia chemotypes and laboratory host species Journal of Chemical Ecology 29 (1): 189-208

Southwell, I. A. Russell, M. F., Maddox, C. D. A. and Wheeler, G. S. 2003. Differential metabolism of 1,8–cineole in insects. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29 (1): 83-94

Dray, F.A., Bennett, B.C., Center, T.D., Wheeler, G.S., Madeira, P.T. 2004. Genetic variation in Melaleuca quinquenervia affects the biocontrol agent Oxyops vitiosa. Weed Technology 18: 1400-1402.

Wheeler, G. S. 2005. Maintenance of a narrow host range by Oxyops vitiosa; a biological control agent of Melaleuca quinquenervia. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 33: 365-383

Wheeler, G. S. & Ordung, K.M. 2005. Secondary metabolite variation affects the oviposition preference but has little effect on the performance of Boreioglycaspis melaleucae: A biological control agent of Melaleuca quinquenervia. Biological Control 35(2): 115-123.

Wheeler, G. S. 2005. Chemotype variation of the weed Melaleuca quinquenervia influences the biomass and fecundity of the biological control agent Oxyops vitiosa. Biological Control  (in press)

Wheeler, G. S. 2004. Melaleuca volatile compounds used by herbivores for orientation to their host. (in progress)

Last updated: 11/29/2005

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