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Refereed journal articles

Bouton, C. E., B. A. McPheron, and A. E. Weis. 1980. Parasitoids and competition. Amer. Natur. 116:876-881.

Price, P. W., C. E. Bouton, P. Gross, B. A. McPheron, J. N. Thompson, and A. E. Weis. 1980. Interactions among three trophic levels: influence of plants on interactions between insect herbivores and natural enemies. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 11:41-65.

McPheron, B. A. 1985. Parasitoids of the leafmining beetles Sumitrosis inaequalis and S. rosea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in east-central Illinois. J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 58:367-369.

McPheron, B. A. and S. H. Berlocher. 1985. Segregation and linkage of allozymes of Rhagoletis tabellaria. J. Hered. 76:218-219.

Sheppard, W. S. and B. A. McPheron. 1986. Genetic variation in honey bees from an area of racial hybridization in western Czechoslovakia. Apidologie 17:21-32.

McPheron, B. A., C. D. Jorgensen, and S. H. Berlocher. 1988. Low genetic variability in a Utah cherry-infesting population of the apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 46:155-160.

McPheron, B. A., D. C. Smith, and S. H. Berlocher. 1988. Microgeographic genetic variation in the apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella. Genetics 119:445-451.

McPheron, B. A., D. C. Smith, and S. H. Berlocher. 1988. Genetic differences between host races of Rhagoletis pomonella. Nature 336:64-66.

McPheron, B. A. and N. M. Schiff. 1988. New distribution records for three dragonfly species (Odonata: Anisoptera) in Illinois. J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 61:494-495.

Bush, G. L., J. L. Feder, S. H. Berlocher, B. A. McPheron, D. C. Smith, and C. A. Chilcote. 1989. Sympatric origins of R. pomonella. Nature 339:346.

McPheron, B. A. 1990. Genetic structure of apple maggot (Diptera: Tephritidae) populations. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 83:568-577.

Carlini, E. J., B. A. McPheron, C. M. Felland, and L. A. Hull. 1991. Elevated esterase activity in resistant tufted apple bud moth, Platynota idaeusalis. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 99C:375-377.

Berlocher, S. H., J. K. Bouseman, B. A. McPheron, and S. Lyons. 1992. An electrophoretic study of the red and black morphs of Euderces picipes (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 65:403-409.

Dominguez Gil, O. E. and B. A. McPheron. 1992. Arthropods associated with passion fruit in western Venezuela. Fla. Entomol. 75:607-612.

Sheppard, W. S., G. J. Steck, and B. A. McPheron. 1992. Geographic populations of the medfly may be differentiated by mitochondrial DNA variation. Experientia 48:1010-1013.

Pashley, D. P., B. A. McPheron, and E. A. Zimmer. 1993. Systematics of holometabolous insect orders based on 18S ribosomal RNA. Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 2:132-142.

Berlocher, S. H., B. A. McPheron, J. L. Feder, and G. L. Bush. 1993. Genetic differentiation at allozyme loci in the Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae) species complex. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 86:716-727.

McPheron, B. A., G. Gasparich, H.-Y. Han, G. J. Steck, and W. S. Sheppard. 1994. Mitochondrial DNA restriction map for the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. Biochem. Genet. 32:25-33.

White, L. R., B. A. McPheron, and J. R. Stauffer, Jr. 1994. Identification of freshwater mussel glochidia on host fishes using restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Molec. Ecol. 3:183-185.

Han, H.-Y. and B. A. McPheron. 1994. Phylogenetic study of selected tephritid flies (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) using partial sequences of the nuclear 18S ribosomal DNA. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 22:447-457.

Hunter, M. D., D. J. Biddinger, E. J. Carlini, B. A. McPheron, and L. A. Hull. 1994. Effects of apple leaf allelochemistry on tufted apple bud moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) resistance to azinphosmethyl. J. Econ. Entomol. 87:1423-1429.

Carlini, E. J., B. A. McPheron, C. M. Felland, and L. A. Hull. 1995. Biochemical mechanisms of azinphosmethyl resistance in the tufted apple bud moth Platynota idaeusalis. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 51:38-47.

Gasparich, G. E., W. S. Sheppard, H.-Y. Han, B. A. McPheron, and G. J. Steck. 1995. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA and development of PCR-based diagnostic molecular markers for Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) populations. Insect Molec. Biol. 4:61-67.

Frazier, M. T., J. Finley, B. A. McPheron, W. Harkness, and G. Stiles. 1995. Evaluating honey bee lines for tracheal mite resistance in the northeastern United States. Amer. Bee J. 135:635-638.

Berlocher, S. H. and B. A. McPheron. 1996. Population structure of the apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella. Heredity 77:83-99.

Biddinger, D. J., L. A. Hull, and B. A. McPheron. 1996. Cross-resistance and synergism in azinphosmethyl resistant and susceptible strains of tufted apple bud moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) to various insect growth regulators and abamectin. J. Econ. Entomol. 89:274-287.

White, L. R., B. A. McPheron, and J. R. Stauffer, Jr. 1996. Molecular genetic identification tools for the unionids of French Creek, Pennsylvania. Malacologia 38:181-202.

Han, H.-Y. and B. A. McPheron. 1997. Molecular phylogenetic study of Tephritidae (Insecta: Diptera) using partial sequences of the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal DNA. Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 7:17-32.

McPheron, B. A. and H.-Y. Han. 1997. Phylogenetic analysis of North American Rhagoletis (Diptera: Tephritidae) and related genera using mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 7:1-16.

Dominguez-Gil, O. E. and B. A. McPheron. 1997. Diet effects on survivorship and developmental parameters of tufted apple bud moth, Platynota idaeusalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Rev. Fac. Agron. (LUZ) 14:207-223.

Gasparich, G. E., J. G. Silva, H.-Y. Han, B. A. McPheron, G. J. Steck, and W. S. Sheppard. 1997. Population genetic structure of Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) and implications for worldwide colonization patterns. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 90:790-797.

Hull, L. A., B. A. McPheron, and A. M. Lake. 1997. Insecticide resistance management and integrated mite management in orchards: can they coexist? Pestic. Sci. 51:359-366.

Ro, K.-E. and B. A. McPheron. 1997. Phylogeny of the Aquilegia group (Ranunculaceae) based on internal transcribed spacers and 5.8S nuclear ribosomal DNA. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 25:445-461.

Ro, K.-E., C. S. Keener, and B. A. McPheron. 1997. Molecular phylogenetic study of the Ranunculaceae: Utility of the nuclear 26S ribosomal DNA in inferring intrafamilial relationships. Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 8: 117-127.

Feder, J. L., S. M. Williams, S. H. Berlocher, B. A. McPheron, and G. L. Bush. 1999. The population genetics of the apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella, and the snowberry maggot, R. zephyria: implications for models of sympatric speciation. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 90: 9-24.

Thomas, M. A., K. A. Walsh, M. R. Wolf, B. A. McPheron, and J. H. Marden. 2000. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of evolutionary trends in stonefly wing structure and locomotor behavior. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 97: 13178-13183.

Smith-Caldas, M. R. B., B. A. McPheron, J. G. Silva, and R. A. Zucchi. 2001. Phylogenetic relationship among species of the fraterculus group (Anastrepha: Diptera: Tephritidae) inferred from DNA sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene. Neotrop. Entomol. 30:565-573.

Chen, H., C. M. Felland, and B. A. McPheron. 2002. Population dynamics of apple maggot (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South Central Pennsylvania. J. Econ. Entomol. 95: 65-71.

Lovallo, N., B. A. McPheron, and D. L. Cox-Foster. Revision in review. Effects of the polydnavirus of Cotesia congregata on the immune system and development of non-habitual hosts of the parasitoid. J. Insect Phys.

Meixner, M. D., B. A. McPheron, J. G. Silva, G. E. Gasparich, and W. S. Sheppard. 2002. The Mediterranean fruit fly in California evidence for multiple introductions and persistent populations based on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA variability. Molec. Ecol. 11: 891-899.

Carlini, E. J., D. L. Cox-Foster, and B. A. McPheron. In preparation. Insect glutathione transferase: cloning and expression of a lepidopteran gene with apparently novel properties. Submission to Biochem. J.

Chen, H. and B. A. McPheron. In preparation. Comparative phenologies of apple maggot and the flowering dogwood fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) and implications for sympatric speciation. Submission to Environ. Entomol.

Saunders, M. Jr., J. Williams, J. G. Silva, and B. A. McPheron. In preparation. Additional mitochondrial DNA restriction site variation in the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae). Submission to Insect. Mol. Biol.

Silva, J. G., M. D. Meixner, G. J. Steck, W. S. Sheppard, and B. A. McPheron. In preparation. Genetic profiles of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Florida. Submission to J. Econ. Entomol.

Smith, P. T., B. A. McPheron, and S. Kambhampati. In preparation. A molecular phylogenetic study of the Tephritidae (Diptera: Tephritoidea) based on partial sequences of mitochondrial ribosomal DNA. Submission to Molec. Phylogen. Evol.

Smith, P. T., B. A. McPheron, and S. Kambhampati. Accepted. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA supports the monophyly of Dacini fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.

Barr, N., L. Cui, and B. A. McPheron. In preparation. Molecular genetic analysis of the period locus in Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae). Submission to Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol.

Chen, H., C. M. Felland, L. A. Hull, and B. A. McPheron. 2002. The apple maggot fly in Pennsylvania. PA Fruit News.

Schwarz, D., B. A. McPheron, G. B. Hartl, E. F. Boller, and T. S. Hoffmeister. In preparation. A second case of genetic host races in Rhagoletis? A population genetic comparison of sympatric host populations in the European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi (L.) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Submission to Entomol. Exp. Appl.

Books edited

Kim, K. C. and B. A. McPheron, eds. 1993. Evolution of Insect Pests: Patterns of Variation. 479 pp. John Wiley, New York.

McPheron, B. A. and G. J. Steck, eds. 1996. Fruit Fly Pests: A World Assessment of Their Biology and Management. 586 pp. St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach, Florida.

Chapters in books

McPheron, B. A. 1990. Implications of genetic variation in western apple maggots for understanding population biology. Pp. 37-50. In Apple Maggot in the West: History, Biology, and Control. R. V. Dowell, L. T. Wilson, and V. P. Jones, eds., University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Publ. 3341.

McPheron, B. A. 1990. Utility of ribosomal RNA sequence data for resolving questions in insect phylogeny. Pp. 335. In Molecular Insect Science. H. H. Hagedorn, J. G. Hildebrand, M. G. Kidwell, and J. H. Law, eds., Plenum Press, New York.

Sheppard, W. S. and B. A. McPheron. 1991. Ribosomal DNA diversity in Apidae. Pp. 91-105. In Diversity in the Genus Apis. D. R. Smith, ed. Westview Press, Boulder, CO.

McPheron, B. A. and E. J. Carlini. 1992. Insecticide resistance in the tufted apple bud moth, a polyphagous lepidopteran. Pp. 168-173. In Molecular Mechanisms of Insecticide Resistance: Diversity Among Insects. C. A. Mullin and J. G. Scott, eds. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. Vol. 505. (reviewed article)

Kim, K. C. and B. A. McPheron. 1993. Biology of variation: Epilogue. Pp. 453-468. In Evolution of Insect Pests: Patterns of Variation. K. C. Kim and B. A. McPheron, eds. John Wiley, New York.

McPheron, B. A. 1993. Recent advances and future directions in tephritid population genetics. Pp. 59-64. In Fruit Flies: Biology and Management. M. Aluja and P. Liedo, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York.

McPheron, B. A. and H.-Y. Han. 1993. Effect of phenology on allele frequency divergence in apple maggot fly populations. Pp. 65-70. In Fruit Flies: Biology and Management. M. Aluja and P. Liedo, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York.

McPheron, B. A. and W. S. Romoser. 1993. Chapter 11. Insect classification and evolution. Pp. 293-312. In The Science of Entomology. 3rd ed., W. S. Romoser and J. G. Stoffolano, Jr., eds. Wm. C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa.

Sheppard, W. S. and B. A. McPheron. 1993. Honey bee molecular systematics and DNA sequence data: A review of recent studies. Pp. 185-193. In Asian Apiculture: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Asian Honey Bees and Bee Mites. L. J. Connor, T. E. Rinderer, H. A. Sylvester, and S. Wongsiri (eds.). Wicwas Press, Cheshire, Connecticut.

Steck, G. J., G. E. Gasparich, H.-Y. Han, B. A. McPheron, and W. S. Sheppard. 1996. Distribution of mitochondrial DNA haplotypes among Ceratitis capitata populations worldwide. Pp. 291-296. In Fruit Fly Pests: A World Assessment of Their Biology and Management. B. A. McPheron and G. J. Steck, eds. St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach, Florida.

Han, H.-Y. and B. A. McPheron. 2000. Nucleotide sequence data as a tool to test phylogenetic relationships among higher groups of Tephritidae: a case study using mitochondrial ribosomal DNA. Pp. 115-132. In Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior. M. Aluja and A. L. Norrbom, eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. (reviewed article)

McPheron, B. A., H.-Y. Han, J. G. Silva, and A. L. Norrbom. 2000. Phylogeny of the genera Anastrepha and Toxotrypana (Trypetinae: Toxotrypanini) based upon 16S rRNA mitochondrial DNA sequences. Pp. 343-361. In Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior. M. Aluja and A. L. Norrbom, eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. (reviewed article)

McPheron, B. A. 2000. Population genetics and cryptic species. Pp. 483-490. In Area-Wide Control of Fruit Flies and Other Insect Pests. K. H. Tan, ed. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.

Non-refereed articles

McPheron, B. A., D. C. Smith, and S. H. Berlocher. 1986. Microgeographic variation in allele frequencies in the apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella. Genetics 113:s73.

McPheron, B. A. 1987. Presumed hybridization between the sibling species Rhagoletis pomonella and R. zephyria. Isozyme Bull. 20:33.

McPheron, B. A., D. C. Smith, and S. H. Berlocher. 1987. Host plant-associated genetic differences in apple maggot flies (Rhagoletis pomonella). Genetics 116:s21.

Knight, A. L., L. A. Hull, B. A. McPheron, and E. G. Rajotte. 1989. Azinphosmethyl resistance studies with tufted apple bud moth. Pesticide Resistance Newsletter 1(2):11.

McPheron, B. A. and E. J. Carlini. 1990. Elevated esterase activities in resistant tufted apple bud moths. Pesticide Research Newsletter 2(2):22.

Simelane, T. L., E. G. Rajotte, L. A. Hull, and B. A. McPheron. 1991. The influence of host species on the developmental rate of tufted apple bud moth Platynota idaeusalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) larvae. Pennsylvania Fruit News 71(2):65-70.

McPheron, B. A. 1992. Insecticide resistance and insect genetics. Pennsylvania Fruit News 72(4): 88-90.

Simelane, T. L., E. G. Rajotte, L. A. Hull, and B. A. McPheron. 1992. The dispersal behaviour of early instar tufted apple bud moth, Platynota idaeusalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) larvae. Pennsylvania Fruit News 72(2):18-24.

Simelane, T. L., E. G. Rajotte, L. A. Hull, and B. A. McPheron. 1993. The dispersal behaviour of early instar tufted apple bud moth, Platynota idaeusalis (Walker)(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) larvae. Pennsylvania Fruit News 73(2):101-104.

Dominguez-Gil, O. E., B. A. McPheron, and L. A. Hull. 1994. Host plant effects on tufted apple bud moth. Pennsylvania Fruit News 74(2):35-39.

McPheron, B. A., W. S. Sheppard, and G. J. Steck. 1995. Genetic research and the origin, establishment, and spread of Mediterranean fruit fly. Pp. 93-107. In The Mediterranean Fruit Fly in California: Defining Critical Research. Proc., University of California Center for Exotic Pest Research Workshop. J. G. Morse, R. L. Metcalf, J. R. Carey, and R. V. Dowell (eds.). Univ. Calif. Coll. Agr. Nat. Sci., Riverside. (principal author)

Felland, C. M., K. R. Valley, and B. A. McPheron. 1997. Apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Diptera: Tephritidae), survey in Pennsylvania apple orchards. Pennsylvania Fruit News 77(2):18-25.

Hull, L. A., H. Huang, C. M. Felland, and B. A. McPheron. 1997. Methomyl resistance in tufted apple bud moth: extent, stability, and field efficacy. Pennsylvania Fruit News 77(2):58-63.

Harper, J. K., L. A. Hull, G. Krawczyk, and B. A. McPheron. 1997. Economic performance of tebufenozide, mating disruption, and conventional spray programs for tufted apple bud moth and leafroller management in processing apples. 73rd. Proc. Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Worker Conf., Winchester, VA. 5 pp.

Chen, H., C. M. Felland, and B. A. McPheron. 1998. Monitoring apple maggot and flowering dogwood flies in Adams County in 1998. 74th Proc. Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Worker Conf., Winchester, VA. 10 pp.

Harper, J. K., L. A. Hull, G. Krawczyk, and B. A. McPheron. 2000. Economic performance of tebufenozide, mating disruption, and conventional spray programs for tufted apple bud moth and leafroller management in processing apples. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Staff Paper No. 323, 9 pp.