Most cited papers in Insect behavior and control techniques
What are the most cited papers in Insect behavior and control techniques?
The most cited paper in Insect behavior and control techniques is "DNA methylation and epigenetic inheritance" (Robin Holliday, 1990), with 2,292 citations. Next come "Drosophila: A laboratory handbook" (1,709) and "Life-Table Analysis Incorporating Both Sexes and Variable Development Rates Among Individuals" (1,589).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 397 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DNA methylation and epigenetic inheritance Robin Holliday · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences | 30 Jan 1990 | 2,292 |
| 2 | Drosophila: A laboratory handbook Michael Ashburner · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | Nov 1990 | 1,709 |
| 3 | Life-Table Analysis Incorporating Both Sexes and Variable Development Rates Among Individuals Hsin Chı · Environmental Entomology | Feb 1988 | 1,589 |
| 4 | Forensic Entomology: An Introduction Leon George Higley, Timothy E. Huntington · Journal of Medical Entomology | 28 Aug 2009 | 1,583 |
| 5 | Possibilities of Insect Control or Eradication Through the Use of Sexually Sterile Males1 E. F. Knipling · Journal of Economic Entomology | Aug 1955 | 1,385 |
| 6 | Wolbachia Pipientis: Microbial Manipulator of Arthropod Reproduction Richard Stouthamer, Johannes A. J. Breeuwer, Gregory D. D. Hurst · Annual Review of Microbiology | Oct 1999 | 1,251 |
| 7 | Techniques in insect nematology Harry K. Kaya, S. Patricia Stock · Elsevier eBooks | 1997 | 1,250 |
| 8 | Wolbachia and Virus Protection in Insects Lauren M. Hedges, Jeremy C. Brownlie, Scott Leslie O’Neill et al. · Science | 30 Oct 2008 | 1,151 |
| 9 | Regulation of Division of Labor in Insect Societies Gene E. Robinson · Annual Review of Entomology | 1992 | 1,122 |
| 10 | Biological invasion of European tomato crops by Tuta absoluta: ecology, geographic expansion and prospects for biological control Nicolas Desneux, Éric Wajnberg, Kris A. G. Wyckhuys et al. · Journal of Pest Science | 7 Jul 2010 | 1,077 |
| 11 | Biological control using invertebrates and microorganisms: plenty of new opportunities Joop C. van Lenteren, K. Bolckmans, J. Köhl et al. · BioControl | 18 Mar 2017 | 1,045 |
| 12 | The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake Joop C. van Lenteren · BioControl | 27 Jul 2011 | 1,021 |
| 13 | Extending and measuring the quality of fresh-cut fruit and vegetables: a review Daniel Rico, Ana Belén Martín‐Diana, José Manuel Barat Baviera et al. · Trends in Food Science & Technology | 25 Apr 2007 | 999 |
| 14 | Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): Invasive Pest of Ripening Soft Fruit Expanding its Geographic Range and Damage Potential Douglas B. Walsh, Mark P. Bolda, Rachael E. Goodhue et al. · Journal of Integrated Pest Management | Apr 2011 | 968 |
| 15 | Invasion biology of spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii): a global perspective and future priorities Mark K. Asplen et al. · Journal of Pest Science | 28 Jul 2015 | 955 |
| 16 | Massive yet grossly underestimated global costs of invasive insects Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Boris Leroy, Céline Bellard et al. · Nature Communications | 4 Oct 2016 | 951 |
| 17 | Forensic Entomology in Criminal Investigations E. P. Catts, M. Lee Goff · Annual Review of Entomology | 1992 | 902 |
| 18 | Fly Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly Hongjie Li et al. · Science | 3 Mar 2022 | 898 |
| 19 | FlyBase 2.0: the next generation Jim Thurmond et al. · Nucleic Acids Research | 9 Oct 2018 | 867 |
| 20 | Bacterial Communities of Diverse Drosophila Species: Ecological Context of a Host–Microbe Model System James Chandler, Jenna Lang, Srijak Bhatnagar et al. · PLoS Genetics | 22 Sep 2011 | 826 |
| 21 | ENZYME VARIABILITY IN THE DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI GROUP. IV. GENIC VARIATION IN NATURAL POPULATIONS OF DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI Francisco J. Ayala, Jeffrey R. Powell, Martin L. Tracey et al. · Genetics | 1972 | 806 |
| 22 | The spectral input systems of hymenopteran insects and their receptor-based colour vision Dagmar Peitsch, Andrea Fietz, Horst Hertel et al. · Journal of Comparative Physiology A | 1992 | 802 |
| 23 | Biological control and sustainable food production J. S. Bale, Joop C. van Lenteren, Franz Bigler · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 6 Sep 2007 | 780 |
| 24 | Incompatible and sterile insect techniques combined eliminate mosquitoes Xiaoying Zheng et al. · Nature | 17 Jul 2019 | 757 |
| 25 | Suggestions for unifying the terminology in biological control Jørgen Eilenberg, Ann E. Hajek, C. J. Lomer · BioControl | Dec 2001 | 750 |
| 26 | SYMPATRIC HOST RACE FORMATION AND SPECIATION IN FRUGIVOROUS FLIES OF THE GENUSRHAGOLETIS(DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE) Guy L. Bush · Evolution | Jun 1969 | 744 |
| 27 | Nicholson's blowflies revisited W. S. C. Gurney, S. Blythe, Roger M. Nisbet · Nature | Sep 1980 | 733 |
| 28 | Mosquito Sugar Feeding and Reproductive Energetics Woodbridge A. Foster · Annual Review of Entomology | 1995 | 733 |
| 29 | Flies as Forensic Indicators Bernard Greenberg · Journal of Medical Entomology | Sep 1991 | 674 |
| 30 | How reticulated are species? James Mallet, Nora J. Besansky, Matthew W. Hahn · BioEssays | 28 Dec 2015 | 659 |
| 31 | Historical Biogeography of the Drosophila melanogaster Species Subgroup Daniel Lachaise, Marie‐Louise Cariou, Jean R. David et al. · Evolutionary Biology | 1988 | 649 |
| 32 | Suppression of a Field Population of Aedes aegypti in Brazil by Sustained Release of Transgenic Male Mosquitoes Danilo O. Carvalho, Andrew R. McKemey, Luiza Garziera et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases | 2 Jul 2015 | 644 |
| 33 | Ecology, Worldwide Spread, and Management of the Invasive South American Tomato Pinworm, Tuta absoluta : Past, Present, and Future Antonio Biondi, R. N. C. Guedes, Fanghao Wan et al. · Annual Review of Entomology | 4 Oct 2017 | 638 |
| 34 | When natural habitat fails to enhance biological pest control – Five hypotheses Teja Tscharntke et al. · Biological Conservation | 19 Oct 2016 | 618 |
| 35 | INVASIVE PHYTOPHAGOUS PESTS ARISING THROUGH A RECENT TROPICAL EVOLUTIONARY RADIATION: The Bactrocera dorsalis Complex of Fruit Flies Anthony R. Clarke, Karen Armstrong, Amy Elizabeth Carmichael et al. · Annual Review of Entomology | 2 Nov 2004 | 615 |
| 36 | Temporal Patterns of Fruit Fly (Drosophila) Evolution Revealed by Mutation Clocks Koichiro Tamura · Molecular Biology and Evolution | 31 Oct 2003 | 614 |
| 37 | Slowing of Mortality Rates at Older Ages in Large Medfly Cohorts James R. Carey, Pablo Liedo, Dina Orozco et al. · Science | 16 Oct 1992 | 612 |
| 38 | VIVE LA DIFFÉRENCE: Males vs Females in Flies vs Worms Thomas W. Cline, Barbara J Meyer · Annual Review of Genetics | Dec 1996 | 610 |
| 39 | Patterns of Speciation in Drosophila Jerry A. Coyne, H. Allen Orr · Evolution | Mar 1989 | 605 |
| 40 | Myiasis of Humans and Domestic Animals M. J. R. Hall, Richard L. Wall · Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology | 1995 | 598 |
| 41 | Biogenic Amines in the Insect Nervous System Peter D. Evans · Advances in insect physiology | 1980 | 597 |
| 42 | N ONTARGET E FFECTS —T HE A CHILLES ' H EEL OF B IOLOGICAL C ONTROL ? Retrospective Analyses to Reduce Risk Associated with Biocontrol Introductions Svaťa M. Louda, R. W. Pemberton, M. Tracy Johnson et al. · Annual Review of Entomology | 2 Dec 2002 | 596 |
| 43 | The multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis: A review of its biology, uses in biological control, and non-target impacts Robert L. Koch · Journal of Insect Science | 2003 | 594 |
| 44 | Tokens of love: Functions and regulation of drosophila male accessory gland products Mariana Federica Wolfner · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Mar 1997 | 594 |
| 45 | DNA barcodes reveal cryptic host-specificity within the presumed polyphagous members of a genus of parasitoid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) M. Alex Smith, Norman E. Woodley, Daniel H. Janzen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 27 Feb 2006 | 588 |
| 46 | DNA barcodes for biosecurity: invasive species identification Karen Armstrong, Shelley L. Ball · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 15 Sep 2005 | 588 |
| 47 | The invasive South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta, continues to spread in Afro-Eurasia and beyond: the new threat to tomato world production Nicolas Desneux, María G. Luna, Thomas Guillemaud et al. · Journal of Pest Science | 7 Nov 2011 | 580 |
| 48 | Sterile-Insect Methods for Control of Mosquito-Borne Diseases: An Analysis Luke Alphey, Mark Q. Benedict, Romeo Bellini et al. · Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases | 2 Sep 2009 | 579 |
| 49 | Established Insect Cell Line from the Cabbage Looper, Trichoplusia ni W.F. Hink · Nature | May 1970 | 575 |
| 50 | Cheating evolution: engineering gene drives to manipulate the fate of wild populations Jackson Champer, Anna B. Buchman, Omar S. Akbari · Nature Reviews Genetics | 15 Feb 2016 | 571 |
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