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Rodrigo Krugner

Program:Ph.D.
Major Professor:Marshall Johnson / Joseph Morse
E-Mail:
Location:103 Ent
Phone (office):(951) 827-5443
FAX:(951) 827-3086

Education

  • B.A. Agronomy Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" 2000
  • M.S. Plant Science California State University, Fresno 2003

Research Focus

Research focuses on: 1) the influence of various ecological factors on the habitat preferences of the glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS); 2) ovipositional behaviors of various parasitoids that attack GWSS; and 3) the development of an effective and efficient rearing system for the imported exotic parasitoid Anagrus epos for GWSS suppression.

Selected Publications

  • Daane, K.M., Yokota, G.Y, Krugner, R., Steffan S.S., da Silva P.G., Beede, R.H., Bentley W.J., and Weinberger, G.B. 2005. Large Bugs Damage Pistachio Nuts Most Severely During Midseason. California Agriculture. 59(2): 95-102.
  • Krugner, R., Daane, K.M., Lawson, A., and Yokota, G.Y. 2005. Biology of Macrocentrus iridescens (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Parasitoid of the Obliquebanded Leafroller. Environmental Entomology. 34(2): 336-343.
  • Krugner, R., Daane, K.M., Lawson, A.B., and Yokota, G.Y. Temperature-Dependent Development of Macrocentrus iridescens (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as a Parasitoid of the Obliquebanded Leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): Implications for Field Synchrony of Parasitoid and Host. Biological Control (Pending final review).
  • Krugner, R., Johnson, M.W., Groves, R.L, and Morse, J.G. Hosts Specificity of Anagrus epos: A Potential Natural Enemy of Homalodisca vitripennis. BioControl (Pending final review).
  • Lopes, J.R.S., Beretta, M.J.G., Harakava, R., Almeida, R.R.P., Krugner, R., and Garcia Jr., A. 1996. Confirma&ccedil;&atilde;o da Transmiss&atilde;o por Cigarrinhas do Agente Causal da Clorose Variegada dos Citros. Fitopatologia Brasileira, 21 (supplement): 343.
  • Lopes, J.R.S., Vega, J., Goncalves, M.C., Krugner, R., and Navas, S.M. 1997. Aphid Transmission of a Virus Associated with Sugarcane Yellow Leaf Disease. Fitopatologia Brasileira, 22 (supplement): 337.
  • Krugner, R., Lopes, M.T.V. de C., and Lopes, J.R.S. 1998. Efici&ecirc;ncia de Transmiss&atilde;o de Xylella fastidiosa para Citrus por Cigarrinhas e Identifica&ccedil;&atilde;o de Duas Novas Espécies Vetoras. In: Proceedings of the 6o Simp&oacute;sio de Inicia&ccedil;&atilde;o Cient&iacute;fica da Universidade de S&atilde;o Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, Nov. 10-11, 1998, p. 505.
  • Krugner, R., Lopes, M.T.V. de C., Souza, L. de., Santos, J.S., Beretta, M.J.G., and Lopes, J.R.S. 1999. Complexo de Cigarrinhas Vetoras e Effici&ecirc;ncia de Transmiss&atilde;o de Xylella fastidiosa em Citrus. 1999. In: Proceedings of the 7o Simp&oacute;sio de Inicia&ccedil;&atilde;o Cient&iacute;fica da Universidade de S&atilde;o Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, Nov. 9-10, 1999, p. 330.
  • Krugner, R., Lopes, M.T.V. de C., Santos, J.S., Beretta, M.J.G., and Lopes, J.R.S. 2000. Transmission Efficiency of Xylella fastidiosa by Sharpshooters and Identification of Two New Vector Species. In: Proceedings of the XIV Conference of the International Organization of Citrus Virologists, Campinas, SP, Brazil. Riverside: IOCV, 2000, p. 423.
  • Johnson, M.W., and Krugner, R. 2004. Impact of legally compliant organic pesticides on natural enemies. Pp. 69-75. In Hoddle, M. [ed.], Proceedings, Fourth California Conference on Biological Control, Berkeley, CA. July 13-15, 2004.
  • Daane, K.M., Krugner, R., and Walton, V.M. 2005. Research-Potential Versus Field-Applied Success of Augmented Natural Enemies in North American Field Crops. In: M.S. Hoddle [ed.]. Proceedings, 2nd International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods. USDA Forest Service Publication FHTET-2005-08, p. 510-522.
  • Krugner, R., Johnson, M.W., Morse, J.G, and Groves, R.L. 2006. Host Specificity of the Mymaridae Anagrus epos Girault, a Parasitoid of Cicadellidae Eggs. Pp. 168-171. In: M.S. Hoddle and M.W. Johnson [eds.], Proceedings, Fifth California Conference on Biological Control, Riverside, CA, July 25-27, 2006.
  • Morse, J.G., Stouthamer, R., Triapitsyn, S.V., Morgan, D.J.W., Lytle, J.M., and Krugner, R. 2006. The Anagrus epos Complex: a Likely Source of Effective Classical Biological Control Agents for Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Control. Pp. 95-98. In: Esser, T., M.A. Tariq, R. Medeiros, M. Mochel and S. Veling [eds.], Proceedings, 2006 Pierce's Disease Research Symposium. Nov 27-29, 2006, California Dept. of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA. 321 pp.