Selected Publications

Brown, M. W. and C. R. Mathews. 2009. Biology of Oedophrys hilleri (Faust) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): a potential new pest for peach in the eastern United States. Entomological News 120(2): 185-193.

Mathews, C.R., Bottrell, D.G., and Brown, M.B. 2009. Extrafloral nectaries alter arthropod community structure and mediate peach (Prunus persica) plant defense. Ecological Applications 19(3): 722-730.

Brown, M.W. and Mathews, C.R. 2008. Conservation biological control of spirea aphid, Aphis spiraecola (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on apple by providing natural alternative food resources. European Journal of Entomology 105: 537–540.

Brown, M.W. and Mathews, C.R. 2007. Conservation Biological Control of Rosy Apple Aphid, Dysaphis plantaginea (Passerini), in Easter North America. Environmental Entomology 36(5): 1131-1139.

Mathews, C.R., Brown, M.B., and Bottrell, D.G. 2007. Leaf Extrafloral Nectaries Enhance Biological Control of a Key Economic Pest, Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), in Peach (Rosales: Rosaceae). Environmental Entomology 36(2): 383-389.

Spellman, B., Brown, M.W., and Mathews, C.R. 2006. Effect of Floral and Extrafloral Resources on Predation of Aphis spiraecola by Harmonia axyridis on Apple. Biocontrol 51:715-724.

Mathews, C.R., Bottrell, D.G., and Brown, M.W. 2004. Habitat manipulation of the apple orchard floor to increase ground-dwelling predators and predation of Cydia pomonella (Say) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Biological Control 30: 265-273.

Mathews, C.R., Bottrell, D.G., and Brown, M.B. 2002. A comparison of conventional and alternative understory management practices for apple production: multi-trophic effects. Applied Soil Ecology 21: 221-231.