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RECENT PUBLICATIONS (REFEREED):
Kaufman, P.E., A.C. Gerry, D.A. Rutz and J.G. Scott. 2008. Monitoring house fly susceptibility to imidacloprid in the United States. J. Agric. Urban Entomol. (in press).
Lloyd, A.M., D.L. Kline, J.A. Hogsette, P.E. Kaufman and S.A. Allan. 2008. Evaluation of two commercial traps for the collection of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assn. (in press).
Wood, L.A. and P.E. Kaufman. 2008. Euoniticellus intermedius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Tribe Coprini): Its presence and relative abundance in cattle pastures in Northcentral Florida. Fla. Entomol. 91: 128-130.
Kaufman, P.E., C. Strong and D.A. Rutz. 2008. Susceptibility of lesser mealworm (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) adults and larvae exposed to two commercial insecticides on unpainted plywood panels. Pest Mgmt. Sci. 64: 108-111.
Geden, C.J. and P.E. Kaufman. 2007. Development of Spalangia cameroni and Muscidifurax raptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) on live house fly (Diptera: Muscidae) pupae and pupae killed by heat shock, irradiation and cold. Environ. Entomol. 36: 34-39.
Hamm, R.L., P.E. Kaufman, C. Reasor, J.G. Scott and D.A. Rutz. 2006. Resistance to cyfluthrin and tetrachlorvinphos in the lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus, collected from the eastern United States. Pest Manag. Sci. 62: 673-677.
Kaufman, P.E., C. Reasor, D.A. Rutz, J.K. Ketzis, and J.J. Ahrends. 2005. Evaluation of Beauveria bassiana applications against adult house flies, Musca domestica, in commercial caged-layer poultry facilities in New York State. Biological Control. 33:360-367.
Kaufman, P.E., C. Reasor, J.K. Waldron and D.A. Rutz. 2005. Suppression of the lesser mealworm (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) using soil incorporation of poultry manure. Journal of Economic Entomology. 98:1739-1743.
Kaufman, P.E., C. Reasor, J.K. Waldron, K., Murray and D.A. Rutz. 2005. Evaluation of a barrier to inhibit lesser mealworm (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Dermestidae movement up support posts in high-rise, caged-layer poultry facilities. Journal of Economic Entomology. 98:1744-1749.
Kaufman, P.E., D.A. Rutz and S. Frisch. 2005. Large sticky traps for capturing house flies, Musca domestica and stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans, in diary calf greenhouse facilities. Journal of Dairy Science. 88:176-181
Kaufman, P.E., L.C. Harrington, J.K. Waldron and D.A. Rutz. 2005. The importance of agricultural tire habitats for mosquitoes of public health importance in New York state. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 21:171-176