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Publications

  1. Backus, E.A. and Hunter, W.B. 1989. Comparison of feeding behavior of the potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) on alfalfa and broad bean leaves. Environmental Entomology 18(3):473-80.
  1. Hunter, W.B. and Backus, E.A. 1989. Mesophyll-feeding by the potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae (Harris)(Homoptera: Cicadellidae): Results from electronic monitoring and thin-layer chromatography. Environmental Entomology 18(3):465-72.
  1. Hunter, W.B. and Ullman, D.E. 1989. Analysis of mouthpart movements during feeding of Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) and F. schultzei Trybom (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology & Embryology 18:161-71.
  1. Ullman, D.E.,Westcot, D.M., Hunter, W.B., and Mau, R.F.L. 1989. Internal anatomy and morphology of Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)(Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with special reference to Interactions between thrips and tomato spotted wilt virus. International Journal of Insect Morphology & Embryology 18: 289-310.
  1. Hunter, W.B. 1990. Neem vs. Aphids. The IPM Practitioner. Vol. 12(3):13.
  1. Chiou-Ling Hsu, Chang, F., Hunter, W.B., and Hou, R.F. 1990. Cytological effects of J2581 (5-Ethoxy-6-[4-Methoxyphenyl] Methyl-1,3-Benzodioxole) on spermatogenesis in the oriental fruit fly, Dacus dorsalis Hendel. Comp. Biochem. & Physiol. 96(1):27-31.
  1. Hunter, W.B. and Ullman, D.E. 1991. Effects of the neem product RD-Repelin on settling behavior and transmission of zucchini yellow mosaic virus by the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris)(Homoptera: Aphididae). Annals of Applied Biology 120:9-15.
  1. Ullman, D.E., Cho, J.J., Mau, R.F.L., Hunter,W.B., Westcot, D.M., and Custer, D.M. 1992. Thrips-Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Interactions: Morphological Behavioral and Cellular Components Influencing Thrips Transmission. In Advances in Disease Vector Research, K. F. HARRIS (ed), Vol. 9. New York: Springer-Verlag. (Book Chapter).
  1. Hunter, W.B.and Ullman, D.E. 1992. Anatomy and ultrastructure of the piercing-sucking mouthparts and paraglossal sensilla of Frankliniella occidentalis, (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology & Embryology 21:17-35.
  1. Hunter, W.B. 1992. Sensory organs, feeding structures and host plant selection behaviors of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Univ. Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii. (Dissertation).
  1. Hunter, W.B., Ullman, DE., and Moore, A. 1994. Electronic Monitoring: Characterizing the Feeding Behavior of Western Flower Thrips, (Thysanoptera:Thripidae). pp. 73-85 In History, Development, and Application or AC Electronic Insect Feeding Monitors. Ellsbury, M.M., Backus, E.A., and Ullman, D.E.(eds). Thomas Say Publications, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland, USA.
  1. Hunter, W.B and Ullman, D.E. 1994. Precibarial and cibarial chemosensillae in the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)(Thysanoptera: Thripidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology & Embryology 23(2):69-83.
  1. Hunter, W.B.and Hsu, H.T. 1995. Establishing Thrips Cell Cultures to Study Tospoviruses. pp. 163-166. In Thrips Biology and Management, Bruce L. Parker, Margaret Skinner, and Trevor Lewis (eds). Series A: Life Sciences Vol. 276. Plenum Press, New York.
  1. Hunter, W.B., Hsu, H.T. and Lawson, R. 1995. A novel method for acquisition of Tospoviruses by thrips. Phytopathology 85(4):480-483.
  1. Hunter, W.B.and Hsu, H.T. 1996. Inoculation of thrips cell mono-layers with a Tospovirus. pp. 359-363. In International Symposium on Tospoviruses and Thrips of Floral and Vegetable Crops. George Kuo (ed). Acta Horticulturae, No. 431. ISHS. AsianVegetableResearch & DevelopmentCenter, AVRDC.
  1. Hunter, W B. and Hsu, H.T. 1996. Formulation of an insect medium for thrips monolayer cell cultures (Thysanoptera: Thripidae: Frankliniella occidentalis). Journal Invertebrate Pathology 67:125-128. No. 0019.
  1. Hunter, W.B., Hiebert, E., Webb, S, Polston, J.E., and Tsai, J.H.1996. Precibarial and cibarial chemosensilla in the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology & Embryology 25(3):295-304.
  1. Hunter, W.B., Hiebert, E., Webb, S.E., Tsai, J H., and Polston, J.E. 1997. Location of geminivirus in the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera Aleyrodidae). Plant Disease, October 1147-1151.
  1. Vasquez, E.E., Schuster, D.J., and Hunter, W.B. 1998. Alternative method for encapsulation of artificial diet used in rearing Ceraechrysa cubana (Hagen) larvae (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). J. Entomol. Science. 33(3): 316-318
  1. Hunter, W.B. and Hsu, H.T. 1999. Synthetic diets and piercing-sucking insect research. International Journal of Ecol. Environ. Science. 25:259-266.
  1. Tang, Y.Q., Lapointe, S.L., Brown, L.C., and Hunter, W.B. 1999. Effects of host plant

and temperature on the biology of Toxoptera citricida (Homoptera: Aphididae). Environmental Entomology 28(5):895-900.

22.Hunter, W.B., and Polston, J.E. 2001. Development of a continuous whitefly cell line [Homoptera: Aleyrodidae: Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)] for the study of Begomovirus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 77: 33-36.

23.Funk, C J., Hunter, W.B., and Achor, D.S. 2001. Replication of insect iridescent virus 6 in a whitefly cell line. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 77: 144-146.

24.Mayer, Richard T., Wayne B. Hunter, Stephen L. Lapointe, C. L. McKenzie, R. Shatters, J. Shapiro, Hamed Doostdar and A. A. Weathersbee III. 2001. Diaprepes Root Weevil: Recent Advances at the U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce. Citrus & Vegetable Magazine, Part 2, Vol. 65, No. 12, August 2001, pp. 8-13.

25.Mayer, Richard T., Wayne B. Hunter, Stephen L. Lapointe, C. L. McKenzie, R. Shatters, J. Shapiro, Hamed Doostdar and A. A. Weathersbee III. 2001. Diaprepes Root Weevil: Recent Advances at the U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce. Citrus & Vegetable Magazine. Part 1, Vol. 65, No. 11, July 2001, pp. 9-12.

26.Hunter, W.B., C.P. Patte, X.H. Sinisterra, D.S. Achor, C.J. Funk and J.E. Polston. 2001. Discovering new insect viruses: Whitefly iridovirus (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae: Bemisia tabaci). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 78: 220-225.

27.Hunter, W. B., Sinisterra, X. H., McKenzie, C. L., and Shatters, Jr., R.G. 2002. Iridovirus infection and vertical transmission in citrus aphids. Proceedingsof the Florida Horticultural Society 114:70-72.

28.McKenzie, C. L., Lapointe, Stephen L., Hunter, W. B., and Gary J. Puterka. 2002. Efficacy of Surround for control of Asian citrus psyllid on citrus. Arthropod Management Tests 27: (Report).

29.McKenzie, C. L., W. B. Hunter, S. L. Lapointe, and P. Dang. 2002. Iridovirus: potential entomopathogenic biocontrol agent for whitefly. Silverleaf Whitefly National Research, Action, and Technology Transfer Plan: Fourth Annual Review of the Second 5-Year Plan and Final Report for 1992-2002. USDA-ARS 2002-01: 162.

30.McKenzie, C. L., Hunter, W. B., Lapointe, S. L., and Dang, P. 2002. Iridovirus infection and topical application to whitefly. Proceedings of theFloridaState Horticultural Society 114:64-67.

31.Hunter, W.B. 2003. Published 4,320 electronic pages: Adult Alate Brown Citrus Aphid Toxoptera citricida cDNA clones. U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, 2001 South Rock Rd., Fort Pierce, FL34945, USA. Accession no. CB832665-CD452353. NationalCenter for Biotechnology Information, NCBI. (Public Database).

32.Hunter, WB. 2003. Published 427 electronic pages. Data Set: Glassy-winged Sharpshooter, Expressed Sequence Tags, ESTs, from Adult Homalodisca coagulata (Say) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). GenBank Accession Numbers CF194966 through CF195393. NationalCenter for Biotechnology Information, NCBI. (Public Database).

33.Hunter, WB. and Dang, P.M. 2003. Published 970 electronic pages: Gene expression in Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera: Aphididae). U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, 2001 South Rock Rd., Fort Pierce, FL34945, USA. Accession no. CF587442-CF588411. NationalCenter for Biotechnology Information, NCBI. (Public Database).

34.Hunter, W.B., Dang, P.M., Bausher, Chaparro, J.X., McKendree, W., Shatters, R.G. Jr., McKenzie, C.L., Sinisterra, X.H. 2003. Aphid Biology: Expressed Genes from Alate Toxoptera citricida (Kirkaldy), Brown Citrus Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Journal of Insect Science.

35.Hunter, W.B., Lapointe, S.L., Sinisterra, X.H., Achor, D.S., Funk, C.J. 2003. Iridovirus in Diaprepes Root Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Diaprepes abbreviatus). Journal of Insect Science 3:9, Available:

36.Hunter, WB. and SL. Lapointe. 2003. Iridovirus Infection of a Cell Culture from the Diaprepes Root Weevil [Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.)]. Journal of Insect Science,

37.Bausher, M., McKendree, W., Dang, P., Chaparro, J., Shatters, R., Hunter, W., Niedz, R 2002. Published 2,306 electronic pages of “EST high quality sequences from a Citrus sinensis (sweet orange) whole seedling cDNA library” to NCBI EST database. (Public Database).

38.Lu, J. and Hunter, WB. 2003. Published 218 electronic pages: Genes expressed in Vitis shuttleworthii. Grapes. FloridaA&MUniversity, Tallahassee, FL. U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, 2001 South Rock Rd., Fort Pierce, FL34945, USA. Accession no. CF568781-CF568998. NationalCenter for Biotechnology Information, NCBI. (Public Database).

39.Lapointe, S.L., McKenzie, C.L. and W.B. Hunter. 2003. Toxicity and repellency of Tephrosia candida to larval and adult Diaprepes root weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 96(3): 811-816.

40. Bausher M, Shatters R, Chaparro J, Dang P, Hunter W, Niedz R. 2003. An expressed sequence tag (EST) set from Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck whole seedlings and the implications of further perennial source investigations. Plant Science 165 (2): 415-422.

41. Shatters, RG, Jr., Bausher, MG, Hunter, WB, Chaparro, JX, Dang PM, Niedz, RP, Mayer, RT, McCollum, TG, and XH. Sinisterra. 2003. Putative protease inhibitor gene discovery and transcript profiling during fruit development and leaf damage in grapefruit (Citrus paradise Macf.). GENE 326: 77-86.

42.Niedz, R.P., Shatters, R.G., Bowman, K.D., McCollum, G., Bausher, M.G., Hunter, W.B., and Chaparro, J.X. 2003. The role of genomics in citrus improvement. Proceedings of the FloridaState Horticultural Society 116: 278-282.

43.Lapointe, S. L., W. B. Hunter, and R. T. Alessandro. 2004. Cuticular hydrocarbons on elytra of the Diaprepes root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Agricultural and Forest Entomology 6: 1-7.

44.Valles, S.M., C.A. Strong, P.M. Dang, W.B. Hunter, R.M. Pereira, D.H. Oi, A.M. Shapiro, D.F. Williams. 2004. A picorna-like virus from the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta: Initial discovery, genome sequence, and characterization. Virology 328: 151-157.

45.McKenzie, C.L., A.A. Weathersbee III, W.B. Hunter, and G.J. Puterka. 2004. Sucrose octanoate toxicity to brown citrus aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) and the parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 1233-38.

46.Hunter, WB. 2004. Plant Viruses and Insects. In Encyclopedia of Entomology, (John L. Capinera,ed). Vol. 3, pg. 1762-1768. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

47.Tipping, C., R. Mizell III, B.V. Brodbeck, P.C. Andersen, W.B. Hunter, and E.R. Lopez-Gutierrez. 2005. A novel method to induce oviposition of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Auchenorryncha: Cicadellidae). Journal of Entomological Science 40(2): 246-249.

48. Sinisterra, X.H., C.L. McKenzie, W.B. Hunter, and R.G. Shatters Jr. 2005. Differential

transcriptional activity of plant pathogenic Begomoviruses in their whitefly vector

(Bemisia tabaci, Gennadius: Hemiptera Aleyroididae). Journal of General Virology 86: 1525-32.

49. Whitepaper 2005. INTERNATIONAL APHID GENOMICS Consortium (iagc): The importance of genomics for understanding aphid biology. David Stern, USA, and Denis Tagu, FRANCE, (Organizers). Document Author list (alphabetical): Marina Caillaud, USA, Stewart Gray, USA, David Hawthorne, USA, Wayne Hunter, USA, George Jander, USA, Nancy Moran, USA, Andres Moya, SPAIN, Atsushi Nakabachi, JAPAN, Kevin Shufran. USA, Jean-Christophe Simon, FRANCE. - International Aphid Genomics Consortium (IAGC).

Accepted and started genomic sequencing of the pea aphid, May, 2005

50.Mozoruk, J, Hunnicutt, LE, Cave, RD, Hunter, WB, Bausher, MG. 2006. Profiling transcriptional changes in Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck challenged by herbivory from the xylem-feeding leafhopper Homalodisca coagulata (Say) by cDNA macroarray analysis. Plant Science 170:1068-1080.

51.Hunter, WB, Katsar, CS, Chaparro, JX. 2006. Nucleotide sequence of 3′ -end of Homalodisca coagulata Virus-1. A new leafhopper-infecting virus from the glassy-winged sharpshooter. J. Insect Science 6.28. Available online: insectscience.org/6.28/.

52.Hunnicutt, LE,Hunter, WB, Cave, RD, Powell, CA, Mozoruk, JJ. 2006. Complete Genome Sequence and Molecular Characterization of Homalodisca coagulata virus-1, a novel virus discovered in the glassy-winged sharpshooter (Hemiptera:Cicadellidae). Virology 350:67-78.

53.Lu, J, Huang, H, Ren, Z, Bradeley, F, Hunter, W. 2006. Comparative Genomics Analysis between V. shuttleworthii and V. vinifera grapes. Acta Horticulturae (Accepted Nov. 2005).

54.Huang, H, Lu, J, Hunter, W. 2006. Comparative Sequence and Functional Analysis of Stilbene Synthase Genes among Vitis Species. Acta Horticulturae. (Accepted Nov. 2005).

55.Huang, Z, Hunter, WB, Cleland, CA, Wolinsky, M, Lapointe, SL, Powell, CA. 2006.A new member of the growth-promoting glycoproteins from Diaprepes root weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Florida Entomologist 89(2): 223-232.

56.Wilson, ACC, Dunbar, HE, Davis, GK, Hunter, WB, Stern, DL, Moran, NA. 2006. A dual-genome microarray for the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, and its obligate bacterial symbiont, Buchnera aphidicola. BMC Genomics 2006, 7:50 (14 Mar 2006).

57.Sabater-Munoz, Legeai, Rispe, Bonhomme, Dossat, Duclert, Gauthier, Giblot-Ducray,Hunter, Dang, Matinez-Torres, Moya, Nakabachi, Prunier-Leterne, Rahbe, Simon, Stern, Wincker, Tagu. 2006. Large-scale gene discovery in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera). BMC Genome Biology 7:R21 (doi:10.1186/gb-2006-7-3-r21).

58.Katsar, CS, Hunter, WB, Sinisterra, XH. 2007. Phytoreovirus-like sequences from glassy-winged sharpshooter salivary glands. Florida Entomologist (accepted, in press, Publish date March 2007).

59.Thomas A. Coudron, TA, Brandt, SL, Hunter, WB. 2007. Molecular profiling of proteolytic and lectin transcripts in Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) feeding on sunflower and cowpea. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. (Accepted 03-15-2007).

60.Hunter WB, Dang PM, Puterka G, Shatters RG, Jr, McKenzie CL, Sinisterra XH. 2005.

5th Instar Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Homalodisca coagulata, (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Accession numbers- DN195890-DN203579, 3,921 mRNA sequences. NationalCenter for Biotechnology Information, NCBI.(Public Database).

61.Hunter WB, Mizell RF, III, Tipping C, Dang PM, Hunnicutt LE. 2005. Adult sharpshooter leafhopper Oncometopia nigricans, (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), cDNA clones, Acc.Nos.-DR755012-DR759538. 4,527 mRNA sequences. NCBI.(Public Database).

62.Weathersbee, AA, III, Hunter, WB, Panchal, TD, Dang, PM. 2005. Lysiphlebus testaceipes, (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Acc. Nos.- DQ062217- DQ062237 andAY863030- AY961584. Set of 123 putative full cDNA sequences with identities.(Public Database).

63.Hunter WB, Dang PM, Lee L. 2005. Adult alate Aphis gossypii, (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Acc. No.-DR389179-DR397419. 8,241 mRNA sequences. NCBI. (Public Database).

64.Hunter WB, Smith M. 2005. 5th-instar Anoplophora glabripennis larva (Coleoptera: Cerambicidae) cDNA clones, Acc. Nos.-DR108748-DR109303, Set of 556 mRNA sequences. Plus two full-length cDNA, DQ067276 & DQ067275. NCBI. (Public Database).

65.Hunter WB, Dang, PM, McKenzie, CL. 2005 Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) Diaphorina citri, Acc. nos.- DN465721-DN470410, 4,686 mRNA sequences. (Public Database).

66. Hunter WB, McKenzie CL, Shatters RG. Weathersbee AA. Hall DG. 2005. Gene expression in field collected Asian citrus psylla, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) 1,220 EST’s, Acc. Nos. DN202325- DN201110. NCBI. (Public Database).

67.Werren, J, Hunter, W. 2005. Nasonia, Produced three cDNA expression libraries, (Sequencing done by TIGR, 17,000 sequences, TIGR database).

68.Hunter WB and Dang, PM. 2005. Gene expression in filed collected Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri, (Hemiptera: Psyllidae). NationalCenter for Biotechnology Information, NCBI. (Public Database).

69.Hunter WB, Dang PM, CabreraI. Powell CA. 2005. Gene expression in field collected Citrus Root Weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus L. (DRW) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Acc. Nos.-DN199437-DN201109. 1,674 mRNA sequences. NCBI. (Public Database).

70.Hunter,W.B., Hunnicutt,L.E., Hall,D.G. 2006. Ribosomal proteins of the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri. 88 Proteins, Acc. nos: DQ765535-DQ673441.NationalCenter for Biotechnology Information, NCBI. (Public Database).

71.Hunter,W.B., Hunnicutt,L.E., Wistrom,C.M., Purcell,A.H. 2006. Proteins expressed in the Blue-green sharpshooter,Graphocephala atropunctata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). 44 Proteins, Acc. nos.: DQ445499-DQ445542.NationalCenter for Biotechnology Information, NCBI.(Public Database).

72.Weathersbee,A.A., Panchal,T.D., Hunter,W.B. and Dang,P.M. 2006. Expressed Genes from Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). 7,762 mRNA sequences, Acc. nos.: EH009595-EH017357. NationalCenter for Biotechnology Information, NCBI.(Public Database)

73.Hunter, W.B, Hunnicutt, L.E. 2007. Dataset of 162 Proteinsexpressed in the pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus(Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Accession no. EF070444-EF070605. NationalCenter for Biotechnology Information, NCBI.(Public Database).

74.Hunter,W.B., Dang,P.M., Nguyen,R. 2007. Genes expressed in field-caught pink hibiscus mealybugs,Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). 7,669 mRNA sequences, Acc. nos.: EH211307-EH218975. NationalCenter for Biotechnology Information, NCBI.(Public Database).

75.Hunter,W.B., Hunnicutt,L.E., Wistrom,C.M., Purcell,A.H. 2007. Gene expression in adult blue-green sharpshooters, Graphocephala atropunctata (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). 6,481 mRNA sequences. Acc. nos.: EH655849-EH662332. NationalCenter for Biotechnology Information, NCBI.(Public Database).