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  1. Pollinator-prey conflicts in carnivorous plants: When flower and trap properties mean life or death

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2016, Nature

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  2. Invasive Vespula Wasps Utilize Kairomones to Exploit Honeydew Produced by Sooty Scale Insects, Ultracoelostoma

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ashraf El-Sayed, Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Professor C. Rikard Unelius

  3. Wasps prefer a Smorgasbord

    Article • Pest Management Science, June 2015, Wiley

    Professor C. Rikard Unelius, Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  4. The effect of trap colour and trap‐flower distance on prey and pollinator capture in carnivorous Drosera species

    Article • Functional Ecology, February 2015, Wiley

    Ashraf El-Sayed

  5. Accelerating Mass Trapping

    Article • Pest Management Science, December 2014, Wiley

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  6. New Thrips obscuratus lures from ripe peaches

    Article • Pest Management Science, July 2014, Wiley

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  7. Volatiles in fermented brown sugar attract wasps

    Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, April 2014, Wiley

    Professor C. Rikard Unelius, Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  8. Applying pest management thinking to eradication

    Article • Pest Management Science, November 2013, Wiley

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  9. Apple Volatiles Synergize the Response of Codling Moth to Pear Ester

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ashraf El-Sayed, Professor David Maxwell Suckling

  10. Vespula vulgaris(Hymenoptera: Vespidae) gynes use a sex pheromone to attract males

    Article • The Canadian Entomologist, February 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  11. Communication disruption of light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana) using a four-component sex pheromone blend

    Article • Crop Protection, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  12. Sex pheromone of a "yellow peach moth"

    Article • Chemoecology, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ashraf El-Sayed, Professor David Maxwell Suckling

  13. Aerosol delivery of trail pheromone disrupts the foraging of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

    Article • Pest Management Science, July 2012, Wiley

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  14. Development of single-dispenser pheromone suppression of Epiphyas postvittana, Planotortrix octo and Ctenopseustis obliquana in New Zealand stone fruit orchards

    Article • Pest Management Science, February 2012, Wiley

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  15. Pollinator-prey conflict in carnivorous plants

    Article • Biological Reviews, December 2011, Wiley

    Ashraf El-Sayed, Professor David Maxwell Suckling

  16. Comparative Fitness of Irradiated Light Brown Apple Moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in a Wind Tunnel, Hedgerow, and Vineyard

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, August 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  17. New Sex Pheromone Blend for the Lightbrown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  18. The Absolute Configuration of the Sex Pheromone of the Citrophilous Mealybug, Pseudococcus calceolariae

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor C. Rikard Unelius, Ashraf El-Sayed

  19. Trail Pheromone Disruption of Red Imported Fire Ant

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ashraf El-Sayed, Professor David Maxwell Suckling

  20. Corrigendum to “Chrysanthemyl 2-acetoxy-3-methylbutanoate: the sex pheromone of the citrophilous mealybug, Pseudococcus calceolariae” [Tetrahedron Lett. 51 (2010) 1075]

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, April 2010, Elsevier

    Professor C. Rikard Unelius, Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  21. Pheromone synthesis. Part 243: Synthesis and biological evaluation of (3R,13R,1′S)-1′-ethyl-2′-methylpropyl 3,13-dimethylpentadecanoate, the major component of the sex pheromone of Paulownia bagworm, Clania variegata, and its stereoisomers

    Article • Tetrahedron, April 2010, Elsevier

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  22. Chrysanthemyl 2-acetoxy-3-methylbutanoate: the sex pheromone of the citrophilous mealybug, Pseudococcus calceolariae

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, February 2010, Elsevier

    Professor C. Rikard Unelius, Ashraf El-Sayed, Professor David Maxwell Suckling

  23. Do carnivorous plants use volatiles for attracting prey insects?

    Article • Functional Ecology, October 2009, Wiley

    Ashraf El-Sayed, Professor David Maxwell Suckling

  24. Attraction and antennal response of the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris (L.), to selected synthetic chemicals in New Zealand beech forests

    Article • Pest Management Science, May 2009, Wiley

    Professor C. Rikard Unelius, Ashraf El-Sayed, Professor David Maxwell Suckling

  25. Pheromone Disruption of Argentine Ant Trail Integrity

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, November 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ashraf El-Sayed, Professor David Maxwell Suckling

  26. Odour quality discrimination for behavioural antagonist compounds in three tortricid species

    Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, June 2008, Wiley

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  27. Behavioural and electrophysiological responses of Pantomorus cervinus (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to host plant volatiles

    Article • Australian Journal of Entomology, February 2008, Wiley

    Ashraf El-Sayed, Professor David Maxwell Suckling

  28. Efficacy of the pear ester as a monitoring tool for codling mothCydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in New Zealand apple orchards

    Article • Pest Management Science, January 2008, Wiley

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  29. Trapping Dasinuera mali (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Apples

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, June 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  30. (11Z,13E)-Hexadecadien-1-yl Acetate: Sex Pheromone of the Grass Webworm Herpetogramma licarsisalis—Identification, Synthesis, and Field Bioassays

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, March 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor C. Rikard Unelius, Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  31. Identification of Sex Pheromone Components of a New Zealand Geometrid Moth, the Common Forest Looper Pseudocoremia suavis, Reveals a Possible Species Complex

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, April 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  32. Effect of certain monounsaturated dodecene and tetradecene acetates and alcohols on electroantennogram response and pheromone-mediated trap catch of the obliquebanded leafroller

    Article • The Canadian Entomologist, April 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Ashraf El-Sayed

  33. Uraba lugens (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) in New Zealand: Pheromone Trapping for Delimitation and Phenology

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, August 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ashraf El-Sayed, Professor David Maxwell Suckling

  34. Sex pheromone of a North American population of the spotted tentiform leafminer, Phyllonorycter blancardella

    Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, July 2005, Wiley

    Professor C. Rikard Unelius, Ashraf El-Sayed

  35. Identification Of Sex Pheromone Components Of The Painted Apple Moth: A Tussock Moth With A Thermally Labile Pheromone Component

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, March 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ashraf El-Sayed, Professor David Maxwell Suckling

  36. Potential of ethyl (2E,4Z)-2,4-decadienoate for monitoring activity of codling moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in eastern North American apple orchards

    Article • The Canadian Entomologist, February 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Ashraf El-Sayed

  37. Optimization of Pheromone Lure and Trap Characteristics for Currant Clearwing, Synanthedon tipuliformis

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, February 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ashraf El-Sayed, Professor David Maxwell Suckling

  38. Behavioural observations of mating disruption in three lepidopteran pests

    Article • Behaviour, January 2005, Brill

    Professor David Maxwell Suckling, Ashraf El-Sayed

  39. Impact of sub-lethal residues of azinphos-methyl on the pheromone-communication systems of insecticide-susceptible and insecticide-resistant obliquebanded leafrollersChoristoneura rosaceana(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

    Article • Pest Management Science, June 2004, Wiley

    Ashraf El-Sayed

  40. Behavioural effect of (E)-8,(Z)-10-dodecadien-1-ol and (E)-8,(E)-10-dodecadienyl acetate on the upwind orientation of male codling moth, Cydia pomonellato pheromone source

    Article • Behaviour, January 2004, Brill

    Ashraf El-Sayed

  41. Geographic Variation in Pheromone Chemistry, Antennal Electrophysiology, and Pheromone-Mediated Trap Catch of North American Populations of the Obliquebanded Leafroller

    Article • Environmental Entomology, June 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor C. Rikard Unelius, Ashraf El-Sayed

  42. Relative Attractiveness of Natural and Synthetic Pheromone of Three Tortricid Tree Fruit Pests

    Article • Environmental Entomology, December 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ashraf El-Sayed

  43. Pheromone content of azinphosmethyl-susceptible and -resistant obliquebanded leafrollers (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) as a function of time of day and female age

    Article • The Canadian Entomologist, June 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Ashraf El-Sayed

  44. Modification of the sex-pheromone communication system associated with organophosphorus-insecticide resistance in the obliquebanded leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

    Article • The Canadian Entomologist, December 2001, Cambridge University Press

    Ashraf El-Sayed

  45. Reply to “one-pot synthesis of the sex pheromone homologs of a codling moth, Laspeyresia promonella L.”

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic, November 2001, Elsevier

    Ashraf El-Sayed

  46. Chemical identification and behavioral activity of (Z)-11-tetradecenal in an eastern North American population of the obliquebanded leafroller

    Article • The Canadian Entomologist, June 2001, Cambridge University Press

    Ashraf El-Sayed

  47. Flight and Molecular Modeling Study on the Response of Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) to (E,E)-8,10-Dodecadien-1-ol and Its Geometrical Isomers

    Article • Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, December 2000, De Gruyter

    Professor C. Rikard Unelius, Ashraf El-Sayed

  48. Sprayer for Quantitative Application of Odor Stimuli

    Article • Environmental Entomology, December 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ashraf El-Sayed

  49. Multicomponent Sex Pheromone in Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

    Article • Environmental Entomology, October 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ashraf El-Sayed