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Recent publications
2010
Lassance JM,
Groot AT, Lienard MA, Binu A, Borgwardt C, Andersson F, Hedenström E, Heckel DG,
Löfstedt C. 2010. Allelic variation in a fatty-acyl reductase gene causes
pheromone divergence in European corn borer races. Nature, accepted.
Blanco CA,
Gould F, Groot AT, Abel CA, Hernandez G, Perera OP, Teran-Vargas AP. 2010.
Offspring from sequential natings between Bacillus thuringiensis-resistant
and Bacillus thuringiensis-susceptible Heliothis virescens Moths
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
Journal of Economic Entomology, accepted.
Vogel H, Heidel
AJ, Heckel DG, Groot AT. 2010. Transcriptome analysis of the sex pheromone gland
of the noctuid moth Heliothis virescens. BMC Genomics 11: 29.
Groot AT, Marr
M, Heckel DG, Schöfl G. 2010. The roles and interactions of reproductive
isolation mechanisms in fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) host strains.
Ecological Entomology 35 (S1): 105-118.
2009
Groot AT,
Estock ML, Horovitz JL, Hamilton J, Santangelo RG, Schal C, Gould F. 2009. QTL
analysis of sex pheromone blend differences between two closely related moths:
insights into divergence in biosynthetic pathways. Insect Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology 39: 568-577.
Blanco CA,
Rojas MG, Groot AT, Morales-Ramos J, Abel, GA. 2009.
Size and
chemical composition of Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
spermatophores. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102:
629-637.
Groot AT, Inglis O, Bowdridge S, Santangelo RG, Blanco C, Lopez Jr J, Teran-Vargas
A, Gould F, Schal C. 2009. Geographic and temporal variation in moth chemical
communication. Evolution 63: 1987-2003.
Schöfl G,
Heckel DG, Groot AT. 2009. Time-shifted reproductive behaviours among fall
armyworm (Noctuidae: Spodoptera frugiperda) host strains: Evidence for
differing modes of inheritance. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22:
1447-1459.
Gould FL; Groot AT; Vasquez GM; Schal C. 2009. Sexual communication in
Lepidoptera: a need for wedding genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology.
In: Goldsmith MR; Marec F (Eds.): Molecular Biology and Genetics of the
Lepidoptera. Taylor & Francis. [no reprint]
Blanco C, Anfow DA, Abel C, Sumerford D, Hernandez G, Lopez J, Adams L, Groot
AT, Leonard R, Parker R, Payne G, Rereira OP, Teran-Vargas AP, Azuara-Dominguez
A. 2009. Bacillus thuringiensis CrylAc resistance frequency in Tobacco
Budworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Economic Entomology
102, online first [HEC108]
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2008
Groot AT, Marr M, Schöfl G, Lorenz S, Svatoš A, Heckel DG. 2008. Host strain
specific sex pheromone variation in Spodoptera frugiperda. Frontiers in
Zoology 5: 21
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Blanco C, Perera OP, Groot AT, Hernandez G, Teran-Vargas AP. 2008. Paternity
allocation in a mutant Helliothis virescens colony. Southwestern Entomologist
33, 253-263 [HEC107]
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2007
Groot AT, Santangelo RG, Ricci E, Brownie C, Gould F, Schal C. 2007.
Differential attraction of Heliothis subflexa males to synthetic
pheromone lures in Eastern US and Western Mexico. Journal of Chemical Ecology
33: 353-368. [pdf]
2006
Groot AT, Horovitz JL, Hamilton J, Santangelo RG, Schal C, Gould F. 2006.
Experimental evidence for interspecific directional selection on moth pheromone
communication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103:
5858-5863 [pdf]
Sheck AL, Groot AT, Ward C, Gemeno C, Wang J, Gould F. 2006. Genetics of
pheromone blend differences between Heliothis virescens and Heliothis subflexa:
a chromosome mapping approach. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:
600-617. [pdf]
2005
Groot AT, Fan Y, Brownie C, Jurenka RA, Gould F, Schal C. 2005. Effect of PBAN
on pheromone production in mated Heliothis virescens and Heliothis
subflexa females. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31: 15-28. [pdf]
Groot AT, Gemeno C, Brownie C, Gould F, Schal C. 2005. Male and female antennal
responses in Heliothis virescens and H. subflexa to conspecific
and heterospecific sex pheromone compounds. Environmental Entomology
32:256-263. [pdf]
Choi M-Y, Groot AT, Jurenka RA. 2005. Pheromone biosynthetic pathways in the
moths Heliothis subflexa and Heliothis virescens. Archives
Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
59: 53-58. [pdf]
2004
Groot AT, Ward C,
Wang J, Pokrzywa A, O'Brien J, Bennett J, J. Kelly, R.G. Santangelo, C. Schal &
F. Gould.
2004. Introgressing pheromone QTL between species: towards and evolutionary
understanding of differentiation in sexual communication. Journal of Chemical
Ecology
30: 2495-2514. [pdf]
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