Publications
1. Groves, R. L., J. C. McAllister, C. L. Meek and M. V. Meisch. 1994. Evaluation of aerial and ground-applied adulticides against mosquito species in Arkansas and Louisiana . J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc. 10(3):407-412.
2. Meisch, M. V., D. A. Dame, R. L. Groves and R. D. Nunez. 1994. Assessment of Anophelesquadrimaculatus response to permethrin and resmethrin by topical application. J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc. 10(3):437-439.
3. Groves, R. L., and M. V. Meisch. 1995. Efficacy of a 1:1 and 1:5 mixture of technical permethrin and piperonyl butoxide against Anophelesquadrimaculatus and Psorophoracolumbiae. J. Amer. Mosq. Control. 11(3):311-314.
4. Groves, R. L., and M. V. Meisch. 1996. Laboratory and field plot bioassay of Bacillussphaericus against Arkansas mosquito species. J. Amer. Mosq. Control. 12(2):220-224.
5. Groves, R. L., D. A. Dame, C. L. Meek and M. V. Meisch. 1997. Efficacy of three synthetic pyrethroids against three mosquito species in Arkansas and Louisiana . J. Amer. Mosq. Control. 13(2):184-188.
6. Groves, R. L., G. G. Kennedy and J. F. Walgenbach. 1998. Inoculation of tomato spotted wilt virus into cotton. Plant Dis. 82:959.
7. Groves, R. L., C. E. Sorenson, J. F. Walgenbach and G. G. Kennedy. 2001. Field and greenhouse assessment of imidacloprid to reduce the spread of tomato spotted wilt tospovirus in tomato, pepper and tobacco with electronic penetration graph techniques incorporated in laboratory investigations. Crop Prot. 20:439-445.
8. Groves, R. L., J. F. Walgenbach, J. W. Moyer and G. G. Kennedy. 2001. Overwintering of Frankliniella fusca Hinds (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on winter annual weeds infected with Tomato spotted wilt virus and patterns of movement of TSWV into susceptible hosts. Phytopathology 91:891-899.
9. Faircloth, J. C., J. R. Bradley, Jr., J. W. Van Duyn, and R. L. Groves. 2001. Reproductive success and damage potential of tobacco thrips and western flower thrips on cotton seedlings in a greenhouse environment. J. Agric. Urban Entomol. 18:179-185.
10. Groves, R. L., J. F. Walgenbach, J. W. Moyer and G. G. Kennedy. 2002. The role of weed hosts and tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca, in the epidemiology of Tomato spotted wilt virus. Plant Dis. 86:573-582.
11. Groves, R. L., J. F. Walgenbach, J. W. Moyer and G. G. Kennedy. 2003. Seasonal dispersal patterns of Frankliniella fusca (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and tomato spotted wilt virus occurrence in central and eastern North Carolina . J. Econ. Entomol. 96:1-11.
12. Nault, B. A., J. Speese III, D. Jolly and R. L. Groves. 2003. Seasonal patterns of adult thrips dispersal and implications for management in eastern Virginia tomato fields. Crop Prot. 22:505-512.
13. Groves, R. L., J. I. Chen, E. L. Civerolo, M. W. Freeman, and M. A. Viveros. 2005. Spatial analysis of almond leaf scorch disease in the San Joaquin Valley of California: factors affecting pathogen distribution and spread. Plant Dis. 89:581-589.
14. Chen, J., Groves, R., Civerolo, E.L., Viveros, M., Freeman, M., and Zheng, Y. 2005. Two Xylella fastidiosa genotypes associated with almond leaf scorch disease on the same location in California . Phytopathology 95:708-714.
15. Fournier, V., Hagler, J., Daane, K., Groves, R., de Leon, J., Costa, H., and Henneberry, T. 2006. Monoclonal antibodies specific to glassy-winged and smoketree sharpshooter egg protein: diagnostic tools for predator gut analysis. Biological Control 37:108-118.
16. Chen, J., Groves, R.L., Zheng, Y., Civerolo, E., Viveros, M., and Freeman, M. 2006. Colony morphology of Almond Leaf Scorch strains of Xylella fastidiosa and its epidemiological application. Euro. J. Plant Pathol. (in press).
17. Chen, J., Groves, R.L., Zheng, Y., Civerolo, E., Viveros, M., and Freeman, M. 2006. “ Surface translocation of Xylella fastidiosa on solid medium surfaces.” Submitted for publication, June 2006, J. Bacteriology.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
18. Groves, R. L. and J. I. Chen. 2003. Epidemiology of Pierce’s Disease in the central San Joaquin Valley of California: factors affecting pathogen distribution and movement., pp.92-94 In Proceedings, Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, M. Tariq, S. Oswalt, P. Blincoe, R. Spencer, L. Houser, A. Ba, and T. Esser (eds.), 8-11 December, California Department of Food and Agriculture, San Diego, CA.
19. Fournier, V. J. Hagler, K. Daane, J. de Leon, and R. L. Groves. 2004. Identifying key predators of the various glassy-winged sharpshooter lifestages, pp.103-105, In Proceedings, Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, M. Tariq, S. Oswalt, P. Blincoe, R. Spencer, L. Houser, A. Ba, and T. Esser (eds.), 7-10 December, California Department of Food and Agriculture, San Diego, CA.
20. Groves, R. L. and J. I. Chen. 2004. Epidemiology of Pierce’s Disease in the central San Joaquin Valley of California: factors affecting pathogen distribution and movement., pp.109-111, In Proceedings, Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, M. Tariq, S. Oswalt, P. Blincoe, R. Spencer, L. Houser, A. Ba, and T. Esser (eds.), 7-10 December, California Department of Food and Agriculture, San Diego, CA.
22. Hagler, J., T. Henneberry, K. Daane, V. Fournier, and R. Groves. 2004. A novel immunological approach for quantifying predation rates on glassy-winged sharpshooter, pp.112-116, In Proceedings, Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, M. Tariq, S. Oswalt, P. Blincoe, R. Spencer, L. Houser, A. Ba, and T. Esser (eds.), 7-10 December, California Department of Food and Agriculture, San Diego, CA.
22. Hagler, J., J. Blackmer, T. Henneberry, K. Daane, and R. Groves. 2004. Quantifying landscape-scale movement patterns of glassy-winged sharpshooter and its natural enemies using a novel mark-capture technique, pp.248-252, In Proceedings, Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, M. Tariq, S. Oswalt, P. Blincoe, R. Spencer, L. Houser, A. Ba, and T. Esser (eds.), 7-10 December, California Department of Food and Agriculture, San Diego, CA.
23. Johnson, M., K. Daane, E. Backus, and R. Groves. 2004. Spatial population dynamics and overwintering biology of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata, in California’s San Joaquin Valley, pp.123-125, In Proceedings, Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, M. Tariq, S. Oswalt, P. Blincoe, R. Spencer, L. Houser, A. Ba, and T. Esser (eds.), 7-10 December, California Department of Food and Agriculture, San Diego, CA.
24. Groves, R. L., J. I. Chen. 2004. Epidemiology of Almond Leaf Scorch Disease in the central San Joaquin Valley of California, In Proceedings, 32 nd Annual Almond Industry Conference, 1-2 December, Almond Board of California, Modesto, CA.
25. Groves, R.L. 2005. Spatial analysis of Almond Leaf Scorch Disease: Implications for Secondary Spread of Xylella fastidiosa, In Proceedings, 11 th Annual California Geostatistics Symposium, 23 May 2005 Bakersfield , CA .
26. Groves , R. L., J. I. Chen. 2005, Epidemiology of Pierce’s Disease in the central San Joaquin Valley of California: factors affecting pathogen distribution and movement. pp. 22-25. In Proceedings, Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, M. Tariq, P. Blincoe, M. Mochel, S. Oswalt, and T. Esser (eds.), 5-7 December, California Department of Food and Agriculture, San Diego, CA.
27. Groves , R.L., Johnson, M.W., Hagler, J., and Luck, R. 2005. Dispersal and movement of the glassy-winged sharpshooter and associated natural enemies in a continuous, deficit-irrigated agricultural landscape. pp. 105-108. In Proceedings, Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, M. Tariq, P. Blincoe, M. Mochel, S. Oswalt, and T. Esser (eds.), 5-7 December, California Department of Food and Agriculture, San Diego, CA.
28. Hagler, J., Blackmer, J., Henneberry, T., Groves, R., and Daane, K. 2005. Progress toward quantifying landscape-scale movement patterns of the glassy-winged sharpshooter and its natural enemies using a novel mark-capture technique. pp. 109-112, In Proceedings, Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, M. Tariq, P. Blincoe, M. Mochel, S. Oswalt, and T. Esser (eds.), 5-7 December, California Department of Food and Agriculture, San Diego, CA..
29. Johnson, M.,W., Daane, K., Groves, R., and Backus, E. 2005. Spatial population dynamics and overwintering biology of the glassy-winged sharpshooter in California ’s San Joaquin Valley . pp. 113-116, In Proceedings, Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, M. Tariq, P. Blincoe, M. Mochel, S. Oswalt, and T. Esser (eds.), 5-7 December, California Department of Food and Agriculture, San Diego, CA.
30. Hagler, J., Henneberry, T., Groves, R., Fournier, V., Daane, K., and Johnson, M. 2005. Progress toward developing a novel immunological approach for quantifying predation rates on the glassy-winged sharpshooter. pp. 321-324. In Proceedings, Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, M. Tariq, P. Blincoe, M. Mochel, S. Oswalt, and T. Esser (eds.), 5-7 December, California Department of Food and Agriculture, San Diego, CA.
31. Groves, R.L., and Chen, J. Epidemiology of Almond Leaf Scorch Disease in the Central San Joaquin Valley of California.” pp. 2-5, In Proceedings, 33 rd Annual Almond Industry Conference, 7-9 December, Almond Board of California , Modesto , CA .