Below is a complete list of research and extension publications produced by the Soil Insect Ecology and Turfgrass Entomology Lab (last updated Thursday, March 8, 2007).

Diaz, M.D. & D.C. Peck. In revision. Overwintering of annual bluegrass weevils, Listronotus maculicollis (Dietz) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in the golf course landscape.  Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, in revision.

Olmstead, D. & D.C. Peck. Submitted. Preventive control of European crane fly larvae on golf course roughs, autumn 2006. Arthropod Management Tests, submitted.

Peck, D.C. Submitted. Non-target effects of alternative white grub (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) control products on the abundance of soil active arthropods in turf.  Environmental Entomology, submitted.

Peck, D.C., M.D. Diaz & M. Seto. Submitted. Annual bluegrass weevil (previously known as the “Hyperodes” weevil), Listronotus maculicollis Dietz. Electronic fact sheet (English and Spanish versions), NYS IPM Program Fact Sheet Series (www.nysipm.cornell.edu/ factsheets/turfgrass/default.asp), submitted.

Peck, D.C. & A. Morales. 2006. European crane fly management on golf course roughs, fall 2005. Arthropod Management Tests. pdf version.

Peck, D.C. & D. Olmstead. Submitted. Curative control of European crane fly larvae on golf course roughs, spring 2006. Arthropod Management Tests, submitted.

Ramirez, M., J. Rodriguez & D.C. Peck. Accepted. Comparison of ant communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in conventional and Bt-modified cotton in the Cauca Valley (in Spanish). Revista Colombiana de Entomología, accepted.

Peck, D.C. 2007. Not another one! An exotic crane fly invades Michigan turfgrass. The Landsculptor, Michigan Green Industry Association.  Feb. 2007. pp 61-63. pdf version.

Peck, D.C. & M.D. Diaz. 2007. Challenges and perspectives for managing the annual bluegrass weevil. Cornell University Turfgrass Times. In press.

Peck, D.C. & D. Held. 2007. Crane flies. In: Lamp, Berberet, Higley & Baird (eds.) Handbook of Forage and Rangeland Insects. Entomological Society of America, pp - .

Peck, D.C. 2006. European crane flies (also known as leatherjackets), Tipula paludosa Meigen and Tipula oleracea L. Electronic fact sheet (English and Spanish versions), NYS IPM Program Fact Sheet Series (www.nysipm.cornell.edu/factsheets/turfgrass/default.asp). 4 pp.

Peck, D.C. 2006. Alerting and arming the Northeast against crane flies. Golf Course Management magazine May 2006. p. 117.

Peck, D.C. 2006. Regional insect control: Northeast. Grounds Maintenance magazine. Feb. p. 12.

Peck, D.C., E.R. Hoebeke & C. Klass. 2006. Detection and establishment of the European crane flies Tipula paludosa Meigen and Tipula oleracea L. (Diptera: Tipulidae) in New York: a review of their distribution, invasion history, and recognition.  Proceeding of the Entomological Society of Washington 108(4): 985-994.

Peck, D.C. & A. Morales. 2006. European crane fly management on golf course roughs, 2005. Arthropod Management Tests, G46. 2 pp.

Rodríguez, J. & D.C. Peck. 2006. Population parameters of Zulia carbonaria (Homoptera: Cercopidae) on Brachiaria ruziziensis (in Spanish). Revista Colombiana de Entomología 32(2): 145-150.

Rodríguez, J. & D.C. Peck. 2006. Biology and habits of Mahanarva andigena (Homoptera: Cercopidae) under screenhouse conditions (in Spanish). Revista Colombiana de Entomología 33(1): in press.

Rodriguez Ch., J., C. Ospina, A. Mazo & D.C. Peck. 2006. Field evaluation of the impact of Bt cotton on non-target soil arthropods in Colombia (in Spanish, poster). 4th International Congress of Biological Control, Cali, Colombia. 05/31/06.

Castro, U., A. Morales & D.C. Peck. 2005. Population dynamics and phenology of the pasture spittlebug Zulia carbonaria (Lallemand) (Homoptera: Cercopidae) in the Cauca Valley of Colombia (in Spanish).  Neotropical Entomology 34(3):459-470.

Peck, D.C. & M. Diaz. 2005. Challenges and perspectives for managing the annual bluegrass weevil. In: D. Gimenez & B. Fitzgerald (eds.) Proceedings of the 14th Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (13-14 Jan). pp. 23-24.

Peck, D.C. & M. Diaz. 2005. Challenges and perspectives for managing the annual bluegrass weevil.  Clippings, New Jersey Turfgrass Association. Fall, vol. 60, pp. 20-21.

Holmann, F. & D. Peck. 2004. Economic damage of pasture spittlebugs to cattle ranching: the case of Colombia (in Spanish). CIAT. 22 pp.

Peck, D.C. 2004. Impact of scarab grub management tactics on non-target soil fauna, pp. 50-56. In: 2003 New York State Ornamentals Project Reports Relating to IPM.  NYS IPM, Geneva, NY. Publication No. 419.

Peck, D.C. 2004. Turfgrass pest alert: leatherjackets (Diptera: Tipulidae) cross into western New York. Poster/handout. 2004 Turf and Grounds Exposition, NYSTA. pdf version.

Peck, D.C. & U. Castro. 2004. How to develop an integrated control program for grass-feeding spittlebugs in tropical pastures: challenges and perspectives (in Spanish, 90-min extension and scientific talk, audience 800). In: Memorias, IV Foro Regional de Lechería Tropical 2004, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico (25-27 Aug). 6 pp.

Peck, D.C., A. Morales & U. Castro. 2004. Alternative methods for rearing grass-feeding spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae). Neotropical Entomology 33(3):307-314.

Peck, D.C., J. Rodríguez Ch. & L.A. Gómez. 2004. Identity and first record of the spittlebug Mahanarva bipars (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cercopidae) on sugarcane in Colombia. Florida Entomologist 87(1):82-84.

Peck, D.C. & V. Thompson. 2004. Cercopoidea – Spittlebugs, pp 156-160. In: J. Capinera (ed.) Encyclopedia of Entomology. Kluwer Academic.

Rodríguez Ch., J., M. Mojocoa, C. Ospina & D.C. Peck. 2004. Diversity and abundance of soil arthropods in Bt (NuCotn 33B) and conventional (DP5415) cotton in the Cauca Valley (in Spanish). Invited symposium paper. In: Memorias, XXXI Congreso de la Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología, Bogotá, Colombia (28-30 July). pp 115-124.

Rodríguez Ch., J., M. Mojocoa M., C.M. Ospina & D.C. Peck. 2004. Gauging the effect of transgenic maize and cotton on non-target soil arthropods in Colombia. Poster. 8th International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms, Montpellier, France. 09/26/04. pdf version.

Rodríguez Ch., J. & D.C. Peck. 2004. Gauging the effect of transgenic maize and cotton on non-target soil arthropods in Colombia. Invited symposium paper in North-South Workshop.  Proceedings, 8th International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms.  Montpellier, France (26-30 Sept). pp 102-104. ADD IN LINK TO PDF

Tallamy, D.W., E. Walsh & D.C. Peck. 2004. Revisiting paternal care in the assassin bug, Atopozelus pallens (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 17(4):431-436.

Peck, D.C. 2003. Program update: Soil insect ecology and turfgrass entomology.  Cornell University Turfgrass Times 14(1): spring. pp. 6-7.

Rodríguez Ch., J., U. Castro, A. Morales & D.C. Peck. 2003. Biology of the spittlebug Prosapia simulans (Walker) (Homoptera: Cercopidae), new pest of cultivated grasses in Colombia (in Spanish). Revista Colombiana de Entomología 29(2):149-155.