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  • Jocson, D. M., L. B. Nottingham, T. D. Northfield, E. H. Beers, L. Oeller, D. W. Crowder. 2025. Potential use of vibrational playbacks for management of pear psylla, J. Insect Sci., 25(6): ieaf096.
  • Marshall, A., K. A. Catron,R. J. Orpet, R. T. Curtiss, T. D. Northfield, and L. B. Nottingham. In Press. Insecticide and repellent tests on Washington leafhopper vectors of cherry X-disease. J. Econ. Entomol.
  • Czokajlo, R., C. Looney, L. B. Nottingham, B. Diehl, P. Abram, T. D. Northfield, P. Smytheman, E. Beers. In Press. Distribution of Three Figitid Parasitoids of Drosophilidae in Washington State. J. Econ. Entomol.
  • Sayles, M., R. J. Orpet, R. Schmidt-Jeffris, S. Bossert, L. B. Nottingham. 2025. Biology and Management of Pear Psylla (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in the Pacific Northwest. J. Int. Pest Manage.
  • Czokajlo, R., T. Northfield, L. B. Nottingham, B. Diehl, D. Beal, P. Smytheman, E. H. Beers. 2025. Comparison of sampling methods for figitid parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae), J. Econ. Entomol. toaf207.
  • Hanel, A., L. B. Nottingham, T. D. Northfield, and R. Schmidt-Jeffris. 2025. Non-target Effects of Insecticides and Herbicides on Earwigs. J. Econ. Entomol. 118: 541-550.
  • Hanel, A., L. B. Nottingham, R. J. Orpet, R. Hilton, T. D. Northfield, and R. Schmidt-Jeffris. 2025. Evaluating Trapping Methods to Increase Earwig Capture in Temperate Tree Fruit Crops. J. Econ. Entomol. 118: 551-560.
  • Darr, M. N., L. B. Nottingham, J. W. Steele, T. L. Evans, D. R. Coyle. 2025. A Comparison of Different Chemical Control Application Methods for Managing Elaeagnus pungens in South Carolina. Invas. Plant Sci. Mana. 2025:1-23.
  • Orpet, R. J., R. T. Curtiss, K. A. Catron, S. T. DuPont, E. H. Beers, L. B. Nottingham. 2025. Inoculation and Conservation of the Biocontrol Agent European Earwig in Washington Pear Orchards. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 00: 1–14
  • Clarke, A. E., K. A. Catron, C. Reyes-Corral, A. T. Marshall, C. G. Adams, W. R. Cooper, S. J. Harper, L. B. Nottingham, T. D. Northfield. 2024. Colladonus spp. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Vectors of X-disease: Biology and Management in Western United States. J. Int. Pest Manage. 15:13.
  • Avila, L., C. McCullough, A. Schiffer, J. Moreno, N. Ganjur, Z. Ofenlock, T. DuPont, L. B. Nottingham, N. Gerardo, B. Brosi. 2024. Effects of a Field-sprayed Antibiotic on Bee Foraging Behavior and Pollination in Pear Orchards. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 359: 108757.
  • Marshall, A. T., T. D. Melton, G. Bishop, A. E. Clarke, C. A. Reyes-Corral, K. A. Catron, L. B. Nottingham, and T. D. Northfield. 2024. Cultural Control Methods Improve Management of Leafhopper Vector of X-disease. Crop Prot. 175: 106445.
  • Zilnik, G., W. R. Cooper, D. Horton, R. Orpet, L. B. Nottingham, R. Hilton, C. Adams, K. Dickens, S. Halbert, J. Snyder, R. Schmidt-Jeffris. 2023. Seasonal activity of Trechnites insidiosus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and its host Cacopsylla pyricola (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in pear. J. Econ. Entomol. 116: 1957-1968.
  • Hanel, A., R. J. Orpet, R. Hilton, L. B. Nottingham, T. D. Northfield, and R. Schmidt-Jeffris. 2023. Turning a Pest into a Natural Enemy: Removing Earwigs from Stone Fruit and Releasing Them in Pome Fruit Enhances Pest Control. Insects. 14(12). 906.
  • Jocson, D. M., M. Gonzales, D. R. Horton, L. B. Nottingham, E. H. Beers, L. C. Oeller, D. W. Crowder. 2023. Characterizing Substrate-borne Vibrational Mating Signals Produced by Pear Psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola (Hemiptera: Psyllidae). J. Insect Behav. 36: 267-276.
  • Curtiss, R. T., L. B. Nottingham, L. J. Gut. 2023. Estimating Plume Reach and Trapping Radii for Male and Female Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Captured in Pheromone/kairomone Baited Traps in Washington State Apple Orchards Under Mating Disruption. J. Econ. Entomol. 116: 1592-1603.
  • DuPont, S. T., C. Strohm, C. Kogan, R. Hilton, L. B. Nottingham, R. Orpet. 2023. Pear Psylla and Natural Enemy Thresholds for Successful Integrated Pest Management in Pears. J. Econ. Entomol. 116(4): 1249-1260.
  • Orpet, R. J., E. H. Beers, S. T. DuPont, R. Hilton, L. A. Kalcsits, L. B. Nottingham. 2023. Evaluation of Reflective Groundcovers for Pest and Fruit Quality Management in Commercial Pear Orchards. J. Appl. Entomol. 147: 379-391.
  • Harper, S. J., T. D. Northfield, L. B. Nottingham, K. Catron, S. T. DuPont, M. K. Shires, A. A. Wright, C. Molnar, W. R. Cooper. 2023. Recovery Plan for X-disease in Stonefruit Caused by Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni. Plant Health Prog. 24: 258-295. *Editor’s Choice Winner
  • Cooper, W., W. B. Walker III, G. M. Angelella, K. D. Swisher-Grimm, J. J. Foutz, S. J. Harper, L. B. Nottingham, T. D. Northfield, C. H. Wohleb, and C. A. Strausbaugh. 2023. Bacterial Endosymbionts Identified from Leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Vectors of Phytoplasmas. Environ. Entomol. 52: 243-253.
  • Nottingham, L. B., R. J. Orpet, E. H. Beers. 2022. Integrated Pest Management Programs for Pear Psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola (Förster) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), using Kaolin Clay and Reflective Plastic Mulch. J. Econ. Entomol. 115: 1607-1619.
  • Orpet, R. J., W. R. Cooper, E. H. Beers, and L. B. Nottingham. 2021. Test of plant defense elicitors for arthropod pest suppression and PR-1 gene induction in pear orchards. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 169:1137-1146.
  • Nottingham, L. B., and T. P. Kuhar. 2021. Ambient Moisture Causes Methomyl Residues on Corn Plants to Rapidly Lose Toxicity to the Pest Slug, Arion subfuscus, Müller (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Crop Prot. 147: 105709.
  • Dupont, T., C. Strohm, L. B. Nottingham and D. Rendon. 2021. Evaluation of an integrated pest management program for central Washington pear orchards. Biol. Control. 152: 104390.
  • Nottingham, L. B. and E. H. Beers. 2020. Management of pear psylla (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), using reflective plastic mulch. Econ. Entomol. 113(6): 2840-2849.
  • Wentz, K., W. R. Cooper, D. R. Horton, R. Kao, and L. B. Nottingham. 2020. The artificial sweetener, Erythritol, has insecticidal properties against pear psylla (Hemiptera: Psyllidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 113: 2293-2299.
  • Cooper, W. R., D. R. Horton, M. R. Wildung, A. S. Jensen, J. Thinakaran, D. Rendon,  L. B. Nottingham, E. H. Beers, C. H. Wohleb, D. G. Hall, L. L. Stelinski. 2019. Host and non-host “whistle stops” for psyllids: Molecular gut content analysis by high-throughput sequencing reveals landscape-level movements of Psylloidea (Hemiptera). Environ. Entomol. 48.3: 554-566.
  • Nottingham, L. B. and T. P. Kuhar. 2019. Evaluation of Mexican bean beetle (: Coccinellidae) host selection, survival, and feeding injury among snap bean and lima bean cultivars. J. Econ. Entomol. 112: 736-744.
  • Nottingham, L. B. and T. P. Kuhar. 2019. Examining host selection by Mexican bean beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) using mark-release-recapture. J. Ins. Sci. 19: 1-6.
  • Nottingham, L. B., T. P. Kuhar, T. Kring, D. A. Herbert, R. Arancibia, and P. Schultz. 2017. Effects of thiamethoxam-treated seed on Mexican bean beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), nontarget arthropods, and crop performance in southwestern Virginia snap beans. Environ. Entomol. 46: 1397-1405.
  • Morrison, R., A. Acebes-Doria, E. Ogburn, T. Kuhar, J. Walgenbach, C. J. Bergh, L. B. Nottingham, A. Dimeglio, P. Hipkins, T. Leskey. 2017. Behavioral response of the brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) to semiochemicals deployed inside and outside anthropogenic structures during the overwintering period. J. Econ. Entomol. 110: 1002-1009.
  • Nottingham, L. B. and T. P. Kuhar. 2016. Reflective polyethylene mulch reduces Mexican bean beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) densities and damage in snap beans. J. Econ. Entomol. 109: 1785-1792.
  • Nottingham, L. B., G. P. Dively, P. B. Schultz, D. A. Herbert and T. P. Kuhar. 2016. Natural history, ecology and management of the Mexican bean beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the U.S. J. Int. Pest Manage. 7: 1-12.

Editor Reviewed

  • Sayles, M., L. Nottingham, RT Curtiss, M. Young, and R. Orpet. 2024. Laboratory bioassay of botanical oil-based insecticides on pear psylla, 2024. Arthropod Management Tests, 49.
  • Sayles, M., R. Orpet, .L Sherman, C. Sater, and L. Nottingham. 2024. Effects of Cinnerate, Ultor, and Bexar against pear psylla, 2019. Arthropod Management Tests, 49.
  • McCullough, C. and L. Nottingham. 2022. Potted Plant Assay of the Timing of Insect Growth Regulator Application for Control of Pear Psylla in Pears, 2021. Arthropod Management Tests, 47.
  • McCullough, C. and L. Nottingham. 2022. Field Assay of the Timing of Insect Growth Regulator Application for Control of Pear Psylla in Pears, 2021. Arthropod Management Tests, 47.
  • Nottingham, L., and C. Sater. 2021. Potted Tree Test on Insecticides Against Pear Psylla, 2020. Arthropod Management Tests, 46.
  • Nottingham, L. B. and C. Sater. 2021. Organic and Conventional Insecticide Programs for Control of Pear Psylla in Pear, 2020.  Arthropod Management Tests, 46.
  • Nottingham, L. B., R. Orpet, and E. Beers. 2020. Greenhouse test on repellents of winterform pear psylla. Arthropod Management Tests, 45.
  • Nottingham, L. B., R. Orpet, B. Greenfield, and E. Beers. 2019. Chemical control of pear psylla in pear, 2018C. Arthropod Management Tests, 44.
  • Orpet, R., L. B. Nottingham, B. Greenfield and E. Beers. 2019. Chemical control of pear psylla in pear, 2018B. Arthropod Management Tests, 44.
  • Nottingham, L. B., Orpet, B. Greenfield and E. Beers. 2019. Chemical control of pear psylla in pear, 2018. Arthropod Management Tests, 44.
  • Nottingham, L. B. and T. Kuhar. 2017. Evaluations of foliar insecticides for the control of Mexican bean beetle on snap bean, 2015. Arthropod Management Tests, 42.
  • Nottingham, L. B., J.D. Aigner, J.M. Wilson, J.A. Morehead, A. DiMeglio, and T. Kuhar. 2015. Laboratory bioassay evaluation of IKI-3106 (cyclaniliprole) for control of Mexican bean beetle and Japanese beetle, 2014. Arthropod Management Tests, 40.
  • DiMeglio, A. S., J. D. Aigner, J. M. Wilson, L. B. Nottingham, J. A. Morehead, and T. P. Kuhar. 2015. Field efficacy of IKI 3106 50SL for the control of harlequin bugs in collards in Virginia, 2014. Arthropod Management Tests, 40.
  • Morehead, J. A., J. D. Aigner, J. M. Wilson, L. B. Nottingham, A. DiMeglio, and T. P. Kuhar. 2015. Efficacy of organic insecticides for control of BMSB on pepper in Virginia, 2014. Arthropod Management Tests, 40.
  • Aigner, J. D., J. M. Wilson, L. B. Nottingham, J. A. Morehead, A. DiMeglio, and T. P. Kuhar. 2015. Bioassay evaluation of IKI-3106 (cyclaniliprole) for control of brown marmorated stink bug and harlequin bug, 2014. Arthropod Management Tests, 40.
  • Wilson, J. M., J. D. Aigner, L. B. Nottingham, and T. P. Kuhar. 2015. Bioassay evaluation of Closer SC for control of harlequin bug and kudzu bug, 2013. Arthropod Management Tests, 40.
  • Kuhar, T., H. Doughty, C. Philips, J. Aigner, L. B. Nottingham, and J. Wilson. 2014. Evaluation of foliar insecticides for the control of foliar insects in bell peppers in Virginia, 2013. Arthropod Management Tests, 39.

Extension Publications

  • Flandermeyer, L., L. Nottingham, S. Harper, C. Adams, C. André, K. Catron, A. Clarke, S. DuPont, A. Marshall, T. Melton, T. Northfiele. 2025. Methods for Sampling X-Disease Colladonus spp. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Leafhopper Vectors in Orchards. WSU Extension Publication, FS400E.
  • DuPont, T., S. Harper, T. Northfield, L. Nottingham, A. Marshall, R. Cooper, C. Serban, and B. Sallato. 2025. X-disease phytoplasma (Western X). WSU Extension Factsheets, FS401E.
  • Nottingham, L. B., R. J. Orpet, S. T. DuPont. 2023. Pear Psylla Integrated Pest Management. WSU Extension Publication, FS376E.  
  • Gallardo, K. R., S. P. Galinato, and L. B. Nottingham. 2023. 2022 Cost Estimates of Producing and Packing Fresh-Market Anjou Pears in the Wenatchee River Valley. WSU Extension Publication, FS031E.
  • Gallardo, K. R., S. P. Galinato, and L. B. Nottingham. 2023. 2022 Cost Estimates of Producing and Packing Fresh-Market Bartlett Pears in South Washington. WSU Extension Publication, FS034E.
  • DuPont, S. T., L. B. Nottingham, Beers, E. H, Grove, G., Amiri, A., Schmidt, T. 2022. Crop Protection Guide for Tree Fruits in Washington. Pear and Cherry Sections. WSU Extension Publication, EB0419.
  • Tianna DuPont, S., C. Strohm, and L. B. Nottingham. 2022. Field Guide to Common Insect Pests and Predators. Washington State University, Tree Fruit Extension. Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center. Wenatchee, Washington.
  • Murray, K. P., et al. and L. B Nottingham (Working Group Member). IPM Strategic Plan for Oregon and Washington Pears. 2021. OSU Extension.
  • Harper, S., T. Northfield, L. Nottingham, and T. DuPont. 2021. X-disease phytoplasma (Western X). WSU Extension Factsheets.
  • DuPont, S. T. (Editor), L. B. Nottingham (Section Editor), et al. 2021. Crop Protection Guide for Tree Fruits in Washington. Pear and Cherry Sections. WSU Extension Publication, EB0419.
  • DuPont, S. T. (Editor), L. B. Nottingham (Section Editor), et al. 2020. Crop Protection Guide for Tree Fruits in Washington. Pear and Cherry Sections. WSU Extension Publication, EB0419.
  • DuPont, S. T. (Editor), L. B. Nottingham (Section Editor), et al. 2019. Crop Protection Guide for Tree Fruits in Washington. Pear and Cherry Sections. WSU Extension Publication, EB0419.
  • Nottingham, L. B., and T. P. Kuhar. 2015. VA Cooperative Extension Fact Sheets.Pediobius foveolatus – A parasitoid of the Mexican bean beetle. ENTO-170NP.
  • Nottingham, L. B., and T. P. Kuhar. 2014. VA Cooperative Extension Fact Sheets. History, Distribution and Pest Status of the Mexican bean beetle. ENTO-62NP.
  • Nottingham, L. B., and T. P. Kuhar. 2013. VA Cooperative Extension Fact Sheets. Mexican bean beetle. ENTO-51NP.