M. Reza Mehrnejad

Name	M. Reza Mehrnejad
Position	Researcher
Affiliation	Pistachio Research Institute P.O. Box 77175.435 Rafsanjan Iran
Email	Reza_Mehrnejad(at)hotmail.com
Fax	++98 391 422 5208
Remarks	Biological control of plant pests particularly pistachio key pest
Last update	24.11.2010

Publications of M. Reza Mehrnejad (26 listed):

Plant Protection Science (2020) 56, 231-260
M. Reza Mehrnejad (2020)
Arthropod pests of pistachios, their natural enemies and management

Journal of Economic Entomology (2019) 112, 571-576
M. Amin Jalali, Stuart Reitz, M. Reza Mehrnejad, Fatemeh Ranjbar and Mahdi Ziaaddini (2019)
Food utilization, development, and reproductive performance of Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) feeding on an aphid or psylla prey species

Journal of Economic Entomology (2019) 112, 2116-2120
M. Amin Jalali, M. Reza Mehrnejad and Peter C. Ellsworth (2019)
Inferring biological control potential of adult predatory Coccinellids using life history traits and putative habitat preference

Pest Management Science (2018) 74, 2851-2857
M. Amin Jalali, M. Reza Mehrnejad, Peter C. Ellsworth, Fateme Ranjbar and Mahdi Ziaaddini (2018)
Predator performance: inferring predator switching behaviors based on nutritional indices in a coccinellid–psylla–aphid system

Biologia (2017) 72 (9) (Mehrnejad et al.)
M. Reza Mehrnejad, J. Ye. Meleshko and B.A. Korotyaev (2017)
Morphological description and observations on the biology of Polydrusus davatchii (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), a pest of pistachio trees in Iran

Biologia (2017) 72 (1) (Tavanpour et al.)
T. Tavanpour, M.R. Mehrnejad, A. Sarafrazi and S. Imani (2017)
Distribution modelling of four scelionid egg parasitoids of green stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

International Journal of Acarology (2017) 43, 320-324
R. Haitlinger and M. Reza Mehrnejad (2017)
First record of hosts and new metric data for Erythraeus (Erythraeus) pistacicus Haitlinger, Mehrnejad & Šundić 2016 with notes on Erythraeus hosts

Zootaxa (2016) 4117, 198-2010
M. Hayat and M. Reza Mehrnejad (2016)
Ooencyrtus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), egg parasitoids of the pistachio green stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Iran

Biologia (2016) 71 (Haitlinger et al.)
R. Haitlinger, M.R. Mehrnejad and M. Šundić (2016)
Erythraeus (Erythraeus) pistacicus sp. n. (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) from southern Iran, and notes on other Erythraeus spp

Biological Control (2015) 80, 128-132
M. Reza Mehrnejad, N. Vahabzadeh and C.J. Hodgson (2015)
Relative suitability of the common pistachio psylla, Agonoscena pistaciae (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) as prey for the two-spotted ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
10.1016/j.biocontrol.2014.10.005

Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2014) 107, 445-452
M. Amin Jalali, M. Reza Mehrnejad and Dimitris C. Kontodimas (2014)
Temperature-dependent development of the five psyllophagous ladybird predators of Agonoscena pistaciae (Hemiptera: Psyllidae)

Zoology and Ecology (2013) 23, 29-40
M.R. Mehrnejad, R.E. Linnavuori and S.H. Alavi (2013)
Hemipteran bugs associated with pistachio trees and notes on major species

Zoology and Ecology (2013) 23, 286-292
T. Salehi, M. R. Mehrnejad and Sh. Pashaei-Rad (2013)
Diversity pattern of adult ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) communities on pistachio trees in southern parts of Iran in different months

Biocontrol Science and Technology (2012) 22, 659-670
M.R. Mehrnejad (2012)
Biological parameters of Elasmus nudus (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), a parasitoid of the pistachio fruit hull borer moth, Arimania komaroffi (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology (2011) 135, 673-681
M.R. Mehrnejad, M.A. Jalali and R. Mirzaei (2011)
Abundance and biological parameters of psyllophagous coccinellids in pistachio orchards

European Journal of Entomology (2011) 108, 63-70
F. Kazemi and M.R. Mehrnejad (2011)
Seasonal occurrence and biological parameters of the common green lacewing predators of the common pistachio psylla, Agonoscena pistaciae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea)

Biocontrol Science and Technology (2009) 19, 499-510
M. Reza Mehrnejad and M. Basirat (2009)
Parasitoid complex of the pistachio twig borer moth, Kermania pistaciella, in Iran

Biocontrol Science and Technology (2008) 18, 409-417
M. Reza Mehrnejad (2008)
Seasonal biology and abundance of Psyllaephagus pistaciae, a biocontrol agent of the common pistachio psylla Agonoscena pistaciae

Biocontrol Science and Technology (2007) 17, 401-411
M.R. Mehrnejad and M.J.W. Copland (2007)
Host discrimination by the endoparasitoid Psyllaephagus pistaciae (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): A case of time-dependent ability

Entomological Science (2006) 9, 31-37
M. Reza Mehrnejad and Michael J.W. Copland (2006)
Behavioral responses of the parasitoid Psyllaephagus pistaciae (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) to host plant volatiles and honeydew

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2005) 116, 109-114
M. Reza Mehrnejad and Michael J.W. Copland (2005)
Diapause strategy in the parasitoid Psyllaephagus pistaciae

Biological Control (2005) 32, 385-390
M.R. Mehrnejad and S.Y. Emami (2005)
Parasitoids associated with the common pistachio psylla, Agonoscena pistaciae in Iran

Journal of Applied Entomology (2005) 129, 342-346
M.R. Mehrnejad and M.J.W. Copland (2005)
The seasonal forms and reproductive potential of the common pistachio psylla, Agonoscena pistaciae (Hem., Psylloidea)

Biocontrol Science and Technology (2004) 14, 701-711
M.R. Mehrnejad and M.A. Jalali (2004)
Life history parameters of the coccinellid beetle, Oenopia conglobata contaminata, an important predator of the common pistachio psylla, Agonoscena pistaciae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea)

Biocontrol Science and Technology (2003) 13, 219-229
M.R. Mehrnejad (2003)
The influence of host species on some biological and behavioural aspects of Dibrachys boarmiae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), parasitoid of Kermania pistaciella (Lepidoptera: Tineidae)

Zoologische Mededelingen (2002) 76, 27-39
C. van Achterberg and M.R. Mehrnejad (2002)
The braconid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Kermania pistaciella Amsel (Lepidoptera: Tineidae: Hieroxestinae) in Iran