René Sforza

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Publications of René Sforza (28 listed):

Entomologia Generalis (2022) 42, 457-470
Guillaume Martel, Francesco Scirpoli and René F.H. Sforza (2022)
How an egg parasitoid responds to an unusual stinkbug oviposition behavior: the case of Gryon gonikopalense Sharma (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) and Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Insects (2022) 13 (9 - 787)
Massimo Cristofaro, René F.H. Sforza, Gerardo Roselli, Alessandra Paolini, Alessia Cemmi, Sergio Musmeci, Gianfranco Anfora, Valerio Mazzoni and Michael Grodowitz (2022)
Effects of gamma irradiation on the fecundity, fertility, and longevity of the invasive stink bug pest Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2021) 169, 28-51
Eric Conti, Gonzalo Avila, Barbara Barratt, Fernanda Cingolani, Stefano Colazza, Salvatore Guarino, Kim Hoelmer, Raul Alberto Laumann, Lara Maistrello, Guillaume Martel, Ezio Peri, Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Gabriele Rondoni, Michael Rostás, Pio Federico Roversi, René F.H. Sforza, Luciana Tavella and Eric Wajnberg (2021)
Biological control of invasive stink bugs: review of global state and future prospects

Biological Invasions (2021) 23, 1901-1914
John F. Gaskin, Stacy B. Endriss, Christa E. Fettig, Ruth A. Hufbauer, Andrew P. Norton and René F.H. Sforza (2021)
One genotype dominates a facultatively outcrossing plant invasion

Insects (2021) 12 (7 - 637)
Francesca Marini, Erica Profeta, Biljana Vidovic, Radmila Petanovic, Enrico de Lillo, Philip Weyl, Hariet L. Hinz, Chandra E. Moffat, Marie-Claude Bon, Tatjana Cvrkovic, Javid Kashefi, René F.H. Sforza and Massimo Cristofaro (2021)
Field assessment of the host range of Aculus mosoniensis (Acari: Eriophyidae), a biological control agent of the tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

Insects (2021) 12 (8 - 691)
Elven Kerdellant, Thierry Thomann, Andy Sheppard and René F.H. Sforza (2021)
Host specificity and preliminary impact of Lepidapion argentatum (Coleoptera, Brentidae), a biocontrol candidate for French broom (Genista monspessulana, Fabaceae)

Journal of Pest Science (2021) 94, 1161-1169
Guillaume Martel and René F.H. Sforza (2021)
Catch me if you can: novel foraging behavior of an egg parasitoid, Gryon gonikopalense, against the stinkbug pest, Bagrada hilaris

Biological Invasions (2020) 22, 3575-3592
Inna Pervukhina-Smith, René F.H. Sforza, Massimo Cristofaro, James F. Smith and Stephen J. Novak (2020)
Genetic analysis of invasive populations of Ventenata dubia (Poaceae): an assessment of propagule pressure and pattern of range expansion in the Western United States

Biocontrol Science and Technology (2019) 29, 773-785
E. Kerdellant, Th. Thomann, J. Vitou, C. Giusto, O. Simonot, A. Sheppard and R.F.H. Sforza (2019)
The double life cycle of Lepidapion argentatum, a promising candidate for the biological control of French broom

Biocontrol Science and Technology (2019) 29, 615-625
Ellyn V. Bitume, Patrick J. Moran and René F.H. Sforza (2019)
Impact in quarantine of the galling weevil Lepidapion argentatum on shoot growth of French broom (Genista monspessulana), an invasive weed in the western U.S.

The Great Lakes Entomologist (2019) 52, 71-77
Lindsey R. Milbrath, Margarita Dolgovskaya, Mark Volkovitsh, René F.H. Sforza and Jeromy Biazzo (2019)
Photoperiodic response of Abrostola asclepiadis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a candidate biological control agent for swallow-worts (Vincetoxicum, Apocynaceae)

BioControl (2018) 63, 333-347
Richard H. Shaw, Carol A. Ellison, Helia Marchante, Corin F. Pratt, Urs Schaffner, René F.H. Sforza and Vicente Deltoro (2018)
Weed biological control in the European Union: from serendipity to strategy

Botany (2016) 94, 1001-1007
Matthew Augé, Marie-Claude Bon, Laurent Hardion, Thomas Le Bourgeois and René F.H. Sforza (2016)
Genetic characterization of a red colour morph of Euphorbia esula subsp. esula (Euphorbiaceae) in the floodplains of the Saône (eastern France)

Biological Invasions (2014) 16, 887-901
Annabelle Kleist, Angelica M. Herrera-Reddy, René Sforza and Marie Jasieniuk (2014)
Inferring the complex origins of horticultural invasives: French broom in California

Environmental Entomology (2011) 40, 1595-1603
Kent M. Daane, Mathew C. Middleton, René Sforza, Monica L. Cooper, Vaughn M. Walton, Douglas B. Walsh, Tania Zaviezo and Rodrigo P.P. Almeida (2011)
Development of a multiplex PCR for identification of vineyard mealybugs

Journal of Applied Entomology (2011) 135, 142-155
T. Malausa, A. Fenis, S. Warot, J.-F. Germain, N. Ris, E. Prado, M. Botton, F. Vanlerberghe-Masutti, R. Sforza, C. Cruaud, A. Couloux and P. Kreiter (2011)
DNA markers to disentangle complexes of cryptic taxa in mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Biological Invasions (2011) 13, 1229-1240
Dorothy Maguire, René Sforza and Sandy M. Smith (2011)
Impact of herbivory on performance of Vincetoxicum spp., invasive weeds in North America

Molecular Ecology (2008) 17, 4197-4208
R.A. Marrs, R. Sforza and R.A. Hufbauer (2008)
Evidence for multiple introductions of Centaurea stoebe micranthos (spotted knapweed, Asteraceae) to North America

Biological Invasions (2008) 10, 561-572
Robin A. Marrs, René Sforza and Ruth A. Hufbauer (2008)
When invasion increases population genetic structure: a study with Centaurea diffusa

EPPO Bulletin (2007) 37, 156-162
R. Sforza and W.A. Jones (2007)
Potential for classical biocontrol of silverleaf nightshade in the Mediterranean Basin

EPPO Bulletin (2007) 37, 163-165
W.A. Jones and R. Sforza (2007)
The European Biological Control Laboratory: an existing infrastructure for biological control of weeds in Europe

Molecular Ecology Notes (2006) 6, 897-899
Robin A. Marrs, Ruth A. Hufbauer, Steven M. Bogdanowicz and René Sforza (2006)
Nine polymorphic microsatellite markers in Centaurea stoebe L. [subspecies C. s. stoebe and C. s. micranthos (S. G. Gmelin ex Gugler) Hayek] and C. diffusa Lam. (Asteraceae)

Weed Research (2006) 46, 93-117
A.W. Sheppard, R.H. Shaw and R. Sforza (2006)
Top 20 environmental weeds for classical biological control in Europe: a review of opportunities, regulations and other barriers to adoption

Plant Pathology (2003) 52, p. 416 (Siegwart et al.)
M. Siegwart, M.C. Bon, T.L. Widmer, N. Crespy and R. Sforza (2003)
First report of Fusarium arthrosporioides on medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) and preliminary tests for host-specificity

European Journal of Plant Pathology (2003) 109, 975-981
René Sforza, Elisabeth Boudon-Padieu and Charles Greif (2003)
New mealybug species vectoring grapevine leafroll-associated viruses-1 and -3 (GLRaV-1 and -3)

European Journal of Entomology (1999) 96, 409-418
R. Sforza, T. Bourgoin, S.W. Wilson and E. Boudon-Padieu (1999)
Field observations, laboratory rearing and descriptions of immatures of the planthopper Hyalesthes obsoletus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae)

Journal of Phytopathology - Phytopathologische Zeitschrift (1998) 146, 549-556
R. Sforza, D. Clair, X. Daire, J. Larrue and E. Boudon-Padieu (1998)
The role of Hyalesthes obsoletus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) in the occurrence of bois noir of grapevines in France

Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (1998) 34, 63-70
René Sforza and Thierry Bourgoin (1998)
Female genitalia and copulation of the planthopper Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret (Hemiptera : Fulgoromorpha : Cixiidae)