Kenneth A. Bloem

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Insect behavior and control techniques(16), Biological Control of Invasive Species(16), Plant and animal studies(6), Botanical Research and Applications(6), Insect Pheromone Research and Control(4)

Publications22 total

A Novel Genetic Sexing Strain of Anastrepha ludens for Cost-Effective Sterile Insect Technique Applications: Improved Genetic Stability and Rearing Efficiency
Insects·2021· 25 citedOpen Access
Reported Long-Distance Flight of the Invasive Oriental Fruit Fly and Its Trade Implications
2019· 5 cited
Improving the cost-effectiveness, trade and safety of biological control for agricultural insect pests using nuclear techniques
Biocontrol Science and Technology·2009· 44 cited
Identification of Factors Influencing Flight Performance of Field-Collected and Laboratory-Reared, Overwintered, and Nonoverwintered Cactus Moths Fed with Field-Collected Host Plants
Environmental Entomology·2008· 11 citedOpen Access
Identification of Factors Influencing Flight Performance of Field-Collected and Laboratory-Reared, Overwintered, and Nonoverwintered Cactus Moths Fed with Field-Collected Host Plants
Environmental Entomology·2008· 6 citedOpen Access
Diel Flight Pattern and Flight Performance of <I>Cactoblastis cactorum</I> (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Measured on a Flight Mill: Influence of Age, Gender, Mating Status, and Body Size
Journal of Economic Entomology·2008· 41 cited
Diel Flight Pattern and Flight Performance of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Measured on a Flight Mill: Influence of Age, Gender, Mating Status, and Body Size
Journal of Economic Entomology·2008· 10 citedOpen Access
Mating Frequency of the Male Cactus Moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Under Laboratory Conditions
Florida Entomologist·2007· 4 citedOpen Access
DEVELOPMENT OF TRAPPING METHODS WITH A SYNTHETIC SEX PHEROMONE OF THE PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG, MACONELLICOCCUS HIRSUTUS (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE)
Florida Entomologist·2007· 22 citedOpen Access
Pheromone-Based Attractant for Males of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Environmental Entomology·2006· 10 citedOpen Access
Pheromone-Based Attractant for Males of <I>Cactoblastis cactorum</I> (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Environmental Entomology·2006· 17 cited
EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND LENGTH OF EXPOSURE TIME ON PERCENT EGG HATCH OF CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)
Florida Entomologist·2006· 10 citedOpen Access
LABORATORY EVALUATION OF INSECTICIDES FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)
Florida Entomologist·2005· 24 citedOpen Access
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE TRAP TO MONITOR THE PRESENCE OF THE CACTUS MOTH CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)
Florida Entomologist·2005· 25 citedOpen Access
Developing a Sterile Insect Release Program for<i>Cactoblastis cactorum</i>(Berg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): Effective Overflooding Ratios and Release-Recapture Field Studies
Environmental Entomology·2005· 71 citedOpen Access
Don?t Let Cacto Blast Us! : a Cooperative Effort to Detect and Test Containment of the Cactus Moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) on the US Gulf Coast
2005
Effect of Rearing Strategy and Gamma Radiation on Field Competitiveness of Mass-Reared Codling Moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Journal of Economic Entomology·2004· 45 cited
Effect of Rearing Strategy and Gamma Radiation on Field Competitiveness of Mass-Reared Codling Moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Journal of Economic Entomology·2004· 37 citedOpen Access
Performance of Sterile CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Females in Luring Males to Traps
Florida Entomologist·2003· 12 citedOpen Access
CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM (Lepidoptera: pyralidae): Observations of Courtship and Mating Behaviors at Two Locations on the Gulf Coast of Florida
Florida Entomologist·2003· 23 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Stephanie Bloem(18), Stephen D. Hight(13), James E. Carpenter(10), James E. Carpenter(8), Mark A. Sarvary(4), Silvia Dorn(4), Robert R. Heath(3), Nancy D. Epsky(3), Lorne Tomlin(2), Shannon Taggart(2), Peter E. A. Teal(2), Barbara D. Dueben(2), Thomas J. Weissling(2), Paul E. Kendra(2), Juan Cibrián-Tovar(2), Stephen McLean(2), Felix Acajabon(1), Antonio Larios Guzmán(1), D. L. Chambers(1), Jorge Hendrichs(1)