Viola Popescu

California Department of Food and Agriculture — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

4h-index35citations8works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Biological Control of Invasive Species(5), Plant and animal studies(4), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control(3), Forest Insect Ecology and Management(3), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(1)

Publications8 total

Pod fecundity of <i>Ulex europaeus</i> and seed loss due to predation by <i>Exapion ulicis</i> in northern California, <scp>USA</scp>
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata·2025
Reproductive success of the invasive weed <i>Linaria dalmatica</i> and seed loss due to predation by <i>Rhinusa neta</i> in northern California, <scp>USA</scp>
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata·2023· 1 cited
Observations on the range expansion of Mecinus janthiniformis Toševski &amp; Caldara, 2011 and Rhinusa neta (Germar, 1821) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) into California
The Pan-Pacific Entomologist·2021· 1 cited
New insights into predation through imaging
Biocontrol Science and Technology·2021· 7 cited
Introduction of the cereal leaf beetle parasitoid <i>Tetrastichus julis</i> (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) into California
Biocontrol Science and Technology·2021· 3 cited
Biological control of water hyacinth, Pontederia crassipes (C. Mart.) Solms (Pontederiaceae), in California: release and re-distribution of biological control agents 1987–2006
The Pan-Pacific Entomologist·2021· 5 cited
Release and establishment of the weevil Mecinus janthiniformis for biological control of Dalmatian toadflax in southern California
Biological Control·2021· 9 cited
Susceptibility of yellow starthistle to Puccinia jaceae var. solstitialis and greenhouse production of inoculum for classical biological control programs
Biological Control·2009· 9 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Michael J. Pitcairn(6), Christopher J. Borkent(3), Dale M. Woods(2), Charles H. Pickett(2), Paul D. Pratt(2), Baldo Villegas(2), L. B. Smith(1), M. Irene Wibawa(1), Patrick Moran(1), Baldomero Villegas(1), Chris Hon(1), W. L. Bruckart(1), Jon M. O’Brien(1), Dani Lightle(1), Brian N. Hogg(1), Ian M. Grettenberger(1), Angelica M. Reddy(1), R. C. Wilson(1), Marypat Stadtherr(1), Alexey K. Tishechkin(1)