College of Agricultural Sciences

S. Rao and Stephen, W. P., “Abundance and Diversity of Native Bumble Bees Associated with Agricultural Crops: The Willamette Valley Experience”, Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, vol. 20107280810329987810799569116140128941125928531885, no. 1134732, pp. 1 - 9, 2010.

S. Rao and Strange, J. P., “Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Foraging Distance and Colony Density Associated With a Late-Season Mass Flowering Crop”, Environmental Entomology, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 905 - 915, 2012.

G. D. Hoffman and Rao, S., “Cereal Leaf Beetle, Oulema melanopus (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), attraction to oat plantings of different ages”, Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia , 2010.

S. Rao and Anderson, N. P., “Comparison of Bee Pollinator Abundance in Red Clover Seed Production Fields With and Without Honey Bee Hives in the Willamette Valley”, 2009 Seed Production Research Report at Oregon State University, 2010.

S. - J. Ahn, Martin, R., Rao, S., and Choi, M. - Y., “The complete mitochondrial genome of the gray garden slug Deroceras reticulatum (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)”, Mitochondrial DNA Part B, vol. 219, no. 1, pp. 255 - 256, 2017.

M. A. Scherr, Wooster, D. E., and Rao, S., “Effects of temperature on growth rate and behavior of Epeorus albertae (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) nymphs.”, Environ Entomol, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 2017-24, 2010.

M. A. Scherr, Wooster, D. E., and Rao, S., “Effects of Temperature on Growth Rate and Behavior of Epeorus albertae (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) Nymphs”, Environmental Entomology, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 2017 - 2024, 2010.

D. Roberts and Rao, S., “Extension leads multi-agency team in suppressing a pest in the west. ”, Journal of Extension, 2012.

S. Rao, Alderman, S. C., Kaser, J. M., and Hoffman, G. D., “Fertilization of Epichloë typhina in cultivated Dactylis glomerata by factors besides Botanophila flies.”, in Epichloae,endophytes of cool season grasses: Implications, utilization and biology, 2012, pp. 122-126.

G. D. Hoffman and Rao, S., “Fertilization of Epichloë typhina stromata by mycophagous slugs”, Mycologia, vol. 10637104, no. 1, pp. 1 - 7, 2014.

G. D. Hoffman and Rao, S., “Fertilization of Epichloë typhina stromata by mycophagous slugs”. 2014.

S. Maxfield-Taylor, Skyrm, K. May, and Rao, S., “First record of Sphaerularia bombi (Nematoda: Tylenchida: Sphaerularidae), a parasite of bumble bee queens, in the Pacific Northwest”, The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 134 - 137, 2011.

S. C. Alderman, Rao, S., and Martin, R., “First Report of Dicyma pulvinata on Epichloe typhina and Its Potential for Control of E. typhina”, Plant Health Progress, 2010.

S. Rao, Alderman, A., and Murphy, A. F., “Floret-infesting thrips in grass seed crops: Crop host range and seed loss”, Seed Technology, 2010.

M. A. Scherr, Wooster, D. E., and Rao, S., “Interactions between macroinvertebrate taxa and complex environmental gradients influencing abundance and distribution in the Umatilla River, Northeastern Oregon”, Journal of Freshwater Ecology, vol. 26847391135271, no. 2, pp. 255 - 266, 2011.

C. Kimoto, DeBano, S. J., Thorp, R. W., Rao, S., and Stephen, W. P., “Investigating Temporal Patterns of a Native Bee Community in a Remnant North American Bunchgrass Prairie using Blue Vane Traps”, Journal of Insect Science, vol. 12, no. 108, pp. 1 - 23, 2012.

D. Roberts, Vyhnanek, K., and Rao, S., “Multi-agency team uses university archival tool to conserve vital project information”, Journal of Extension, 2012.

M. Broussard, Rao, S., Stephen, W. P., and White, L., “Native bees, honey bees and pollination in Oregon cranberries”, HortScience, 2011.

N. P. Anderson, Rao, S., and Derkatch, A., “Native Bumble Bee Diversity, Abundance, and Pollination in Crimson Clover and Hairy Vetch Seed Production Fields in Western Oregon”, 2010 Seed Production Research Report at Oregon State University, 2011.

S. Rao and Skyrm, K. M., “Nest Density of the Native Bumble Bee, Bombus nevadensis Cresson (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), in an Agricultural Landscape”, Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 93 - 97, 2013.

S. - J. Ahn, Martin, R., Rao, S., and Choi, M. - Y., “Neuropeptides predicted from the transcriptome analysis of the gray garden slug, Deroceras reticulatum”, Peptides, 2017.

G. D. Hoffman and Rao, S., “Oviposition site selection on oats: the effect of plant architecture, plant and leaf age, tissue toughness, and hardness on cereal leaf beetle, Oulema melanopus”, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 232 - 244, 2011.

K. M. Skyrm, Rao, S., and Stephen, W. P., “A scientific note on a trend towards bivoltinism in Western North American bumblebees”, Apidologie, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 82 - 84, 2012.

S. Rao, Poinar, G., and Henley, D., “A scientific note on rare parasitism of the bumble bee pollinator, Bombus impatiens, by a mermithid nematode, Pheromermis sp. (Nematoda: Mermithidae)”, Apidologie, vol. 48108583520318731414131822, no. 1, pp. 75 - 77, 2017.

C. Kimoto, DeBano, S. J., Thorp, R. W., Taylor, R. V., Schmalz, H., Delcurto, T., Johnson, T., Kennedy, P. L., and Rao, S., “Short-term responses of native bees to livestock and implications for managing ecosystem services in grasslands”, Ecosphere, vol. 3, no. 10, p. art88, 2012.