Matthew Greenstone

Subject Matter Specialty:

Arthropod Predation and Parasitism
Serological and Nucleic Acid Assays to Study Interspecific Relationships
Arthropod Natural Enemy Aerial Dispersal
Ecology and Evolution of the Arachnida

Recent Publications:

• Sigsgaard, L., M.H. Greenstone, and S.J. Duffield. 2002. Egg cannibalism in Helicoverpa armigera Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on sorghum and pigeonpea. BioControl 47:151-165
• Prinsloo, G., Y. Chen, K.L. Giles, and M.H. Greenstone. 2002. Release and recovery in South Africa of the exotic aphid parasitoid Aphelinus hordei Kurdjumov (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) verified by the polymerase chain reaction. BioControl 47:127-136.
• Chen, Y., K.L. Giles, and M.H. Greenstone. 2002. Molecular evidence for a species complex in the genus Aphelinus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 95:29-34.
• Symondson, W.O.C., K.D. Sunderland, and M.H. Greenstone. 2002. Can generalist predators be effective biocontrol agents? Annu. Rev. Entomol. 47:561-594.
• Greenstone, M.H. 2001. Spiders in wheat: First quantitative data for North America. BioControl 46:439-454.
• Chen, Y., Giles, K. L., Payton, M. E. and M.H. Greenstone. 2000. Identifying key cereal aphid predators by molecular gut analysis. Mol. Ecol. 9:1887-1898.
• Zhu, Y. C., Burd, J. D, Elliott, N. C. and M. H. Greenstone. 2000. Specific ribosomal DNA marker for early polymerase chain reaction detection of Aphelinus hordei (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) and Aphidius colemani (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) from Diuraphis noxia (Homoptera: Aphididae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 93:486-491.
• Greenstone, M. H. 1999. Spider predation: How and why we study it. J. Arachnol. 27:333-342.
• Zhu, Y. C. and M. H. Greenstone. 1999. Polymerase chain reaction technique for distringuishing three species and two strains of Aphelinus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from Diuraphis noxia and Schizaphis graminum (Homoptera: Aphididae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 92:71-79
• Greenstone, M. H. and M. A. Edwards. 1998. DNA hybridization probe for endoparasitism by Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 91:415-421.
• Stuart, M. K. and M. H. Greenstone. 1997. Immunological detection of Hymenopteran parasitism in Helicoverpa zea and Heliothis virescens. Biol. Control 8:197-202.
• Goodman, C. L., Greenstone, M. H. and M. K. Stuart. 1997. Monoclonal antibodies to vitellins of Helicoverpa zea and Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 90:83-90.
• Stuart, M. K. and M. H. Greenstone. 1996. Serological diagnosis of parasitism: A monoclonal antibody-based immunodot assay for Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 301-321. In Symondson, W. O. C. and Liddell, J. E. (eds.) The ecology of agricultural pests--biochemical approaches. Chapman and Hall, London.
• Greenstone, M. H. 1996. Serological analysis of arthropod predation: Past, present and future, pp. 265-300. In Symondson, W. O. C. and Liddell, J. E. (eds.) The ecology of agricultural pests--biochemical approaches. Chapman and Hall, London.
• Greenstone, M. H. 1995. Bollworm or budworm? Squashblot immunoassay distinguishes eggs of Helicoverpa zea and Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 88:213-218.

e-mail: greenstm@ba.ars.usda.gov