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Dylan J Beal

IPM Entomology Farm Advisor
Cooperative Extension Monterey County
1432 Abbott Street
Salinas, CA 93901
831-759-7359
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Also in:
San Benito County
Santa Cruz County
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program

Education

Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley. 2021
M.S. Viticulture and Enology, Montpellier SupAgro. 2015
M.S. Viticulture and Enology, Universita degli Studi di Torino. 2015
B.S. Entomology, Cornell University. 2013
B.S. Plant Sciences, Cornell University. 2013

Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

  • Gariepy, Tara D; Abram, Paul K, et al. (2024). "Widespread establishment of adventive populations of Leptopilina japonica (Hymenoptera, Figitidae) in North America and development of a multiplex PCR assay to identify key parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera, Drosophilidae)." NeoBiota 93: 63-90.
  • Beers, Elizabeth H; Beal, Dylan, et al. (2022). "First records of adventive populations of the parasitoids Ganaspis brasiliensis and Leptopilina japonica in the United States." Journal of Hymenoptera Research 91: 11-25.
  • Panthi, Babu; Cloonan, Kevin R, et al. (2022). "Using red panel traps to detect spotted-wing drosophila and its infestation in US berry and cherry crops." Journal of economic entomology 115(6): 1995-2003.
  • Beal, Dylan J; Adams, Amielia G, et al. (2021). "Assessment of Nymphal Ecology and Adult Xylella fastidiosa Transmission Biology of Aphrophora Nr. Permutata (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) in California Vineyards." Environmental Entomology 50(6): 1446-1454.
  • Zeilinger, Adam R; Wallis, Christopher M, et al. (2021). "Plant defense against a pathogen drives nonlinear transmission dynamics through both vector preference and acquisition." Ecosphere 12(5): e03505.
  • Beal, Dylan J; Cooper, Monica, et al. (2021). "Seasonal abundance and infectivity of Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae), a vector of Xylella fastidiosa in California vineyards." Environmental Entomology 50(2): 467-476.
  • Rossi, Marika; Mori, Nicola, et al. (2020). "Are grapevine plants recovered from Flavescence dorée susceptible to new infections by this phytoplasma?"
  • Wallis, Christopher M; Zeilinger, Adam R, et al. (2020). "Impact of phenolic compounds on progression of Xylella fastidiosa infections in susceptible and PdR1-locus containing resistant grapevines." Plos one 15(8): e0237545.
  • Ripamonti, Matteo; Pegoraro, Mattia, et al. (2020). "Prevalence of Flavescence dorée phytoplasma-infected Scaphoideus titanus in different vineyard agroecosystems of Northwestern Italy." Insects 11(5): 301.
  • Wallis, Christopher Michael; Zeilinger, Adam R, et al. (2020). "Role of phenolic compounds in imparting tolerance to Xylella fastidiosa in Pierceâ??s disease susceptible and resistant grapevines." PLOS ONE 15(8): e0237545.
  • Rossi, Marika; Pegoraro, Mattia, et al. (2019). "Genetic diversity of Flavescence dorée phytoplasmas at the vineyard scale." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 85(10): e03123-18.
  • Sicard, Anne; Zeilinger, Adam R, et al. (2018). "Xylella fastidiosa: insights into an emerging plant pathogen." Annual Review of Phytopathology 56(1): 181-202.
  • Zeilinger, Adam; Beal, Dylan, et al. (2017). Fear your tolerant neighbors: Assessing epidemic risks from novel plant defenses against a vector-borne pathogen of grapevines. 2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6--11), ESA.

Non-Peer Reviewed

  • Beal, Dylan (2021). Assessing Vectors of Xylella fastidiosa in California: From Ecology to Transmission Dynamics. University of California, Berkeley.

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