My research is conducted on the use of non-indigenous insects to biologically manage invasive noxious
weeds on rangeland and wild areas, with a special emphasis on spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe
subsp. micranthos = C. maculosa ). Research emphasis is on the biology,
behavior, life history, dispersal, and impact of the introduced insects; inter-specific insect
competition; insect rearing and redistribution; and compatibility of biocontrol with other control
methods. I am also interested in the biocontrol of common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare),
houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale), and sulfur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta).
Story, J.M., L. Smith, J.G. Corn, and L.J. White. 2008. Influence of seed head-attacking biological control agents on spotted knapweed reproductive potential in western Montana over a 30-year period. Environ. Entomol. 37:510-519.
Corn, J.G. J. Story and L.J. White. 2007. Effect of summer drought relief on the impact of the root weevil Cyphocleonus achates on spotted knapweed. Env. Entomol. 36:858-863.
Story, J.M. and R.N. Stougaard. 2006. Compatibility of two herbicides with Cyphocleonus achates (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Agapeta zoegana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), two root insects introduced for biological control of spotted knapweed. Environ. Entomol. 35:373-378.
Story, J.M., N.W. Callan, J.G. Corn, and L.J. White. 2006. Decline of spotted knapweed density at two sites in western Montana with large populations of the introduced root weevil, Cyphocleonus achates (Fahraeus). Biological Control. 38(2):227-232.
Corn, J.G., J. Story and L.J. White. 2006. Impacts of the biological control agent Cyphocleonus achates on spotted knapweed, Centaurea maculosa, in experimental plots. Biological Control 37:75-81.
Brown, M., C. Duncan, J. Jacobs, S. Lajeunesse, P. Rice, J. Story, and S. Sing. 2005. Dalmatian and yellow toadflax: Weeds of Pasture and Rangeland. Montana State Univ. Ext. Ser. Circ. EB 115
Story, J.M., L.J. White and J. Corn. 2004. Establishment of Pelochrista medullana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) on spotted knapweed in field cages in Montana. J. Entomol. Sci. 39:129-131.
Duncan, C.L., P.M. Rice, J.M. Story, R. Johnson. 2004. Sulfur cinquefoil. Biology, ecology and management in pasture and rangeland. Montana Coop. Ext. Service Circular No. EB109.
Story, J., E.M. Coombs, and G.L. Piper. 2004. Spotted knapweed, pg. 204-232. In E.M. Coombs, J.K. Clark, G.L. Piper, and A.F. Cofrancesco (eds.), Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Western Society of Weed Science, Oregon State University Press, Corvallis.
Smith, L. and J.M. Story. 2003. Plant size preference of Agapeta zoegana L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a root-feeding biological control agent of spotted knapweed. Biological Control. 26:270-278.
Story, J. 2002. Spotted Knapweed, pg. 169-180. In R. Van Driesche, B. Blossey, M. Hoddle, S. Lyon, and R. Reardon (eds.). Biological control of invasive plants in the eastern United States. USDA Forest Service publication FHTET-2002-04. 169-180.
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