Publications
Integrated Pest Management in Rice
Hampton, R. M., G. Atungulu, V. Rolland, S. A. Wilson, and T. McKay. 2022. Effects of infrared radiation on germination of long grain rice. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 38: 129-133. https://doi.org/10.13031/aea.14774
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Wilkins, R., J. F. Campbell, K. Y. Zhu, L. A. Starkus, T. McKay and W. R. Morrison III. 2021. Long-lasting insecticide-incorporated netting and interception traps at pilot-scale warehouses and commercial facilities prevents infestation by stored product beetles. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.561820
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​Arthur, F. H., L. A. Starkus, and T. McKay. 2019 Degradation and residual efficacy of beta-cyfluthrin as a surface treatment for control of Tribolium castaneum Herbst: Effects of temperature and environment. Journal of Stored Products Research 84 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2019.101514
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Arthur, F., L. A. Starkus, A. R. Gerken, J. F. Campbell and T. McKay. 2019. Growth and development of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) on rice flour and brown rice as affected by time and temperature. Journal of Stored Products Research 83: 73-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2019.04.005
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Hampton, R. M., G. G. Atungulu, Z. Odek, V. Rolland, T. J. Siebenmorgen, S. A. Wilson, and T. McKay. 2019. Assessment of Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) progeny and feeding damage on rice dried with infrared radiation. Journal of Stored Product Research 81: 69-75.
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McKay, T., M. P. Bowombe-Toko, L. A. Starkus, F. H. Arthur, and J. F. Campbell. 2019. Monitoring of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in rice mills using pheromone-baited traps. Journal of Economic Entomology 112: 1454-1462. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy422.
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Arthur, F. H., B. A. Hale, L. A. Starkus, A. R. Gerken, J. F. Campbell, and T. McKay. 2019. Development of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) on rice milling components and by-products: Effects of diet and temperature. Journal of Stored Product Research 80: 85-92.
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McKay, T., A. L. White, L. A. Starkus, F. H. Arthur, and J. F. Campbell. 2017. Seasonal patterns of stored-product insects at a rice mill. Journal of Economic Entomology 110: 1366-1376.
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Okeyo, A., G. Olatunde, G. Atungulu, S. Sadaka, and T. McKay. 2017. Infrared drying characteristics of long-grain hybrid, long-grain pureline, and medium-grain rice cultivars. Cereal Chemistry 94:251-261. doi:10.1094/CCHEM-07-16-0181-R.
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Arthur, F., L. A. Starkus, and T. McKay. 2015. Effects of flour and milling debris on efficacy of beta-cyfluthrin for control of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), the red flour beetle. Journal of Economic Entomology 108: 811-825.
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Todorovic, S., T. McKay, and P. Kaufman. 2023. Vector control approaches for canine filariasis. In R. Kaminsky and T. G. Geary (Eds.) Human and animal filariases (565-588 pp.) Wiley-VCH.
Todorovic, S., and T. McKay. 2020. Potential mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) vectors of Dirofilaria immitis from residential entryways in northeast Arkansas. Veterinary Parasitology 282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2020.109105
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Wang, Dongmei, Dwight. D. Bowman, Heidi Brown, Laura C. Harrington, Philip E. Kaufman, Tanja McKay, C. Thomas Nelson, Julia L. Sharp and Robert Lund. 2014. Factors influencing U.S. canine heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) prevalence. Parasites & Vectors 7:264.
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McKay, T., T. Bianco, L. Rhodes and S. Barrnet. 2013. Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis (Nematoda: Filarioidea) in Mosquitoes from Northeast Arkansas, USA. Journal of Medical Entomology 50: 871-878.
Brown, H., L. Harrington, P. E. Kaufman, T. McKay, D. D. Bowman, C. T. Nelson, D. Wang and R. Lund. 2012. Key factors influencing canine heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, in the United States. Parasites & Vectors 5: 245.
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Gaspar, J., T. McKay and M. Huss. 2012. First report of Aedes japonicus in natural and artificial habitats in northeast Arkansas. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 28: 38-42.
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Fiene, J. G., M. B. Connior, R. Androw, B. Baldwin and T. McKay. 2011. Surveys of Arkansas dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Geotrupidae): Phenologies, mass occurrences, state and distributional records. American Midland Naturalist 165: 319-337.
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McKay, T. and A. B. Broce. 2008. Host size and oviposition site effects on the sex ratio of the pupal parasitoid Muscidifurax zaraptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101: 650-655.
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McKay. T, C. D. Steelman, S. M. McElroy, and A. L. Szalanski. 2007. Sustained mass release of pupal parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) for control of Hydrotaea aenescens and Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) in broiler-breeder poultry houses in Arkansas. Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology 24: 67-85.
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Dry, F., D. C. Steinkraus, C. D. Steelman, R. W. McNew and T. McKay. 2007. Survey of parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) of house fly (Diptera: Muscidae) pupae from broiler-breeder poultry houses in Northwest Arkansas. Biocontrol Science and Technology 17: 757-763.
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McKay, T. and A. B. Broce. 2004. Discrimination of self-parasitized hosts by the pupal parasitoid Muscidifurax zaraptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97: 592-599.
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McKay, T. and A. B. Broce. 2003. Response of Muscidifurax zaraptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) to the olfactory stimuli from hosts and their habitat. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76: 31-37.
McKay, T. and T. D. Galloway. 1999. Biology of Phygadeuon fumator Gravenhörst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a pupal parasitoid of house and stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae) in Manitoba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Manitoba 55:17-27.
McKay, T. and T. D. Galloway. 1999. Survey and release of parasitoids (Hymenoptera) attacking house and stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae) in dairy operations. The Canadian Entomologist 131: 743-756.
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Yates, J. R., T. McKay and S. J. Mullin. 2021. Natural history notes: Anolis carolinensis (myiasis). Herpetological Review. 52: 642-643.
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Hendrick, G. C., M. C. Dolan, T. McKay and P. C. Sikkel. 2019. Host DNA integrity within blood meals of hematophagous larval gnathiid isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae). Parasites & Vectors 12:316. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3567-8
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Cottone, C. B., A. L. Szalanski, T. McKay and C.D. Steelman. 2014. Molecular detection of Campylobacter spp. and E. coli O157:H7 carried by filth flies (Diptera: Muscidae) associated with turkey production facilities. Midsouth Entomologist 7:1-7.
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Chiavacci, S., J. C. Bednarz and T. McKay. 2014. The emergence densities of annual cicadas increase with sapling density and are greater near edges in a bottomland hardwood forest. Environmental Entomology 43: 859-867.
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McKay, T., K. Yanowitz, A. Ross and S. Vanderpool. 2014. Don’t swat that fly! Using house flies in the inquiry classroom. Science Scope 37: 22-28.
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Yanowitz, K., T. McKay, C. A. Ross, S. Vanderpool. 2011. CSI: Creating student (and teacher) investigators: Using popular culture in professional development. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education 18: 263-283.
McKay, T. and T. Herman. 2008. Thermoregulation in three species of damselflies (Odonata: Lestidae), with notes on temporal distribution and microhabitat use. Odonatologica 37: 29-39.
Milanovich, J. R., S. E. Trauth and T. McKay. 2008. Diet of the western slimy salamander Plethodon albagula (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from two mountain ranges in Arkansas. Southeastern Naturalist 7: 323-330.
McElroy, S. M., A. L. Szalanski, T. McKay, A. J. Bermudez, C. B. Owens, and C. D. Steelman. 2005. Molecular assay for the detection of Cochlosoma anatis in house flies and turkey specimens by polymerase chain reaction. Veterinary Parasitology 127: 165-168.
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Szalanski, A. L., C. B. Owens, T. McKay, and C. D. Steelman. 2004. Detection of Campylobacter sp., and Escherichia coli O157:H7 from filth flies by polymerase chain reaction. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 18: 241-246.
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Szalanski, A. L., T. W. Palmer, T. McKay, and C. D. Steelman. 2004. Infectivity of Steinernema spp. (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) to adult litter beetles, Alphitobius diaperinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the laboratory. Biocontrol, Science and Technology 14: 81-85.
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