David Smitley

7PUBLICATIONS
6CO-AUTHORS
Biosecurity science and invasive species ecologyTree improvement (incl. selection and breeding)Medical parasitologyHorticultural crop improvement (incl. selection and breeding)Plant developmental and reproductive biology
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Publications (7)

|Aug 24, 2026
Increasing prevalence of Ovavesicula popilliae (Microsporidia), a pathogen of Japanese beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in the Midwest and Northcentral United States from 1999 to 2025.

|Apr 04, 2026
Host range evaluation of Ovavesicula popilliae (Microsporidia), a pathogen of Japanese beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), by qPCR diagnosis of 18 species of Coleoptera.

Erica Hotchkiss, David Smitley, Yoshiko Nomura

|Dec 02, 2025
Augmented establishment of Ovavesicula popilliae (Microsporidia) for biocontrol of Japanese beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Colorado.

David Smitley, Erica Hotchkiss, Whitney Cranshaw

|Oct 01, 2025
Improved qPCR diagnosis of Ovavesicula popilliae (Microsporidia) infection of Japanese beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) for monitoring pathogen establishment.

David Smitley, Erica Hotchkiss, Phil Lewis

|May 13, 2024
Evaluation of the most popular annual flowers sold in the United States and Europe indicates low visitation rates by pollinators and large variation among cultivars.

David Smitley, Colin Oneil, Erica Hotchkiss

|Apr 28, 2023
Variation in pollinator visitation among garden cultivars of marigold, portulaca, and bidens.

A Browning, D Smitley, J Studyvin

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Frequent Collaborators

3 joint publications

Carrie Deans

3 joint publications

Phil Lewis

2 joint publications

Erik Runkle

1 joint publications

Emilie Parkanzky