Phil Lewis

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Biosecurity science and invasive species ecologyTree improvement (incl. selection and breeding)
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Publications (3)

|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

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