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Thomas A. Miller:

Miller, T.A. (series editor) (2006). Insect Sounds and Communication. Taylor and Frances, London (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL) Clardige, M.F. and S. Drosopoulos (eds).

Bourtzis, K. and T.A. Miller (editors) (2006). Insect Symbiosis 2, CRC Press/Taylor and Frances, Boca Raton, FL, London, (In press, September 2005).

Miller, Thomas A., David J. Lampe and Carol R. Lauson. (2006) Transgenic and paratransgenic insects in crop protection. In: Insecticide Design Using Advanced Technologies, Edited by: Isaac Ishaaya, Ralf Nauen and Rami Horowitz, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. Due: May 2005 (In press, December 2005)

Miller, T.A., C.R. Lauzon, D. Lampe, R. Durvasula and C. Matthews. (2006). Paratransgenesis applied to control insect-transmitter plant pathogens: The Pierce's disease case. In: Insect Symbiosis 2, ed by K. Bourtzis and T.A. Miller. Taylor and Frances, London/CRC Press Boca Raton, FL. (In Press, September 2005).

Blake Bextine, D. Lampe, C. Lauzon, B. Jackson and T.A. Miller. (2005). Establishment of a genetically marked insect-derived symbiont in multiple host plants. Current Microbiol. 50: 1-7.

Wang, J., R. Staten, T.A. Miller and Y. Park. (2005). Inactivated mariner-like transposable elements (MLE) in pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella. Insect Molec. Biol. 14 (5): 547-553.

Bextine, B., M. Blua, D. Harshman, T.A. Miller. (2005). A SYBR green-based real-time polymerase chain reaction protocol and novel DNA extraction technique to detect Xylella fastidiosa in Homalodisca coagulata. J. Econ. Entomol. 98: 667-672.

Bextine, B.R. and T.A. Miller. (2005) Laboratory-based monitoring of an insect-transmitted plant pathogen system. BioTechniques 38: 184-186.

Bextine, B., B.C. Jackson, D.B. Harshman and T.A. Miller. (2005). Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) feeding posture. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 98(6): 814-819..

Bextine, B. R., D. Harshman, M.C. Johnson and T.A. Miller. (2004). Impact of pymetrozine on glassy-winged sharpshooter feeding behavior and rate of Xylella fastidosa transmission. J. Insect Science. [http:.//www.insectscience.org/4.34/].

Miller, Thomas A. (2004). Designing insects. ActionBioscience.org original article. [http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/miller.html].

Bextine, B. and T. A. Miller (2004). Comparison of whole-tissue and xylem fluid collection techniques to detect Xylella fastidiosa in grapevine and oleander. Plant Disease 88: 600-604.

Bextine, B., S-J. Tuan, H. Shaikh, M. Blua, T. A. Miller (2004). Evaluation of methods for extracting Xylella fastidiosa DNA from the glassy-winged sharpshooter. J. Econ. Entomol. (IN PRESS).

Bextine, B., C. Lauzon, S. Potter, D. Lampe and T. A. Miller (2004). Delivery of a genetically marked Alcaligenes sp. to the glassy-winged sharpshooter for use in a paratransgenic control strategy. Current Microbiol. 48: 327-331.

Nirgianaki, A., G. K. Banks, D. Frohlich, Z. Veneti, H. R. Braig, T. A. Miller, I. D. Bedford, P. G. Markham, C. Savakis, and K. Bourtzis. (2003). Wolbachia infections of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Current Microbiology. 47(2): 93-101.

Bourtzis, Kostas and Thomas A. Miller (editors) (2003). Insect Symbiosis. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 18 chapters by contributing authors, 347 pp.

Kuzina, L. V., E. D. Miller, B. Ge and T. A. Miller. (2002). Transformation of Enterobacter gergoviae isolated from pink bollworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) gut with Bacillus thuringiensis toxin. Current Microbiology 44: 1-4.

Peloquin, J. J., C. R. Lauzon, S. Potter and T. A. Miller. (2002). Transformed bacterial symbionts re-introduced to and detected in host gut. Current Microbiology 45: 41-45.

Peloquin, J. J., T. A. Miller and S. Higgs. (2001). Pink bollworm larvae infection with a double subgenomic sindbis (dsSIN) virus to express genes of interest. J. Cotton Sci. 5: 114-120.

Kuzina, L.V., J. J. Peloquin, D. Vacek, and T. A. Miller. (2001). Isolation and Identification of Bacteria Associated with Adult Laboratory Mexican Fruit Flies, Anastrepha ludens. Current Microbiology 42: 290-294.

Slama, K. and T. A. Miller. (2001). Physiology of heartbeat reversal in diapausing pupae of the tobacco budworm, Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Eur. J. Entomol. 98: 415-431.

Miller, T. A. (2001) Lethal Genes for Use in Insect Control. In: Encyclopedia of Pest Management, Edited by David Pimentel, Cornell University. Marcel Dekker, New York.

Miller, T. A. (2002). Circulatory system. In: Encyclopedia of Insects, ed. by V. H. Resh and R. Carde, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Miller, T. A. (2001). Control of pink bollworm. Pesticide Outlook. 12: 68-70. Royal Society of Chemistry, (http://www.rsc.org/po)

Miller, T. A. and R. T. Staten. (2001). Tale of a Transgenic Tool. Agrichemical & Environmental News June 2001 Issue # 182. http://www.tricity.wsu.edu/aenews/June01AENews/June01AENews.htm#anchor5338542

Peloquin, J. J., S. T. Thibault, R. Staten, and T. A. Miller. (2000). Germ-Line Transformation of Pink Bollworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Mediated by the piggyBac Transposable Element. Insect Molecular Biology 9 (3): 323-333.

Peloquin, J. J. and T. A. Miller. (2000). Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein DNA in Pink Bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) Through Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification. J. Cotton Science. 4: 28-33.

Peloquin, J. J., L. Kuzina, C. R. Lauzon, and T. A. Miller. (2000). Transformation of Internal Extracellular Bacteria Isolated from Rhagoletis completa Cresson Gut with Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein. Current Microbiol. 40: 367-371.