Edwin Rajotte

Professor of Entomology and IPM Coordinator

Edwin Rajotte

Huck Affiliations

Publication Tags

Orchards Bees Temperature Pesticides Apples Orchard Apoidea Climate Change Imidacloprid Pollinator Insecticides Malus Acetamiprid Bee Fungicides Pollinating Insects Toxicity Dimethoate Phosmet Viruses Pollination Fungicide Cyhalothrin Flowers Methodology

Most Recent Papers

Project Highlights

GS Arida, BS Punzal, CC Ravina, GE Balagot, NS Talekar, Edwin Rajotte,

in IPM implementation

Carol Pilcher, Edwin Rajotte,

Impact of BMSB Control on Pennsylvania’s Tree Fruit IPM Programs

David Biddinger, Larry Hull, Grzegorz Krawczyk, Edwin Rajotte, PA Biglerville,

Enhanced heat tolerance of viral-infected aphids leads to niche expansion and reduced interspecific competition

Mitzy F. Porras, Carlos A. Navas, James H. Marden, Mark C. Mescher, Consuelo M. De Moraes, Sylvain Pincebourde, Andrés Sandoval-Mojica, Juan A. Raygoza-Garay, German A. Holguin, Edwin G. Rajotte, Tomás A. Carlo, 2020, Nature Communications

A new ingestion bioassay protocol for assessing pesticide toxicity to the adult Japanese orchard bee (Osmia cornifrons)

Ngoc T. Phan, Neelendra K. Joshi, Edwin G. Rajotte, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Fang Zhu, David J. Biddinger, 2020, Scientific Reports

Improving the Phenotypic Properties of the Ceratitis capitata (Diptera

Mitzy F. Porras, Jose S. Meza, Edwin G. Rajotte, Kostas Bourtzis, Carlos Cáceres, 2020, Journal of Economic Entomology on p. 2688-2694

Pollinator exposure to systemic insecticides and fungicides applied in the previous fall and pre-bloom period in apple orchards

Sarah Heller, Neelendra K. Joshi, Jing Chen, Edwin G. Rajotte, Chris Mullin, David J. Biddinger, 2020, Environmental Pollution

Comparison of biorational management approaches against mango fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel) in Bangladesh

M. S. Hossain, B. C. Sarkar, M. M. Hossain, M. Y. Mian, E. G. Rajotte, R. Muniappan, M. E. O'Rourke, 2020, Crop Protection

Asymmetric Responses to Climate Change

Sulav Paudel, Po An Lin, Kelli Hoover, Gary W. Felton, Edwin G. Rajotte, 2020, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 891-905

A Method for a Long-Term Marking of Spotted Lanternfly (Hemiptera

Mitzy F. Porras, Tomás López-Londonõ, John Rost, David Biddinger, Dennis Calvin, Edwin G. Rajotte, Francis Reay-Jones, 2020, Environmental Entomology on p. 993-997

Most-Cited Papers

Comparative Toxicities and Synergism of Apple Orchard Pesticides to Apis mellifera (L.) and Osmia cornifrons (Radoszkowski)

David J. Biddinger, Jacqueline L. Robertson, Chris Mullin, James Frazier, Sara A. Ashcraft, Edwin G. Rajotte, Neelendra K. Joshi, Mace Vaughn, 2013, PLoS One

Cross-species transmission of honey bee viruses in associated arthropods

Abby L. Levitt, Rajwinder Singh, Diana L. Cox-Foster, Edwin Rajotte, Kelli Hoover, Nancy Ostiguy, Edward C. Holmes, 2013, Virus Research on p. 232-240

Comparative trapping efficiency to characterize bee abundance, diversity, and community composition in apple orchards

Neelendra K. Joshi, Timothy Leslie, Edwin G. Rajotte, Melanie A. Kammerer, Mark Otieno, David J. Biddinger, 2015, Annals of the Entomological Society of America on p. 785-799

A preliminary evaluation of the potential of Beauveria bassiana for bed bug control

Alexis M. Barbarin, Nina Ellen Jenkins, Edwin George Rajotte, Matthew Brian Thomas, 2012, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology on p. 82-85

Integrated pest and pollinator management - adding a new dimension to an accepted paradigm

David J. Biddinger, Edwin G. Rajotte, 2015, Current Opinion in Insect Science on p. 204-209

Proximity to woodland and landscape structure drives pollinator visitation in apple orchard ecosystem

Neelendra K. Joshi, Mark Otieno, Edwin G. Rajotte, Shelby J. Fleischer, David J. Biddinger, 2016, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Local Plant diversity across multiple habitats supports a diverse wild bee community in Pennsylvania apple orchards

Melanie A. Kammerer, David J. Biddinger, Edwin G. Rajotte, David A. Mortensen, 2016, Environmental Entomology on p. 32-38

An immunomarking method to determine the foraging patterns of Osmia cornifrons and resulting fruit set in a cherry orchard

David J. Biddinger, Neelendra K. Joshi, Edwin G. Rajotte, Noemi O. Halbrendt, Cassandra Pulig, Kusum J. Naithani, Mace Vaughan, 2013, Apidologie on p. 738-749

Sunflower as a potential trap crop of halyomorpha halys (hemiptera pentatomidae) in pepper fields

D. C. Soergel, N. Ostiguy, S. J. Fleischer, R. R. Troyer, E. G. Rajotte, G. Krawczyk, 2015, Environmental Entomology on p. 1581-1589

Apple grower pollination practices and perceptions of alternative pollinators in New York and Pennsylvania

Mia G. Park, Neelendra K. Joshi, Edwin G. Rajotte, David J. Biddinger, John E. Losey, Bryan N. Danforth, 2018, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems on p. 1-14