Dr. Javad Karimzadeh Website

Associate Professor in Population Ecology

Selected Publications:                                                          Click to see all the publications

Rezaei M, Talebi AA, Fathipour Y, Karimzadeh J, Mehrabadi M, Reddy GVP (2022) Optimization of mass rearing of Aphidius matricariae on tritrophic plant-aphid-parasitoid systems. Biocontrol 67, 375-386. PDF

Afiunizadeh M, Karimzadeh J, Imani S, Moharramipour S (2022) Insecticidal and oviposition deterrent effects of five medicinal plant extracts on the diamondback moth. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 129, 805-817. PDF

Karimzadeh J, Hufbauer RA, Kondratieff BC, Hardin JG, Norton AP (2022) A survey of the hymenopteran parasitoid complex of Dalmatian toadflax weevils in Colorado. Biocontrol Science and Technology 32, 663-669. PDF

Bąkowski M, Karimzadeh J (2021) Morphology of the last instar larva and pupa of Synanthedon caucasica (Gorbunov, 1986) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), a serious pest of oriental plane and elm trees. Zootaxa 4991, 177-184. PDF

Rezaei M, Talebi AA, Fathipour Y, Karimzadeh J, Mehrabadi M, Reddy GVP (2020) Effects of cold storage on life-history traits of Aphidius matricariae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 168, 800-807. PDF

Karimzadeh J, Rabiei A (2020) Larvicidal and oviposition deterrent effects of the jimsonweed (Datura stramonium L.) extracts on the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.). Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology 22, 1279-1293. PDF

Rezaei M, Talebi AA, Fathipour Y, Karimzadeh J, Mehrabadi M, Dindo ML (2020) Effects of constant low-temperature storage on the performance of a commercial strain of Aphidius colemani. Bulletin of Insectology 73, 125-135. PDF

Rezaei M, Karimzadeh J, Shakarami J (2020) Mass rearing optimization of Cotesia vestalis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) based on the host and parasitoid densities. Neotropical Entomology 49, 258-267. PDF

Rezaei M, Talebi AA, Fathipour Y, Karimzadeh J, Mehrabadi M (2019)  Foraging behavior of Aphidius matricariae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on tobacco aphid, Myzus persicae nicotianae (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 109, 840-848. PDF

Fathipour Y, Kianpour R, Bagheri A, Karimzadeh J, Hosseininaveh V (2019) Bottom-up effects of Brassica genotypes on performance of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Crop Protection 115, 135-141. PDF

Nematollahi MR, Fathipour Y, Talebi AA, Karimzadeh J, Zalucki MP (2016) Comparison of degree-day distribution models for predicting emergence of the cabbage aphid on canola. Crop Protection 80, 138-143. PDF

Jafary M, Karimzadeh J, Farazmand H, Rezapanah M (2016) Plant-mediated vulnerability of an insect herbivore to Bacillus thuringiensis in a plant-herbivore-pathogen system. Biocontrol Science and Technology 26, 104-115. PDF

Nematollahi MR, Fathipour Y, Talebi AA, Karimzadeh J, Zalucki MP (2015) Population variation of a specialist versus a generalist aphid sharing the same host plant in field. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology 17, 1529-1538. PDF

Nematollahi MR, Fathipour Y, Talebi AA, Karimzadeh J, Zalucki MP (2014) Parasitoid- and hyperparasitoid-mediated seasonal dynamics of the cabbage aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Environmental Entomology 43, 1542-1551.  PDF 

Nematollahi MR, Fathipour Y, Talebi AA, Karimzadeh J, Zalucki MP (2014) Sampling procedure and temporal-spatial distribution of the cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae L. (Hemiptera: Aphididae), on canola. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology 16, 1241-1252. PDF

Mobarakian M, Zamani AA, Karimzadeh J, Moeeny-Naghdeh N, Emami MS (2014) Modelling development of Callosobruchus maculatus and Anisopteromalus calandrae at various constant temperatures using linear and non-linear models. Biocontrol Science and Technology 24, 1308-1320. PDF

Soufbaf M, Fathipour Y, Karimzadeh J, Zalucki MP (2014) Effects of plant availability on population size and dynamics of an insect community: diamondback moth and two of its parasitoids. Bulletin of Entomological Research 104, 418-431. PDF

Saadat D, Seraj AA, Goldansaz SH, Karimzadeh J (2014) Environmental and maternal effects on host selection and parasitism success of Bracon hebetor. Biocontrol 59, 297-306. PDF

Karimzadeh J, Hardie J, Wright DJ (2013) Plant resistance affects the olfactory response and parasitism success of Cotesia vestalis. Journal of Insect Behavior 26, 35-50. PDF

Soufbaf M, Fathipour Y, Hui C, Karimzadeh J (2012) Effects of plant availability and habitat size on the coexistence of two competing parasitoids in a tri-trophic food web of canola, diamondback moth and parasitic wasps. Ecological Modelling 244, 49-56. PDF

Soufbaf M, Fathipour Y, Karimzadeh J, Zalucki MP (2010) Bottom-up effect of different host plants on Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae): a life-table study on canola. Journal of Economic Entomology 103, 2019-2027. PDF

Soufbaf M, Fathipour Y, Karimzadeh J, Zalucki MP (2010) Development and age-specific mortality of diamondback moth on Brassica host plants: pattern and causes of mortality under laboratory conditions. Annals of Entomological Society of America 103, 574-579. PDF

Karimzadeh J, Wright DJ (2008) Bottom-up cascading effects in a tritrophic system: interactions between plant quality and host-parasitoid immune responses. Ecological Entomology 33, 45-52. PDF

Karimzadeh J, Bonsall MB, Wright DJ (2004) Bottom-up and top-down effects in a tritrophic system: the population dynamics of Plutella xylostella (L.)-Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov) on different host plants. Ecological Entomology 29, 285-293. PDF