Entomology

Department of Entomology
Agricultural Research Organization
Gilat Research Center
Mobile Post Negev 85280
Israel

Areas of Expertise

• Greenhouse entomology - insect exclusion screens
• Insect:hostplant relations and plant resistance to insect pests
• Pest management in field crops
• Pest management deciduous fruit trees and vines
• Pest management in organic farming
  

Publications (in Reviewed Journals and Chapters in Books)

1. Avidov, Z., S.W. Applebaum, and M.J. Berlinger (1965). Physiological aspects of host specificity in the Bruchidae: II. Ovipositional preference and behavior of Callosobruchus chinensis L. Ent. exp. & appl., 8: 96-106.
2. Avidov, Z., M.J. Berlinger, and S.W. Applebaum (1965). Physiological aspects of host specificity in the Bruchidae: III. Effect of curvature and surface area on oviposition of Callosobruchus chinensis L. Animal Behaviour, 13: 178-180.
3. Berlinger, M.J. (1966). Overwintering of the larvae of Anarsia lineatella Zell in Israel. Israel Jour. Agric. Res., 16: 171-172.
4. Berlinger, M.J. (1969). The phenology of the peach twig borer larvae, (Anarsia lineatella Zell.) in the Negev region of Israel. Israel J. agric. Res., 19: 87-94.
5. Berlinger, M.J., Aharonson, N., Loinger, Ch. and Y. Gat (1971). Disappearance of diazinon during winemaking. Israel J. Agric. Res., 21: 21-22.
6. Berlinger, M.J. (1971). Contribution to the phenology of leaf miners (Nepticula near pulverosella: Nepticulidae; and Lyonetia clerkella: Lyonetiidae) on almond in Israel. Israel J. Entomology, 6:133-140.
7. Berlinger, M.J. (1973). Biological studies of Clausenia josefi a parasite of Planococcus vitis. Entomophaga, 18: 279-286.
8. Berlinger, M.J. (1973). Effect of relative humidity and temperature on the survival of Clausenia josefi (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Ent. exp. & appl., 18: 373-379.
9. Berlinger, M.J. and Ankersmit, G.W. (1976). Manipulation with the photoperiod as a method of control of Adoxophyes orana (Lepid.: Tortricidae). Ent. exp. & appl., 19: 96-107.
10. Berlinger, M.J. and Ankersmit, G.W. (1976). Prediapause and diapause development in Adoxophyes orana (Lepid.: Tortricidae). Neth. J. Pl. Path., 82: 147-149.
11. Berlinger, M.J. (1977). The Mediterranean vine mealybug and its natural enemies in southern Israel. Phytoparasitica, 5: 3-14.
12. Loinger, C., Cohen, S., Dror, N. and Berlinger, M.J. (1977). Effect of Grape Cluster Rot on Wine Quality. Am. J. Enol. & Viticulture, 28: 196-199.
13. Berlinger, M.J. and Gol'berg, Alla M. (1978). The effect of the fruit sepals on the citrus mealybug population and on its parasite. Ent. exp, & appl., 24: 238-243.
14. Yathom, Shoshana, Berlinger, M.J., Dahan, R. and Voerman, S. (1979). Pheromones, one-baited traps as an aid in studying the phenology of the Potato Tuber Moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zell) in Israel. Phytoparasitica, 7: 195-197.
15. Berlinger, M.J., J. Tzahor and A.M. Golberg 1979. Contribution to the phenology of Chilocorus bipustulatus L. (Coccinellidae) in citrus groves and the control of Planococcus citri (Pseudococcidae) in Israel. XXXI Int. Symp. on Crop Protection 44:49-54.
16. Berlinger, M.J. (1980). A yellow sticky trap for whiteflies Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) and Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) Aleurodidae. Ent. exp. & appl., 27: 98-102.
17. Berlinger, M.J. and Barak, R. (Yoseph) (1981). The phenology of Antonina graminis (Mask.) (Hom., Pseudococcidae) and Odonaspis ruthae. (Hom. Diaspididae) on lawn grasses in southern Israel. Z. ang. Ent., 91: 62-67.
18. Juvik, J.A., Berlinger, M.J.,Ben-David, Tselila and Rudich, J. (1982). Resistance among accessions of the genera Lycopersicon and Solanum to four of the main insect pests of the tomato in Israel. Phytoparasitica 10: 145-156.
19. Halperin, J., Hodkin, I.D., Russell, L.M. and Berlinger, M.J. (1982). A contribution to the knowledge of the psyllids of Israel (Homoptera: Psylloidea). Israel J. of Entomol., 16: 27-44.
20. Berlinger, M.J., Magal, Z. and Benzioni, Aliza (1983). The importance of pH in food selection by the tobacco whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. Phytoparasitica,11: 151-160.
21. Berlinger, M.J. (1986). Host-plant resistance to Bemisia tabaci. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 17: 69-82.
22. Cohen, S. and Berlinger, M.J. (1986). Transmission and cultural control of whitefly-borne viruses. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 17: 89-97.
23. Berlinger, M.J. and Dahan, R. (1987). Breeding for resistance to virus transmission by whiteflies in tomato. Insect Sci. Applic., 8: 783-784.
24. Berlinger, M.J., Dahan, R. and Mordechi, Sara (1988). Integrated pest management of organically grown tomato in Israeli greenhouses. Applied Agricultural Research, 3: 233- 238.
25. Steinitz, B., Navon, A., Berlinger, M.J. and Klein, M. (1993) Expression of insect resistance in in-vitro derived callus tissue infested with lepidoptera larvae. Journal of Plant Physiology, 142 (4):480-484.
26. Berlinger M.J., Lebiush-Mordechi, S., Dahan, R. and Taylor, R.A.J. (1996) A rapid method for screening insecticides in the laboratory. Pesticide Science. 46: 345-353.
27. Berlinger M.J., Lehmann-Sigura, Nina and Taylor, R.A.J. (1996) Survival of Bemisia tabaci adults under different climatic conditions. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 80: 511-519.
28. Berlinger, M.J., Lok-van Dijk, Beke, Dahan, R., Lebiush-Mordechi, S. and Taylor, R.A.J. (1996). Indicator plants for monitoring pest population growth. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 89: 611-622.
29. Berlinger M.J., Fallek, CH., Dahan, R., Friedlender, M. (1996) Host-Plant relations of the hall scale (Homoptera: Diaspididae) on Peaches and Nectarines in Israel. Journal of Economic Entomology. 89:1453-1459.
30. Berlinger, M.J., M. Tamim, M. Tal, and A.R. Miller (1997) Resistance Mechanisms of Lycopersicon pennellii (Corr.) D'Arcy Accessions to the Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 90(6): 1690-1696.
31. Steinitz, B., A. Navon, M.J. Berlinger and M. Mazor 1997. Carbohydrate supplements to the callus culture medium modify the growth of potato tuber moth larvae feeding on Lycopersicon chmielewskii callus. Physiol. Plant. 101:556-62.
32. Berlinger,M.J., L. Segere, H. Podoler and A.R.J. Taylor (1999) Distribution and abundance of the oleander scale (Homoptera:Diaspididae) on Jojoba. J. Econ. Entomol. 92(5):1113-1119.
33. Teitel, M, M. Barak, M.J. Berlinger and Sara Lebiusg-Mordechi (1999). Insect-proof screens in greenhouses: Their effect on roof ventilation and insect penetration. Acta Horticulturae 507: 25-34.
34. Taylor, R.A.J., Shalhevet, S., Spharim, S., Berlinger, M.J. & Lebiush-Mordechi1, S. (2001) Economic evaluation of insect-proof screens for preventing tomato yellow leaf curl virus of tomatoes in Israel. Crop Protection 20, 561-569.
35. Berlinger, M.J. and B. Wermelinger (2001) N-nutrition of tomato plants affects life-table parameters of the greenhouse whitefly. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Geselschaft 74: 69-75.
36. Taylor, R.A.J., Sarit Shalhevet, Ishai Spharim, Menachem J. Berlinger, Sarah Lebiush-Mordechi (2001) Economic evaluation of insect-proof screens for preventing tomato yellow leaf curl virus of tomatoes in Israel. Crop Protection 20, 561-569.
37. Berlinger, MJ, Taylor, RAJ, Lebiush-Mordechi, S, Shalhevet, S & Spharim, I. (2002) Efficiency of insect exclusion screens for preventing whitefly transmission of tomato yellow leaf curl virus of tomatoes in Israel. Bulletin of Entomological Research 92(5):367-373.

Book Chapters

1. Berlinger, M.J. (1986). Pests. In: J.G. Atherton and J. Rudich (eds.) The Tomato Crop - A Scientific Basis for Improvement. pp. 391-441. Chapman and Hall, London.
2. Ponti, O.M.B. de; Romanov, L.R. and Berlinger, M.J. (1990). Whitefly-Plant Relationships: Plant resistance. In: Dan Gerling (ed.) Whiteflies: their Bionomics, Pest Status and Management. Intercept Ltd. pp. 91-106. Andover, Hants, UK.
3. Berlinger M.J. (1992) Importance of Host Plant or Diet on the Rearing of Insects and Mites. In: T.E. Anderson and N.C. Leppla (eds.) Advances in Insect Rearing for Research and Pest Management. pp. 237-251. Westview Press Inc., Boulder, USA.
4. Berlinger M.J., Lebiush-Mordechi, Sarah (1996) Physical Methods for the Control of Bemisia. In: Dan Gerling and R.T. Mayer (eds.) Bemisia 1995. Taxonomy, Biology, Damage, Control and Management. Intercept Ltd. pp. 617-634. Andover, Hants, UK.
5. Berlinger M.J., Lebiush-Mordechi, Sarah (1997) The potato tubermoth in Israel: A review of its phenology, behavior, methodology parasites and control. In: Trends in Entomology, Vol.1:137-155.
6. Berlinger M.J., W.R. Jarvis, T.J. Jewett and, S. Lebiush-Mordechi (1999) Managing the Greenhouse, Crop and Crop Environment. Chapter 8. In: Albajes,R.,Gullino,M.L., van Lenteren,J.C. & Elad,Y. (eds.) 'Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Greenhouse Crops'. Kluwer academic publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. pp. 97-123.
7. Weintraub Phyllis G., and Menachem J Berlinger (2004) Physical Control in Greenhouses and Field Crops. Chapter 12. In: A.R. Horowitz and I. Ishaaya (Eds.), Novel Approaches to Insect Pest Management. Springer Verlag. pp. 301-318.
8. Berlinger, M.J. and Sarah Lebiush-Mordechi (2004) Physical management of insect pests. pp1708-1713. In: John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology. Kluwer Academic Press.
9. Berlinger M.J. (2004) Plant resistance to insects. pp1755-1760. In: John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology. Kluwer Academic Press.
10. Berlinger M.J. (2004) Resistance of Solanaceous vegetable to insects. pp1892-1896. In: John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology. Kluwer Academic Press.