Entomology

Rami Horowitz, Ph.D.
Tel: 972 8 992-8677
Fax: 972 8 992-6485
Mobile: 056 220 137
hrami@volcani.agri.gov.il

Areas of Expertise

The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci
Western Flower Thrips, Frankleniella occidentalis
Area-wide pest management
Insecticide resistance management strategies
Cotton pests
Bt -transgenic cotton

Current Projects

Insecticide resistance management (IRM) strategies
Biotypes B and Q of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci
Integrated and biological management of locust pests

Staff

Amihai Shargal
Mario Rippa
Rafi Mori

Recent publications

1. Khasdan, V., M. Sapojnik, A. Zaritsky, A.R. Horowitz, S. Boussiba, M. Rippa, R. Manasherob, and E. Ben-Dov. Larvicidal activities against agricultural pests of transgenic Escherichia coli expressing combinations of four genes from Bacillus thuringiensis. Arch. Microbiol. (in press).
   
2. Wilson, M., P. Moshitzky, E. Laor, M. Ghanim, A.R. Horowitz and S. Morin. 2007. Reversal of resistance to pyriproxyfen in the Q biotype of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Pest Manag. Sci. 63: 761-768.
   
3. Gottlieb, Y., M. Ghanim, E. Chiel, D. Gerling, V. Portnoy, S. Steinberg, G. Tzuri, A. R. Horowitz, E. Belausov, N. Mozes-Daube, S. Kontsedalov, M. Gershon, S. Gal, N. Katzir and E. Zchori-Fein. (2006). Identification and Localization of Rickettsia in Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 3646–3652.
   
4. Horowitz, A.R., S. Kontsedalov, V. Khasdan and I. Ishaaya. 2005. Biotypes B and Q of Bemisia tabaci and their relevance to neonicotinoid and pyriproxyfen resistance. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 58: 216-225.
   
5. Ishaaya, I., S. Kontsedalov and A.R. Horowitz. 2005. Biorational Insecticides – Mechanism and Cross-Resistance. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol.58: 192-199.
   
6. Khasdan, V., I. Levin, A. Rosner, S. Morin, S. Kontsedalov, L. Maslenin and A. R. Horowitz. 2005. DNA markers for identifying biotypes B and Q of Bemisia tabaci and studying population dynamics. Bull. Entomol. Res. 95: 605-613.
   
7. Horowitz, A.R. , S. Kontsedalov, and I. Ishaaya. 2004. Dynamics of resistance to the neonicotinoids, acetamiprid and thiamethoxam, in Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 97: 2051-2056.
   
8. Horowitz, A.R., K. Gorman, G. Ross and I. Denholm. 2003. Inheritance of pyriproxyfen resistance in the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Q biotype). Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 54: 177-186.
   
9. Horowitz, A.R., I. Denholm, K. Gorman, J.L. Ceñís, S. Kontsedalov, and I. Ishaaya. 2003. Biotype Q of Bemisia tabaci identified in Israel. Phytoparasitica 31: 94-98.
   
10. Ishaaya, I., S. Kontsedalov and A.R. Horowitz. 2003. Novaluron (Rimon), a novel IGR – potency and cross resistance.Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 54: 157-164.
    
11. Horowitz, A. R., S. Kontsedalov, I., Denholm and I. Ishaaya. 2002. Dynamics of insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci - a case study with an insect growth regulator. Pest Manag. Sci. 58: 1096-1100.
    
12. Ishaaya, I., S. Kontsedalov and A.R. Horowitz. 2002. Emamectin, a novel insecticide for controlling field crop pests. Pest Manag. Sci. 58: 1091-1095.
    
13. Maklakov, A., I. Ishaaya, A. Freidberg, A. Yawetz, A. R. Horowitz and I. Yarom. 2001. Toxicological studies of organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides for controlling the Ethiopian fruit fly, Dacus ciliatus Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 94: 1059-1066.
    
14. Horowitz, A.R., A. Mendelson, M. Cahill, I. Denholm and I Ishaaya. 1999. Managing resistance to the insect growth regulator, pyriproxyfen, in Bemisia tabaci. Pestic. Sci. 55:272-276.
    
15. Denholm, I., Cahill, M., Dennehy, T.J. and A.R. Horowitz. 1998. Challenges with managing insecticide resistance in agricultural pests, exemplified by the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Series B. 353:1757-1767.
    
16. Weintraub, P.G. and A. R. Horowitz . 1998. Effects of translaminar versus conventional insecticides on Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blannchard) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) and Diglyphus isaea Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) populations in celery. J. Econ. Entomol. 91: 1180-1185.
    
17. Kontsedalov, S., P.G. Weintraub, A.R. Horowitz and I. Ishaaya. 1998. Effects of insecticides on immature and adult western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Israel. J. Econ. Entomol. 91:1067-1071.
    
18. Horowitz, A.R ., P. G. Weintraub and I. Ishaaya. 1998. Status of insecticide resistance in insect pests in Israel. Phytoparasitica 26: 231-240.
    
19. Horowitz, A. R ., Mendelson, Z., P. G. Weintraub, and I. Ishaaya. 1998. Comparative toxicity of foliar and systemic applications of two chloronicotinyl insecticides, acetamiprid and imidacloprid, against the cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. Bull. Entomol.Res . 88: 437-442.
    
20. Horowitz, A. R ., Z. Mendelson and I. Ishaaya. 1997. Effect of abamectin mixed with mineral oil on the sweetpotato whitefly (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Econ. Entomol. 90: 349-353.

Books, Book chapters, Invited Reviews

1. Horowitz, A. R, I. Denholm and S. Morin (in press). Resistance of the TYLCV whitefly vector Bemisia tabaci to insecticides. In: Tomato yellow leafcurl virus disease ( H. Czosnek ed.). Springer, New York.
   
2. Horowitz, A. R., I. Denholm, and R. L. Nichols .(2007). Managing Insecticide Resistance in Whiteflies and Aphids in Cotton Fields. In: Sticky Cotton – Cause, Impacts, and Prevention (Hequet, E.F, Henneberry, T. J. and R.L. Nichols eds.), USDA-ARS Tech. Bull. 1915:108-125.
   
3. Henneberry, T. J., S. E. Naranjo, G. Forer and A. R. Horowitz ( 2007 ). Biology, Ecology and Management of Sweetpotato Whiteflies on Cotton. In: Sticky Cotton – Cause, Impacts, and Prevention (Hequet, E.F, Henneberry, T. J. and R.L. Nichols eds.), USDA-ARS Tech. Bull. 1915:67-85.
   
4. Ishaaya, I., Nauen, R. and A. R.Horowitz (Editors), (2007). Insecticides design using advanced technologies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 314 pp.
   
5. Horowitz, A. R. and I. Ishaaya (2004). Biorational Insecticides – Mechanisms, Selectivity and Importance in Pest Management Programs. In: Insect Pest Management- Field and Protected Crops (A. R. Horowitz and I. Ishaaya, eds.), pp.1-28. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
   
6. Horowitz, A. R. and I. Denholm. 2001. Impact of insecticide resistance mechanisms on management strategies. In: Biochemical Sites of Insecticide Action and Resistance ( I. Ishaaya, ed.), pp. 323-338. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
   
7. Palumbo, J.C., A.R. Horowitz and N. Prabhaker. 2001. Insecticidal control and resistance management for Bemisia tabaci. In: Challenges and Opportunities for Pest Management of Bemisia tabaci in the New Century ( S. Naranjo and P. Ellsworth eds.), Crop Prot. 20: 739-765 (invited review).
   
8. Ishaaya, I. and A. R. Horowitz . 1998. Insecticides with novel modes of action, an overview. In: Insecticides with Novel Modes of Action, Mechanism and Application (I. Ishaaya and D. Degheele, eds.). Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. pp. 1-24.
   
9. Denholm, I., Horowitz, A. R ., M. Cahill and I. Ishaaya. 1998. Management of resistance to novel insecticides. In: Insecticides with Novel Modes of Action, Mechanism and Application (I. Ishaaya and D. Degheele, eds.). Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. pp. 260-282.
   
10. Horowitz, A. R . and I. Ishaaya. 1996. Chemical control of Bemisia - management and application. In: Bemisia 1995: Taxonomy, Biology, Damage, Control and Management (D. Gerling and R.T. Mayer, eds). Intercept, Andover, Hants, UK, pp. 537-556.
    
11. Horowitz, A. R ., G. Forer and I. Ishaaya. 1995. Insecticide resistance management as a part of an IPM strategy in Israeli cotton fields. In: Challenging the Future: World Cotton Research Conference 1 (G. A. Constable and N. W. Forrester, eds.), CSIRO, Melbourne Australia, pp. 537-544.