Publications and media
Peer-reviewed articles and dissertation
* Denotes undergraduate and graduate students mentored in research projects
Romero, B., Pérez-López, E., Wist, T., Dumonceaux, T., Prager, S. M., and Davis, J. A. 2026. Aster Yellows Integrated Management in Western Canada and the United States Upper Midwest. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmag001
Romero, B., Cipriotti, P. A., Cueto, G., Dillon, F. M., and Zavala, J. A. 20XX. Defensive hormones regulate thrips and fall armyworm performance and behavior on field-grown soybean. Entomologia Generalis. Accepted in October 2025.
Irvine, J.*, Romero, B., and Prager, S. M. 2025. Effects of phytoplasma infection on aster leafhopper (Macrosteles quadrilineatus Forbes) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) settling behaviour and development on Brassica napus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.70036
Romero, B., Hartl, T.* and Prager, S. 2025b. Water and nutrient stress modify aster leafhopper probing behavior in canola plants. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-025-10189-3
Romero, B., Entz, L.*, Wallis, C. M., and Prager, S. M. 2025a. Effects of insect longevity and drought conditions on aster leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) fecundity. Environmental Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaf068
Romero, B. 2024. Host Choice Selection in The Aster Yellows Pathosystem [PhD dissertation]. University of Saskatchewan. https://hdl.handle.net/10388/15421
Romero, B., Rojek, J., Wist, T. and Prager, S.M., 2024b. Characterization and correlation of the probing behaviors of Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with electropenetrography (EPG) waveforms. Journal of Insect Science, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieae035
Romero, B., Mithöfer, A., Olivier, C., Wist, T. and Prager, S.M., 2024a. The Role of Plant Defense Signaling Pathways in Phytoplasma-Infected and Uninfected Aster Leafhoppers’ Oviposition, Development, and Settling Behavior. Journal of Chemical Ecology, pp.1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-024-01488-9
Romero, B., Dumonceaux, T., Olivier, C., Wist, T. and Prager, S.M., 2023. Development of Aster Yellows on Crop and Noncrop Species from the Canadian Prairies. PhytoFrontiers™, 3(3), pp.679-687. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-01-23-0008-R
Romero, B., Olivier, C., Wist, T. and Prager, S.M., 2022. Do options matter? Settling behavior, stylet sheath counts, and oviposition of Aster leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in two-choice bioassays. Environmental Entomology, 51(2), pp.460-470. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvab148
Romero, B., Olivier, C., Wist, T. and Prager, S.M., 2020. Oviposition behavior and development of aster leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) on selected host plants from the Canadian Prairies. Journal of Economic Entomology, 113(6), pp.2695-2704. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa243
Romero, B., Dillon, F.M. and Zavala, J.A., 2020. Different soybean cultivars respond differentially to damage in a herbivore-specific manner and decrease herbivore performance. Arthropod-plant interactions, 14, pp.89-99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-019-09730-y