Publications and media
Peer-reviewed articles and dissertation
* Denotes undergraduate and graduate students mentored in research projects
Irvine, J.*, Romero, B., and Prager, S. M. 20XX. Effects of phytoplasma infection on aster leafhopper (Macrosteles quadrilineatus Forbes) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) settling behaviour and development on Brassica napus. In review.
Romero, B., Dillon, F. M., and Zavala, J. A. 20XX. Defensive hormones regulate thrips and fall armyworm performance and behavior on field-grown soybean. In review.
Romero, B., Entz, L.*, Wallis, C. M., and Prager, S. M. 2025. Effects of insect longevity and drought conditions on aster leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) fecundity. Environmental Entomology. Accepted in June 2025. 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., 2024. 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., 2024. 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