Paul Umina
Director
Bachelor of Science with Honours, PhD Zoology and Genetics
Growing up on a farm meant that Paul’s fascination with the natural world began at a young age and was the driving force behind his decision to study biological sciences. Since completing his PhD in entomology, Paul has spent the last 15 years helping Australian farmers achieve a balance between profitability and environmental sustainability. He does this by developing new ways to combat the insect pests which plague their livelihood.
Paul is passionate about seeing valuable scientific endeavours adopted in the real-world. It was this desire that led Paul to team up with Andrew Weeks to form Cesar in 2007. To this day, Paul works to ensure research findings are communicated and translated into practical outcomes for Australian agriculture.
Paul is an accomplished leader in pest management in Australia and internationally, regularly presenting at conferences, workshops and industry meetings. He is the inaugural chair of the grains National Insecticide Resistance Management (NIRM) committee, and the creator of PestFacts south-eastern, the highly successful newsletter recieved by over 1,500 people working with broadacre crops and pastures.
His achievements in research and communications are well-recognised, with the University of Melbourne awarding Paul a Staff Excellence Award in Engagement (2011) and the Deans Award for Excellence in Engagement (2015). In 2012, he was named the Victorian Young Tall Poppy of the Year.
Away from work, Paul loves nothing more than spending time with family and getting out and about in the great outdoors. Whether that means heading back to the family farm, going hiking, travelling to new places or riding his bike around the foothills of Melbourne.
Paul Umina, Xuan Cheng, Moshe Jasper, James Maino, Aston Arthur, Nancy Endersby-Harshman, Matthew Binns, Ary Hoffmann (2024) Rapid in-field diagnostics to detect pyrethroid resistance in the redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor (Trombidiformes: Penthaleidae) (Tucker). Austral Entomology 77: 3013-3024.
Alex Slavenko, Perran Ross, Luis Mata, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina (2024) Modelling the spread of a novel endosymbiont infection in field populations of an aphid pest. Ecological Modelling 497: 110851.
Joshua Thia, Dongwu Zhan, Katie Robinson, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann, Qiong Yang (2024) ‘Drifting’ Buchnera genomes track the microevolutionary trajectories of their aphid hosts. Insect Molecular Biology 2024: 1-14.
Ashritha Dorai, Paul Umina, Evatt Chirgwin, Qiong Yang, Xinyue Gu, Joshua Thia, Ary Hoffmann (2024) Novel transinfections of Rickettsiella do not affect insecticide tolerance in Myzus persicae, Rhopalosiphum padi or Diuraphis noxia. Journal of Economic Entomology 4 (2024): 1377-1384.
James Maino, Paul Umina, Celia Pavri, Xuan Cheng, James Ridsdill-Smith (2024) Adapting pest management strategies to changing climates for the redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor. Scientific Reports 14 (16939): 1-11.
Alex Slavenko, Marielle Babineau, Anthony van Rooyen, Benjamin Congdon, Paul Umina, Samantha Ward (2024) Modelling aphid movement in Australian canola fields. Annals of Applied Biology 185: 242-254.
Lisa Kirkland, Marielle Babineau, Samantha Ward, Anthony van Rooyen, Evatt Chirgwin, Luis Mata, Paul Umina (2024) Assessing the risk of resistance to flonicamid and afidopyropen in green peach aphid (Hemiptera: Myzus persicae) via in-vivo selection. Crop Protection 184: 106783.
James Maino, Elia Pirtle, Peter Ridland, Paul Umina (2023) Forecasting the potential distribution of invasive leafminer pests, Liriomyza spp. (Diptera: Agromyzidae), and their natural enemies. Austral Entomology 62: 118-130.
Samantha Ward, Ary Hoffmann, Maarten Van Helden, Alex Slavenko, Paul Umina (2024) The effects of insecticide seed treatments on the parasitism and predation of Myzus persicae (Homoptera: Aphididae) in canola. Journal of Economic Entomology 177: 102-117.
Robert McDougall, Luis Mata, Samantha Ward, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina. (2024) Assessing the sub-lethal impacts of insecticides on aphid parasitoids through laboratory-based studies. Austral Entomology 63: 119-129.
Luis Mata, Rosie Knapp, Robert McDougall, Kathy Overton, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina (2024) Acute toxicity effects of pesticides on beneficial organisms: Dispelling myths for a more sustainable use of chemicals in agricultural environments. Science of the Total Environment 930: 172521.
Lisa Kirkland, Evatt Chirgwin, Samantha Ward, Benjamin Congdon, Anthony van Rooyen, Paul Umina (2023) P450‐mediated resistance in Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) reduces the efficacy of neonicotinoid seed treatments in Brassica napus. Pest Management Science 79: 1851-1859.
Kathy Overton, Samantha Ward, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina (2023) Lethal impacts of insecticides and miticides on three agriculturally important aphid parasitoids. Biological Control 178: 105143.
Xuefen Xu, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina, Samantha Ward, Marianne Coquilleau, Mallik Malipatil, Peter Ridland (2023) Molecular identification of hymenopteran parasitoids and their endosymbionts from agromyzids. Bulletin of Entomological Research 113: 481–496.
Qiong Yang, Paul Umina, Shujun Wei, Chris Bass, Wenjuan Yu, Katie Robinson, Alex Gill, Dongwu Zhan, Samantha Ward, Anthony van Rooyen, Ary Hoffmann (2023) Diversity and regional variation of endosymbionts in the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer). Diversity 15: 206.
Xinyue Gu, Perran Ross, Alex Gill, Qiong Yang, Eloïse Ansermin, Sonia Sharma, Safieh Soleimannejad, Kanav Sharma, Ashley Callahan, Courtney Brown, Paul Umina, Torsten Kristensen, Ary Hoffmann (2023) A rapidly spreading deleterious aphid endosymbiont that uses horizontal as well as vertical transmission. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120: e2217278120.
Joshua Thia, Pasi Korhonen, Neil Young, Robin Gasser, Paul Umina, Qiong Yang, Owain Edwards, Tom Walsh, Ary Hoffmann (2023) The redlegged earth mite draft genome provides new insights into pesticide resistance evolution and demography in its invasive Australian range. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36: 381-398.
Paul Umina, Leo McGrane, Joshua Thia, Evatt Chirgwin, Ary Hoffmann (2023) From laboratory to field: Laboratory-measured pesticide resistance reflects outcomes of field-based control in the redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor. Experimental and Applied Acarology 89: 379-392.
Qiong Yang, Alex Gill, Katie Robinson, Paul Umina, Perran Ross, Dongwu Zhan, Courtney Brown, Nicholas Bell, Ashley MacMahon, Ary Hoffmann (2023) A diversity of endosymbionts across Australian aphids and their persistence in aphid cultures. Environmental Microbiology 25: 1988-2001.
Joshua Thia, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann (2023) Ace and ace‐like genes of invasive redlegged earth mite: copy number variation, target‐site mutations, and their associations with organophosphate insensitivity. Pest Management Science 79: 4219-4230.
James Maino, Joshua Thia, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina (2023) Estimating rates of pesticide usage from trends in herbicide, insecticide, and fungicide product registrations. Crop Protection 163: 106125.
Joshua Thia, James Maino, Alicia Kelly, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina (2023) Expanding risk predictions of pesticide resistance evolution in arthropod pests with a proxy for selection pressure. Journal of Pest Science 96: 1199-1212.
Paul Umina, James Maino, Owain Edwards, Xuan Cheng, Matthew Binns, Anthony van Rooyen, Sue Song, Andrew Weeks, Aston Arthur, Olivia Reynolds, Ary Hoffmann (2023) Fitness costs of pyrethroid resistance in the polyphagous pest mite, Halotydeus destructor, under field conditions. Journal of Pest Science 97: 185–197.
James Maino, Elia Pirtle, Virgile Baudrot, Peter Ridland, Paul Umina (2023) Forecasting the potential distribution of invasive leafminer pests, Liriomyza spp. (Diptera: Agromyzidae), and their natural enemies. Austral Entomology 62: 118-130.
Virgile Baudrot, Rafael Schouten, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann, Lisa Bird, Melina Miles, James Maino (2023) Managing pesticide resistance in Spodoptera frugiperda: A spatially explicit framework for identifying optimal treatment strategies. Ecological Modelling 483: 110416.
Rafael Schouten, Virgile Baudrot, Paul Umina, James Maino (2022) A working guide to spatial mechanistic modelling in Julia. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 13: 945-954.
Paul Umina, Andrew Weeks, James Maino, Ary Hoffmann, Sue Song, Joshua Thia, Dustin Severtson, Xuan Cheng, Anthony van Rooyen, Aston Arthur (2022) Australian Bryobia mites (Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae) form a complex of cryptic taxa with unique climatic niches and insecticide responses. Pest Management Science 78: 2860-2871.
Evatt Chirgwin, Stuart Kemp, James Maino, Marielle Babineau, Isobel Roberts, Alana Govender, Paul Umina (2022) Beneficial invertebrates of dairy pastures in south-eastern Australia. Crop and Pasture Science 73: 716-731.
Samantha Ward, Paul Umina, Hazel Parry, Amber Balfour‐Cunningham, Xuan Cheng, Thomas Heddle, Joanne Holloway, Caitlin Langley, Dustin Severtson, Maarten Van Helden, Ary Hoffmann (2022) Is what you see what you get? The relationship between field observed and laboratory observed aphid parasitism rates in canola fields. Pest Management Science 78: 3596-3607.
Aston Arthur, Lisa Kirkland, Evatt Chirgwin, Anthony van Rooyen, Paul Umina (2022) Baseline susceptibility of Australian Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to novel insecticides flonicamid and afidopyropen. Crop Protection 158: 105992.
Matthew Binns, Sarina Macfadyen, Paul Umina (2022) The dual role of earwigs (Dermaptera) in winter grain crops in Australia. Journal of Applied Entomology 146: 272-283.
Evatt Chirgwin, Qiong Yang, Paul Umina, Alex Gill, Safi Soleimannejad, Xinyue Gu, Perran Ross, Ary Hoffmann (2022) Fungicides have transgenerational effects on Rhopalosiphum padi but not their endosymbionts. Pest Management Science 78: 4709-4718.
Adam Pym, Paul Umina, Jenny Reidy-Crofts, Bartlomiej Troczka, Andrew Matthews, James Gardner, Benjamin Hunt, Anthony van Rooyen, Owain Edwards, Chris Bass (2022) Overexpression of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase and cytochrome P450 enzymes confers resistance to sulfoxaflor in field populations of the aphid, Myzus persicae. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 143: 103743.
Maarten Van Helden, Thomas Heddle, Paul Umina, James Maino (2022) Economic injury levels and dynamic action thresholds for Diuraphis noxia (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Australian cereal crops. Journal of Economic Entomology 115: 592-601.
Paul Umina, Chris Bass, Anthony van Rooyen, Evatt Chirgwin, Aston Arthur, Adam Pym, Jo Mackisack, Andrew Mathews, Lisa Kirkland (2022) Spirotetramat resistance in Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and its association with the presence of the A2666V mutation. Pest Management Science 78: 4822-4831.
Xuefen Xu, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina, Marianne Coquilleau, Alex Gill, Peter Ridland (2022) Identification of two leafminer parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), Neochrysocharis formosa and Proacrias sp. from Australia, with both showing thelytoky and infection by Rickettsia. Austral Entomology 61: 358-369.
Xuefen Xu, Thomas Schmidt, Jiaxin Liang, Peter Ridland, Jessica Chung, Qiong Yang, Moshe Jasper, Paul Umina, Wanxue Liu, Ary Hoffmann (2022) Genome‐wide SNPs of vegetable leafminer, Liriomyza sativae: Insights into the recent Australian invasion. Evolutionary Applications 15: 1129-1140.
James Maino, Rafael Schouten, Jessica Lye, Paul Umina, Olivia Reynolds (2022) Mapping the life-history, development, and survival of spotted lantern fly in occupied and uninvaded ranges. Biological Invasions 24: 2155-2167.
Paul Umina, Jenny Reidy-Crofts, Owain Edwards, Evatt Chirgwin, Samantha Ward, James Maino, Marielle Babineau (2022) Susceptibility of the Cowpea Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to widely used insecticides in Australia. Journal of Economic Entomology 115: 143-150.
Joshua Thia, Xuan Cheng, James Maino, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann (2022) Warmer temperatures reduce chemical tolerance in the redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor), an invasive winter‐active pest. Pest Management Science 78: 3071-3079.
Elia Pirtle, Anthony van Rooyen, James Maino, Andrew Weeks, Paul Umina (2021) A molecular method for biomonitoring of an exotic plant‐pest: Leafmining for environmental DNA. Molecular Ecology 30: 4913-4925.
Madeleine Barton, Hazel Parry, Samantha Ward, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina, Maarten Van Helden, Sarina Macfadyen (2021) Forecasting impacts of biological control under future climates: Mechanistic modelling of an aphid pest and a parasitic wasp. Ecological Modelling 457: 109679.
Samantha Ward, Paul Umina, Andrew Polaszek, Ary Hoffmann (2021) Study of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Australian grain production landscapes. Austral Entomology 60: 722-737.
Samantha Ward, Paul Umina, Sarina Macfadyen, Ary Hoffmann (2021) Hymenopteran parasitoids of aphid pests within Australian grain production landscapes. Insects 12: 44.
Hugh Beckie, Roberto Busi, Francisco Lopez‐ruiz, Paul Umina (2021) Herbicide resistance management strategies: How do they compare with those for insecticides, fungicides and antibiotics?. Pest Management Science 77: 3049-3056.
Matthew Binns, Ary Hoffmann, Maarten Van Helden, Thomas Heddle, Matthew Hill, Sarina Macfadyen, Michael Nash, Paul Umina (2021) Lifecycle of the invasive omnivore, Forficula auricularia, in Australian grain growing environments. Pest Management Science 77: 1818-1828.
Xuan Cheng, Ary Hoffmann, Owain Edwards, Paul Umina (2021) Fitness costs associated with pyrethroid resistance in Halotydeus destructor (Tucker) (Acari: Penthaleidae) elucidated through semi-field trials. Journal of Economic Entomology 114: 1270-1281.
Marianne Coquilleau, Xuefen Xu, Peter Ridland, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann (2021) Variation in sex ratio of the leafminer Phytomyza plantaginis Goureau (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Australia. Austral Entomology 60: 610-620.
Thomas Heddle, Paul Umina, Maarten Van Helden, Lamyaa Alhwash, Xuan Cheng, Matthew Binns, Ary Hoffmann (2021) Life stages of the non‐native Ommatoiulus moreleti (Lucas, 1860) (Julida, Julidae) in Australian small grain systems. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 23: 429-440.
Michael Ørsted, Jessica Lye, Paul Umina, James Maino (2021) Global analysis of the seasonal abundance of the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii reveal temperature extremes determine population activity potential. Pest Management Science 77: 4555-4563.
Kathy Overton, Ary Hoffman, Olivia Reynolds, Paul Umina (2021) Toxicity of insecticides and miticides to natural enemies in Australian grains: A review. Insects 12: 187.
Kathy Overton, James Maino, Roger Day, Paul Umina, Bosibori Bett, Daniela Carnovale, Sunday Ekesi, Robert Meagher, Olivia Reynolds (2021) Global crop impacts, yield losses and action thresholds for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda): A review. Crop Protection 145: 105641.
Aston Arthur, James Maino, Ary Hoffmann, Moshe Jasper, Alan Lord, Svetlana Micic, Owain Edwards, Anthony van Rooyen, Paul Umina (2021) Learnings from over a decade of increasing pesticide resistance in the redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor (Tucker). Pest Management Science 77: 3013-3024.
Kumar Singh, Erick Cordeiro, Bartlomiej Troczka, Adam Pym, Joanna Mackisack, Thomas Mathers, Ana Duarte, Fabrice Legeai, Stéphanie Robin, Pablo Bielza, Hannah Burrack, Kamel Charaabi, Ian Denholm, Christian Figueroa, Richard Ffrench-Constant, Georg Jander, John Margaritopoulos, Emanuele Mazzoni, Ralf Nauen, Claudio Ramírez, Guangwei Ren, Ilona Stepanyan, Paul Umina, Nina Voronova, John Vontas, Martin Williamson, Alex Wilson, Gao Xi-Wu, Young-Nam Youn, Christoph Zimmer, Jean-Christophe Simon, Alex Hayward, Chris Bass (2021) Global patterns in genomic diversity underpinning the evolution of insecticide resistance in the aphid crop pest Myzuspersicae. Communications Biology 4: 847.
Joshua Thia, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina (2021) Empowering Australian insecticide resistance research with genetic information: The road ahead. Austral Entomology 60: 147-162.
Joshua Thia, Neil Young, Pasi Korhnen, Qiong Yang, Robin Gasser, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann (2021) The mitogenome of Halotydeus destructor (Tucker) and its relationships with other trombidiform mites as inferred from nucleotide sequences and gene arrangements. Ecology and Evolution 11: 14162-14174.
Xuefen Xu, Marianne Coquilleau, Peter Ridland, Paul Umina, Qiong Yang, Ary Hoffmann (2021) Molecular identification of leafmining flies from Australia including new Liriomyza outbreaks. Journal of Economic Entomology 114: 1983-1990.
Xuefen Xu, Peter Ridland, Paul Umina, Alex Gill, Perran Ross, Elia Pirtle, Ary Hoffmann (2021) High incidence of related Wolbachia across unrelated leaf-mining Diptera. Insects 12: 788.
Xuan Cheng, Paul Umina, Matthew Binns, James Maino, Amol Ghodke, Ary Hoffmann (2021) Options for managing pesticide resistance in the redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor Tucker): an experimental test involving altered selection pressures and alternative chemicals. Crop and Pasture Science 72: 474-488.
Paul Umina, Stuart Kemp, Marielle Babineau, James Maino, Isobel Roberts, Alana Govender, Garrick McDonald, Alison Popay, David Hume, Scott Hardwick, Nicola Richards, Olivia Reynolds, Evatt Chirgwin (2021) Pests of Australian dairy pastures: Distribution, seasonality and potential impacts on pasture production. Austral Entomology 60: 763-781.
James Maino, Rafael Schouten, Kathy Overton, Roger Day, Sunday Ekesi, Bosibori Bett, Madeleine Barton, Peter Gregg, Paul Umina, Olivia Reynolds (2021) Regional and seasonal activity predictions for fall armyworm in Australia. Current Research in Insect Science 1: 100010.
James Maino, Alexander Cushen, Roozbeh Valavi, Paul Umina (2021) Spatial variation in Australian neonicotinoid usage and priorities for resistance monitoring. Journal of Economic Entomology 114: 2524-2533.
James Maino, Ary Hoffmann, Matthew Binns, Xuan Cheng, Anthony van Rooyen, Paul Umina (2021) Strip spraying delays pyrethroid resistance in the redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor: A novel refuge strategy. Pest Management Science 77: 4572-4582.
Elia Pirtle, Paul Umina, Cindy Hauser, James Maino (2021) Using mock surveillance to quantify pest detectability prior to establishment of exotic leafminers. Crop Protection 148: 105713.
Samantha Ward, Maarten Van Helden, Thomas Heddle, Peter Ridland, Elia Pirtle, Paul Umina (2020) Biology, ecology and management of Diuraphis noxia (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Australia. Austral Entomology 59: 238-252.
Aston Arthur, Marielle Babineau, Paul Umina (2020) Insecticide responses in the Collembola pest, Sminthurus viridis (Collembola: Sminthuridae), in Australia. Journal of Economic Entomology 113: 1940-1945.
Peter Ridland, Paul Umina, Elia Pirtle, Ary Hoffmann (2020) Potential for biological control of the vegetable leafminer, Liriomyza sativae (Diptera: Agromyzidae), in Australia with parasitoid wasps. Austral Entomology 59: 16-36.
Claude Rispe, multiple authors (including Paul Umina) (2020) The genome sequence of the grape phylloxera provides insights into the evolution, adaptation, and invasion routes of an iconic pest. BMC Biology 18: 45316.
Qiong Yang, Paul Umina, Gordana Rašić, Nicholas Bell, Jichao Fang, Alan Lord, Ary Hoffmann (2020) Origin of resistance to pyrethroids in the redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor) in Australia: Repeated local evolution and migration. Pest Management Science 76: 509-519.
Lisa Kirkland, James Maino, Oliver Stuart, Paul Umina (2020) Ontogeny in the European earwig (Forficula auricularia) and grain crops interact to exacerbate feeding damage risk. Journal of Applied Entomology 144: 605-615.
Paul Umina, Jenny Reidy‐Crofts, Marielle Babineau, James Maino, Owain Edwards (2020) Susceptibility of the bird cherry‐oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (Hemiptera: Aphididae), to four insecticides. Austral Entomology 59: 838-844.
Paul Umina, Garrick McDonald, James Maino, Owain Edwards, Ary Hoffmann (2019) Escalating insecticide resistance in Australian grain pests: Contributing factors, industry trends and management opportunities. Pest Management Science 75: 1494-1506.
James Maino, Michael Renton, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina (2019) Field margins provide a refuge for pest genes beneficial to resistance management. Journal of Pest Science 92: 1017-1026.
Xuan Cheng, Paul Umina, Siu Fai Lee, Ary Hoffmann (2019) Pyrethroid resistance in the pest mite, Halotydeus destructor: Dominance patterns and a new method for resistance screening. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 159: 45551.
Josh Douglas, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina, Sarina Macfadyen (2019) Factors influencing damage by the Portuguese millipede, Ommatoiulus moreleti (Julida: Julidae), to crop seedlings. Journal of Economic Entomology 112: 2695-2702.
Matthew Hill, Matthew Binns, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann, Sarina Macfadyen (2019) Climate, human influence and the distribution limits of the invasive European earwig, Forficula auricularia, in Australia. Pest Management Science 75: 134-143.
Sarina Macfadyen, Mona Moradi‐Vajargah, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann, Michael Nash, Jo Holloway, Dusty Severtson, Matthew Hill, Maarten Van Helden, Madeleine Barton (2019) Identifying critical research gaps that limit control options for invertebrate pests in Australian grain production systems. Austral Entomology 58: 45561.
Oliver Stuart, Matthew Binns, Paul Umina, Joanne Holloway, Dustin Severtson, Michael Nash, Thomas Heddle, Maarten Van Helden, Ary Hoffmann (2019) Morphological and molecular analysis of Australian earwigs (Dermaptera) points to unique species and regional endemism in the Anisolabididae family. Insects 10: 72.
Paul Umina (2019) Potential role of seed treatments in the management of emerging arthropod pests of canola. Crop and Pasture Science 70: 890-898.
Xuan Cheng, Ary Hoffmann, James Maino, Paul Umina (2019) Summer diapause intensity influenced by parental and offspring environmental conditions in the pest mite, Halotydeus destructor. Journal of Insect Physiology 114: 92-99.
Xuan Cheng, Ary Hoffmann, James Maino, Paul Umina (2018) A cryptic diapause strategy in Halotydeus destructor (Tucker) (Trombidiformes: Penthaleidae) induced by multiple cues. Pest Management Science 74: 2618-2625.
James Maino, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann (2018) Climate contributes to the evolution of pesticide resistance. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 223-232.
James Maino, Matthew Binns, Paul Umina (2018) No longer a west-side story: Pesticide resistance discovered in the eastern range of a major Australian crop pest, Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae). Crop and Pasture Science 69: 216-221.
Xuan Cheng, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann (2018) Influence of previous host plants on the reproductive success of a polyphagous mite pest, Halotydeus destructor (Trombidiformes: Penthaleidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 111: 680-688.
Josh Douglas, Paul Umina, Sarina Macfadyen, Ary Hoffmann (2018) Field associations of first generation densities of the pest mites Halotydeus destructor and Penthaleus major in pasture. Experimental and Applied Acarology 76: 487-506.
Owain Edwards, Thomas Walsh, Suzanne Metcalfe, Wee Tek Tay, Ary Hoffmann, Peter Mangano, Alan Lord, Svetlana Micic, Paul Umina (2018) A genomic approach to identify and monitor a novel pyrethroid resistance mutation in the redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 144: 83-90.
Lisa Kirkland, Elia Pirtle, Paul Umina (2018) Responses of the Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia) and bird cherry oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi) to insecticide seed treatments in wheat. Crop and Pasture Science 69: 966-973.
Siobhan de Little, Owain Edwards, Anthony van Rooyen, Andrew Weeks, Paul Umina (2017) Discovery of metabolic resistance to neonicotinoids in green peach aphids (Myzus persicae) in Australia. Pest Management Science 73: 1611-1617.
Siobhan de Little, Paul Umina (2017) Susceptibility of Australian Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to three recently registered insecticides: Spirotetramat, Cyantraniliprole and Sulfoxaflor. Journal of Economic Entomology 110: 1764-1769.
Josh Douglas, Sarina Macfadyen, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina (2017) Crop seedling susceptibility to Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda: Armadillidiidae) and Ommatoiulus moreletii (Diplopoda: Iulidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 110: 2679-2685.
Paul Umina, Alan Lord, Svetlana Micic, Owain Edwards (2017) Discovery and characterisation of field resistance to organophosphorus chemicals in a major mite pest, Halotydeus destructor. Pest Management Science 73: 1719-1724.
Annabel Clouston, Owain Edwards, Paul Umina (2016) An insecticide baseline study of Australian broadacre aphids. Crop and Pasture Science 67: 236-244.
Matthew Hill, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina, Xuan Cheng, Adam Miller (2016) Genetic analysis along an invasion pathway reveals endemic cryptic taxa, but a single species with little population structure in the introduced range. Diversity and Distributions 22: 57-72.
Paul Umina, Michele Schiffer, ?. Parker, Ary Hoffmann (2016) Distribution and influence of grazing on wheat curl mites (Aceria tosichella Keifer) within a wheat field. Journal of Applied Entomology 140: 426-433.
Aston Arthur, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina (2015) Challenges in devising economic spray thresholds for a major pest of Australian canola, the redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor). Pest Management Science 71: 1462-1470.
Garrick McDonald, Paul Umina, Sarina Macfadyen, Peter Mangano, Ary Hoffmann (2015) Predicting the timing of first generation egg hatch for the pest redlegged earth mite Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 65: 259-276.
Paul Umina, Sommer Jenkins, Stuart McColl, Aston Arthur, Ary Hoffmann (2015) A framework for identifying selective chemical applications for IPM in dryland agriculture. Insects 6: 988-1012.
Aston Arthur, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina (2014) Estimating densities of the pest Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae) in canola. Journal of Economic Entomology 107: 2204-2212.
Sarina Macfadyen, Darryl Hardie, Laura Fagan, Katia Stefanova, Kym Perry, Helen Degraaf, Joanne Holloway, Helen Spafford, Paul Umina (2014) Reducing insecticide use in broad-acre grains production: An Australian study. PloS One 9: e89119.
Paul Umina, Owain Edwards, Peter Carson, Anthony van Rooyen, Annette Anderson (2014) High levels of resistance to Carbamate and Pyrethroid chemicals widespread in Australian Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) populations. Journal of Economic Entomology 107: 1626-1638.
Aston Arthur, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina (2013) Impact of Halotydeus destructor on crop seedlings at different plant developmental stages and levels of moisture stress. Environmental Entomology 42: 998-1012.
Aston Arthur, Stuart McColl, Paul Umina (2013) Synthetic pesticides show little efficacy against Balaustium medicagoense (Prostigmata: Erythraeidae) in the field compared with other pest mites. Australian Journal of Entomology 52: 259-267.
Sommer Jenkins, Ary Hoffmann, Stuart McColl, Angelos Tsitsilas, Paul Umina (2013) Synthetic pesticides in agro-ecosystems: Are they as detrimental to nontarget invertebrate fauna as we suspect?. Journal of Economic Entomology 106: 756-775.
Adam Miller, Paul Umina, Andrew Weeks, Ary Hoffmann (2012) Population genetics of the wheat curl mite (Aceria tosichella Keifer) in Australia: Implications for the management of wheat pathogens. Bulletin of Entomological Research 102: 199-212.
Paul Umina, Andrew Weeks, John Roberts, Sommer Jenkins, Peter Mangano, Alan Lord, Svetlana Micic (2012) The current status of pesticide resistance in Australian populations of the redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor). Pest Management Science 68: 889-896.
Matthew Hill, Ary Hoffmann, Sarina Macfadyen, Paul Umina, Jane Elith (2012) Understanding niche shifts: Using current and historical data to model the invasive redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor. Diversity and Distributions 18: 191-203.
John Roberts, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann, Andrew Weeks (2011) Population dynamics and diapause response of the Springtail pest Sminthurus viridis (Collembola: Sminthuridae) in south-eastern Australia. Journal of Economic Entomology 104: 465-473.
Angelos Tsitsilas, Ary Hoffmann, Andrew Weeks, Paul Umina (2011) Impact of groundcover manipulations within windbreaks on mite pests and their natural enemies. Australian Journal of Entomology 50: 37-47.
Aston Arthur, Andrew Weeks, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann (2010) Survival and reproduction of the pest mites Balaustium medicagoense and Bryobia spp. on winter grain crops. Experimental and Applied Acarology 52: 141-153.
Elise Furlan, Paul Umina, Paul Mitrovski, Nick Gust, Josh Griffiths, Andrew Weeks (2010) High levels of genetic divergence between Tasmanian and Victorian platypuses, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, as revealed by microsatellite loci. Conservation Genetics 11: 319-323.
Karen Herbert, Paul Umina, Paul Mitrovski, Kevin Powell, Kathy Viduka, Ary Hoffmann (2010) Clone lineages of grape phylloxera differ in their performance on Vitis vinifera. Bulletin of Entomological Research 100: 671-678.
Paul Umina, Aston Arthur, Stuart McColl, Ary Hoffmann, John Roberts (2010) Selective control of mite and collembolan pests of pastures and grain crops in Australia. Crop Protection 29: 190-196.
John Roberts, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann, Andrew Weeks (2009) The tolerance of the lucerne flea, Sminthurus viridis (Collembola: Sminthuridae), to currently registered pesticides in Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 48: 241-246.
Melissa Carew, Michele Schiffer, Paul Umina, Andrew Weeks, Ary Hoffmann (2009) Molecular markers indicate that the wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella Keifer, may represent a species complex in Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 99: 479-486.
Judy Bellati, Ken Henry, Paul Umina, Kate Charleston, Peter Mangano, Hugh Brier, Dustin Severtson, Austin Mclennan (2009) From boring bug lectures to interactive invertebrate learning: Using audience participation software to ‘actively’ transform grains industry training. Extension Farming Systems Journal 5: 175-180.
Peter Mangano, Judy Bellati, Ken Henry, Paul Umina, Dustin Severtson (2009) PestFax and PestFacts: Newsletters successfully facilitating interactive communication on invertebrate pest and disease control in broadscale crops and pastures in southern Austraila. Extension Farming Systems Journal 5: 169-174.
Michele Schiffer, Paul Umina, Melissa Carew, Ary Hoffmann, ?. Rodoni, Adam Miller (2009) The distribution of wheat curl mite (Aceria tosichella) lineages in Australia and their potential to transmit wheat streak mosaic virus. Annals of Applied Biology 155: 371-379.
Aston Arthur, Ary Hoffmann, Paul Umina, Andrew Weeks (2008) Emerging pest mites of grains (Balaustium medicagoense and Bryobia sp.) show high levels of tolerance to currently registered pesticides. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48: 1126-1132.
Ary Hoffmann, Andrew Weeks, Michael Nash, Peter Mangano, Paul Umina (2008) The changing status of invertebrate pests and the future of pest management in the Australian grains industry. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48: 1481-1493.
Svetlana Micic, Ary Hoffmann, ?. Strickland, Andrew Weeks, Judy Bellati, Ken Henry, Michael Nash, Paul Umina (2008) Pests of germinating grain crops in southern Australia: An overview of their biology and management options. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48: 1560-1573.
Maurizio Paoletti, Angelos Tsitsilas, Linda Thomson, Stefano Taiti, Paul Umina (2008) The flood bug, Australiodillo bifrons (Isopoda: Armadillidae): A potential pest of cereals in Australia?. Applied Soil Ecology 39: 76-83.
T. Ridsdill-Smith, Ary Hoffmann, Peter Mangano, J. Gower, Celia Pavri, Paul Umina (2008) Strategies for control of the redlegged earth mite in Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48: 1506-1513.
Paul Umina (2007) Pyrethroid resistance discovered in a major agricultural pest in southern Australia: The redlegged earth mite Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae). Pest Management Science 63: 1185-1190.
Paul Umina, Angela Corrie, Karen Herbert, Vanessa White, Kevin Powell, Ary Hoffmann (2007) Use of DNA markers for pest management: Clonal lineages and population biology of grape phylloxera. Acta Horticulturae 10: 317.
Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann, Andrew Weeks, Stephen McKechnie (2006) An independent non-linear latitudinal cline for the sn-glycerol-3-phosphate (α-Gpdh) polymorphism of Drosophila melanogaster from eastern Australia. Genetics Research 87: 13-21.
Alisha Anderson, Ary Hoffmann, Stephen McKechnie, Paul Umina, Andrew Weeks (2005) The latitudinal cline in the In(3R)Payne inversion polymorphism has shifted in the last 20 years in Australian Drosophila melanogaster populations. Molecular Ecology 14: 851-858.
Paul Umina, Andrew Weeks, Michael Kearney, Stephen McKechnie, Ary Hoffmann (2005) A rapid shift in a classic clinal pattern in Drosophila reflecting climate change. Science 308: 691-693.
Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann (2005) Competitive interactions among four pest species of earth mites (Acari: Penthaleidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 98: 307-316.
Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann, Andrew Weeks (2004) Biology, ecology and control of the Penthaleus species complex (Acari: Penthaleidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 34: 211-237.
Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann (2004) Plant host associations of Penthaleus species and Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae) and implications for integrated pest management. Experimental and Applied Acarology 33: 45311.
Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann (2003) Diapause and implications for control of Penthaleus species and Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae) in southeastern Australia. Experimental and Applied Acarology 31: 209-223.
Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann (1999) Tolerance of cryptic species of blue oat mites (Penthaleus spp.) and the redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor) to pesticides. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 39: 621-628.