Masashi Nomura
Associate Professor
Bioresource Science
Chiba University
Japan
Biography
2005-present: Associate Professor at Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University. 1990-2005 Assistant Professor at Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University. United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences,Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.
Research Interest
Applied entomology, Molecular phylogenetics, Natural enemy, Intra-specific variation and Insect symbionts
Publications
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Osaka R, Nomura M, Watada M, Kageyama D (2008) Negative Effects of Low Temperatures on the Vertical Transmission and Infection Density of a Spiroplasma Endosymbiont in Drosophila hydei, Current Microbiology 57, 335-339.
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Hashiyama A, Nomura M, Kurihara J, Toyoshima G (2011)Application of molecular techniques to the identification of three plusiine species, Autographa nigrisigna, Macdunnoughia confusa and Thysanoplusia intermixta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) found in IPM lettuce fields in Japan, Journal of Economic Entomology 104, 1280-1285.
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Hayashi M, Nomura M (2011) Larvae of the green lacewing Mallada desjardinsi (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) protect themselves against aphid-tending ants by carrying dead aphids on their backs, Applied Entomology and Zoology, 46, 407-413.
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Igarashi K, Nomura M (2013) Development and reproduction of Geocoris varius (Hemiptera: Geocoridae) on two types of artificial diet, Applied Entomology and Zoology, 48:403-407.
