Professor Ary Hoffmann FAA

Recent Publications 2003 - 2007

Sharley, D. Hoffmann, A.A Thomson, L.J. (2008) The effects of soil tillage on beneficial invertebrates within the vineyard. Agricultural and Forest Entomology (in press)

Arthur, A.L. Hoffmann, A.A Umina, P.A. Weeks, A.R. (2008) Tolerance of emerging pests of grains, Balaustium medicagoense and Bryobia spp., to currently registered pesticides. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture (in press)

Mitrovski, P. Hoffmann, A.A Heinze, D.A. Weeks, A.R. (2007) Rapid loss of genetic variation in an endangered possum. Biology Letters (in press)

Anson, J. Pettigrove, V. Carew, M.E. Hoffmann, A.A (2007) High molecular weight petroleum hydrocarbons derived from different sources affect freshwater benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages. Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (in press)

Herbert, K. Powell, K. McKay, A. Hartley, D. Herdina, Schiffer, M. Hoffmann, A. A. (2007) Developing and testing a diagnostic probe for grape phylloxera applicable to soil samples. Journal of Economic Entomology (in press)

Byars, S.G. Papst, W. Hoffmann, A.A (2007). Local adaptation and cogradient selection in the alpine plant, Poa hiemata, along a narrow altitudinal gradient. Evolution (in press)

Gower, J.M.C. Hoffmann, A.A Weeks, A.R. (2007). Effectiveness of spring spraying targeting diapause egg production for controlling red legged earth mites and other pests in pasture. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture (in press)

Hoffmann, A.A Ratna, E. Sgrò, C.M. Barton, M. Blacket, M. Hallas, R. De Garis, S. Weeks, A.R. Antagonistic selection between adult thorax and wing size in field released Drosophila melanogaster independent of thermal conditions. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (in press)

Thomson, L.J. Hoffmann, A.A (2007) Ecologically sustainable chemical recommendations for agricultural pest control? Journal of Economic Entomology (in press)

Chong, C.S. Hoffmann, A.A Thomson, L.J. (2007) Commercial agrochemical applications in vineyards do not influence ant communities. Environmental Entomology (in press)

Kristensen, T.N. Loeschcke, V. Hoffmann, A.A (2007) Linking inbreeding effects in captive populations to field performance – field releases with replicated Drosophila melanogaster lines under different temperatures. Conservation Biology (in press).

Daborn, P. Robin, C. Hoffmann, A.A (2007) Fighting fly genes. Trends in Genetics 23: 51-54

Kennington, W.J., Hoffmann, A. A., Partridge, L. (2007) Mapping regions within cosmopolitan inversion In(3R)Payne associated with natural variation in body size in Drosophila melanogaster.  Genetics (in press).

Endersby, N. M. Ridland, P. M. Hoffmann, A. A. (2007) The effects of local selection versus dispersal on insecticide resistance patterns: longitudinal evidence from diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)) in Australia evolving resistance to pyrethroids. Bulletin Entomological Research (in press).

Valenzuela, I. Hoffmann, A. A. Malipatil, M.B.Ridland, P.M. and Weeks, A.R. (2007) Identification of aphid species (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Aphidinae) using a rapid PCR-RFLP method based on the cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene. Australian Journal of Entomology (in press).

Weeks, A.R. Turelli, M. Harcombe, W.R., Reynolds, K. T. Hoffmann, A.A (2007). From parasite to mutualist:  Rapid evolution of Wolbachia in natural populations of Drosophila. PLOS Biology 5: e114

Nash, M.A. Thomson, L.J. Hoffmann, A. A. (2007). Slug control in Australian canola: monitoring, molluscicidal baits and economic thresholds. Pest Management Science 63: 851 - 859

Rako, L. Blacket, M.J. McKechnie, S.W. Hoffmann, A.A (2007) Candidate genes and thermal phenotypes: identifying ecologically important genetic variation for thermotolerance in the Australian Drosophila melanogaster cline. Molecular Ecology 16: 2948 - 2957

Kellermann, V.M. Hoffmann, A.A Sgrò, C.M. (2007). Hsp90 Inhibition and the Expression of Phenotypic Variability in Rainforest Species Drosophila birchii. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (in press).

Kristensen, T. N. Loeschcke, V. Hoffmann, A.A (2007). Can artificially selected phenotypes influence a component of field fitness? Thermal selection and fly performance under thermal extremes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274: 771-778.

Edward, C.L. Hoffmann, A. A. (2007). Ivermectin resistance in a horse from Australia. The Veterinary Record (in press)

Endersby, N. M. Hoffmann, A. A. McKechnie, S. W. Weeks, A. R. (2007). Is there genetic structure in populations of Helicoverpa armigera from Australia? Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 122: 253-263

Schiffer, M. Kennington, W.J. Hoffmann, A.A Blacket, M.J. (2007). Lack of genetic structure among ecologically adapted populations of an Australian rainforest Drosophila species as indicated by microsatellite markers and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Ecology 16: 1687-1700

Willi, Y. Van Buskirk, J. Hoffmann, A.A (2007). Limits to the adaptive potential of small populations. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 37: 433-458.

Loeschcke, V. Hoffmann, A. A. (2007) Consequences of heat hardening on a field fitness component in Drosophila depend on environmental temperature.  American Naturalist 189: 175-183.

Thomson, L.J. Hoffmann, A.A (2007) Effects of ground cover (straw and compost) on the abundance of natural enemies and soil macroinvertebrates in vineyards. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 9: 173-179

Thomson, L.J. Sharley, D.J. Hoffmann, A.A (2007). Beneficial organisms as bioindicators for environmental sustainability in the grape industry. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 47: 404-411

Hoffmann, A.A Daborn, P. J. (2007) Towards genetic markers in animal populations as biomonitors for human-induced environmental change. Ecology Letters 10: 63-76.

Mitrovski, P. Heinze, D.A. Broome, L. Hoffmann, A.A Weeks, A.R. (2007) High levels of variation despite genetic fragmentation in populations of the endangered mountain pygmy-possum, Burramys parvus, in alpine Australia. Molecular Ecology 16: 75-87.

Hoffmann, A. A. Weeks, A. R. (2007). Climatic selection on genes and traits after a 100 year-old invasion: a critical look at the temperate-tropical clines in Drosophila melanogaster from eastern Australia. Genetica 129: 133-147.

Debat, V. Milton, C.C. Rutherford, S.L. Klingenberg, C.P. Hoffmann, A.A (2006).  Hsp90 and the quantitative variation of wing shape in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 60:2529-2538.

Thomson, L.J. Hoffmann, A.A (2006) Field validation of laboratory-derived IOBC toxicity ratings for natural enemies in commercial vineyards. Biological Control 39:507-515.

Hoffmann, A. A. Loeschcke, V. (2006). Are fitness effects of density mediated by body size? Evidence from Drosophila field releases. Evolutionary Ecology Research 8: 813-828.

Herbert, K. S. Hoffmann, A. A. Powell, K.S.  (2006). Changes in grape phylloxera abundance in ungrafted vineyards from south-eastern Australia. Journal of Economic Entomology 99: 1774-1783.

Tsitsilas, A. Stuckey, S. Hoffmann, A.A Weeks, A.R. Thomson, L.J. (2006). Shelterbelts in agricultural landscapes suppress invertebrate pests. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46: 1379-1388.

Kellermann, V. M. Van Heerwaarden, B. Hoffmann, A. A. Sgro, C. M. (2006). Very low additive genetic variance and evolutionary potential in multiple populations of two rainforest Drosophila species. Evolution 60: 1104-1108.

Sgrò, C. M. Magiafoglou, A. Faine, L. Hoffmann, A. A. (2006).  Absence of clinal variation in virgin retention capacity in Australian Drosophila melanogaster. Evolutionary Ecology 20: 407-413.

Telonis-Scott, M., Guthridge, K. M., Hoffmann, A. A. (2006). A new set of laboratory selected Drosophila melanogaster lines for the analysis of desiccation resistance: response to selection, physiology and correlated responses. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 1837-1847.

Rako, L. Anderson, A.R., Sgrò, C.M. Stocker, A.J. Hoffmann, A.A (2006). The association between inversion In(3R)Payne and clinally varying traits in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetica 128: 373-384.

Kennington, W.J. Partridge, L. Hoffmann, A. A. (2006). Patterns of diversity and linkage disequilibrium within the cosmopolitan inversion In(3R)Payne in Drosophila melanogaster are indicative of coadaptation. Genetics 172: 1655-1663.

Umina, P. A. Hoffmann, A. A. Weeks, A. R. McKechnie, S. W. (2006). An independent non-linear latitudinal cline for the sn-glycerol-3-phospate (a-Gpdh) polymorphism of D. melanogaster in eastern Australia. Genetical Research 87: 13-21

Schiffer, M. Gilchrist, A. S. Hoffmann, A. A. (2006). The contrasting genetic architecture of wing size, viability and development time in a rainforest species and its more widely distributed relative. Evolution 60: 106-114.

Rako, L. Hoffmann, A.A (2006). Complexity of the cold acclimation response in Drosophila. Journal of Insect Physiology 52: 94-104.

Collinge, J.E. Hoffmann, A.A McKechnie, S.W. (2006). Altitudinal patterns for latitudinally-varying traits and polymorphic markers in Drosophila melanogaster from eastern Australia. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 473-482.

Weeks, A. R. McKechnie, S. W. Hoffmann, A. A. (2006). In search of clinal variation in the period and clock timing genes in Australian Drosophila melanogaster populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 551-557.

Bahrndorff, S. Ward, J. Pettigrove, V. Hoffmann, A. A. (2006) A microcosm test of adaptation and species specific responses to polluted sediments applicable to indigenous chironomids (Diptera). Environmental Pollution 139: 550-560.

Hidrayani, Purnomo, Rauf, A. Ridland, P.M. Hoffmann, A. A. (2005) Pesticide applications on Java potato fields are ineffective in controlling leafminers and have antagonistic effects on natural enemies of leafminers. International Journal of Pest Management 51: 181-187.

Kellett, M. Hoffmann, A. A. McKechnie, S.W. (2005) Hardening capacity in the Drosophila melanogaster species group is constrained by basal thermotolerance. Functional Ecology 19: 853-858.

Milton, C.C. Batterham, P. McKenzie, J.A. Hoffmann, A.A (2005). Effect of E(sev) and Su(Raf) Hsp83 mutants and transheterozygotes on bristle trait means and variation in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 171: 119-130.

Pettigrove, V. Hoffmann, A. A. (2005). Effects of long chain hydrocarbon polluted sediment on freshwater macroinvertebrates. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24: 2500-2508.

Carew, M. E., Pettigrove, V. Hoffmann, A. A. (2005). The utility of DNA markers in classical taxonomy: using CO1 markers to differentiate Australian Cladopelma (Diptera: Chironomidae) midges. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98:587-594.

Umina, P.A. Weeks, A.R. Kearney, M.R. McKechnie, S.W. Hoffmann, A.A. (2005). A rapid shift in a classic clinal pattern in Drosophila reflecting climate change. Science 308: 691-693.

Blows, M.W. Hoffmann, A.A. (2005) A reassessment of genetic limits to evolutionary change. Ecology 86: 1371-1384.

Anderson, A.R. Hoffmann, A.A. McKechnie, S.W., Umina, P.A. Weeks, A.R. (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.

Hoffmann, A.A. Shirriffs, J. Scott, M. (2005). Relative importance of plastic versus genetic factors in adaptive differentiation: geographical variation for stress resistance in Drosophila melanogaster from eastern Australia. Functional Ecology 19: 222-227.

Hoffmann, A.A. Hallas, R. Anderson, A.R., Telonis-Scott, M. (2005). Evidence for a robust sex-specific trade-off between cold resistance and starvation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18: 804-810.

Hoffmann, A.A. McKenzie, J.A. (2005) Capacitators, stressors, phenotypic variability and evolutionary change. In "Phenotypic Variation", edited by B. Hallgrimsson and B. Hall. Academic Press.

Hoffmann, A.A Woods, R.E. Collins, E. Wallin, K. White, A. McKenzie, J.A. (2005). Wing shape versus asymmetry as an indicator of changing environmental conditions in insects. Australian Journal of Entomology 44: 233-243.

Pettigrove, V. Hoffmann, A.A (2005). A field-based microcosm method to assess the effects of polluted urban stream sediments on aquatic macroinvertebrates. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24: 170-180.

Umina, P. Hoffmann, A.A (2005) Interactions among four pest species of earth mites (Acari: Penthaleidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 98: 307-316.

Anderson, A.R. Hoffmann, A.A McKechnie, S.W. (2005). Response to selection for rapid chill-coma-recovery in Drosophila melanogaster: physiology and life history traits. Genetical Research 85: 15-22.

Bernard, M.B. Horne, P.A. Hoffmann, A.A. (2004). Eriophyoid mite damage in Vitis vinifera (grapevine) in Australia: Calepitrimerus vitis and Colomerus vitis (Acarina: Eriophyidae) as the common cause of the widespread 'Restricted spring growth' syndrome (RSG). Experimental and Applied Acarology 35: 1-2 

Harcombe, W.R. Hoffmann, A.A. (2004). Wolbachia effects in Drosophila melanogaster: in search of fitness benefits. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 87: 45-50.

Umina, P.A. Hoffmann, A.A. Weeks, A.R. (2004). The biology, ecology and control of the Penthaleus species complex (Acari: Penthaleidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 34: 211-237.

Umina, P.A. Hoffmann, A.A. (2004). Plant host associations of Penthaleus species and Halotydeus destructor (Acari : Penthaleidae) and implications for integrated pest management. Experimental and Applied Acarology 33: 1-20.

Stocker, A.J. Foley, B. Hoffmann, A.A. (2004). Inversion frequencies in Drosophila serrata along an eastern Australian transect. Genome 47: 1144-1153.

Kolliker-Ott, U.M. Bigler, F. Hoffmann, A.A. (2004). Field dispersal and host location of Trichogramma brassicae is influenced by wing size but not wing shape. Biocontrol 31: 1-10.

Anderson, A.R. Hoffmann, A.A. McKechnie, S.W. (2004). Response to selection for rapid chill-coma-recovery in Drosophila melanogaster: physiology and life history traits. Genetical Research (in press)

McDonald, S.S. Rako, L. Batterham, P. Hoffmann, A.A. (2004). Dissecting chill coma recovery as a measure of cold resistance: evidence for a biphasic response in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology 50: 695-700.

Griffiths, J.A. Schiffer, M. Hoffmann, A.A. (2004). Clinal variation and laboratory adaptation in the rainforest species Drosophila birchii for stress resistance, wing size and wing shape and development time. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18: 213-222.

Sgró, C. M. Hoffmann, A. A. (2004). Genetic correlations, trade-offs, and environmental variation. Heredity 93: 241-248.

Thomson, L.J. Neville, P.J. Hoffmann, A.A. (2004) Effectiveness of trapping methods for assessing invertebrates in vineyards. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture. 44: 947-953.

Umina, P. Hoffmann, A.A. (2004) Interactions among four pest species of earth mites (Acari: Penthaleidae). Journal of Economic Entomology (in press).

Prijono, D. Robinson, M. Rauf, A. Bjorksten, T. Hoffmann, A.A. (2004) Toxicity of chemicals commonly used in Indonesian vegetable crops to Liriomyza huidobrensis populations and the Indonesian parasitoids Hemiptarsenus varicornis, Opius sp. and Gronotoma micromorpha, as well as the Australian parasitoids H. varicornis and Diglyphus isaea. Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 1191-1197.

Hoffmann, A.A. Sgró, C.M. Weeks, A.R. (2004). Chromosomal inversion polymorphism and adaptation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19: 482-488.

Carew, M. E. Goodisman, M. A. D. Hoffmann, A.A. (2004) Species status and population genetic structure of grape vine eriophyoid mites (Acari:Eriophoidae). Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 111: 87-96.

Bernard, M. B. Horne, P. A. Hoffmann, A. A. (2004) Developing eco-toxicological testing standard for predatory mites in Australia: acute and sub-lethal effects of fungicides on Euseius victoriensis and Galendromus occidentalis (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 891-899.

Schiffer, M. Carew, M.E. Hoffmann, A.A. (2004) Molecular, morphological and behavioural data reveal the presence of a cryptic species in the widely studied Drosophila serrata complex. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17:430-442.

Rundle, B. Thomson, L. Hoffmann. A. A. (2003) Effects of cold storage on field and laboratory performance of Trichogramma carverae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) and the response of three Trichogramma spp. (T. carverae, T. nr. brassicae, and T. funiculatum) to cold. Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 213-221.

Magiafoglou, A. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003) Thermal adaptation in Drosophila serrata under conditions linked to its southern border: unexpected patterns from laboratory selection suggest limited evolutionary potential. Journal of Genetics 82: 179-189.

Umina, PA; Hoffmann, AA (2003) Diapause and implications for control of Penthaleus species and Halotydeus destructor (Acari : Penthaleidae) in southeastern Australia. Experimental and Applied Acarology 31: 209-223.

Kolliker-Ott, U.M. Bigler, F. Hoffmann, A.A. (2003) Does mass rearing of field collected Trichogramma brassicae wasps influence acceptance of European corn borer eggs? Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 109: 197-203.

Milton, C.C. Huynh, B. Batterham, P. Rutherford, S.L. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003) Quantitative trait symmetry independent of Hsp90 buffering: distinct modes of genetic canalization and developmental stability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 100: 13396-13401.

Telonis-Scott, M. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003) Isolation of a Drosophila melanogaster desiccation resistant mutant. Journal of Insect Physiology 49:1013-1020.

Corrie, A. M. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003) Genetic structure of grape phylloxera from the roots and leaves of Vitis. Heredity 92:118-127.

Carew, M. E., Pettigrove, V. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003) Identifying chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) for biological monitoring with PCR - RFLP. Bulletin of Entomological Research 93: 483-490.

Magiafoglou, A. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003). Cross generation effects due to cold exposure in Drosophila serrata. Functional Ecology 17: 664-672.

Hoffmann, A. A. Hallas, R. Deans, J. Schiffer, M. (2003). Low potential for climatic stress adaptation in a rainforest Drosophila species. Science 301: 100-102.

Tan-Kristanto, A. Hoffmann, A.A. Woods, R. Batterham, P. Cobbett, C. Sinclair, C. (2003) Translational asymmetry as a sensitive indicator of cadmium stress in plants: a laboratory test with wild-type and mutant Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 159: 471-477.

Sinclair, C. Hoffmann, A.A. (2003). Monitoring salt stress in grapevines: Are measures of plant trait variability useful? Journal of Applied Ecology 40: 928-937.

Hewa-Kapuge, S. McDougall, S. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003). Effects of methoxyfenozide, indoxacarb and other insecticides on the beneficial egg parasitoid Trichogramma nr. brassicae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) under laboratory and field conditions. Journal of Economic Entomology 96: 1083-1090.

Fryenberg, J. Hoffmann, A.A Loeschcke, V. (2003) DNA sequence variation and latitudinal associations in hsp23, hsp26 and hsp27 from natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular Ecology 12: 2025-2032.

Hoffmann, A. A. Scott, M. Partridge, L. Hallas, R. (2003) Overwintering in Drosophila melanogaster: outdoor field cage experiments on clinal and laboratory selected populations help to elucidate traits under selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 614-623.

Reynolds, K. T. Thomson, L. J. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003) The effects of host age, host nuclear background and temperature on phenotypic effects of the virulent Wolbachia strain popcorn in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 164: 1027-1034.

Corrie, A.M., Van Heeswijck, R. Hoffmann, A.A (2003) Evidence for host associated clones of grape phylloxera Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Hemiptera: Phylloxeridae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 93:193-201.

Magiafoglou, A. Schiffer, M. Hoffmann, A.A McKechnie, S.W.  (2003) Immunocontraception for population control: will resistance evolve? Immunology and Cell Biology 81: 152-159.

Sinclair, C. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003) Developmental stability as a potential tool in the early detection of salinity stress in wheat. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164: 325-331.

Hoffmann, A. A. Sørenson, J. G. Loeschcke, V. (2003) Adaptation of Drosophila to temperature extremes: bringing together quantitative and molecular approaches. Journal of Thermal Biology 28: 175-216.

Thomson, L. J. Rundle, B. J. Carew, M. E. Hoffmann, A.A (2003) Identification and characterization of Trichogramma species from south-eastern Australia using the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS-2) region of the ribosomal gene complex. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 106:235-240.

Hoffmann, A.A Woods, R.E. (2003) Associating stress with developmental stability: problems and patterns. In: Developmental Instability: Causes and Consequences. Edited by M. Polak. Oxford University Press, New York.

Rundle, B. Hoffmann, A.A (2003) Overwintering behaviour of Trichogramma funiculatum Carver (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) under semi-natural conditions, Environmental Entomology 32: 290-298.

Anderson, A. R. Collinge, J. E, Hoffmann, A.A Kellett, M. McKechnie, S.W. (2003) Thermal tolerance trade-offs associated with the right arm of chromosome 3 and marked by the hsr-omega gene in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 90: 195-202.

Kölliker-Ott, U.M. Blows, M.W. Hoffmann, A.A (2003) Are wing size, wing shape and asymmetry related to field fitness of parasitoids? Oikos 100: 563-573.

Pettigrove, V. Hoffmann, A.A (2003) Impact of urbanisation on heavy metal  contamination in urban stream sediments: influence of catchment geology. Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology 9:119-128.