Associate Professor Darren Kriticos
Honorary Professor
School of Biological Sciences
Journal Articles
Leta, Samson, Fetene, Eyerusalem, Mulatu, Tesfaye, Amenu, Kebede, Jaleta, Megarsa Bedasa, Beyene, Tariku Jibat, Negussie, Haileleul, Kriticos, Darren and Revie, Crawford W. (2019) Updating the global occurrence of Culicoides imicola, a vector for emerging viral diseases. Scientific Data, 6 185. doi:10.1038/s41597-019-0197-0
Yonow, Tania, Ramirez-Villegas, Julian, Abadie, Catherine, Darnell, Ross E., Ota, Noboru and Kriticos, Darren J. (2019) Black Sigatoka in bananas: Ecoclimatic suitability and disease pressure assessments. PLoS One, 14 8: . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220601
Ireland, Kylie B. and Kriticos, Darren J. (2019) Why are plant pathogens under-represented in eco-climatic niche modelling?. International Journal of Pest Management, . doi:10.1080/09670874.2018.1543910
Kriticos, D. J., Beautrais, J. R. and Dodd, M. B. (2018) WRASP: a spatial strategic weed risk analysis tool reveals important subnational variations in weed risks. Weed Research, 58 6: 398-412. doi:10.1111/wre.12327
Paini, D. R., Mwebaze, P., Kuhnert, P. M. and Kriticos, D. J. (2018) Global establishment threat from a major forest pest via international shipping: Lymantria dispar. Scientific Reports, 8 1: 13723. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31871-y
de Villiers, Marelize, Kriticos, Darren J. and Veldtman, Ruan (2017) Including irrigation in niche modelling of the invasive wasp Vespula germanica (Fabricius) improves model fit to predict potential for further spread. PLoS One, 12 7: e0181397. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181397
Yonow, Tania, Kriticos, Darren J. and Ota, Noboru (2017) The potential distribution of cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti), a threat to food security for the poor. PLoS One, 12 3: e0173265. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173265
Downes, Sharon, Kriticos, Darren, Parry, Hazel, Paull, Cate, Schellhorn, Nancy and Zalucki, Mryon P. (2017) A perspective on management of Helicoverpa armigera: transgenic Bt cotton, IPM, and landscapes. Pest Management Science, 73 3: 485-492. doi:10.1002/ps.4461
Harris, R. M. B., Kriticos, D. J., Remenyi, T. and Bindoff, N. (2016) Unusual suspects in the usual places: a phylo-climatic framework to identify potential future invasive species. Biological Invasions, 19 2: 1-20. doi:10.1007/s10530-016-1334-8
Temba, Benigni A., Sultanbawa, Yasmina, Kriticos, Darren J., Fox, Glen P., Harvey, Jagger J. W. and Fletcher, Mary T. (2016) Tools for defusing a major global food and feed safety risk: nonbiological postharvest procedures to decontaminate mycotoxins in foods and feeds. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 64 47: 8959-8972. doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.6b03777
Fourie, Paul H., Schutte, Gerhardus C., Carstens, Elma, Hattingh, Vaughan, Paul, Ida, Magarey, Roger D., Gottwald, Tim R., Yonow, Tania and Kriticos, Darren J. (2016) Scientific critique of the paper “Climatic distribution of citrus black spot caused by Phyllosticta citricarpa. A historical analysis of disease spread in South Africa” by Martínez-Minaya et al. (2015). European Journal of Plant Pathology, 148 3: 1-6. doi:10.1007/s10658-016-1056-x
Kriticos, Darren J. and Brunel, Sarah (2016) Assessing and managing the current and future pest risk from water hyacinth, (Eichhornia crassipes), an invasive aquatic plant threatening the environment and water security. PLoS One, 11 8: e0120054. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120054
Li, Z., Zalucki, M.P., Yonow, T., Kriticos, D.J., Bao, H., Chen, H., Hu, Z., Feng, X. and Furlong, M.J. (2016) Population dynamics and management of diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) in China: the relative contributions of climate, natural enemies and cropping patterns. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 106 2: 197-214. doi:10.1017/S0007485315001017
Beddow, Jason M., Pardey, Philip G., Chai, Yuan, Hurley, Terrance M., Kriticos, Darren J., Braun, Hans-Joachim, Park, Robert F., Cuddy, William S. and Yonow, Tania (2015) Research investment implications of shifts in the global geography of wheat stripe rust. Nature Plants, 1 15132. doi:10.1038/nplants.2015.132
Kriticos, Darren J., Ota, Noboru, Hutchison, William D., Beddow, Jason, Walsh, Tom, Tay, Wee Tek, Borchert, Daniel M., Paula-Moraes, Silvana V., Czepak, Cecilia and Zalucki, Myron P. (2015) Correction: The potential distribution of invading Helicoverpa armigera in North America: is it just a matter of time?. PLoS One, 10 7: e0133224. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133224
Kriticos, Darren J., Ota, Noboru, Hutchison, William D., Beddow, Jason, Walsh, Tom, Tay, Wee Tek, Borchert, Daniel M., Paula-Moreas, Silvana V., Czepak, Cecilia and Zalucki, Myron P. (2015) The potential distribution of invading Helicoverpa armigera in North America: Is it just a matter of time?. PLoS One, 10 3: e0119618. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119618
Cook, David C., Liu, Shuang, Edwards, Jacqueline, Villalta, Oscar N., Aurambout, Jean‑Philippe, Kriticos, Darren J., Drenth, Andre and De Barro, Paul J. (2013) An assessment of the benefits of yellow Sigatoka (Mycosphaerella musicola) control in the Queensland Northern Banana Pest Quarantine Area. NeoBiota, 1 18: 67-81. doi:10.3897/neobiota.18.3863
Cook, David C., Liu, Shuang, Edwards, Jacqueline, Villalta, Oscar N., Aurambout, Jean-Philippe, Kriticos, Darren J., Drenth, Andre and De Barro, Paul J. (2013) Predicted economic impact of black Sigatoka on the Australian banana industry. Crop Protection, 51 48-56. doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2013.03.016
Pardey, P. G., Beddow, J. M., Kriticos, D. J., Hurley, T. M., Park, R. F., Duveiller, E., Sutherst, R. W., Burdon, J. J. and Hodson, D. (2013) Right-sizing stem-rust research. Science, 340 6129: 147-148. doi:10.1126/science.1229707
Murphy, Helen T., O'Connell, Deborah A., Seaton, Gary, Raison, R. John, Rodriguez, Luis C., Braid, Andrew L., Kriticos, Darren J., Jovanovic, Tom, Abadi, Amir, Betar, Michael, Brodie, Heather, Lamont, Malcolm, McKay, Marshall, Muirhead, George, Plummer, Julie, Arpiwi, Ni Luh, Ruddle, Brian, Saxena, Sagun, Scott, Paul T., Stucley, Colin, Thistlethwaite, Bob, Wheaton, Bradley, Wylie, Peter and Gresshoff, Peter M. (2012) A common view of the opportunities, challenges, and research actions for Pongamia in Australia. Bioenergy Research, 5 3: 778-800. doi:10.1007/s12155-012-9190-6
Cook, David C., Liu, Shuang, Edwards, Jacqueline, Villalta, Oscar N., Aurambout, Jean-Philippe, Kriticos, Darren J., Drenth, Andre and De Barro, Paul J. (2012) Predicting the benefits of banana bunchy top virus exclusion from commercial plantations in Australia. PloS One, 7 8: e42391. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042391
Gibb, A.R., Suckling, D.M., Fielder, S., Bunn, B., Jamieson, L.E., Larsen, M.L., Walter, G.H. and Kriticos, D.J. (2008) Major Sex Pheromone Components of the Australian Gum Leaf Skeletonizer Uraba lugens : (10 E ,12 Z )-Hexadecadien-1-yl Acetate and (10 E ,12 Z )-Hexadecadien-1-ol. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 34 9: 1125-1133. doi:10.1007/s10886-008-9523-2
Yonow, T, Zalucki, MP, Sutherst, RW, Dominiak, BC, Maywald, GF, Maelzer, DA and Kriticos, DJ (2004) Modelling the population dynamics of the Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera (Dacus) tryoni: a cohort-based approach incorporating the effects of weather. Ecological Modelling, 173 1: 9-30. doi:10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00306-5
Adkins, S. W., Brown, J.R., Kriticos, D., Maywald, G. F. and Sutherst, R. (2003) Climate change and biotic invasions: a case history of a tropical woody vine. Biological Invasions, 5 3: 147-165. doi:10.1023/A:1026193424587
Kriticos, D. J., Brown, J. R., Maywald, G. F., Radford, I. D., Nicholas, D. M., Sutherst, R. W. and Adkins, S. W. (2003) SPAnDX: a process-based population dynamics model to explore management and climate change impacts on an invasive alien plant, Acacia nilotica. Ecological Modelling, 163 3: 187-208. doi:10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00009-7
Kriticos, Darren, Brown, Joel, Radford, Ian and Nicholas, Mike (1999) Plant population ecology and biological control: Acacia nilotica as a case study. Biological Control, 16 2: 230-239. doi:10.1006/bcon.1999.0746
Conference Papers
Hill, R. L., Buckley, Y., Dudley, N., Kriticos, D., Conant, P., Wilson, E., Beaudet, B. and Fox, M. (2004). Integrating biological control and land management practices for control of Ulex europaeus in Hawai'i. In: Cullen, J. M., Briese, D. T., Kriticos, D. J., Lonsdale, W. M., Morin, L. and Scott, J. K., Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Canberra, Australia, 27 April - 2 May, 2003. XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Canberra, Australia, (407-411). 27 April - 2 May, 2003.
Kriticos, D. J., Brown, J. R., Maywald, G. F., Sutherst, R. W. and Adkins, S. W. (1999). A population model of Acacia nilotica: a tool for exploring weed management and the effects of climate change. In: People and Rangelands: Building the Future. VI International Rangeland Congress, Townsville, Qld, Aust., (870-872). 19-23 July 1999.