Participated in windshield and door to door survey for dutch elm disease
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Robert K. Velten
Mullens, B. A., R. K. Velten, N. C. Hinkle, D. R. Kunney, and C. E. Szijj. 2004. Acaricide
resistance in Northern Fowl Mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum) populations on caged layer operations in Southern California. Poultry Sci. 83: 365-374.
Weeks, A. R., R. K. Velten, and R. Stouthamer. 2003. Incidence of a new sex–ratio distorting
endosymbiotic bacterium among arthropods. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. 270: 1857-1865.
Takano-Lee, M, R. K. Velten, and J. D. Edman, B. A. Mullens, and J. M. Clark. 2003. An
automated feeding apparatus for in vitro maintenance of the human head louse, Pediculus capitis (Anoplura: Pediculidae) J. Med. Entomol. 40(6): 795-799.
Bonneau K. R., J. B. Topol, A. C. Gerry, B. A. Mullens, R. K. Velten, and N. J. MacLachlan.
2002. Variation in the NS3/NS3A gene of bluetongue viruses contained in Culicoides sonorensis collected from a single site in southern California. Virus Res. 84(1-2): 59-65.
Mullens, B. A., A. C. Gerry, and R. K. Velten. 2001. Failure of a permethrin treatment
regime to protect cattle against bluetongue virus. J. Med. Entomol. 38(5): 760-762.
Mullens, B. A., R. K. Velten, A. C. Gerry, Y. Braverman, and R. G. Endris. 2000. Feeding and
survival of Culicoides sonorensis on cattle treated with permethrin or pirimiphosmethyl. Med.Vet. Entomol. 14(3): 313-320.
Platner, G. R., R. K. Velten, M. Planoutene, and J. D. Pinto. 1999. Slide-mounting techniques
for Trichogramma (Trichogrammatidae) and other minute parasitic Hymenoptera. Entomol. News. 110(1): 56-64.
Mullens, B. A., R. K. Velten, and B. A. Federici. 1999. Iridescent virus infection in Culicoides variipennis sonorensis and interactions with the mermithid parasite Heleidomermis magnapapula. J. Invert. Pathol. 73(2): 231-233.
Velten, R. K. and B. A. Mullens. 1997. A. Field morphological variation and laboratory
hybridization of Culicoides variipennis sonorensis and C. v. occidentalis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Southern California. J. Med. Entomol. 34(3): 277-284.
Mullens, B. A., E. O. Paine, and R. K. Velten. 1995. Temperature effects on survival and
development of Heleidomermis magnapapula in the laboratory. J. Nematol. 27(1): 29-35.
Mullens, B. A. and R. K. Velten. 1994. Rearing Culicoides variipennis sonorensis (Diptera:
Ceratopogonidae) on agar and nematodes. J. Med. Entomol. 31(1): 175-177.
Mullens, B. A. and R. K. Velten. 1994. Laboratory culture and life history of
Heleidomermis magnapapula in its host, Culicoides variipennis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Nematol. 26(1): 1-10.
Velten, R. K. and J. D. Pinto. 1990. Soikiella Nowicki (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)
occurrence in North America description of a new species and association of the male. Pan-Pacific Entomol. 66(3): 246-250.
Pinto, J. D, R. K. Velten, G. R. Platner, and E. R. Oatman. 1989. Phenotypic plasticity and
taxonomic characters in Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 82(4): 414-425.
Velten R K and C. L. Bellamy. 1987. A new genus and species of Coroebini Bedel from
southern California with a discussion of its relationships within the tribe (Coleoptera: Buprestida). Coleopt. Bull. 41(1): 185-192.
Pinto, J. D. and R. K. Velten. 1986. The plant bugs (Hemiptera, Miridae) associated with
Adenostoma (Rosaceae) in southern California USA. J. NY Entomol. Soc. 94(4): 542-551.
Neuroscience Letters 247 (1998) 147–150 Characterization of a plasma membrane zinc transporter in rat brain Department of Biological Sciences, Program in Neurobiology, Ohio University, Athens OH 45701, USAReceived 19 February 1998; received in revised form 26 March 1998; accepted 31 March 1998 Abstract Many studies now show that zinc plays a critical and unique role in central nerv
Potentially serious Lamotrigine-related skin rash Mohammed M. Jan, MBChB, FRCP(C). ABSTRACT Lamotrigine (LTG) is a new antiepileptic drug (AED), which has a broad spectrum of antiepileptic properties.1 It works on voltage gated sodium channels, Objective: To report our experience with lamotrigine thereby stabilizing the neuronal membrane and (LTG)-related skin rash in children