Research Statement
Agricultural entomology and pest management: Pest management in deciduous fruits and nuts; San Jose scale and mites; trapping and monitoring systems for scale, peach twig borer, navel orange worm, oriental fruit moth, codling moth, omnivorous leafroller, and Hemiptera; mating disruption using pheromones. Regulatory and quarantine entomology, especially tephritid fruit flies. Pest phenology models.

1997. Millar, J.G., R.E. Rice, and Q. Wang.  Sex pheromone of the Mirid bug Phytocoris relativus Knight. J. Chem. Ecol. In Press.

1990. Rice, R.E., and P. Kirsch.  Mating disruption of oriental fruit moth in the United States. In: Behavior-modifying chemicals for insect management: Applications of pheromones and other attractants. R.L. Ridgway, R.M. Silverstein, and M.N. Inscoe (eds.). Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York. pp. 193-211.

1988. Rice, R.E., and R.A. Jones.  Timing post-bloom sprays for peach twig borer (Lepidoptera: Gelichiidae) and San Jose scale (Homoptera: Diaspididae). J. Econ. Entomol. 81(1):293-299.

1988. Rice, R.E., W.J. Bentley, and R.H. Beede.  Insect and mite pests of pistachios. U.C. Extension Circular No. 21452. 28 pp.

1984. Rice, R.E., C.V. Weakley, and R.A. Jones.  Using degree-days to determine optimum spray timing for the Oriental fruit moth. J. Econ. Entomol. 77:698-700.