Research theme for competitive and other funds (2):
2022 - 2025 伝統的生物的防除の長期・総体的研究
2007 - 2009 Analysis on the effect of an invasive pest, Dryocosmus kuriphilus and its introduced parasitoid on the native host and parasitoid fauna
Papers (33):
Kaori YARA, Terunori SASAWAKI. Dynamics of the Chestnut Gall Wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus and Its Parasitoid Wasps in a Chestnut Orchard, Where Torymus sinensis Was Released in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Annual Report of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society. 2024. 71. 71-75
Takeshi Shimoda, Yoshitake Kagawa, Kaori Yara, Ryuji Uesugi. Influence of temperature on the release of predatory mites from breeding and sheltered sachets. BioControl. 2023. 68. 6. 591-601
Seiichi Moriya, Masakazu Shiga, Ishizue Adachi, Hidenari Kishimoto, Koji Mishiro, Fumio Ihara, Masahiro Yamanaka, Takeshi Shimoda, Kaori Yara. Long-term influence (1982-2023) of the introduced parasitoid Torymus sinensis (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) on the invasive pest, the chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), at a starting point of the classical biological control in Japan. Applied Entomology and Zoology. 2023. 59. 1. 21-28
Kaori Yara, Takeshi Shimoda, Ryuji Uesugi, Yasushi Sato. Ecological Characteristics of the Two Phylogenetic Groups of Encarsia smithi (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) Reared with Tea Seedlings Infested with Aleurocanthus camelliae (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Annual Report of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society. 2021. 68. 62-65
Kazunori Matsuo, Tatsuya Ide, Kaori Yara, Kiyoko Matsunaga, Naohisa Gyoutoku, Yoshimitsu Higashiura, Junichi Yukawa, Yoshihisa Abe, Seiichi Moriya. Discovery of a native host of Torymus beneficus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae), with description of a new Dryocosmus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology. 2021. 56. 4. 451-463