Bionomics and seasonal occurrence of Larinus filiformis Petri, 1907 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in eastern Turkey, a potential biological control agent for Centaurea solstitialis L., Gültekin, L., Cristofaro M., Tronci Carlo, and Smith L. , XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Volume Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, p.150-153, (2008)

Broad-nosed weevils feeding on Centaurea solstitialis in Turkey, with a description of the new species Araxia cristofaroi sp. n. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Gültekin, L., Borovec R., Cristofaro M., and Smith L. , Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 2008///, Volume 101, p.7 - 12, (2008)

Explorations in Central Asia and Mediterranean basin to select biological control agents for Salsola tragus, Lecce, Francesca, Paolini A., Tronci Carlo, Gültekin L., Di Cristina F., Korotyaev B.A., Colonnelli E., Cristofaro M., and Smith L. , 2008, Volume Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, p.173-177, (2008)

Giving dyer’s woad the blues: encouraging first results for biological control, Cortat, G., Hinz H.L., Gerber E., Cristofaro M., Tronci Carlo, Korotyaev B.A., and Gültekin L. , 2008, Volume Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, p.133-137, (2008)

Natural history studies for the preliminary evaluation of Larinus filiformis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) as a prospective biological control agent of yellow starthistle, Gültekin, L., Cristofaro M., Tronci Carlo, and Smith L. , Environmental Entomology, Volume 37, Number 5, p.1185-1199, (2008)

Preliminary screening of new natural enemies of yellow starthistle, Centaurea solstitialis L.(Asteraceae) in Eastern Anatolia, Cristofaro, M., Hayat Rustem, Gültekin L., Tozlu G., Zengin H, Tronci Carlo, Lecce Francesca, Sahin F, and Smith L. , Meeting Proceedings, (2002)