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Raman Bansal (PhD)
Commodity Protection and Quality Research
Research Entomologist

Phone: (559) 596-2768
Fax: (559) 596-2721

9611 S. RIVERBEND AVE.
PARLIER, CA 93648

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Projects
Improved Systems-based Approaches that Maintain Commodity Quality and Control of Arthropod Pests Important to U.S. Agricultural Production, Trade and Quarantine
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 439518
Improving Effectiveness and Sustainability of Gill’s Mealybug Management Program in Pistachio
Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement (T)
  Accession Number: 437923
Optimizing Phosphine for the Future
Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement (T)
  Accession Number: 438869

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
The genome of Rhyzopertha dominica (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae): Adaptation for success Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Oppert, B.S., Muszewska, A., Steczkiewicz, K., Šatovic-Vukšic, E., Plohl, M., Fabrick, J.A., Vinokurov, K.S., Koloniuk, I., Johnston, J., Smith, T.P., Guedes, R.C., Terra, W.R., Ferreira, C., Dias, R.O., Chaply, K.A., Elpidina, E.N., Tereshchenkova, V., Mitchell, M.F., Jenson, A.J., Mckay, R., Shan, T., Cao, X., Xiong, C., Jiang, H., Morrison III, W.R., Koren, S., Schlipalius, D., Lorenzen, M.D., Bansal, R., Wang, Y., Perkin, L.C., Poelcheau, M., Friesen, K.S., Olmstead, M.L., Scully, E.D., Campbell, J.F., et al. 2022. The genome of Rhyzopertha dominica (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae): Adaptation for success. Genes. 13(3). Article 446. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13030446.
Post-mating gene expression of Mexican fruit fly females: disentangling the effects of the male accessory glands Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Sirot, L., Bansal, R., Esquivel, C.J., Arteaga-Vazquez, M., Herrera-Cruz, M., Pavinato, V.A., Abraham, S., Medina-Jiménez, K., Reyes-Hernández, M., Dorantes-Acosta, A., Pérez-Staples, D. 2021. Post-mating gene expression of Mexican fruit fly females: disentangling the effects of the male accessory glands. Insect Molecular Biology. Available: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13652583?tabActivePane=undefined. https://doi.org/10.1111/imb.12719.
O Moth, Where Art Thou: tracking navel orangeworm among tree nut orchards - (Abstract Only)
Tripartite parasitic and symbiotic interactions as a possible mechanism of horizontal gene transfer Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Zhao, C., Liao, P., Miao, S., Nabity, P., Bansal, R., Liu, C. 2021. Tripartite parasitic and symbiotic interactions as a possible mechanism of horizontal gene transfer. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7550.
Characterizing resistance to soybean aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae): antibiosis and antixenosis assessment Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Bansal, R., Mian, R.M., Michel, A. 2021. Characterizing resistance to soybean aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae): antibiosis and antixenosis assessment. Journal of Economic Entomology. 114(3):1329-1335. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab038.
Transcriptome analysis reveals functional diversity in salivary glands of plant virus vector, Graminella nigrifrons Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rajarapu,, S.P., Bansal, R., Mittapelly, P., Michel, A. 2020. Transcriptome analysis reveals functional diversity in salivary glands of plant virus vector, Graminella nigrifrons. Gene. 11(11):1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11111289.
Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome: underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Sparks, M., Gundersen, D.E., Bansal, R., Oppert, B.S., Poelchau, M.F., Childers, C., Rhoades, J.H., Velamuri, A.S., Benoit, J.B., Chao, H., Blackburn, M.B., Johnston, J. 2020. Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome: underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest. BMC Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-6510-7.