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item Genomes to fields 2024 maize genotype by environment prediction competition (Feb 2026)
item Assessing artificial diet and susceptibility of Mexican corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera zeae Krysan & Smith) larvae to Gpp34Ab1/Tpp35Ab1 protein (Jan 2026)
item Lost and found: Rediscovering microbiome-associated phenotypes that reshape agricultural sustainability (Jan 2026)
item In silico detection and characterization of novel Picornavirales mined from publicly available insect RNA-seq datasets (Dec 2025)
item Evaluation of insect, disease, and bird damage in grain, silage and forage sorghum hybrids in 2025 (Dec 2025)
item Influence of history on attraction of moths to artificial light (Dec 2025)
item Gene expression differences in Bemisia tabaci following acquisition of an Old World begomovirus (Dec 2025)
item Photosynthetic and canopy traits characterization in soybean(Glycine max L.) using chlorophyll fluorescence and UAV imaging (Dec 2025)
item Notes on a Metaphycus omega-group (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) species attacking Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), with a review of the encyrtid genera reported to parasitize whiteflies (Oct 2025)
item Linking crop history to Melanotus communis (Coleoptera: Elateridae) abundance in North Carolina and Virginia agroecosystems (Sep 2025)
item Wild sources for host plant resistance to Bemisia tabaci in watermelon: insights from behavioral and chemical analyses (Sep 2025)
item Role of glandular trichomes and terpene diversity on tomato resistance against the sweetpotato whitefly (Sep 2025)
item USDA 'Cascade': a multiple pest resistant, rose-skinned, creamy yellow-fleshed sweetpotato (Sep 2025)
item Microbiome composition and co-occurrence dynamics in wild Drosophila suzukii are influenced by host crop, fly sex, and sampling location (Aug 2025)
item Evaluating diverse sweetpotato breeding lines in western Washington (Jul 2025)
item Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) assay for robust and reliable detection of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vasculorum (Jul 2025)
item Flight parameters for spray deposition efficiency of unmanned aerial application systems (UAAS) (Jun 2025)
item Data and code from: Wild sources for host plant resistance to Bemisia tabaci in watermelon: insights from behavioral and chemical analyses (Jun 2025)
item Insect abundance and richness in squash agroecosystems of Georgia, United States: the role of cultivar selection and weather conditions (Jun 2025)
item How to harvest and store corn (Zea mays) (Jun 2025)
item How to pollinate corn (Zea mays) (Jun 2025)
item Ethyl methanesulfonate treatment of maize pollen for development of segregating mutant populations or targeted mutagenesis (Jun 2025)
item Field preparation and planting corn (Zea mays) (Jun 2025)
item How to monitor growth and identify developmental stages of maize (Zea mays) (Jun 2025)
item Planting, pollinating, harvesting, and monitoring growth in maize (Zea mays) for research (Jun 2025)
item Uses and Opportunities for Ethyl Methanesulfonate Mutagenesis in Maize (Jun 2025)
item Ethyl methanesulfonate treatment of maize seed for recovery of vegetative mutant sectors and segregating germinal mutations (Jun 2025)
item Improving plant breeding through AI-supported data integration (Jun 2025)
item Function of nuclear envelope proteins in plant growth and development (May 2025)
item Nondestructive detection of sweet potato leaf curl virus using 3D hyperspectral imaging paired to machine learning (May 2025)
item Plant hormones at the intersection of stress and development (May 2025)
item Gibberellins: extending the Green Revolution (May 2025)
item Phytochemical characterization of eighteen colored corn varieties and coproducts from the 2022 season of the Missouri colored corn adaptation program (May 2025)
item Analysis of polar and nonpolar small plant growth hormones and quantification by LC/MS (Apr 2025)
item Metabolite profiling of growth regulatory hormones from maize tissue (Apr 2025)
item Sterol and brassinosteroid hormone quantification by LC/MS of picolinyl ester derivatives (Apr 2025)
item Identification of genetic loci associated with resistance to root-knot nematodes and insect pests of sweetpotato (Apr 2025)
item Screening sweetpotato germplasm for resistance to Meloidogyne incognita (Apr 2025)
item Effects of insectide use, host plant resistance, and nitrogen fertilization on the density of Melanaphis sorghi and the production of grain sorghum (Apr 2025)
item Weed hosts: hidden reservoirs for whitefly-transmitted viruses threatening Georgia cucurbits (Mar 2025)
item A knockdown in the expression of a male-specific aminopeptidase impedes the male reproductive success of the mosquito Culex pipiens (Mar 2025)
item A shift in Begomovirus coheni populations associated with tomato yellow leaf curl disease infecting tomato cultivars in the Southeastern United States (Mar 2025)
item Description of heterorhabditis americana n. sp. (Rhabditida, Heterorhabditidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode species isolated in North America (Mar 2025)
item Metabolomic profiling of purple corn pericarp phytochemicals and their efficient recovery in deep eutectic solvents with ultrasound-assisted extraction (Mar 2025)
item The first species of Prococcophagus Silvestri (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from America north of Mexico (Feb 2025)
item Life-stage dependent behavior mimics chemosensory repertoire diversity in a belowground, specialist herbivore (Feb 2025)
item Prevalence of aphid transmitted potyviruses in pumpkin and winter squash in Georgia, USA (Feb 2025)
item Discovery and field evaluation of sex pheromone components for the click beetle Melanotus verberans (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Elateridae) (Feb 2025)
item A head-specific transcriptomic study reveals key regulatory pathways for winter diapause in the mosquito Culex pipiens (Feb 2025)
item Watermelon germplasm with resistance to whitefly-transmitted viruses (Feb 2025)
item Motility genes are associated with the occurrence of Drosophila melanogaster-associated gut microbes (Jan 2025)
item A new, apterous species of Megaphragma Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae) (Jan 2025)
item Cucurbit Leaf Crumple Virus is Seed Transmitted in Yellow Squash (Cucurbita pepo) (Jan 2025)
item Crop diversity and within field multi-species interactions mediate herbivore abundances in cotton fields (Jan 2025)
item Knockdown of an ATP-binding cassette transporter in resistant western corn rootworm larvae partially reverses resistance to eCry3.1Ab protein (Dec 2024)
item Efficacy and fate of RNA interference molecules in the green pea aphid, acyrthosiphon pisum (Dec 2024)
item Optimization of polyphenol extraction from purple corn pericarp using glycerol/lactic acid-based deep eutectic solvent in combination with ultrasound-assisted extraction (Dec 2024)
item Identification and structural elucidation of acylsugars in tomato leaves using liquid chromatography-ion mobility-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-IM-MS/MS) (Dec 2024)
item Multiple insect resistance in 59 commercial corn hybrids, 2024 (Dec 2024)
item Evaluation of insect, disease, and bird damage in grain, silage, and forage sorghum hybrids in 2024 (Dec 2024)
item First detection of Bemisia tabaci MED in Oklahoma and development of a high-resolution melting assay for MEAM1 and MED discrimination (Dec 2024)
item Physical and chemical characterization of wild tomato Solanum habrochaites accessions for resistance to the sweetpotato whitefly (Dec 2024)
item Integrated management system of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci: a review (Nov 2024)
item Global genotype by environment prediction competition reveals that diverse modeling strategies can deliver satisfactory maize yield estimates (Nov 2024)
item A nuclear phylogenomic tree of grasses (Poaceae) recovers current classification despite gene tree incongruence (Nov 2024)
item Direct and indirect effects of selective insecticides on two generalist predators of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Nov 2024)
item Genome-wide association study to identify loci for sweetpotato root traits using dosage-sensitive models (Oct 2024)
item Non-feeding transmission modes of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus-IL by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci B mitotype might not contribute to reoccurring leaf curl outbreaks in tomato (Sep 2024)
item Identification of sex attractants for six North American click beetle species in four tribes of the Elateridae (Sep 2024)
item Effects of temperature and storage duration on quality of an insect artificial diet (Sep 2024)
item Microneedle assisted delivery of the cloned components of cucurbit leaf crumple virus in yellow squash (Cucurbita pepo) (Sep 2024)
item Homology-based characterization of the cis-regulatory elements modulate flavone induction of CYP321A1 in Helicoverpa armigera (Aug 2024)
item A plant virus differentially alters DNA methylation in two cryptic species of a hemipteran vector (Aug 2024)
item Interactions between migration and immunity among oriental armyworm populations infected with the insect pathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana (Aug 2024)
item A public mid-density genotyping platform for sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) (Aug 2024)
item Dietary oxyclozanide influences antioxidant enzyme activities and damages DNA in Gallaria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) (Aug 2024)
item High temporal resolution unoccupied aerial systems phenotyping provides unique information between flight dates (Jul 2024)
item Experimental heatwaves impair male fertility in oriental armyworm, Mythimna separata (Jul 2024)
item Behavioral Responses of Delphastus catalinae to Odors of Bemisia tabaci and Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Disease Complexes: Implications for Biological Control in Vegetable Crops (Jul 2024)
item A PLA2 deletion mutant using CRISPR/Cas9 coupled to RNASeq reveals insect immune genes associated with eicosanoid signaling (Jul 2024)
item Oebalus pugnax (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) resistance to lambda-cyahlothrin in Texas and efficacy of 2 alternative insecticides in grain sorghum (Jul 2024)
item Implementing digital multispectral 3D scanning technology for rapid assessment of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) weed competitive traits (Jun 2024)
item A cell line derived from the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) (Jun 2024)
item Microencapsulation of highly concentrated polyphenolic compounds from purple corn pericarp by spray-drying with various biomacromolecules (Jun 2024)
item Susceptibility of yellow squash and zucchini cultivars to the sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (MEAM1) in the southeastern United States (Jun 2024)
item Evaluation of plant introduction lines of yellow squash (Cucurbita pepo) for resistance against single infection of Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus (CCYV) and Cucurbit leaf crumple virus (CuLCrV) (Jun 2024)
item Transcription profiling reveals tissue-specific metabolic pathways in the fat body and ovary of the diapausing mosquito Culex pipiens (May 2024)
item Metagenome-enabled models improve genomic predictive ability and identification of herbivory-limiting genes in sweetpotato. (May 2024)
item ‘Erica’s Appalachian Sunrise’: An apomitically derived cultivar from Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Brave’. (May 2024)
item Tracking sweet potato leaf curl virus through field production: Implications for sustainable sweetpotato production and breeding practices (May 2024)
item Modified maximum dose bioassay for assessing insecticide response in field populations of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Apr 2024)
item Field evaluation of experimental maize hybrids for resistance to the fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in a warm temperate climate (Apr 2024)
item Halophytes and heavy metals: a multi-omics approach to understand the role of gene and genome duplication in the abiotic stress tolerance of Cakile maritima (Apr 2024)
item Begomovirus transmission to tomato plants is not hampered by plant defenses induced by Dicyphus hesperus Knight (Apr 2024)
item Susceptibility of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) adult populations to imidacloprid in Georgia, USA (Mar 2024)
item Evaluation of squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) genotypes for resistance to cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus (Mar 2024)
item Management of Bemisia tabaci on vegetables using entomopathogens (Mar 2024)
item iSalivaomicDB: a comprehensive saliva omics database for insects (Mar 2024)
item Quantifying Terpenes in Tomato Leaf Extracts from Different Species using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) (Mar 2024)
item Indomethacin and 20-Hydroxyecdysome influence protein expression in a Spodoptera frugiperda nervous system cell line (Feb 2024)
item Susceptibility of northern corn rootworm (Diabrotica barberi) populations to Cry3Bb1 and Gpp34/Tpp35Ab1 proteins in seedling and diet overlay toxicity assays (Feb 2024)
item An association between Dmnt1 and Wnt in the production of oocytes in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Feb 2024)
item Identification of a receptor for the sex pheromone of the vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Jan 2024)
item Whitefly-transmitted Viruses of Cucurbits in the Southern United States (Nov 2023)
item Insect screening results: multiple insect resistance in 64 commercial corn hybrids, 2023 (Nov 2023)
item Evaluation of insect, disease, and bird damage in grain, silage and forage sorghum hybrids in 2023 (Nov 2023)
item Use of insect row cover and reflective silver plastic mulching to manage whitefly for zucchini production (Nov 2023)
item Trade-offs among immune mechanisms: bacterial-challenged Spodoptera frugiperda larvae reduce nodulation reactions during behavioral fever (Nov 2023)
item Uptake and retention of imidacloprid and cyantraniliprole in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) for the control of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Sep 2023)
item Association of tomato chlorosis virus complicates the management of tomato yellow leaf curl virus in cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in the southern United States (Aug 2023)
item Mitochondrial genome datasets for the sweetpotato weevil, Cylas formicarius elegantulus (Coleoptera: Brentidae), collected in the United States (Jul 2023)
item Pityopsis ruthii: an updated review of conservation efforts for an endangered plant (Jul 2023)
item Precision and accuracy of field versus bioassay insecticide efficacy for the control of immature Bemisia tabaci (Jul 2023)
item Partner of neuropeptide bursicon homodimer pburs mediates a novel antimicrobial peptide Ten3LP via Dif/Dorsal2 in Tribolium castaneum (Jul 2023)
item Structure of an antennally-expressed carboxylesterase suggests lepidopteran odorant degrading enzymes are broadly tuned (Jun 2023)
item The role of Dnmt1 in oocyte development (Jun 2023)
item Determining field insecticide efficacy on whiteflies with maximum dose bioassays (Jun 2023)
item Optimization of 13-tetradecenyl acetate sex pheromone for trapping Melanotus communis (Coleoptera: Elateridae) (May 2023)
item Buckwheat flower volatiles attract Peristenus spretus and enhance its field-level parasitism of Apolygus lucorum (Apr 2023)
item HMG-like DSP1 is a damage signal to mediate the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, immune responses to tomato spotted wilt virus infection (Apr 2023)
item The role of Dnmt1 in oocyte development and its potential use in whitefly pest management (Apr 2023)
item Field-level optimization of adult Melanotus communis (Coleoptera: Elateridae) sex pheromone, 13-tetradecenyl acetate (Mar 2023)
item Predation performance and survival of susceptible and pyrethroid-resistant Eriopis connexa Germar (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to insecticides used in brassica crops (Mar 2023)
item Population dynamics of insect pests and beneficials on different snap bean cultivars (Feb 2023)
item Beyond cellular immunity: On the biological significance of insect hemocytes (Feb 2023)
item Two alimentary canal proteins, Fo-GN and Fo-Cyp1, act in Western Flower Thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis TSWV infection (Feb 2023)
item Genetic diversity, population structure, and selection of core germplasm sets from the USDA sweetpotatoe (lpomomea batatas) collection (Feb 2023)
item Performance of the lady beetle Eriopis connexa to sequential exposure to selective insecticides prevailed over its pyrethroid resistance (Jan 2023)
item A sustainable approach for weed and insect management in sweetpotato: breeding for weed and insect tolerant/resistant clones (Jan 2023)
item Encarsia hera Lahey & Andreason (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae): a charismatic new parasitoid of Aleurocybotus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) from Florida (Dec 2022)
item Improved cryopreservation media formulation reduces costs of maintenance while preserving function of genetically modified insect cells (Dec 2022)
item Why insects do not biosynthesize cholesterol (Nov 2022)
item The clock gene, period, influences migratory flight and reproduction of the oriental armyworm, Mythimna separata (Walker) (Oct 2022)
item Genome-wide and expression-profiling analyses of the cytochrome P450 genes in Tenebrionidea (Oct 2022)
item Comparative genomic analysis of ABC transporter genes in Tenebrio molitor and four other tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (Oct 2022)
item Effect of host size on susceptibility of melanotus communis (coleoptera: elateridae) wireworms to entomopathogens (Sep 2022)
item What is in a model (Sep 2022)
item Comparative genomic analysis of carboxylesterase genes in Tenebrio molitor and four other tenebrioinids (Sep 2022)
item The TGF-beta receptor gene Saxophone influences larval-pupal-adult development in Tribolium castaneum (Sep 2022)
item Identification and expression profiling of serine protease-related genes in Tenebrio molitor (Aug 2022)
item A database of crop pest cell lines (Aug 2022)
item Ranking common predators of Bemisia tabaci in Georgia agricultural landscapes with diagnostic PCR: implications of primer specific post-feeding detection time (Jul 2022)
item The larval saliva of an endoparasitic wasp Pteromalus puparum supresses its host immune responses (Jul 2022)
item Genome sequences of novel iflaviruses in the gray lawn leafhopper, an experimental vector of corn stunt spiroplasma (Jul 2022)
item Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of chitin metabolism enzymes in Tenebrio molitor (Jul 2022)
item Differential proteomics analysis unraveled mechanisms of Arma chinensis responding to improved artificial diet (Jul 2022)
item Characterization and expression profiling of serine protease inhibitors in the yellow mealworm Tenebrio molitor (Jun 2022)
item Successful Management of the pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus, in the Coachella Valley of California (Jun 2022)
item Susceptibility of snap bean cultivars to the sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, in the Southern United States (May 2022)
item iVenomDB: A manually curated database for insect venom proteins (May 2022)
item The Wnt gene family in Tenebrio molitor and other coleopterans (May 2022)
item Volatiles from cotton plants infested by Agrotis segetum (Lep.: Noctuidae) attract the larval parasitoid Microplitis mediator (Hym.: Braconidae) (Mar 2022)
item Random forest analysis of impact of abiotic factors on Culex pipiens and Culex quinquefasciatus occurrence (Jan 2022)
item dsRNAs targeted to the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens: assessing risk to a non-target, beneficial predator, Cytorhinus lividipennis (Dec 2021)
item Sex pheromone receptors of the lightbrown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana, support a second major pheromone receptor clade within the Lepidoptera (Dec 2021)
item Genetic diversity and population structure of Chionanthus virginicus L. throughout the eastern and southern range within the United States (Dec 2021)
item Thromboxane mobilizes insect blood cells to infection foci (Dec 2021)
item Retrospective of a virtual experience: ESA 2020 Annual Meeting (Dec 2021)
item Cell lines derived from the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, express insecticide targets (Nov 2021)
item Prostaglandin A2 induces apoptosis in three cell lines derived from the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Sep 2021)
item The octopamine receptor, OA2B2, modulates stress resistance and reproduction in Nilaparvata lugens Stål (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) (Sep 2021)
item Characterization of thermal and time exposure to improve artificial diet for western corn rootworm larvae (Sep 2021)
item Cell line platforms support research into arthropod immunity (Aug 2021)
item Effect of prey species and prey densities on the performance of adult Coenosia attenuata (Jul 2021)
item Silencing of a putative alanine aminotransferase (ALT) gene influences free amino acid composition in hemolymph and fecundity of the predatory bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis Reuter (Jul 2021)
item ‘Jumping Jack’: Genomic microsatellites underscore the distinctiveness of closely related Pseudoperonospora cubensis and Pseudoperonospora humuli and provide new insights into their evolutionary past (Jul 2021)
item Impact of tank mixing plant hormones with bentazon and mesotrione on sweetpotato injury and weed control (Jul 2021)
item Improving whitefly management (May 2021)
item Establishment and transcriptomic characterization of cell lines and sublines from the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) (May 2021)
item The prostanoids, thromboxanes, mediate hemocytic immunity to bacterial infection in the lepidopteran Spodoptera exigua (Mar 2021)
item Bemisia tabaci on vegetables in the southern United States: incidence, impact, and management (Feb 2021)
item Eicosanoid signaling in insect immunology: New genes and unresolved issues (Feb 2021)
item Whole-genome sequencing and phenotyping revealed structural variants and varied level of resistance against leaf crumple disease in diverse lines of snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) (Jan 2021)
item Low genetic variability in Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 populations within farmscapes of Georgia, USA (Nov 2020)
item Can generalist predators control Bemisia tabaci? (Nov 2020)
item Performance of the tiger-fly Coenosia attenuata Stein reared on the alternative prey, Chironomus plumosus (L.) larvae in coir substrate (Nov 2020)
item Transcript assembly and quantification by RNA-seq reveals significant differences in gene expression and genetic variants in mosquitoes of the Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) complex (Aug 2020)
item Cellular and humoral immune interactions between Drosophila and its parasitoids (Aug 2020)
item Predation threat modifies Pieris rapae performance and response to host plant quality (Jun 2020)
item Intraguild predation decreases predator fitness with potentially varying effects on pathogen transmission in a herbivore host (May 2020)
item Effects of two natural diets on the response of the predator Arma chinensis (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae) to cold storage (Dec 2019)
item Identification and field verification of aggregation-sex pheromone from the predaceous bug, Arma chinensis (Nov 2019)