This page collects the publications and presentations of the faculty of the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. For work accomplished before 2019 please also see the Department of Entomology and Department of Plant Pathology.
Research Series from 2026
Summaries of Arkansas Cotton Research 2025, Fred M. Bourland
Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Research Studies 2025, Jason Kelley and Travis Faske
Arkansas Soybean Research Studies 2024, Jeremy Ross
Publications from 2025
Phenology and seed treatment impacts surface defenses and fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) growth in rice (Oryza sativa), Devi Balakrishnan, Jessica Ayala, Alejandro Vasquez, Nick Bateman, and Rupesh Kariyat
Summaries of Arkansas Cotton Research 2024, Fred M. Bourland
Optimized atmospheric air cold plasma seed treatments differentially enhance plant growth and herbivore resistance in soybean (Glycine max) and sorghum-sudangrass (Sorghum x drummondii), Deepak Dilip, Niitha Modupalli, Soumya Unnikrishnan, Mahfuzar Rahman, and Rupesh Kariyat
Atmospheric cold plasma alters plant traits and negatively affects the growth and development of fall armyworm in rice, Deepak Dilip, Nikitha Modupalli, Md Mahfuzur Rahman, and Rupesh Kariyat
Drought and Herbivory Drive Physiological and Phytohormonal Changes in Soybean (Glycine max Merril): Insights From a Meta-Analysis, Manish Gautam and Rupesh Kariyat
Drought and Herbivory Have Selective Transgenerational Effects on Soybean Eco-Physiology, Defence and Fitness, Manish Gautam and Rupesh Kariyat
Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Research Studies 2024, Jason Kelley and Travis Faske
Arkansas Soybean Research Studies 2023, Jeremy Ross
Transgenerational Imprints of Sequential Herbivory onSoybean Physiology and Fitness Traits, Insha Shaft and Rupesh Kariyat
Insect Pests of Wheat in North India: A Comprehensive Review of Their Bio-Ecology and Integrated Management Strategies, Gurveer Singh and Neelendra K. Joshi
Compositions Comprising Peptides that Block Transmission of Orthotospoviruses, Ioannis E. Tzanetakis and Jing Zhou
Arkansas Rice Research Studies 2024, B. R. Wells
Publications from 2024
Sheep Grazing Influences the Abundance, Diversity, and Community Composition of Wild Bees and Other Insects in Livestock Pastures, Roshani Sharma Acharya, Timothy B. Leslie, Joan Burke, Kusum Naithani, Emily Fitting, Kelly Loftin, and Neelendra K. Joshi
Robust Phylogenetic Regression, Richard Adams, Zoe Cain, Raquel Assis, and Michael DeGiorgio
Rice Physical Defenses and Their Role Against Insect Herbivores, Devi Balakrishnan, Nick Bateman, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Rice Sucrose Non-fermenting Related Protein Kinase (SnRK1) Has a Limited Role in Defense Against Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), Devi Balakrishnan, Vibha Srivastava, and Rupesh Kariyat
Rice sucrose non-fermenting related protein kinase (SnRK1) has a limited role in defense against Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), Devi Balakrishnan, Vibha Srivastava, and Rupesh Kariyat
Summaries of Arkansas Cotton Research 2023, Fred Bourland
Natural Panola Mountain Ehrlichia Infections in Cattle in a Longitudinal Study of Angus Beef Calves, Cierra Briggs, Drew Casey, Anna Grace Deakins, Jeremy G. Powell, Kelly Loftin, and Emily G. McDermott
Evaluation of Drought Tolerance in USDA Tomato Germplasm at Seedling Stage, Kenani E. Chiwina, Gehendra Bhattarai, Haizheng Xiong, Neelendra K. Joshi, Ryan W. Dickson, Theresa M. Phiri, Ibtisam Alatawi, Yilin Chen, Zachary Stansell, Kai-Shu Ling, and Ainong Shi
Decomposition of Bark Beetle-attacked Trees After Mortality Varies Across Forests, N. A. Clay, J. D. Tang, C. M. Siegert, J. T. Thomason, N. Benedetto, D. Day, K. Pace, O. Leverón, R. W. Hofstetter, and J. J. Riggins
B.R. Wells Arkansas Rice Research Studies 2023, J. Hardke, X. Sha, and N. Bateman
Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Research Studies 2023, Jason Kelley and Travis Faske
Current Trends in Bee Conservation and Habitat Restoration in Different Types of Anthropogenic Habitats, Olivia Kline and Neelendra K. Joshi
Microbial Symbiont-Based Detoxification of Different Phytotoxins and Synthetic Toxic Chemicals in Insect Pests and Pollinators, Olivia Kline and Neelendra K. Joshi
Evaluation of Downy Mildew Resistance in Spinach (Spinacia oleracea), Dotun Olaoye, Gehendra Bhattarai, Chunda Feng, James C. Correll, and Ainong Shi
A Review of the Interaction Between Potassium Nutrition and Plant Disease Control, C. C. Ortel, T. L. Roberts, and J. C. Rupe
An Evaluation of Bacterial Wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) Resistance in a Set of Tomato Germplasm from the United States Department of Agriculture, Theresa M. Phiri, Gehendra Bhattarai, Kenani Edward Chiwina, Qiurong Fan, Haizheng Xiong, Ibtisam Alatawi, Ryan Dickson, Neelendra K. Joshi, Alejandro Rojas, Kai-Shu Ling, and Ainong Shi
TraitTrainR: Accelerating Large-Scale Simulation Under Models of Continuous Trait Evolution, Jenniffer Roa Lozano, Mataya Duncan, Duane D. McKenna, Todd A. Castoe, Michael DeGiorgio, and Richard Adams
Burkholderia Cenocepacia and Pseudomonas Fluorescens Compositions and Methods of using the Same, Clemencia M. Rojas, Ruben O. Morawicki, Ines Pinto, and Alejandro Rojas
Pseudomonas Protegens And Products Thereof To Control Bacterial Panicle Blight Of Rice, Clemencia M. Rojas, J. Alejandro Rojas, and Jackson Oliver Lay Jr
Integrating Ecophysiology and Omics to Unlock Crop Response to Drought and Herbivory Stress, Insha Shafi, Manish Gautam, and Rupesh Kariyat
Continuous Mowing Differentially Affects Floral Defenses in the Noxious and Invasive Weed Solanum elaeagnifolium in its Native Range, Alejandro Vasquez, Alexa Alaniz, Robert Dearth, and Rupesh Kariyat
Brown Midrib (BMR) and Plant Age Impact Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) Growth and Development in Sorghum-Sudangrass (Sorghum x drummondii), Alejandro Vasquez, Devi Balakrishnan, Jessica Ayala, Kelly Loftin, Joe Louie, and Rupesh Kariyat
Occurrence of Lotmaria Passim in Africanized and European Honey Bee, Apis Mellifera, Lineages from the United States, Mary-Kate Williams, Dylan Cleary, and Allen Szalanski
Publications from 2023
Likelihood-Based Tests of Species Tree Hypotheses, Richard Adams and Michael DeGiorgio
Fenclorim Rice Safening and Weed Control with Fall-Applied Acetochlor and Pyroxasulfone, Tristen H. Avent, Jason K. Norsworthy, Thomas R. Butts, Trenton Roberts, and Nicholas R. Bateman
Skim Resequencing Finely Maps the Downy Mildew Resistance Loci RPF2 and RPF3 in Spinach Cultivars Whale and Lazio, Gehendra Bhattarai, Ainong Shi, Beiquan Mou, and James C. Correll
Summaries of Arkansas Cotton Research 2022, Fred Bourland
Genome-Wide Association Study and Genomic Prediction of Fusarium Wilt Resistance in Common Bean Core Collection, Kenani Chiwina, Haizheng Xiong, Gehendra Bhattarai, Ryan Dickson, Theresa Makawa Phiri, Yilin Chen, Ibtisam Alatawi, Derek Dean, Neelendra K. Joshi, Yuyan Chen, Awais Riaz, Paul Gepts, Mark Brick, Patrick Byrne, Howard Schwartz, James B. Ogg, Kristen Otto, Amy Fall, Jeremy Gilbert, and Ainong Shi
Genome-wide Association Identifies Key Loci Controlling Blackberry Postharvest Quality, T. Mason Chizk, John R. Clark, Carmen Johns, Lacy Nelson, Hamid Ashrafi, Rishi Aryal, and Margaret Worthington
Cascading Effects of Cover Crops on the Subsequent Cash Crop Defense against the Polyphagous Herbivore Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), Adegboyega Fajemisin, Alexis Racelis, and Rupesh Kariyat
Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Research Studies 2022, Victor Ford, Jason Kelley, and Nathan McKinney II
B. R. Wells Arkansas Rice Research Studies 2022, J. Hardke, X. Sha, and N. Bateman
Management of Panonychus ulmi with Various Miticides and Insecticides and Their Toxicity to Predatory Mites Conserved for Biological Mite Control in Eastern US Apple Orchards, Neelendra K. Joshi, Ngoc T. Phan, and David J. Biddinger
Morphological Characterization of Intraspecific Variation for Trichome Traits in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), Satinderpal Kaur, Neetu Khanal, Robert Dearth, and Rupesh Kariyat
The Known and Unknowns of Aphid Biotypes, and Their Role in Mediating Host Plant Defenses, Neetu Khanal, Christopher Vitek, and Rupesh Kariyat
