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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
My current research is focused on understanding how chemical compounds mediate interactions among plants, insect herbivores, and herbivore natural enemies. More specifically, my lab is investigating how plants and insect herbivores use chemical information from their environment to assess their risk of attack.

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Pennsylvania State University - (State College, Pennsylvania, United States)

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Pesticide Exposure During Development Does Not Affect the Larval Pheromones, Feeding Rates, or Morphology of Adult Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Queens

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Flipping indirect defense: Chemical cues from natural enemies mediate multitrophic interactions.

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Root volatile profiles and herbivore preference are mediated by maize domestication, geographic spread, and modern breeding.

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Consistent signatures of urban adaptation in a native, urban invader ant Tapinoma sessile.

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Defense Suppression through Interplant Communication Depends on the Attacking Herbivore Species.

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Foliar herbivory increases sucrose concentration in bracteal extrafloral nectar of cotton.

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Adverse effects of inbreeding on the transgenerational expression of herbivore-induced defense traits in Solanum carolinense.

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Identification of a colony- and dose-dependent worker aggregation pheromone in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes virginicus.

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Improving Natural Enemy Selection in Biological Control through Greater Attention to Chemical Ecology and Host-Associated Differentiation of Target Arthropod Pests.

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Exposure to a putative insect pheromone enhances the anti-herbivore defenses of its host plant

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Phytohormone dynamics associated with gall insects, and their potential role in the evolution of the gall-inducing habit.

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Giant polyploid epidermal cells and male pheromone production in the tephritid fruit fly Eurosta solidaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae).

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Mortality of resprouting chaparral shrubs after a fire and during a record drought: physiological mechanisms and demographic consequences.

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Trade-offs between defenses against herbivores in goldenrod (Solidago altissima)

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Distinct chemical blends produced by different reproductive castes in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes.

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Soybean aphids exploit abscisic acid signaling to suppress jasmonate defense responses

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Chaparral Zonation in the Santa Monica Mountains: the Influence of Freezing Temperatures

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Effects of neonicotinoid seed treatment on maize anti-herbivore defenses vary across plant genotypes

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Digestion of fruit wastes by black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) larvae alters moisture content and emission of greenhouse gases, noxious gases, and odors.

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Leaffooted Bugs, Leptoglossus phyllopus (Hemiptera: Coreidae), Are Attracted to Volatile Emissions from Herbivore-Damaged Cotton Bolls.

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Identification of an insect-produced olfactory cue that primes plant defenses.

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Plant communication across different environmental contexts suggests a role for stomata in volatile perception.

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Phytohormones in Fall Armyworm Saliva Modulate Defense Responses in Plants.

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'Social glands' in parasitoids? - convergent evolution of metapleural glands in Hymenoptera

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Chemical Cues from Entomopathogenic Nematodes Vary Across Three Species with Different Foraging Strategies, Triggering Different Behavioral Responses in Prey and Competitors.

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Silencing the alarm: an insect salivary enzyme closes plant stomata and inhibits volatile release.

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Indirect plant defense may provide economically important pest suppression in sorghum.

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Aphid-Induced Volatiles and Subsequent Attraction of Natural Enemies Varies among Sorghum Cultivars.

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Cotton Fleahopper Herbivory on Cotton Squares Induces Plant Volatile Emissions that Repel Conspecifics.

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Reduced Cuticular Hydrocarbon Production in a Unicolonial Population of the Ant, Nylanderia fulva, Is Associated with Low Desiccation Resistance in its Invasive Range.

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Undercover operation: Belowground insect herbivory modifies systemic plant defense and repels aboveground foraging insect herbivores

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Low water availability enhances volatile-mediated direct defences but disturbs indirect defences against herbivores

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Response of cotton cultivars with varying maturity traits to cotton fleahopper (Hemiptera: Miridae) feeding.

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Expansion of Geographical Range and Plant Associations of Leptoglossus clypealis: a Potential Invasive Pest of Sorghum along the Texas Gulf Coast

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Eco-evolutionary factors contribute to chemodiversity in aboveground and belowground cucurbit herbivore-induced plant volatiles.

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Asymmetry in Herbivore Effector Responses: Caterpillar Frass Effectors Reduce Performance of a Subsequent Herbivore.

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Aphelinus nigritus Howard (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) Preference for Sorghum Aphid, Melanaphis sorghi (Theobald, 1904) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Honeydew Is Stronger in Johnson Grass, Sorghum halepense, Than in Grain Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor.

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The volatile emission of Eurosta solidaginis primes herbivore-induced volatile production in Solidago altissima and does not directly deter insect feeding.

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Chemical cues linked to risk: Cues from below-ground natural enemies enhance plant defences and influence herbivore behaviour and performance

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The Role of Plant-Associated Microbes in Mediating Host-Plant Selection by Insect Herbivores.

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Chemical Ecology of Multitrophic Interactions: Current Research and Potential Applications.

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Exposure of Solidago altissima plants to volatile emissions of an insect antagonist (Eurosta solidaginis) deters subsequent herbivory.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Belowground insect herbivory induces systemic volatile emissions that strengthen neighbouring plant resistance aboveground.

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Maize Plants Recognize Herbivore-Associated Cues from Caterpillar Frass.

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Plant Bio-Wars: Maize Protein Networks Reveal Tissue-Specific Defense Strategies in Response to a Root Herbivore.

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A Beneficial Plant-Associated Fungus Shifts the Balance toward Plant Growth over Resistance, Increasing Cucumber Tolerance to Root Herbivory.

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Divide and conquer: Multicolonial structure, nestmate recognition, and antagonistic behaviors in dense populations of the invasive ant Brachymyrmex patagonicus.

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Cucurbit plant defenses against aboveground or belowground insect herbivores are distinct and shaped by eco-evolutionary factors

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Corrigendum: Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus Infection Limits Establishment and Severity of Powdery Mildew in Wild Populations of Cucurbita pepo.

# researcherOn[].label
Harnessing the chemical ecology of multitrophic interactions for plant health and protection

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Investigating the indirect role beneficial nematodes play in plant protection against herbivores

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# streetAddress
Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Entomology; 2475 TAMU

# organizations[]
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# schools[]
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# etdChairOf[].label
Grunseich, John Michael (2021-05). Olfactory Cues Mediate Multitrophic Interactions Among Cucumber Plants, Cucumber Beetle Larvae and Entomopathogenic Nematodes. Master's Thesis.