Search Results - "Murrell, Ebony G."
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uafR: An R package that automates mass spectrometry data processing
Published in PloS one (05-07-2024)“…Chemical information has become increasingly ubiquitous and has outstripped the pace of analysis and interpretation. We have developed an R package, uafR, that…”
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Nutrition vs association: plant defenses are altered by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi association not by nutritional provisioning alone
Published in BMC plant biology (16-08-2022)“…While it is known that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can improve nutrient acquisition and herbivore resistance in crops, the mechanisms by which AMF…”
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Detritus Type Alters the Outcome of Interspecific Competition Between Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Published in Journal of medical entomology (01-05-2008)“…Many studies of interspecific competition between Aedes albopictus (Skuse) and Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae show that Ae. albopictus are…”
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Cover crop mixture expression is influenced by nitrogen availability and growing degree days
Published in PloS one (27-07-2020)“…Cover crop mixtures can provide multiple ecosystem services but provisioning of these services is contingent upon the expression of component species in the…”
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Shared phytochemicals predict efficacy of essential oils against western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) in the greenhouse
Published in Chemical and biological technologies in agriculture (24-08-2022)“…Western flower thrips ( Frankliniella occidentalis ; Thysanoptera: Thripidae), or WFT, are a global pest of commercial crops, particularly those grown in…”
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Competitive abilities in experimental microcosms are accurately predicted by a demographic index for R
Published in PloS one (06-09-2012)“…Resource competition theory predicts that R*, the equilibrium resource amount yielding zero growth of a consumer population, should predict species'…”
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Balancing Forage Production, Seed Yield, and Pest Management in the Perennial Sunflower Silphium integrifolium (Asteraceae)
Published in Agronomy (Basel) (01-10-2020)“…The perennial sunflower Silphium integrifolium Michx. (Asteraceae), also known as silflower, is a prospective dual-purpose forage plus grain crop…”
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Field Trapping and Flight Capacity of Eucosma giganteana (Riley) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Response to Behaviorally Active Congeneric Semiochemicals in Novel Silflower Agroecosystems
Published in Insects (Basel, Switzerland) (01-04-2022)“…is a novel perennial crop being developed for oilseed and biofuel in the midwestern US. One of the primary pests in this system is (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)…”
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Can agricultural practices that mitigate or improve crop resilience to climate change also manage crop pests?
Published in Current opinion in insect science (01-10-2017)“…•Climate change effect-mitigating farming practices may also facilitate pest control.•Practices can be used to control pest abundance and natural enemy…”
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Warming Alters Prey Density and Biological Control in Conventional and Organic Agricultural Systems
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (01-07-2017)“…Studies have shown that organically farmed fields promote natural predator populations and often have lower pest populations than conventional fields, due to a…”
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Predation resistance does not trade off with competitive ability in early-colonizing mosquitoes
Published in Oecologia (01-11-2013)“…The tradeoff between colonization and competitive ability has been proposed as a mechanism for ecological succession, and this tradeoff has been demonstrated…”
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Attracted to the enemy: Aedes aegypti prefers oviposition sites with predator-killed conspecifics
Published in Oecologia (01-06-2014)“…Oviposition habitat choices of species with aquatic larvae are expected to be influenced by both offspring risk of mortality due to predation, and offspring…”
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Effect of two commercial herbicides on life history traits of a human disease vector, Aedes aegypti, in the laboratory setting
Published in Ecotoxicology (London) (01-07-2016)“…Some mosquito species utilize the small niches of water that are abundant in farmland habitats. These niches are susceptible to effects from agricultural…”
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Assessing effective mechanical and chemical strategies for managing Eucosma giganteana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in the perennial oilseed crop, Silphium integrifolium (Asteraceae: Heliantheae)
Published in Journal of insect science (Tucson, Ariz.) (01-11-2023)“…Eucosma giganteana (Riley) is a native specialist pest of silflower, Silphium integrifolium Michx., which is currently being domesticated as a perennial…”
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How the Nitrogen Economy of a Perennial Cereal-Legume Intercrop Affects Productivity: Can Synchrony Be Achieved?
Published in Frontiers in sustainable food systems (29-04-2022)“…The UN's Sustainable Development goal of Zero Hunger encompasses a holistic set of targets that range from ending hunger by 2030, to increasing environmental…”
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Contributions of temporal segregation, oviposition choice, and non-additive effects of competitors to invasion success of Aedes japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) in North America
Published in Biological invasions (01-06-2015)“…The mosquito Aedes japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) has spread rapidly through North America since its introduction in the 1990s. The mechanisms underlying its…”
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Conventional and Organic Soil Fertility Management Practices Affect Corn Plant Nutrition and Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Larval Performance
Published in Environmental entomology (01-10-2014)“…Few studies compare how different soil fertilization practices affect plant mineral content and insect performance in organic systems. This study examined: 1)…”
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Phylogeography of Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) in South Florida: mtDNA evidence for human-aided dispersal
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-09-2013)“…The invasive dengue vector Aedes aegypti has persisted for > 200 years in South Florida in the United States. We tested the hypotheses that Florida's landscape…”
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Ecosystem Services and Disservices Are Bundled in Simple and Diverse Cover Cropping Systems
Published in Agricultural & environmental letters (2017)“…Core Ideas Cover crop monocultures and mixtures support multiple ecosystem services. Service interactions can lead to bundling, or co‐occurrence, of certain…”
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Balancing multiple objectives in organic feed and forage cropping systems
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (15-02-2017)“…•Multiple management tools are required to manage for multiple agronomic objectives.•Organic cropping systems differing in tillage, inputs, and rotations were…”
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