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ALARC Highlights - 2018 Editionheadline bar **Download the Latest Edition of ALARC Highlights**   **Recent Journal Publications** **Entomology** **Brent, C.S., Byers, J.A.**, Levi-Zada, A. 2017. An insect anti-antiaphrodisiac. eLife. doi:10.7554/eLife.24063. (PDF) Cook, C.N., **Brent, C.S.**, Breed, M.D. 2017. Octopamine and tyramine modulate the thermoregulatory fanning response in honey bees (*Apis mellifera* L.). Journal of Experimental Biology. 220:1925-1930. jeb.149203doi: 10.1242/jeb.149203 Eisenring, M., Romeis, J., **Naranjo, S.E.**, Meissle, M. 2017. Multitrophic Cry-protein flow in Bt-cotton. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 247:283-289. (PDF) **Fabrick, J.A., Hull, J.J.** 2017. Assessing integrity of insect RNA. USDA-ARS Research Notes. 5991-7903EN: 1-12. (PDF) **Fabrick, J.A., Hull, J.J.** 2017. Transient expression and cellular localization of recombinant proteins in cultured insect cells. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 122:e55756. doi: 10.3791/55756. (PDF) Gouge, D.H., **Hagler, J.R.**, Walker, K., Li, S., Nair, S., Bibbs, C.S., Sumner, C., Smith, K.A. 2017. Human disease causing viruses vectored by mosquitoes. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. 1744:1-10. (PDF) **Hagler, J.R., Thompson, A.L., Stefanek, M.A., Machtley, S.A.** 2018. Use of body-mounted cameras to enhance data collection: an evaluation of two arthropod sampling techniques. Journal of Insect Science. 18(2):40;1-8. (PDF) Kang, P., Chang, K., Liu, Y., Bouska, M., Karashchuk, G., Thakore, R., Wang, W., Post, S., **Brent, C.S.**, Li, S., Tatar, M., Bai, H. 2017. Drosophila Kruppel homolog 1 represses lipolysis through interactions with dFOXO. Scientific Reports. 7:16369. (PDF) Luo, J., Li, Z., Ma, C., Zhang, Z., **Hull, J.J.**, Lei, C., Jin, S., Chen, L. 2017. Knockdown of a metathoracic scent gland desaturase enhances the production of (E)-4-oxo-2-hexenal and suppresses female sexual attraction in the plant bug, *Adelphocoris suturalis*. Insect Molecular Biology. 26:642-653. (PDF) **Naranjo, S.E.** 2018. Retrospective analysis of a classical biological control programme. Journal of Applied Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13163 **Naranjo, S.E.**, Ellsworth, P. 2017. Methodology for developing life tables for sessile insects in the field using the Whitefly, *Bemisia tabaci*, in cotton as a model system. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (129): e56150, doi:10.3791/56150 (PDF) Oliveira, R.C., Vollet-Neto, A., Oi, C.A., Van Zaweden, J.S., Nascimento, F., **Brent, C.S.**, Wenseleers, T. 2017. Hormonal pleiotropy helps maintain queen signal honesty in a highly eusocial wasp. Scientific Reports. 7:1654. (PDF) Prabhaker, N., **Naranjo, S.E.**, Perring, T., **Castle, S.J.** 2017. Comparative toxicities of newer and conventional insecticides against four generalist predator species. Journal of Economic Entomology. 110(6):2630-2636. (PDF) Rendon, D., **Hagler, J.R.**, Taylor, P., Whitehouse, M. 2018. Integrating immunomarking with ecological and behavioural approaches to assess predation of Helicoverpa spp. larvae by wolf spiders in cotton. Biological Control. 122:51-59. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2018.03.019. (PDF) **Spurgeon, D.W.**, Suh, C.P. 2018. Starvation-induced morphological responses of the boll weevil, *Anthonomus grandis grandis* Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Cotton Science. 21:275-283. (PDF) **Spurgeon, D.W.**, Suh, C.P. 2017. Temperature influences on diapause induction and survival in the boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Insect Science. 17(6):124. (PDF) **Spurgeon, D.W.** 2017. Instar- and stage-specific photoperiodic diapause response of *Lygus hesperus* (Hemiptera: Miridae). Journal of Insect Science. 17(6):125. (PDF) **Spurgeon, D.W., Van Ekert, E.**, Elhoff, L.K. 2017. Accuracy of *Lygus hesperus* Knight (Hemiptera: Miridae) egg counts improves with egg development. Journal of Cotton Science. 21:1-7. (PDF) Tian, J.C., Wang, X.P., Chen, Y., Romeis, J., **Naranjo, S.E.**, Hellmich II, R.L., Wang, P., Shelton, A.M. 2018. Bt cotton producing Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab does not harm two parasitoids, *Cotesia marginiventris* and *Copidosoma floridanum*. Scientific Reports. 8:307. (PDF) Vandervoet, T., Ellsworth, P.C., Carriere, Y., **Naranjo, S.E.**2018. Quantifying conservation biological control for management of *Bemisia tabaci* in cotton. Journal of Economic Entomology. doi: 10.1093/jee/toy049 (PDF) Wang, L., Ma, Y., Wan, P., Liu, K., Xiao, Y., Wang, J., Cong, S., Xu, D., Wu, K., **Fabrick, J.A.**, Li, X., Tabashnik, B.E. 2018. Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis linked with a cadherin transmembrane mutation affecting cellular trafficking in pink bollworm from China. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.94:28-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.01.004 Zhang, H., Yu, S., Shi, Y., Yang, Y., **Fabrick, J.A.**, Wu, Y. 2017. Intra- and extracellular domains of the *Helicoverpa armigera* cadherin mediate Cry1Ac cytotoxicity. Journal of Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 86:41-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2017.05.004 **Plant Science** **Abdel-Haleem, H.A.**, Foster, M., Ray, D., **Coffelt, T.A.** 2018. Phenotypic variations, heritability and correlations in dry biomass, rubber and resin production among guayule germplasm. Industrial Crops and Products. 112:691-697. doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.12.072. (PDF) Hannam, C., Gidda, S.K., Humbert, S., Peng, M., Cui, Y., **Dyer, J.M.**, Rothstein, S.J., Mullen, R.T. 2017. Distinct domains within the NITROGEN LIMITATION ADAPTATION protein mediate its subcellular localization and function in the nitrate-dependent phosphate homeostasis pathway. Botany 96:79-96. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2017-0149 Ilut, D.C., **Sanchez, P.L., Coffelt, T.A., Dyer, J.M.**, Jenks, M.A., Gore, M.A. 2017. A century of guayule: Comprehensive genetic characterization of the US national guayule (*Parthenium argentatum* A. Gray) germplasm collection. Industrial Crops and Products. 109:300-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.08.029 Kassie, B.T., **Kimball, B.A.**, Jamieson, P.D., Bowden, J.W., Sayre, K.D., Groot, J.R., **Pinter, P., La Morte, R.L., Hunsaker, D.J., Wall, G.W.**, Leavitt, S.W., **White, J.W.**, Asseng, S. 2018. Field experimental data for crop modeling of wheat growth response to nitrogen fertilizer, elevated CO2, water stress, and high temperature. Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research. 4:9-15. (PDF) **Kimball, B.A., Pinter, P.J., Lamorte, R.L.**, Leavitt, S.W., **Hunsaker, D.J., Wall, G.W.**, Wechsung, F., Wechsung, G., Bloom, A.J., **White, J.W.** 2017. Data from the Arizona FACE (Free-Air CO2 Enrichment) experiments on wheat at ample and limiting levels of water and nitrogen. Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research. 3:29-38. (PDF) **Kimball, B.A., White, J.W., Wall, G.W.**, Ottman, M.J., Martre, P. 2018. Wheat response to a wide range of temperatures, as determined from the Hot Serial Cereal (HSC) experiment. Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research 4: 16-21. (PDF) Lamsal, A., Whelch, S.M., **White, J.W., Thorp, K.R.**, Bello, N. 2018. Estimating parametric phenotypes that determine anthesis date in *Zea mays*: Challenges in combining ecophysiological models with genetics. PLoS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195841. (PDF) Martre, P., **Kimball, B.A.**, Ottman, M.J., **Wall, G.W., White, J.W.** et al. 2018. The Hot Serial Cereal Experiment for modeling wheat response to temperature: field experiments and AgMIP-Wheat multi-model simulations. Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research. 4: 28-34. (PDF) Pauli, D., **White, J.W.**, Andrade-Snachez, P., **Conley, M.M.**, Huen, J., **Thorp, K.R., French, A.N., Hunsaker, D.J.**, Carmo-Silva, E.A., Wang, G., Gore, M.A. 2017. Investigation of the influence of leaf thickness on canopy reflectance and physiological traits in upland and Pima cotton populations. Frontiers in Crops Science and Horticulture. 8:1405. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01405. (PDF) Pyc, M., Cai, Y., Gidda, S.K., **Yurchenko, O., Park, S.**, Kretschmar, F., Ischebeck, T., Valerius, O., Braus, G.H., Chapman, K., **Dyer, J.M.**, Mullen, R.T. 2017. Arabidopsis lipid droplet-associated protein (LDAP)–interacting protein (LDIP) influences lipid droplet size and neutral lipid homeostasis in both leaves and seeds. Plant Journal. 92:1182-1201. (PDF) Pyc, M., Cai, Y., Greer, M.S., **Yurchenko, O.**, Chapman, K.D., **Dyer, J.M.**, Mullen, R.T. 2017. Turning over a new leaf in lipid droplet biology. Trends in Plant Science. 22:596-609. (PDF) **Thompson, A.L., Thorp, K.R., Conley, M.**, Andrade-Sanchez, P., Heun, J.T., **Dyer, J.M. White, J.W.** 2018 Deploying a Proximal Sensing Cart to Identify Drought-Adaptive Traits in Upland Cotton for High-Throughput Phenotyping. Front. Plant Sci. 9:507. (PDF) **Tomasi, P., Dyer, J.M.**, Jenks, M.A., **Abdel-Haleem, H.A.** 2017. Characterization of leaf cuticular wax classes and constituents in a spring *Camelina sativa* diversity panel. Industrial Crops and Products. 112(2018):247-251. (PDF) Wang, E., Martre, P., Assenge, S., Ewert, F., Zhao, Z., Maiorano, A., Rotter, R.P., **Kimball, B.A.**, Ottman, M.J., **Wall, G.W., White, J.W.**, Aggarwal, P.K., Alderman, P.D., Jakarat, A., Basso, B., Biernath, C., Cammarano, D., Challinor, A.J., De Sanctis, G., Doltra, J., Fereres, E., Garcia-Vila, M., Sebastian, G., Hoogenboom, G., Hunt, L.A., Izaurralde, R.C., Jabloun, M., Jones, C.D., Kersebaum, K.C., Koehler, A., Muller, C., Liu, L., Kumar, S.N., Nendel, C., O'Leary, G., Olesen, J.E., Palosuo, T., Priesack, E., Reynolds, M.P., Rezaei, E.E., Ripoche, D., Ruane, A.C., Semenov, M.A., Shcherbak, I., Stockle, C., Stratonovitch, P., Streck, T., Supit, I., Tao, F., Thorburn, P., Waha, K., Wallach, D., Wolf, J., Zhu, Y. 2017. The uncertainty of crop yield projections is reduced by improved temperature response functions. Nature Plants. 3:17102. doi: 10.1038/nplants.2017.102. Weaver, J.M., **Lohrey, G.T., Tomasi, P., Dyer, J.M.**, Jenks, M.A., Feldmann, K.A. 2018. Cuticular wax variants in a population of switchgrass (*Panicum virgatum* L.). Industrial Crops and Products. 117:310-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.02.081 Webber, H., **White, J.W., Kimball, B.A.**......**Wall, G.W.** et al. 2018 Physical robustness of canopy temperature models for crop heat stress simulation across environments and production conditions. Field Crops Research 216: 75-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2017.11.005 **Water Conservation** Adhikari, P., Ale, S., Delaune, P.B., **Thorp, K.R.**, Barnes, E.M. 2017. Simulated effects of winter wheat cover crop on the cotton production systems of the Texas rolling plains. Transactions of the ASABE. 60(6):2083-2096. doi: 10.13031/trans.12272 **Bautista, E., Schlegel, J.L.** 2017. Estimation of infiltration and hydraulic resistance in furrow irrigation, with infiltration dependent on flow depth. Transactions of the ASABE. 60(6):1873-1884. (PDF) **Bautista, E., Schlegel, J.L.** 2017. A flexible system for the estimation of infiltration and hydraulic resistance parameters in surface irrigation. Transactions of the ASABE. 60(4):1223-1234. (PDF) Bilal, M.F., Saleem, M.F., Wahid, M.A., Shakeel, A., **French, A.N.**, Sarwar, M. 2017. Management practices to control premature senescence in Bt cotton. Journal of Plant Nutrition. DOI:10.1080/01904167.2017.1310886. **Bronson, K.F., Hunsaker, D.J., Williams, C.F., Thorp, K.R.**, Rockholt, S.M., Del Grosso, S.J., Venterea, R.T., Barnes, E.M. 2018. Nitrogen management impacts nitrous oxide emissions under varying cotton irrigation systems in the American Desert Southwest. Journal of Environmental Quality. 47:70-78. (PDF) **Bronson, K.F., Hunsaker, D.J., Mon, J.**, Andrade-Sanchez, P., **White, J.W., Conley, M.M., Thorp, K.R., Bautista, E.**, Barnes, E. 2018. Improving nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency in surface- and overhead sprinkler-irrigated cotton in the desert southwest. Soil Science Society of America Journal 81:1401-1412. (PDF) Shamshiri, R.R., Jones, J.W., **Thorp, K.R.**, Ahmad, D., Man, H.C., Taheri, S. 2018. Review of optimum temperature, humidity, and vapour pressure deficit for microclimate evaluation and control in greenhouse cultivation of tomato: a review. International Agrophysics.32(2),287-302. (PDF) Shamshiri, R.R., Kalantari, F., Ting, K.C., **Thorp, K.R.**, Hameed, I.A., Weltzien, C., Ahmad, D., Shad, Z.M. 2018. Advances in greenhouse automation and controlled environment agriculture: A transition to plant factories and urban farming. International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering 11(1):1-22. (PDF) Spater, M., Kim, S., Kucera, L., Fisher, J., Lee, C., **French, A.N.** 2017. Linking managed and natural ecosystems through evapotranspiration and NASAs upcoming ECOSTRESS mission. Earthzine. https://earthzine.org/2017/06/14/linking-managed-and-natural-ecosystems-through-evapotranspiration-and-nasa-upcoming-ecostress-mission/. **Thorp, K.R., Hunsaker, D.J., Bronson, K.F.**, Andrade-Sanchez, P., Barnes, E.M. 2017. Cotton irrigation scheduling using a crop growth model and FAO-56 methods: Field and simulation studies. Transactions of the ASABE. 60(6):2023-2039. (PDF) Yang, Y., Toor, G., Wilson, P., **Williams, C.F.** 2017. Do septic systems contribute micropollutants and their transformation products to shallow groundwater? Environmental Science and Technology. 123:258-267. Youssef, M.A., Abdelbaki, A.M., Negm, L.M., Skaggs, R., **Thorp, K.R.**, Jaynes, D.B. 2018. DRAINMOD-simulated performance of drainage water management across the U.S. Midwest. Transactions of the ASABE. 197:54-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2017.11.012


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