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ARS Home Pacific West Area Parlier, California San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center Commodity Protection and Quality Research People & Locations







Raman  Bansal

                                                                (PhD)
                        Commodity Protection and Quality Research

                        




                        
                        Research Entomologist
                        Phone: (559) 596-2768
                        
                        
                        Fax: (559) 596-2721(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            ProjectsImproved Systems-based Approaches that Maintain Commodity Quality and Control of Arthropod Pests Important to U.S. Agricultural Production, Trade and Quarantine
                                                    In-House Appropriated
                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 439518Biology, Monitoring, and Management of Native and Invasive Stink Bugs in Almond Orchards
                                                    Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (R)Accession Number: 440852Producing Sterile Navel Orangeworm on Demand for Improvement of Pest Management (Dr. Raman Bansal)
                                                    Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (T)Accession Number: 443803Improving Effectiveness and Sustainability of Gill’s Mealybug Management Program in Pistachio
                                                    Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (T)Accession Number: 437923Optimizing Phosphine for the Future
                                                    Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (T)Accession Number: 438869**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Characterization and RNA interference-mediated silencing of tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase gene in Carpophilus hemipterus (L.) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Bansal, R., Zhao, C., Burks, C.S., Walse, S.S., Hunter, W.B. 2023. Characterization and RNA interference-mediated silencing of tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase gene in Carpophilus hemipterus (L.) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Insect Molecular Biology. 115(1). Article 22072. https://doi.org/10.1002/arch.22072.Edge effects of brown marmorated stink bug and other hemipteran pest infestations in almond orchards

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Selection and validation of reference genes for quantifying gene expression in the Mealybug, Ferrisia gilli Gullan (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Bansal, R., Haviland, D., Hunter, W.B. 2023. Selection and validation of reference genes for quantifying gene expression in the Mealybug, Ferrisia gilli Gullan (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Journal of Economic Entomology Biological Control. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad179.Baseline susceptibility and evidence of resistance to acetamiprid in Gill’s mealybug, Ferrisia gilli Gullan (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Bansal, R., Hunter, W.B., Haviland, D.R. 2023. Baseline susceptibility and evidence of resistance to acetamiprid in Gill’s mealybug, Ferrisia gilli Gullan (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 116(2):554-559. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad012.A draft Diabrotica virgifera virgifera genome: insights into control and host plant adaption by a major maize pest insect
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Coates, B.S., Walden, K.O., Lata, D., Vellichirammal, N.N., Mitchell, R.F., Andersson, M.N., Mckay, R., Lorenzen, M.D., Grubbs, N., Wang, Y., Han, J., Xuan, J., Willadsen, P., Wang, H., French, B.W., Bansal, R., Sedky, S.F., Souza, D., Bunn, D., Meinke, L.J., Miller, N.J., Siegfried, B.D., Sappington, T.W., Robertson, H.M. 2023. A draft Diabrotica virgifera virgifera genome: insights into control and host plant adaption by a major maize pest insect. BMC Genomics. 24. Article 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08990-y.RNA interference-mediated knockdown of tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (vermilion) in the dried fruit beetle, Carpophilus hemipterus

- (Abstract Only)Bansal, R., (April 10-13, 2022). RNA interference-mediated knockdown of tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (vermilion) in the dried fruit beetle, Carpophilus hemipterus. (Oral Presentation). Pacific Branch (Entomological Society of America) Meeting, Santa Rosa, CA.Updates on species composition, biology and seasonal distribution of Hemipteran pests in California almond orchards

- (Abstract Only)Bansal, R., (April 10-13, 2022). Updates on species composition, biology and seasonal distribution of Hemipteran pests in California almond orchards. Meeting Abstract (Oral Presentation). Pacific Branch (Entomological Society of America) Meeting, Santa Rosa, CA.The genome of Rhyzopertha dominica (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae): Adaptation for success
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Oppert, B.S., Muszewska, A., Steczkiewicz, K., Šatovic-Vukšic, E., Plohl, M., Fabrick, J.A., Vinokurov, K.S., Koloniuk, I., Johnston, J., Smith, T.P., Guedes, R.C., Terra, W.R., Ferreira, C., Dias, R.O., Chaply, K.A., Elpidina, E.N., Tereshchenkova, V., Mitchell, M.F., Jenson, A.J., Mckay, R., Shan, T., Cao, X., Xiong, C., Jiang, H., Morrison III, W.R., Koren, S., Schlipalius, D., Lorenzen, M.D., Bansal, R., Wang, Y., Perkin, L.C., Poelcheau, M., Friesen, K.S., Olmstead, M.L., Scully, E.D., Campbell, J.F., et al. 2022. The genome of Rhyzopertha dominica (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae): Adaptation for success. Genes. 13(3). Article 446. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13030446.Post-mating gene expression of Mexican fruit fly females: disentangling the effects of the male accessory glands
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Sirot, L., Bansal, R., Esquivel, C.J., Arteaga-Vazquez, M., Herrera-Cruz, M., Pavinato, V.A., Abraham, S., Medina-Jiménez, K., Reyes-Hernández, M., Dorantes-Acosta, A., Pérez-Staples, D. 2021. Post-mating gene expression of Mexican fruit fly females: disentangling the effects of the male accessory glands. Insect Molecular Biology. Available: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13652583?tabActivePane=undefined. https://doi.org/10.1111/imb.12719.O Moth, Where Art Thou: tracking navel orangeworm among tree nut orchards

- (Abstract Only)Tripartite parasitic and symbiotic interactions as a possible mechanism of horizontal gene transfer
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Zhao, C., Liao, P.,  Miao, S., Nabity, P., Bansal, R., Liu, C. 2021. Tripartite parasitic and symbiotic interactions as a possible mechanism of horizontal gene transfer. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7550.Characterizing resistance to soybean aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae): antibiosis and antixenosis assessment
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Bansal, R., Mian, R.M., Michel, A. 2021. Characterizing resistance to soybean aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae): antibiosis and antixenosis assessment. Journal of Economic Entomology. 114(3):1329-1335. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab038.Transcriptome analysis reveals functional diversity in salivary glands of plant virus vector, Graminella nigrifrons
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Rajarapu,, S.P., Bansal, R., Mittapelly, P., Michel, A. 2020. Transcriptome analysis reveals functional diversity in salivary glands of plant virus vector, Graminella nigrifrons. Gene. 11(11):1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11111289.Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome: underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Sparks, M., Gundersen, D.E., Bansal, R., Oppert, B.S., Poelchau, M.F., Childers, C., Rhoades, J.H., Velamuri, A.S., Benoit, J.B., Chao, H., Blackburn, M.B., Johnston, J. 2020. Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome: underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest. BMC Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-6510-7.


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