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Kathryn Bushley
Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research
Microbiologist

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Projects
Novel Delivery Strategies of dsRNA for RNAi-Based Control of Wood-Boring Insects
Cooperative Agreement (A)
  Accession Number: 447126
Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
Cooperative Agreement (A)
  Accession Number: 441225
Genomics of Fungi Associated with Invasive Invertebrates
Cooperative Agreement (A)
  Accession Number: 443083
Management and Biology of Arthropod Pests and Arthropod-borne Plant Pathogens
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 439292
Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
Interagency Reimbursable Agreement (I)
  Accession Number: 440840
Novel Delivery Strategies of dsRNA for RNAi-Based Control of Wood-Boring Insects
Interagency Reimbursable Agreement (I)
  Accession Number: 446328
Identification of Microbes for Biological Control of SCN in NY State
Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)
  Accession Number: 445601
A Symbiota Portal for the ARS Collection of Entomopathogenic Fungal Cultures (ARSEF)
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444725
Sustaining the USDA Symbiota Portal and ARS Entomopathogenic Fungal Cultures Collection (ARSEF)
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 447124
Developing Novel Tools to Combat Devastating Potato Pathogens - Univ of ID
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442869

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Emerald ash borer management and research: decades of damage and still expanding Reprint Icon - (Literature Review)
Jianghua, S., Tuuli-Marjaana, K., Wickham, J.D., Baranchikov, Y.N., Bushley, K.E. 2024. Emerald ash borer management and research: decades of damage and still expanding. Annual Review of Entomology. 69:239-258. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-012323-032231.
History of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae: Resolving historical problems and anticipating future challenges - (Abstract Only)
Bushley, K.E., Rehner, S.A. 2024. History of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae: Resolving historical problems and anticipating future challenges. Society of Invertebrate Pathology. 56th Annual Society of Invertebrate Pathology Meeting, July 28 - August 1, 2024.
Fungal community and metabolomic investigations reveal ash metabolites shaping phloem fungal communities in ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) resistant and susceptible against highly invasive emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Koshi, T., Zhang, B., Mogouong, J., Wang, H., Chen, Z., Li, H., Bushley, K.E., Sun, J. 2024. Fungal community and metabolomic investigations reveal ash metabolites shaping phloem fungal communities in ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) resistant and susceptible against highly invasive emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis). Plant Cell and Environment. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14996.
Fungal parasites of nematode eggs for integrated pest management of soybean cyst nematode - (Abstract Only)
Green, E.A., Kim, D., Haarith, D., Knight, N., Chen, S., Bushley, K.E. 2024. Fungal parasites of nematode eggs for integrated pest management of soybean cyst nematode. Society for Invertebrate Pathology Annual Meeting. 56th Annuanl Society of Invertebrate Pathology Meeting, July 28 - August 1, 2024.
Repertoires of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Insect and Nematode Parasitic Fungi - (Abstract Only)
Bushley, K.E., Showalter, D., Olarte, R., Rehner, S.A. 2024. Repertoires of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Insect and Nematode Parasitic Fungi. Mycological Society of America. Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting, June 9-12, 2024.
Investigating the soybean cyst nematode microbiome for biocontrol organisms - (Abstract Only)
Genomic Architecture of Fungal Metabolism Involved in Host and Ecological Specialization - (Abstract Only)
Rodrigo, O., Malvick, D.K., Bushley, K.E. 2024. Genomic Architecture of Fungal Metabolism Involved in Host and Ecological Specialization. Fungal Genetics Conference. 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference, March 12-17,2024.
Potential for Use of Species in the Subfamily Erynioideae for Biological Control and Biotechnology Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Gryganskyi, A.P., Hajek, A.E., Voloschuk, N., Idnurm, A., Eilenberg, J., Manrino, R.G., Bushley, K.E., Kava, L., Kutovenko, V.B., Nie, Y., Anike, F. 2024. Potential for Use of Species in the Subfamily Erynioideae for Biological Control and Biotechnology. Microorganisms. 12(1):168. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12010168.
Killing them softly: putting the fungal squeeze on cyst nematodes - (Abstract Only)
A comprehensive framework for the delimitation of species within the Bemisia tabaci cryptic complex, a global pest-species group - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Microbiome of North American ash for biocontrol of emerald ash borer - (Abstract Only)
Development of genetic and genomic resources for the ARS entomopathogenic fungi collection - (Abstract Only)
Sources of fungal symbionts in the microbiome of a mobile insect host, spodoptera frugiperda Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Watson, M., May, G., Bushley, K.E. 2022. Sources of fungal symbionts in the microbiome of a mobile insect host, spodoptera frugiperda. Microbial Ecology. 86:900-913. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02140-3.
Genetic diversity and aggressiveness of Fusarium virguliforme isolates across the Midwestern United States Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Olarte, R.A., Hall, R., Tabima, J., Malvick, D., Bushley, K.E. 2021. Genetic diversity and aggressiveness of Fusarium virguliforme isolates across the Midwestern United States. Phytopathology. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-05-21-0191-R.
Growth chamber and greenhouse screening of promising in vitro fungal biological control candidates for the soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Haarith, D., Kim, D., Chen, S., Bushley, K.E. 2021. Growth chamber and greenhouse screening of promising in vitro fungal biological control candidates for the soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines). Biological Control. 160:104635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2021.104635.