National Program Leader For:

• Biological Control Organism Databases and Assessments
  
  Accession Number: 420819
  
  
• Enhancing Pollinator Health and Availability Through Conservation of Genetic Diversity and Development of Novel Management Tools and Strategies
  
  Accession Number: 437657
  
  
• Biological Control and Integrated Management of Invasive Arthropod Pests from Europe, Asia, and Africa
  
  Accession Number: 437663
  
  
• Sustainable Crop Production and Wildland Preservation through the Management, Systematics, and Conservation of a Diversity of Bees
  
  Accession Number: 437810
  
  
• Using Genetics to Improve the Breeding and Health of Honey Bees
  
  Accession Number: 437823
  
  
• Systematics of Beetles, Flies, Moths and Wasps with an Emphasis on Agricultural Pests, Invasive Species, Biological Control Agents, and Food Security
  
  Accession Number: 437869
  
  
• The Honey Bee Microbiome in Health and Disease
  
  Accession Number: 437900
  
  
• Managing Honey Bees Against Disease and Colony Stress
  
  Accession Number: 438129
  
  
• Appalachian Headwaters Pollinator Recovery, Education, and Research Center
  
  Accession Number: 438223
  
  
• Sustainable Pest Management for Arid-Land Agroecosystems
  
  Accession Number: 438517
  
  
• Biology, Ecology, Genetics, and Genomics of Introduced Species for Biological Control of Invasive and Other Insect Pests
  
  Accession Number: 438519
  
  
• Quantifying and Reducing Colony Losses from Nutritional, Pathogen/Parasite, and Pesticide Stress by Improving Colony Management Practices
  
  Accession Number: 438749
  
  
• Systematics of Acari and Hemiptera: Plant Pests, Predators, and Disease Vectors
  
  Accession Number: 438801
  
  
• Ecologically-based Management of Arthropods in the Maize Agroecosystem
  
  Accession Number: 439192
  
  
• Improved Biologically-Based Methods for Management of Native and Invasive Crop Insect Pests
  
  Accession Number: 439207
  
  
• Exotic Whitefly and Subtropical Invasive Pests of Vegetables and Ornamental Plants
  
  Accession Number: 439251
  
  
• Chemical Communications of Plants, Insects, Microbes, and Nematodes
  
  Accession Number: 439278
  
  
• Management and Biology of Arthropod Pests and Arthropod-borne Plant Pathogens
  
  Accession Number: 439292
  
  
• Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests in Horticultural Crops
  
  Accession Number: 439374
  
  
• Sustainable Insect Pest Management for Urban Agriculture and Landscapes
  
  Accession Number: 439455
  
  
• IPM Method for Control of Insect Pests and Transmitted Diseases of Orchard Crops
  
  Accession Number: 439528
  
  
• Sequencing the Genomes of North American Bee Species
  
  Accession Number: 440163
  
  
• Conduct Longitudinal Studies on Colony Performance and Explore Near-term Effects of Nutritional and Agrochemical Stressors on Honey Bee Health
  
  Accession Number: 440232
  
  
• Development of Applied Management Systems for Diseases of Perennial Crops with Emphasis on Vector-Borne Pathogens of Grapevine and Citrus
  
  Accession Number: 441572
  
  
• Identifying Vulnerabilities in Vector-host-pathogen Interactions of Grapevine and Citrus Pathosystems to Advance Sustainable Management Strategies
  
  Accession Number: 442038
  
  
• Ecological Assessment and Mitigation Strategies to Reduce the Risks of Bees to Stressors in Southern Crop Ecosystems
  
  Accession Number: 446336
  
  

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

A chromosome-scale genome assembly of a Helicoverpa zea strain resistant to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac insecticidal protein - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Stahlke, A.R., Chen, J., Tembrock, L.R., Sim, S.B., Chudalayandi, S., Geib, S.M., Scheffler, B.E., Perera, O.P., Gilligan, T.M., Childers, A.K., Hackett, K.J., Coates, B.S. 2022. A chromosome-scale genome assembly of a Helicoverpa zea strain resistant to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac insecticidal protein. Genome Biology and Evolution. 15(3). Article evac131. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac131.

A chromosome-scale genome assembly of a Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac insecticidal protein resistant strain of Helicoverpa zea - (Pre-print Publication)

Stahlke, A.R., Chen, J.M., Tembrock, L.R., Sim, S.B., Chudalayandi, S., Geib, S.M., Scheffler, B.E., Perera, O.P., Gilligan, T.M., Childers, A.K., Hackett, K.J., Coates, B.S. 2022. A chromosome-scale genome assembly of a Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac insecticidal protein resistant strain of Helicoverpa zea. bioRxiv. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.12.488070.

Why sequence all eukaryotes? - (Other)

Blaxter, M.L., Archibald, J.M., Childers, A.K., Coddington, J.A., Crandall, K.A., Dipalma, F., Durbin, R., Edwards, S.V., Graves, J.A., Hackett, K.J., Hall, N., Jarvis, E.D., Johnson, R.N., Karlsson, E.K., Kress, J.W., Kuraku, S., Lawniczak, M.K., Lindblad-Toh, K., Lopez, J., Moran, N.A., Robinson, G.E., Ryder, O.A., Shapiro, B., Soltis, P.S., Warnow, T., Zhang, G., Lewin, H.A. 2022. Why sequence all eukaryotes?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS). 119:(4) e2115636118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115636118.

The Earth BioGenome project 2020: Starting the Clock - (Other)

2022. The Earth BioGenome project 2020: Starting the Clock. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS). 119:(4) e2115635118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115635118.

The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the Clock - (Other)

Lewin, H.A., Richards, S., Lieberman, A.E., Allende, M.L., Archibald, J.M., Balint, M., Barker, K.B., Baumgartner, B., Belov, K., Bertorelle, G., Blaxter, M.L., Cai, J., Caperello, N.D., Carlson, K., Castilla-Rubio, J.C., Chaw, S., Chen, L., Childers, A.K., Coddington, J.A., Conde, D.A., Corominas, M., Crandall, K.A., Crawford, A.J., Dipalma, F., Durbin, R., Ebenezer, T.E., Edwards, S.V., Federigo, O., Flicek, P., Formenti, G., Gibbs, R.A., Gilbert, T., Goldstein, M.M., Graves, J.A., Greely, H.T., Grigoriev, I.V., Hackett, K.J., Hall, N., Haussler, D., Helgen, K.M., Hogg, C., Isobe, S., Jakobsen, K.S., Janke, A., Jarvis, E.D., Johnson, W.E., Jones, S.J., Karlsson, E.K., Kersey, P., Kim, J., Kress, J.W., Kuraku, S., Lawniczak, M.K., Leebens-Mack, J., Li, X., Lindblad-Toh, K., Liu, X., Lopez, J., Marques-Bonet, T., Mazard, S., Mazet, J.A., Mazzoni, C.J., Myers, G., O'Neill, R.J., Paez, S., Park, H., Robinson, G.E., Roquet, C., Ryder, O.A., Sabir, J.S., Shaffer, B.H., Shank, T.M., Sherkow, J.S., Soltis, P.S., Tang, B., Tedersoo, L., Uliano-Silva, M., Wang, K., Wei, X., Wetzer, R., Wilson, J.L., Xu, X., Yang, H., Yoder, A.D., Zhang, G. 2022. The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the Clock. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS). 119(4). Article e2115635118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115635118.

The USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative: High-quality genome assemblies for agricultural pest Arthropod research - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Childers, A.K., Geib, S.M., Sim, S.B., Poelchau, M.F., Coates, B.S., Simmonds, T.J., Scully, E.D., Smith, T.P.L., Childers, C., Corpuz, R.L., Hackett, K.J., Scheffler, B.E. 2021. The USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative: High-quality genome assemblies for agricultural pest insect research. Insects. 12(7):626. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12070626.

Toward a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees - (Review Article)

Woodard, H.S., Federman, S., James, R.R., Danforth, B.N., Griswold, T.L., Inouye, D.W., Mcfrederick, Q.S., Morandin, L.A., Paul, D., Sellers, E., Strange, J.P., Vaughan, M., Williams, N.M., Branstetter, M.G., Burns, C., Cane, J.H., Cariveau, A., Cariveau, D., Childers, A.K., Childers, C., Cox-Foster, D.L., Evans, E., Graham, K., Hackett, K.J., Huntzinger, K., Irwin, R., Jha, S., Lawson, S., Lebuhn, G., Lopez-Uribe, M., Melathopoulos, A., Otto, C., Ponisio, L., Richardson, L., Rose, R., Singh, R., Steeger, T., Wehling, W. 2020. Toward a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees. Biological Conservation. 252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108821.

Gene content evolution in the arthropods - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Thomas, G.C., Dohmen, E., Hughes, D.T., Murali, S.C., Poelchau, M.F., Glastad, K., Anstead, C.A., Ayoub, N.A., Batterham, P., Bellair, M., Childers, C., Duan, J.J., Gundersen, D.E., Handler, A.M., Hunter, W.B., Scully, E.D., Hackett, K.J., et all. 2020. Gene content evolution in the arthropods. Genome Biology. 21:15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-019-1925-7.

A high-quality genome assembly from a single, field-collected Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) using the PacBio Sequel II System - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Kingan, S.B., Urban, J., Lambert, C.C., Baybayan, P., Childers, A.K., Coates, B.S., Scheffler, B.E., Hackett, K.J., Korlack, J., Geib, S.M. 2019. A high-quality genome assembly from a single, field-collected Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) using the PacBio Sequel II System. Gigascience. 8(10):1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giz122.

Arthropod genomics research in the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service: Applications of RNA interference and CRISPR gene editing technologies in pest control - (Review Article)

Gundersen, D.E., Adrianos, S.L., Allen, M.L., Becnel, J.J., Chen, Y., Choi, M.Y., Estep, A., Evans, J.D., Garczynski, S.F., Geib, S.M., Ghosh, S.B., Handler, A.M., Hasegawa, D.K., Heerman, M.C., Hull, J.J., Hunter, W.B., Kaur, N., Li, J., Li, W., Ling, K., Nayduch, D., Oppert, B.S., Perera, O.P., Perkin, L.C., Sanscrainte, N.D., Sim, S.B., Sparks, M., Temeyer, K.B., Vander Meer, R.K., Wintermantel, W.M., James, R.R., Hackett, K.J., Coates, B.S. 2017. Arthropod genomics research in the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service: Applications of RNA interference and CRISPR gene editing technologies in pest control. Trends in Entomology. 13:109-137.

Agricultural applications of insect ecological genomics - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Poelchau, M.F., Coates, B.S., Childers, C., Evans, J.D., Hackett, K.J., Shoemaker, D.D. 2016. Agricultural applications of insect ecological genomics. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 13:61-69. doi:10.1016/j.cois.2015.12.002.

Arthropod genomics research in the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service: Current impacts and future prospects - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Coates, B.S., Poelchau, M.F., Childers, C., Evans, J.D., Handler, A.M., Guerrero, F., Skoda, S.R., Hopper, K.R., Wintermantel, W.M., Ling, K., Hunter, W.B., Oppert, B.S., Perez De Leon, A.A., Hackett, K.J., Shoemaker, D.D. 2015. Arthropod genomics research in the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service: Current impacts and future prospects. Trends in Entomology. 11(1):1-27.

The i5k Workspace@NAL – enabling genomic data access, visualization, and curation for the i5k community - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Poelchau, M.F., Childers, C., Moore, G.G., Tsavvatapalli, V., Evans, J.D., Lee, C., Lin, H., Lin, J., Hackett, K.J. 2015. The i5k Workspace@NAL – enabling genomic data access, visualization, and curation for the i5k community . Nucleic Acids Research. 43:D714-719.

The i5K Initiative: Advancing arthropod genomics for knowledge, human health, agriculture, and the environment - (Review Article)

Evans, J.D., Brown, S.J., Hackett, K.J., Richards, S., Lawson, D., Elsik, C., Coddington, J., Edwards, O., Emrich, S., Gabaldon, T., Goldsmith, M., Hanes, G.W., Misof, B., Mu-Oz-Torres, M., Niehuis, O., Papanicolaou, A., Pfrender, M., Poelchau, M., Purcell, M.F., Robertson, H.M., Ryder, O., Tagu, D., Torres, T., Zdobnov, E., Zhang, G., Zhou, X. 2013. The i5K Initiative: Advancing arthropod genomics for knowledge, human health, agriculture, and the environment. Journal of Heredity. 104(5):595-600.

Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Gibbs, R.A., Weinstock, G.M., Evans, J.D., Maleszka, R., Robertson, H.M., Robinson, G.E., Weaver, D.B., Worley, K.C., Beye, M., Bork, P., Elsik, C.G., Hartfelder, K., Hunt, G.J., Zdobnov, E.M., Amdam, G.V., Bitondi, M.M., Collins, A.M., Cristino, A.S., Lafforff, H.G., Lobo, C.H., Moritz, R.F., Nunes, F.M., Simoes, Z.L., Wheeler, D., Hackett, K.J., Aronstein, K.A., Lopez, D.L., Decanini, L.I., Chen, Y., Sakazume, N., Sasaki, D., Tagami, M., Albert, S., Baggerman, G., Beggs, K.T., Bloch, G., Cazzamali, G., Drapeau, M.D., Eisenhardt, D., Emore, C., Ewing, M.A., Foret, S., Grimmelikhuijzen, C.U., Hauser, F., Hummon, A.B., Huybrechts, J., Jones, A.K., Kaplan, N., Kucharski, R., Leboulle, G., Linial, M., Littleton, T.J., Mercer, A.R., Richmand, T.A., Rodriguez-Zas, S.L., Rubin, E.B., Sattelle, D.B., Schlipalius, D., Schoofs, L., Sweedler, J.V., Verleyen, P., Vierstraete, E., Williams, G., Williamson, M.R., Ament, S.A., Brown, S.J., Corona, M., Dearden, P.K., Dunn, A.W., Elekonich, M.M., Fahrbach, S.E., Fujiyuki, T., Gattermeier, I., Gempe, T., Hasselmann, M., Kadowaki, T., Kage, E., Kamikouchi, A., Kubo, T., Kunieda, T., Lorenzen, M.D., Milshina, N.V., Morioka, M., Mougel, F., Ohashi, K., Overbeek, R., Page, R.E., Ross, C.A., Schioett, M., Shippy, T., Takeuchi, H., Toth, A.L., Velarde, R., Willis, J.H., Wilson, M.J., Berenbaum, M.R., Cohen, M., Gordon, K.H., Letunic, I. et al. 2006. Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Nature. 443:931-949.

SPIROPLASMA POULSONII SP. NOV., A NEW SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH MALE- LETHALITY IN DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI, A NEOTROPICAL SPECIES OF FRUIT FLY - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

ENTOMOPLASMA FREUNDTII, SP. NOV, A NEW SPECIES FROM A GREEN TIGER BEETLE (COLEOPTERA:CICINDELIDAE) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

REVISED GROUP CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENUS SPIROPLASMA - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF BACULOVIRUSES:SELECTION OF CELL LINES TO OPTIMIZE YIELDS - (Proceedings)

HAGV INTERFERENCE WITH PROGRESSION OF HZSNPV DISEASE IN HELICOVERPA ZEA LARVAE - (Abstract Only)

FIRST SPIROPLASMA ISOLATION FROM CATERPILLARS (SATIN MOTH--STILPNOTIA SALICIS) - (Abstract Only)

SPIROPLASMA MONTANUM SP. NOV., FROM HYBOMITRA HORSE FLIES AT NORTHERN LATITUDES IN NORTH AMERICA - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

FOUR NEW SPIROPLASMA SPECIES FROM TABANID (DIPTERA:TABANIDAE) FLIES - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

SPIROPLASMA LAMPYRIDICOLA SP. NOV., FROM THE FIREFLY BEETLE PHOTURIS PENNSYLVANICUS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

REDUCTION OF BENZYL VIOLOGEN DISTINGUISHES MOLLICUTES GENERA - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

AMENDED DATA ON ARGININE UTILIZATION BY SPIROPLASMA SPECIES - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

SPIROPLASMA DIABROTICAE SP. NOV. FROM THE SOUTHERN CORN ROOTWORM BEETLE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

FIRST ISOLATION OF THE COLORADO POTATO BEETLE SPIROPLASMA FROM EUROPE: IMPROVED CULTIVATION SYSTEMS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

SPIROPLASMA LITORALE SP. NOV., FROM TABANID (TABANIDAE: DIPTERA) FLIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

SPIROPLASMA LEPTINOTARSAE, SP. NOV., A MOLLICUTE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

SPIROPLASMA SYRPHICOLA SP. NOV. FROM SYRPHID FLIES - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

SEROLOGIC (SPIROPLASMA MOTILITY INHIBITION TEST) AND MOLECULAR HOMOLOGY AMONG COLORADO POTATO BEETLE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

SPIROPLASMAS AS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS OF INSECT PESTS - (Other)

SEROLOGIC AND GENOMIC RELATEDNESS OF GROUP XIV SPIROPLASMA ISOLATES FROM A LAMPYRID BEETLE AND TABANID FLIES: A TAXONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL PARADOX - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

THE FATE OF SPIROPLASMA FED TO NON-HOST INSECTS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

CULTIVATION OF SPIROPLASMA IN UNDEFINED AND DEFINED MEDIA - (Book / Chapter)

BIOLOGY OF THE CHRYSOMELIDAE, VOL III-V - (Book / Chapter)

IDENTIFICATION OF MOLLICUTES FROM INSECTS - (Book / Chapter)

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY (ELISA) FOR PASTUEURIA NISHIZAWAE - (Abstract Only)