Research Project: Management of Aflatoxin and Other Mycotoxins in Row Crops such as Maize, Peanut, and Soybean

Location: Biological Control of Pests Research

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

How Crickets Can "Upcycle" Bad Grain Into Useful Animal Feed - (Popular Publication)
Paulk, R., Abbas, H.K., Rojas, M.G., Morales Ramos, J.A., Busman, M., Little, N., Shier, T.W. 2024. How Crickets Can "Upcycle" Bad Grain Into Useful Animal Feed. Journal of Economic Entomology. pg. 1-6. https://academic.oup.com/jee/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jee/toae025/7611982.

Evaluating Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) for the reduction of fumonisin B1 levels in livestock feed - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Paulk, R.T., Abbas, H.K., Rojas, M.G., Morales Ramos, J.A., Busman, M., Little, N., Shier, T.W. 2024. Evaluating Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) for the reduction of fumonisin B1 levels in livestock feed. Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae025.

Use of a biochar-based formulation for coating corn seeds - (Other)
Accinelli, C., Abbas, H.K., Morena, C., Bruno, V., Khambhati, V.H., Paulk, R.T., Little, N.S., Bellaloui, N., Forbes, W., Shier, T.W. 2023. Use of a biochar-based formulation for coating corn (Zea mays) seeds . Journal of Crop Improvement. https://www.tandfonline.com/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1080/23311932.2023.2283956.

Mellein: Production in culture by macrophomina phaseolina isolates from soybean plants exhibiting symptoms of charcoal rot and its role in pathology - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Khambhati, V.H., Abbas, H.K., Sulyok, M., Tomaso-Peterson, M., Chen, J., Shier, W.T. 2023. Mellein: Production in culture by macrophomina phaseolina isolates from soybean plants exhibiting symptoms of charcoal rot and its role in pathology. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14-2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1105590.

Characterization of the Aspergillus flavus population from highly aflatoxin-contaminated corn in the United States - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Weaver, M.A., Callicott, K.A., Mehl, H.L., Opoku, J., Park, L.C., Fields, K., Mandel, J.R. 2022. Characterization of the Aspergillus flavus population from highly aflatoxin-contaminated corn in the United States. Toxins. 14(11). Article 755. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins14110755.

Pigment produced by glycine-stimulated macrophomina phaseolina is a (-)-botryodiplodin reaction product and the basis for an in-culture assay for (-)-botryodiplodin production - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Alam, S., Abbas, H.K., Sulyok, M., Khambhati, V.H., Okunowo, W.O., Shier, T.W. 2022. Pigment produced by glycine-stimulated macrophomina phaseolina is a (-)-botryodiplodin reaction product and the basis for an in-culture assay for (-)-botryodiplodin production. Pathogens. 11(3):280. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11030280.