Articles, reports, and other short publications produced by faculty, staff, and students affiliated with Mississippi State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Articles
An Assessment of the Food Retail Environment in Counties with High Obesity Rates in Mississippi, Linlin Fan, Elizabeth Canales, Brent Fountain, and David R. Buys
Isolation of “Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae” (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in Embryonic Cells of Naturally Infected Amblyomma maculatum (Ixodida: Ixodidae), F. A. G. Ferrari, Jerome Goddard, G. M. Moraru, W. E. C. Smith, and A. S. Varela-Stokes
Ultrastructure of Presumed “Candidatus Rickettsia Andeanae” in Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae), F. A. G. Ferrari, Jerome Goddard, C. D. Paddock, and A. S. Varela-Stokes
Population Analyses of Amblyomma maculatum Ticks and Rickettsia parkeri Using Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism, Flavia A. G. Ferrari, Jerome Goddard, Michael Caprio, Christopher D. Paddock, Tonya Mixson-Hayden, and Andrea S. Varela-Stokes
FieldSeg: A Scalable Agricultural Field Extraction Framework Based on the Segment Anything Model and 10-m Sentinel-2 Imagery, Lucas B. Ferreira, Vitor S. Martins, Uilson R. V. Aires, Nuwan Wijewardane, Xin Zhang, and Sathish Samiappan
Discriminating Intra-Uterine Growth Restricted (IUGR) Piglets Through Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) of Amniotic Fluids, J. M. Feugang, M. Santos-Rivera, A. E. Grant, S. B. Park, D. Devos-Burnett, C. O. Lemley, and C. K. Vance
Assessing the effect of cultural practices on Mississippi corn production: 2. Grain composition, Praveen Gajula, James Dew, Ramandeep Kumar Sharma, Gurpreet Kaur, Gurbir Singh, Raju Bheemanahalli, Vaughn Reed, and Jagmandeep Dhillon
Evaluating the impact of biostimulants at variable nitrogen rates in corn production, Praveen Gajula, Jagmandeep Dhillon, Ramandeep Kumar Sharma, Corey Bryant, Raju Bheemanahalli, Vaughn Reed, and Erick Larson
Applying MALDI-TOF MS to Resolve Morphologic and Genetic Similarities Between Two Dermacentor Tick Species of Public Health Importance, Maria F.B.M. Galletti, Joy A. A. Hecht, John R. McQuiston, Jarrett Gartin, Jake Cochran, Bessie H. Blocher, Bryan N. Ayres, Michelle E.J. Allerdice, Lorenza Beati, William L. Nicholson, Alyssa N. Snellgrove, Christopher D. Paddock, Ashley Kennedy, Goudarz Molaei, Paula Lado, Janet Foley, and Jerome Goddard
Application Of Calibration Transfer Techniques Between Different Mid-Infrared Spectrometers/Modules To Improve Accuracy In Estimating Soil Properties, Yasas Gamagedara, Gary Feng, Travis Waiser, Mary Love Tagert, Vitor S. Martins, and Nuwan K. Wijewardane
Spectroscopy-Based Models Outperform Pedotransfer Functions for Estimating Soil Hydraulic Properties, Yasas Gamagedara, Gary Feng, Travis Waiser, Michael Williams, Mary Love Tagert, Vitor S. Martins, and Nuwan K. Wijewardane
Comparative Analysis of Raw and Preprocessed Vis–NIR and MIR Spectra for Soil Property Estimation, Yasas Gamagedara and Nuwan K. Wijewardane
Can We Use a Mid-Infrared Fine-Ground Soil Spectral Library to Predict Non-Fine-Ground Spectra?, Yasas Gamagedara, Nuwan K. Wijewardane, Gary Feng, Cathy Seybold, Michael Williams, Mary Love Tagert, and Vitor S. Martins
Current AI Research at Mississippi State University, Hussein Gharakhani, Vitor Martins, Nuwan Wijewardane, Xin Zhang, and Alex Thomasson
Evaluation Of Soil Quality Frameworks In Rice-Wheat Systems Under Integrated Nutrient Management In Indo-Gangetic Plains, Tridiv Ghosh, Bappa Das, Debashis Chakraborty, Vinod Kumar Singh, Debarup Das, Pramila Aggarwal, Abhijit Sarkar, Prakash Kumar Jha, and P. V. Vara Prasad
Short-Term Storage of Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) Spermatozoa: The Effect of Collection Type, Temperature and Time, Amanda B. Gillis, Emmet L. Guy, Andrew J. Kouba, Peter J. Allen, Ruth M. Marcec-Greaves, and Carrie K. Kouba
The Effect of Trehelose and Freeze Rate in Cryopreservation of Caudate Spermatazoa, Amanda B. Gillis, Emmet L. Guy, Andrew J. Kouba, Peter J. Allen, Ruth M. Marcec-Greaves, and Carrie K. Vance
Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables and the Role of the Food Environment, Shannon Giscombe, Elizabeth Canales, Will Davis, Ayoung Kim, and David Buys
Changes in Urinary Androgen Concentration Indicate that Male Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Respond to Impending Female Oestrus During and Outside the Typical Spring Breeding Season, Barbara L. Gocinski, Katrina K. Knott, Beth M. Roberts, Janine L. Brown, Carrie K. Vance, and Andrew J. Kouba
A Crack-and-Crevice Application Assay for Selected Insecticides to Control the Ham Mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank), Jerome Goddard
Essential Facts About Mosquito Control and Zika Virus, Jerome Goddard
Laboratory Assays of Various Insecticides Against Bed Bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) and Their Eggs, Jerome Goddard
Long-Term Efficacy of Various Natural or "Green" Insecticides against Bed Bugs: A Double-Blind Study, Jerome Goddard
Not All Erythema Migrans Lesions Are Lyme Disease, Jerome Goddard
Observations on Questing Activity of Adult Ixodes brunneus Koch (Acari: Ixodidae) in Mississippi, Jerome Goddard
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Immature Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) from Mississippi, Jerome Goddard, M. E. J. Allerdice, C. D. Paddock, and J. S. Portugal
What Is Going on with the Genus Dermacentor? Hybridizations, Introgressions, Oh My!, Jerome Goddard, Michelle Allerdice, J. Santos Portugal III, Gail M. Moraru, Christopher D. Paddock, and Jonas King
Bed Bugs (Cimex Lectularius) and Bat Bugs (several Cimex Species): A Confusing Issue, Jerome Goddard, Gerald T. Baker, Flavia G. Ferrari, and Claudenir Ferrari
Redescription of the Larval Stage of Dermacentor parumapertus Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae), with Notes on Hosts, Jerome Goddard, Gerald T. Baker, Christopher D. Paddock, Travis C. Smith, and Richard G. Robbins
Parasitism of the Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa virginica (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), by Larval Dermacentor variabilis (Say) (Acari: Ixodidae), Jerome Goddard and Lawrence Bircham
New Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Records From a Mink, Neovison vison (Schreber), in Mississippi, U.S.A., Jerome Goddard, Lawrence Bircham, and Richard G. Robbins
New Tick-Host Records (Acari: Ixodidae) from Mississippi, U.S.A, Jerome Goddard, Lawrence Bircham, and Richard G. Robbins
Laboratory Studies of Movement and Microenvironment Choices of Engorged Adult Female Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae), Jerome Goddard, Michael Caprio, Jennifer Bittner, Kendall Willeford, and Samuel Ward
Diffusion Rates and Dispersal Patterns of Unfed versus Recently Fed Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius L.), Jerome Goddard, Michael Caprio, and Jerome Goddard II
Unusual Bot Fly Larva Removed From the Scalp of a Returning Traveler, Jerome Goddard, David Cross, and Carla Huston
Unidirectional En Masse Larval Dispersal of Blow Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Jerome Goddard, Grant De Jong, and Florencia Meyer
Psychological Effects of Bed Bug Attacks (Cimex lectularius L.), Jerome Goddard and Richard de Shazo
Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius) and Clinical Consequences of Their Bites, Jerome Goddard and Richard DeShazo
Envenomation From Flood-Related Fire Ant Rafting: A Cautionary Note, Jerome Goddard and Richard D. de Shazo
Comparison of Tick Feeding Success and Vector Competence for Borrelia burgdorferi Among Immature Ixodes scapularis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) of Both Southern and Northern Clades., Jerome Goddard, Monica Embers, Andrias Hojgaard, and Joseph Piesman
New Records of Immature Ixodes brunneus Koch (Acari: Ixodidae) from Mississippi, U.S.A., Jerome Goddard, Lauren Goltz, and Richard G. Robbins
Bed Bug Saliva Causes Release of Monocytic Inflammatory Mediators: Plausible Cause of Cutaneous Bite Reactions, Jerome Goddard, Nicole Hasenkampf, Kristine T. Edwards, Richard De Shazo, and Monica E. Embers
Evolution of the Fire Ant Lesion, Jerome Goddard, James Jarratt, and Fernando R. De Castro
A Statewide Survey for Container-Breeding Mosquitoes in Mississippi, Jerome Goddard, Gail M. Moraru, Sarah J. McInnis, J. Santos Portugal, Donald A. Yee, J. Hunter Deerman, and Wendy C. Varnado
Recurring Late December Outbreaks of Adult Simulium jenningsi Group Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Seminary, Mississippi, USA, Jerome Goddard and John Kevin Moulton
Variability in Ornamentation of Adult Dermacentor parumapertus Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae): Implications for Tick Identification, Jerome Goddard and Christopher D. Paddock
Colpocephalum sp. Chewing Lice (Psocodea: Menoponidae) Collected from Bald Eagles in Mississippi, Jerome Goddard, Scott Rush, and Therese A. Catanach
New State Record for Chrysomya ruffifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Mississippi, Jerome Goddard, Jennifer Seltzer, and Florencia Meyer
Anomalous Phenology of Ixodes scapularis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in Mississippi, Jerome Goddard, Sharon Sims, Richard G. Robbins, and Wendy C. Varnado
Molecular Detection of Rickettsia felis in Dermacentor albipictus from Mississippi, Jerome Goddard, Alyssa N. Snellgrove, Sharon Sims, Richard G. Robbins, and Wendy C. Varnado
Molecular Detection of Rickettsia felis in Dermacentor albipictus from Mississippi, Jerome Goddard, Alyssa N. Snellgrove, Sharon Sims, Richard G. Robbins, and Wendy C. Varnado
Salt as a Trigger for Atrial Tachycardia/Fibrillation, Jerome Goddard, Cori J. Speights, and Mark Borganelli
Role of the One Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.), in Human and Animal Diseases, Jerome Goddard and Andrea S. Varela-Stokes
Observations on Questing Activity of Adult Gulf Coast Ticks, Amblyomma maculatum Koch (Acari: Ixodidae), in Mississippi, U.S.A, Jerome Goddard, Andrea Varela-Stokes, and John C. Schneider
Artificial Infection of the Bed Bug With Rickettsia parkeri, Jerome Goddard, Andrea Varela-Stokes, Whitney Smith, and Kristine T. Edwards
Human Nasal Myiasis Possibly Associated with Cocaine Abuse, Jerome Goddard and Wendy C. Varnado
An Annotated List of the Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Mississippi, Jerome Goddard, Wendy C. Varnado, and Bruce A. Harrison
The Evolution of a Tick Bite Lesion, Jerome Goddard and Julie P. Wyatt
Observations on the Seasonality of Ixodes scapularis Say in Mississippi, U.S.A, Lauren Goltz and Jerome Goddard
Survey of Adult Ixodes scapularis Say for Disease Agents in Mississippi, Lauren Goltz, Andrea Varela-Stokes, and Jerome Goddard
Decoding plant defense: accelerating insect pest resistance with omics and high-throughput phenotyping, Revanayya M. Gothe, Arunsaikumar Karrem, Rakshith S.R. Gowda, Dhanyakumar Onkarappa, Jagdish Jaba, Seung Joon Ahn, Shashank Pathour, Kalenahalli Yogendra, and Raju Bheemanahalli
Ultrasound Imaging Improves Hormone Therapy Strategies for Induction of Ovulation and In Vitro Fertilization in the Endangered Dusky Gopher Frog (Lithobates sevosa), Katherine M. Graham, Cecilia J. Langhorne, Carrie K. Vance, Scott T. Willard, and Andrew J. Kouba
Hyperspectral Reflectance-Based Phenotyping for Quantitative Genetics in Crops: Progress and Challenges, Marcin Grzybowski, Nuwan K. Wijewardane, Abbas Atefi, Yufeng Ge, and James C. Schnable
Variation in Morpho-Physiological and Metabolic Responses to Low Nitrogen Stress Across the Sorghum Association Panel, Marcin W. Grzybowski, Mackenzie Zwiener, Hongyu Jin, Nuwan K. Wijewardane, Abbas Atefi, Michael J. Naldrett, Sophie Alvarez, Yufeng Ge, and James C. Schnable
Resilience of cotton cultivars to chilling stress during germination, Surabhi Gupta, Lekshmy V. Sankarapillai, K. Raja Reddy, Salliana R. Stetina, and Raju Bheemanahalli
Identification of photothermo-insensitive with climate-smart early-maturing chickpea genotypes, S. Gurumurthy, B. C. Mamatha, P. S. Basu, K. Rudresh, T. Basavaraja, Raju Bheemanahalli, Madan Pal, Prakash Jha, K. R. Soren, J. M. Nidagundi, Sammi K. Reddy, and J. Rane
Sperm Collection and Cryopreservation for Threatened Newt Species, Emmet L. Guy, Amanda B. Gillis, Andrew J. Kouba, Diane Barber, Vicky Poole, Ruth M. Marcec-Greaves, and Carrie K. Kouba
Evaluation of Different Temporal Periods Between Hormone-Induced Ovulation Attempts in the Female Fowler's Toad Anaxyrus fowleri, Emmet L. Guy, Michelle W. Martin, Andrew J. Kouba, Judith A. Cole, and Carrie K. Kouba
Calorie Restriction in Overweight Seniors: Response of Older Adults to a Dieting Study: The CROSSROADS Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial, Marilyn C. Haas, Eric V. Bodner, Cynthia J. Brown, David Bryan, David R. Buys, Akilah Dulin Keita, Lee Anne Flagg, Amy Goss, Barbara Gower, Martha Hovater, Gary Hunter, Christine S. Ritchie, David L. Roth, Brooks C. Wingo, Jamy Ard, and Julie L. Locher
Barriers to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in the Mississippi Delta, Katharine Halfacre, David R. Buys, Megan E. Holmes, Erin King, and Jacinda Roach
From Global to Local: Testing the UNEP Environmental Vulnerability Index in a Coastal Korea Context, SaMin Han
Assessing Human Influence and Vegetative Dune Dynamics on Barrier Islands via Satellite Raster Classification, SaMin Han and Walter Hogue
Community Engagement in Climate Adaptation Planning for Coastal Resilience: A Case Study of Gangneung, SaMin Han and Jae Min Lee
Shoreline Dynamics of Barrier Islands in the Gulf of Mexico: A 30-year Comparative Analysis of Developed vs. Undeveloped Islands, SaMin Han and Timothy J. Schauwecker
Multistate Survey of American Dog Ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) for Rickettsia Species, Joy A. Hecht, Michelle E. J. Allerdice, Elizabeth A. Dykstra, Laura Mastel, Rebecca J. Eisen, Tammi L. Johnson, Holly D. Gaff, Andrea S. Varela-Stokes, Jerome Goddard, Benedict B. Pagac, Christopher D. Paddock, and Sandor E. Karpathy
Effects of Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Protective Netting on Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Sarcoptiformes: Acaridae) Infestation, Fungal Growth, and Product Quality of Dry Cured Hams, Jasmine D. Hendrix, Xue Zhang, Yan L. Campbell, Li Zhang, Lurdes Siberio, Christine Leick Cord, Juan L. Silva, Jerome Goddard, Taejo Kim, Thomas W. Phillips, and M. Wes Schilling
Quality and Quantity of Physical Activity Resources in the Mississippi Delta, Megan E. Holmes, Peter Summerlin, Masey Smith, Ian C. Macali, and David R. Buys
Questing Behavior of Adult Amblyomma americanum (L.) in a Laboratory Setting, Miranda Huang, Abby Jones, Afsoon Sabet, Jillian Masters, Natalie Dearing, Samuel F. Ward, and Jerome Goddard
Teaching Undergraduate Economics: Emphasize Early the Meaning of Vertical Distances and of Their Summation Over Quantities, Matthew G. Interis
Phenotypic Characterization Through Identification of Gait and Coat Color Phenotype of the Mountain Pleasure Horse, A. Irons, J. Culwell, M. C. Nicodemus, M. Vandiver, E. North, C. Cavinder, L. Rios de Alvarez, and T. Williams
Valorization of Spent Coffee Grounds for Enhanced Food Sustainability, João Victor M. Ito, Oladayo E. Apalowo, Sawyer W. Smith, Amanda Bushong, and M. Wes Schilling
Seasonal Activity and Relative Abundance of Amblyomma americanum in Mississippi, Lorraine K. Jackson, Douglas M. Gaydon, and Jerome Goddard
Comparative genome analyses reveal distinct structure in the saltwater crocodile MHC., Weerachai Jaratlerdsiri, Janine Deakin, Ricardo M. Godinez, Xueyan Shan, Daniel G. Peterson, Sylvain Marthey, Eric Lyons, Fiona M. McCarthy, Sally R. Isberg, Damien P. Higgins, Amanda Y. Chong, John St. John, Travis C. Glenn, David A. Ray, and Jaime Gongora
Investigations into Outbreaks of Black Fly Attacks and Subsequent Avian Haemosporidians in Backyard-Type Poultry and Other Exposed Avian Species, Kelli Jones, Nora Johnson, Sharon Yang, John Stokes, Whitney Smith, Robert Wills, Jerome Goddard, and Andrea Varela-Stokes
Sperm Quality Metrics Exhibit Annual Fluctuations in a Critically Endangered Amphibian Managed Under Human Care, Allison R. Julien, Isabella J. Burger, Carrie K. Kouba, and Diane Barber
Effects of Wild, Semi-Captive, and Captive Management on Male Chiricahua Leopard Frog Sperm Quality With Implications for Conservation Breeding Programs, Allison R. Julien, Kristen R. Counsell, Isabella J. Burger, Andrew J. Kouba, Diane Barber, Cassidi Cobos, Randy D. Jennings, Bruce L. Christman, and Carrie K. Kouba
Nasal Administration of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (Gnrh) Elicits Sperm Production in Fowler’s Toads (Anaxyrus fowleri), Allison R. Julien, Andrew J. Kouba, David Kabelik, Jean M. Feugang, Scott T. Willard, and Carrie K. Kouba
Incorporation and Developmental Toxicity of Quantum Dot Nanoparticles in Amphibian Larvae, A. R. Julien, S. B. Park, C. K. Vance, P. L. Ryan, A. J. Kouba, and J. M. Feugang
Assessment of agro-morphological, physiological and yield traits diversity among tropical rice, Naqeebullah Kakar, Raju Bheemanahalli, Salah Jumaa, Edilberto Redoña, Marilyn L. Warburton, and Kambham R. Reddy
Predicting Boar Sperm Survival during Liquid Storage Using Vibrational Spectroscopic Techniques, Serge L. Kameni, Bryan Semon, Li Dunn Chen, Notsile H. Dlamini, Gombojav O. Ariunbold, Carrie K. Vance-Kouba, and Jean M. Feugang
Machine Learning Ensembles, Neural Network, Hybrid And Sparse Regression Approaches For Weather Based Rainfed Cotton Yield Forecast, Girish R. Kashyap, Shankarappa Sridhara, Konapura Nagaraja Manoj, Pradeep Gopakkali, Bappa Das, Prakash Kumar Jha, and P. V. Vara Prasad
Sperm Cryopreservation Effects on Anuran Embryo Gene Expression and Epigenetic Implications, Trinity I. Kassuhn, Namia Stevenson, Andrew J. Kouba, and Carrie K. Vance
Identification of maize genes associated with host plant resistance or susceptibility to Aspergillus flavus infection and aflatoxin accumulation., Rowena Y. Kelley, W. Paul Williams, J. Erik Mylroie, Deborah L. Boykin, Jonathan W. Harper, Gary L. Windham, Arunkanth Ankala, and Xueyan Shan
Impact of climate change stressors—temperature, CO2, and UV-B—on early growth and development of different cover crop species, Tulsi P. Kharel, K. Raja Reddy, Akanksha Sehgal, Nisarga Kodadinne, Raju Bheemanahalli, Ammar B. Bhandari, Krishna N. Reddy, and Wei Gao
Analyzing Heirs' Property Prevalence and Spillover Effects in the U.S. Using Spatial Econometric Analysis, Ayoung Kim, John Green, Cassandra Johnson-Gaither, and G. Rebecca Dobbs
Analyzing Heirs' Property Prevalence and Spillover Effects in the U.S. Using Spatial Econometric Analysis, Ayoung Kim, John Green, Cassandra Johnson-Gaither, and G. Rebecca Dobbs
Improving the function of a high obesity program: Findings from community-engaged Mississippi Delta focus groups, Erin M. King, Connie Baird-Thomas, Angela Robertson, Masey Smith, and David R. Buys
Effect of Crop Density on Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) Emergence and Weed Density Interference Potential in a Furrow-Irrigated Rice System, Tanner A. King, Jason K. Norsworthy, Thomas R. Butts, Samuel B. Fernandes, and Gerson L. Drescher
Phenological Changes in Bamboo Carbohydrates Explain the Preference for Culm Over Leaves by Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) During Spring, Katrina K. Knott, Amelia L. Christian, Josephine F. Falcone, Carrie K. Vance, Laura L. Bauer, George C. Fahey, and Andrew J. Kouba
