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
Fecal Estrogen, Progestagen and Glucocorticoid Metabolites During the Estrous Cycle and Pregnancy in the Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla): Evidence for Delayed Implantation, Katrina K. Knott, Beth M. Roberts, Morgan A. Maly, Carrie K. Vance, Jennifer DeBeachaump, Jackie Majors, Peter Riger, Heather DeCaluwe, and Andrew J. Kouba
Resilience of soybean genotypes to drought stress during the early vegetative stage, Nisarga Kodadinne Narayana, Chathurika Wijewardana, Firas A. Alsajri, K Raja Reddy, Salliana R. Stetina, and Raju Bheemanahalli
Artificial Fertilization for Amphibian Conservation: Current Knowledge and Future Considerations, A. J. Kouba, C. K. Vance, and E. L. Willis
A Comparison of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone on the Induction of Spermiation and Amplexus in the American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus), Andrew J. Kouba, Javier delBarco-Trillo, Carrie K. Vance, Callie Milam, and Meghan Carr
Applied Reproductive Technologies and Genetic Resource Banking for Amphibian Conservation, Andrew J. Kouba and Carrie K. Kouba
Spermiation Response to Exogenous Hormone Therapy in Hibernated and Non-Hibernated Boreal Toads (Anaxyrus boreas boreas), Andrew J. Kouba, Cecilia J. Langhorne, Scott T. Willard, Theodore Smith, and Carrie K. Kouba
Emerging Trends for Biobanking Amphibian Genetic Resources: The Hope, Reality and Challenges for the Next Decade, Andrew J. Kouba, Rhiannon E. Lloyd, Marlys L. Houck, Aimee J. Silla, Natalie Calatayud, Vance L. Trudeau, John Clulow, Frank Molinia, Cecilia Langhorne, Carrie Vance, Lucia Arregui, Jennifer Germano, Dominik Lermen, and Gina Della Togna
Development of Assisted Reproduction Technologies for the Endangered Mississippi Gopher Frog (Rana Sevosa) and Sperm Transfer for In-vitro Fertilization, A. Kouba, E. Willis, C. Vance, S. Hasenstab, S. Reichling, J. Krebs, L. Linhoff, M. Snoza, C. Langhorne, and J. Germano
Cryopreserved Sperm Obtained From Live Donor Males in Four Amphibian Species Produces F1 Generation Sexually Mature Adults With Subsequent F2 Generation Offspring, C. Kouba, A. Julien, I. Burger, D. Barber, S. Lampert, and A. Kouba
Integrating Interactive Decision Making Into Evolutionary Multiobjective Agricultural Optimization, Ian Kropp, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Prakash K. Jha, Elijah Spinner, and Gregorio Toscano Pulido
Genetic mapping and haplotype analysis identify novel candidate genes for high night temperature tolerance in winter wheat, Dinesh Kumar Saini, Nathan T. Hein, Impa Somayanda, Raju Bheemanahalli, Troy Ostmeyer, and S V. Jagadish
Fertilizer Type and Irrigation Frequency Affect Plant Growth, Yield, and Gas Exchange of Containerized Strawberry Cultivars, Geoffrey T. Lalk, Guihong Bi, Eric T. Stafne, and Tongyin Li
Saving Salamanders With Sonograms: Tracking Follicular Development With Ultrasonography in a Variety of Caudate Species, S. Lampert, D. Chen, I. Burger, D. Barber, V. Poole, D. Smith, A. Kouba, and C. Kouba
Comparison of the effect of frozen-thawed versus fresh sperm on offspring growth in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum), Shaina Lampert, Isabella Burger, Devin Chen, Andy Kouba, and Carrie Kouba
Similar Developmental Outcomes of Salamander Larvae Produced with Fresh and Cryopreserved Sperm: Implications for Amphibian Conservation, Shaina Lampert, Isabella Burger, Devin Chen, Andy Kouba, and Carrie Kouba
Sperm Cryopreservation as a Tool for Amphibian Conservation: Production of F2 Generation Offspring from Cryo-Produced F1 Progeny, Shaina S. Lampert, Isabella J. Burger, Allison R. Julien, Amanda B. Gillis, Andrew J. Kouba, Diane Barber, and Carrie K. Kouba
Efficacy of Hormone Stimulation on Sperm Production in an Alpine Amphibian (Anaxyrus boreas boreas) and the Impact of Short-Term Storage on Sperm Quality, Cecilia J. Langhorne, Natalie E. Calatayud, Carrie K. Kouba, Scott T. Willard, Theodore Smith, Peter L. Ryan, and Andrew J. Kouba
Cryoconservation: Successful Sperm Cryopreservation and Develop-mental Outcomes Using Endangered North American Amphibians, Cecilia J. Langhorne, Natalie E. Catalayud, Andrew J. Kouba, Jean M. Feugang, Carrie K. Vance, and Scott T. Willard
Mosquito Vectors of Avian Malaria in Mississippi: A First Look, David A. Larson, Jerome Goddard, and Diana C. Outlaw
Walkable and Cyclable Streets: Environmental Requirements Promoting Active Mobility, Jae Min Lee and SaMin Han
Improved Chlorophyll and Water Content Estimations at Leaf Level with a Hybrid Radiative Transfer and Machine Learning Model, Jiating Li, Nuwan K. Wijewardane, Yufeng Ge, and Yeyin Shi
Quantitative field testing Heterodera glycines from metagenomic DNA samples isolated directly from soil under agronomic production., Yan Li, Gary W. Lawrence, Shien Lu, Clarissa Balbalian, and Vincent P. Klink
From Surplus to Deficit: Decoding the Fundamental Shift in US Agricultural Trade, Yi Li, Kuan-Ming Huang, Zhengfei Guan, and Xiaoli Etienne
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Life-Space Mobility Are Associated with Incident Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Alexander X. Lo, Andrew G. Rundle, David R. Buys, Richard E. Kennedy, Patricia Sawyer, Richard M. Allman, and Cynthia J. Brown
Robust Plant Segmentation of Color Images Based on Image Contrast Optimization, Yuzhen Lu, Sierra Young, Haifeng Wang, and Nuwan Wijewardane
Adventures in the enormous: a 1.8 million clone BAC library for the 21.7 Gb genome of loblolly pine., Zenaida V. Magbanua, Seval Ozkan, Benjamin D. Bartlett, Philippe Chouvarine, Christopher A. Saski, Aaron Liston, Richard C. Cronn, C. Dana Nelson, and Daniel G. Peterson
Impression Of Contemporary Heat Stress Complexities In Agricultural Crops: A Review, Sagun Mahajan, Priyanka Thakur, Susmita Das, Raj Paul Sharma, Sandeep Manuja, Prakash Kumar Jha, Ankit Saini, Chinmaya Sahoo, and Mohammad Reza Fayezizadeh
Magnitude of the freshwater turtle exports from the US: long term trends and early effects of newly implemented harvest management regimes., Ivana Mali, Michael W. Vandewege, Scott K. Davis, and Michael R.J. Forstner
Ovarian Ultrasound Analysis for Developing Temporal and Spatially Explicit Hormone Regimens for Induced Ovulation and Egg Deposition in the Tiger Salamander, Ruth M. Marcec-Greaves, Carrie K. Kouba, Scott T. Willard, and Andy J. Kouba
The Impact of Temperature and Water Stress on Cotton Planting Windows and Fiber Quality in Mississippi, Jephthah Nimoh Marfo, Shrinidhi Ambinakudige, Sahila Beegum, and Kambham Raja Reddy
Impact of ultraviolet-B radiation on early-season morpho-physiological traits of indica and japonica rice genotypes, Sonal Mathur, Raju Bheemanahalli, Salah Hameed Jumaa, Naqeebullah Kakar, Vangimalla R. Reddy, Wei Gao, and Kambham Raja Reddy
Identifying Geriatric Patients at Risk for Malnutrition: A Quality Improvement Project, Lauren C. Mays, Jennifer W. Drummonds, Summer Powers, David R. Buys, and Penni I. Watts
Frequency of Exogenous Hormone Therapy Impacts Spermiation in Male Fowler's Toad (Bufo fowleri), Caitlin E. McDonough, Michelle W. Martin, Carrie K. Vance, Judith A. Cole, and Andrew J. Kouba
Perceptions of Opioid Misuse in Mississippi Agricultural Communities: Focus Group Findings, Devon Meadowcroft, Mary Nelson Robertson, Marina Denny, Martha Rayner, Amanda Stone, Jeff Johnson, and David R. Buys
Solenopsis invicta x Richteri necrophagous Behavior Causes Post-mortem Lesions in Pigs Which Serve as Oviposition Sites for Diptera, Florencia Meyer, Madison D. Monroe, Heather N. Williams, and Jerome Goddard
A Proportionate Mortality Study of Mississippi's Agricultural Industry, 2017-2021, Devon Mills, Mary Nelson Robertson, Brian E. Mills, and David R. Buys
Teenagers as Health Screeners and Educators: The Evolution of the Mississippi State University Junior Master Wellness Volunteer Program and Results of a Pilot Study, Reagan Moak, David R. Buys, Ann Sansing, Jasmine Harris-Speight, Je'Kylynn Steen, and Richard D. deShazo
Altered community flammability in Florida's Apalachicola ravines and implications for the persistence of the endangered conifer Torreya taxifolia., John M. Mola, J. Morgan Varner, Erik S. Jules, and Tova Spector
Evidence of Antibodies to Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Small Mammals and Quail from Mississippi, Gail Miriam Moraru, Jerome Goddard, Alexandria Murphy, Diana Link, Jerrold L. Belant, and Andrea Varela-Stokes
Experimental Infection of Cotton Rats and Bobwhite Quail with Rickettsia parkeri, Gail Miriam Moraru, Jerome Goddard, Christopher D. Paddock, and Andrea Varela-Stokes
Observations on Host Preference and Feeding Success of Immature Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae), Gail Miriam Moraru, Jerome Goddard, and Andrea S. Varela-Stokes
Morphometric Analysis of Adult Dermacentor parumapertus Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae) From Various Locations Within its Geographical Range, Gail M. Moraru, José Santos Portugal, Andrea Bednarova, Sarah J. McInnis, Christopher D. Paddock, Tom Becker, Travis C. Smith, Zdenka Svobodova, and Jerome Goddard
Evolution of genome size and complexity in Pinus., Alison M. Morse, Daniel G. Peterson, M. Nurul Islam-Faridi, Katherine E. Smith, Zenaida V. Magbanua, Saul A. Garcia, Thomas L. Kubisiak, Henry V. Amerson, John E. Carlson, C. Dana Nelson, and John M. Davis
Developing functional relationships between temperature and cover crop species vegetative growth and development, Jay W. Munyon, Raju Bheemanahalli, Charles Hunt Walne, and K. Raja Reddy
Assessing a VisNIR Penetrometer System for In-Situ Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Under Variable Soil Moisture Conditions, M. O. F. Murad, E. J. Jones, B. Minasny, A. B. McBratney, N. Wijewardane, and Y. Ge
Global analysis of lysine acetylation suggests the involvement of protein acetylation in diverse biological processes in rice (Oryza sativa)., Babi Ramesh Reddy Nallamilli, Mariola J. Edelmann, Xiaoxian Zhong, Feng Tan, Hana Mujahid, Jian Zhang, Bindu Nanduri, and Zhaohua Peng
Bovine Serum Albumin and Caffeine Enhance Activation of Sperm from the American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus), Renato E. Naranjo, Andy J. Kouba, Terri L. Roth, and Carrie K. Kouba
Bovine Serum Albumin and Caffeine Enhance Activation of Sperm from the American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus), Renato E. Naranjo, Andy J. Kouba, Terri L. Roth, and Carrie K. Kouba
An Annotated List of Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) Occurring in Mississippi, Tina M. Nations, Wendy C. Varnado, Audrey Harrison-Lewis, James Hunter Deerman, Sarah McInnis, and Jerome Goddard
Quantitative Simulation of Daily Groundwater Levels in the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer Using GMS-MODFLOW, Mohsen Nekooei, Prem Parajuli, Joel O. Paz, and Mary Love Tagert
Assessing Hydrological and Water Quality Responses to Dynamic Landuse Change at Watershed Scale in Mississippi, Dipesh Nepal, Prem B. Parajuli, Ying Ouyang, S. D. Filip To, and Nuwan Wijewardane
Evaluation of Wetland Area Effects on Hydrology and Water Quality at Watershed Scale, Dipesh Nepal, Prem Parajuli, Ying Ouyang, Filip To, Nuwan Wijewardane, and Vivek Venishetty
Reflectance and Interactance Spectroscopy for Detecting Root Knot Nematode Galls in Harvested Sweetpotatoes, Hoang M. Nguyen, Adrienne M. Gorny, Simon Fraher, Ali Altaqui, Jerome Maleski, Cranos Williams, Daniela S. Jones, Yuzhen Lu, Mohammed Kamruzzaman, Nuwan K. Wijewardane, and Michael W. Kudenov
Formative Research to Inform COVID-19 Vaccine Education in Mississippi, Mmesoma I. Okafor, Holli H. Seitz, Laura H. Downey, and David R. Buys
Biosolid Applications to Mississippi Soils, Larry Oldham
Nitrogen in Mississippi Soils, Larry Oldham
Phosphorus in Mississippi Soils, Larry Oldham
Soil Physical Properties in Healthy Soils, Larry Oldham
Sulfur Nutrition for Mississippi Crops and Soils, Larry Oldham
Inorganic Fertilizers For Crop Production, Larry Oldham and Keri Jones
Potassium in Mississippi Soils, Larry Oldham and Keri Jones
Waterlogging stress reduces cowpea Vigna unguiculata L.) genotypes growth, seed yield, and quality at different growth stages: Implications for developing tolerant cultivars under field conditions, Omolayo J. Olorunwa, Bikash Adhikari, Skyler Brazel, Raju Bheemanahalli, T. Casey Barickman, and K. Raja Reddy
Towards Integrated Frameworks for Assessing Bird Species Richness Using Citizen Science and Geospatial Data, Frank Juma Ong'ondo, Qingmin Meng, Domnic Kiprono Chesire, Peter Njoroge, Tariq Aqil, Hafez Ahmad, Serge Leugoue Kameni, and Philista Adhiambo Malaki
Unique Strain of Rickettsia parkeri Associated with the Hard Tick Dermacentor parumapertus Neumann in the Western United States, Christopher D. Paddock, Michelle E. J. Allerdice, Sandor E. Karpathy, William L. Nicholson, Michael L. Levin, Travis C. Smith, Tom Becker, Robert J. Delph, Robert N. Knight, Jana M. Ritter, Jeanine H. Sanders, and Jerome Goddard
Isolation of Rickettsia parkeri and Identification of a Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia sp. from Gulf Coast Ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) in the United States, Christopher D. Paddock, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, John W. Sumner, Jerome Goddard, Yasmin Elshenawy, Maureen G. Metcalfe, Amanda D. Loftis, and Andrea Varela-Stokes
The Evolving Medical and Veterinary Importance of the Gulf Coast tick (Acari: Ixodidae), Christopher D. Paddock and Jerome Goddard
Distribution, Host Records, and Rickettsia Species Associated with Dermacentor parumapertus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Western North America, Christopher D. Paddock, Maria L. Zambrano, Jackson H. Paddock, Bryan Ayres, Ary Faraji, Stephen Ladd-Wilson, James R. Clover, Andrés M. López-Pérez, Lorenza Beati, James W. Mertins, Joy A. Hecht, Michelle E. J. Allerdice, Jerome Goddard, and Sandor E. Karpathy
Digital Twins: A Next-Gen Solution For Agricultural Sustainability, Abhishek Panchadi, Bipin Bastakoti, Prathiksha Raghava, and Prakash Kumar Jha
The Essential Role Of AI In Agriculture, Abhishek Panchadi, Prakash Kumar Jha, and Sushant Mehan
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem): Preliminary Analysis of the Consistency of Remote Sensing Reflectance Product over Aquatic Systems, Rejane S. Paulino, Vitor S. Martins, Cassia B. Caballero, Thainara M. A. Lima, Bingqing Liu, Akash Ashapure, and Jeremy Werdell
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem): Preliminary Analysis of the Consistency of Remote Sensing Reflectance Product over Aquatic Systems, Rejane S. Paulino, Vitor S. Martins, Cassia B. Caballero, Thainara M. A. Lima, Bingqing Liu, Akash Ashapure, and Jeremy Werdell
Low- and High-Temperature Phenotypic Diversity of Brassica carinata Genotypes for Early-Season Growth and Development, Leelawattie Persaud, Raju Bheemanahalli, Ramdeo Seepaul, K Raja Reddy, and Bisoondat Macoon
How Much Oyster is There Out There? Inaccurate Data May be the Largest Economic Risk Facing Aquaculture Producers, Daniel R. Petrolia, Frank Asche, Matt Parker, and Taryn Garlock
Blood, Sweat, and Tears: A Review of the Hematophagous, Sudophagous, and Lachryphagous Lepidoptera, David Plotkin and Jerome Goddard
Incorporating Fermented By-Products of Lactobacillus diolivorans in Food Grade Coatings Designed for Inhibition of Tyrophagus putrescentiae on Dry-Cured Hams, Hector A. Portillo, Md Shamim Howlader, Yan L. Campbell, Todd French, Taejo Kim, Jerome Goddard, El Barbary Hassan, and M. Wes Schilling
Field Observations of Questing and Dispersal by Colonized Nymphal Amblyomma maculatum Koch (Acari: Ixodidae), Jośe Santos Portugal and Jerome Goddard
Collections of Immature Amblyomma maculatum Koch (Acari: Ixodidae) from Mississippi, U.S.A, José Santos Portugal and Jerome Goddard
Evaluation of Human Attachment by Larval Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae), José Santos Portugal III and Jerome Goddard
Attempts to Feed Larval Amblyomma americanum (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae) on Three Different Arthropod Hosts, José Santos Portugal III and Jerome Goddard
Seasonality and Distribution of Immature Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) in Mississippi, USA: A Review and New Records, José Santos Portugal III and Jerome Goddard
Survival of Unfed Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) Nymphs Under Laboratory Conditions for Two Years, José Santos Portugal III and Jerome Goddard
Laboratory Studies of Questing Behavior in Colonized Nymphal Amblyomma maculatum Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), José Santos Portugal III, Robert Wills, and Jerome Goddard
Molecular Phylogeny of Dermacentor parumapertus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Two Locations Within Its Geographical Range, J. Santos Portugal III, Michelle Allerdice, Gail M. Moraru, Jonas King, Christopher D. Paddock, Tom Becker, Travis C. Smith, and Jerome Goddard
Economic Impacts of Horticulture Research and Extension at MSU Coastal Research and Extension Center, Benedict C. Posadas, Patricia R. Knight, Eric T. Stafne, Christine E. H. Coker, Gary Bachman, James DelPrince, Scott A. Langlois, and Eugene K. Blythe
Qualitative Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Horticulture Research and Extension at MSU Coastal Research and Extension Center, Benedict Posadas, Patricia Knight, Eric T. Stafne, Christine Coker, Eugene Blythe, Gary Bachman, James DelPrince, and Scott Langlois
Quantifying the physiological, yield, and quality plasticity of Southern USA soybeans under heat stress, Sadikshya Poudel, Bikash Adhikari, Jagman Dhillon, K. Raja Reddy, Salliana R. Stetina, and Raju Bheemanahalli
Negative synergistic effects of drought and heat during flowering and seed setting in soybean, Sadikshya Poudel, Ranadheer Reddy Vennam, Lekshmy V. Sankarapillai, Jinbao Liu, K. Raja Reddy, Nuwan K. Wijewardane, M. Shahid Mukhtar, and Raju Bheemanahalli
Resilience of soybean cultivars to drought stress during flowering and early-seed setting stages, Sadikshya Poudel, Ranadheer Reddy Vennam, Amrit Shrestha, K Raja Reddy, Nuwan K. Wijewardane, Krishna N. Reddy, and Raju Bheemanahalli
Tolerance of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) Genotypes to Drought Stress During Vegetative and Reproductive Stages, Sujan Poudel, Lekshmy V. Sankarapillai, Bikash Adhikari, K. Raja Reddy, and Raju Bheemanahalli
Characterization of Cowpea Genotypes for Traits Related to Early-Season Drought Tolerance, Sujan Poudel, Lekshmy Valsala Sankarapillai, Bala Subramanyam Sivarathri, Vijaykumar Hosahalli, Richard L. Harkess, and Raju Bheemanahalli
Cooperative Extension as a Partner in Creating Healthy Communities: An Environmental Scan, Suzanne M. Prevedel, Cindy Nelson, David R. Buys, Linda Cronk, Valerie Duffy, Julie Garden-Robinson, Marcel Horowitz, Bernestine McGee, Marla Reicks, Daniel Remley, and Tamara Warren
A brief history of remote sensing of soybean, Joby M. Prince Czarnecki, Sathishkumar Samiappan, Raju Bheemanahalli, Yanbo Huang, and Sadia Alam Shammi
The Readily Transformable Impatiens walleriana Efficiently Attracts Nectar Feeding with Aedes and Culex Mosquitoes in Simulated Outdoor Garden Settings in Mississippi and Florida, Grace Pruett, Julia Hawes, Wendy Varnado, Hunter Deerman, Jerome Goddard, Nathan Burkett-Cadena, and Christopher Kearney
Drought, Low Nitrogen Stress, and Ultraviolet-B Radiation Effects on Growth, Development, and Physiology of Sweetpotato Cultivars during Early Season, Purushothaman Ramamoorthy, Raju Bheemanahalli, Stephen L. Meyers, Mark W. Shankle, and Kambham Raja Reddy
Hyperspectral Reflectance and Machine Learning Approaches for the Detection of Drought and Root–Knot Nematode Infestation in Cotton, Purushothaman Ramamoorthy, Sathishkumar Samiappan, Martin J. Wubben, John P. Brooks, Amrit Shrestha, Rajendra Mohan Panda, K. Raja Reddy, and Raju Bheemanahalli
High-Temperature and Drought-Resilience Traits among Interspecific Chromosome Substitution Lines for Genetic Improvement of Upland Cotton, Kambham Raja Reddy, Raju Bheemanahalli, Sukumar Saha, Kulvir Singh, Suresh B. Lokhande, Bandara Gajanayake, John J. Read, Johnie N. Jenkins, Dwaine A. Raska, Luis M. De Santiago, Amanda M. Hulse-Kemp, Robert N. Vaughn, and David M. Stelly
Morpho-physiological characterization of diverse rice genotypes for seedling stage high-and low-temperature tolerance, Kambham Raja Reddy, Akanksha Seghal, Salah Jumaa, Raju Bheemanahalli, Naqeebullah Kakar, Edilberto D. Redoña, Chathurika Wijewardana, Firas Ahmed Alsajri, Daryl Chastain, Wei Gao, Shasthree Taduri, and Ajaz A. Lone
The Role of Cooperative Extension in Chronic Disease Prevention and Management: Perspectives from Professionals in the Field, Daniel Remley, David R. Buys, Linda Cronk, Valerie Duffy, Julie Garden-Robinson, Marcel Horowitz, Bernestine McGee, Cindy Nelson, Suzanne M. Prevedel, Marla Reicks, and Tamara Warren
Mental health first aid training for Extension agents in rural communities, Mary Nelson Robertson, Hilary L. DeShong, Je'Kylynn S. Steen, David R. Buys, and Michael R. Nadorff
Rural Adults' Perceived Role of Family Members in Prescription Opioid Misuse Prevention: Implications for Family-Based Approaches, Mary Nelson Robertson, Laura H. Downey, Holli H. Seitz, Alisha M. Hardman, and David R. Buys
