Holt Lab

J.R Holt, J.M. Lerma, L.A. Calcaterra, T. Raszick, and R.F. Medina. 2024. High-resolution population genetic structure of tawny crazy ant (Nylanderia fulva Mayr: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the origin in South America and introduced regions of the United States. Resubmitted to BMC Ecology and Evolution.

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J.R. Holt, N. Cavichiolli de Oliveira, A. Lindsey, R.F. Medina, A. Malacrinò. Insect-microbe interactions and their influence on organisms and ecosystems. Submitted to Ecology and Evolution.

J.R. Holt. Representation Matters: Recognizing Unsung Figures in STEM. American Entomologist 69(2): 60.

J.R. Holt, A. Malacrinò, and R.F. Medina. 2022. Quantifying the impacts of symbiotic interactions between two invasive species: tawny crazy ant (Nylanderia fulva) tending the sorghum aphid (Melanaphis sorghi). PeerJ. 10: e14448.

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L. Bernaola and J.R. Holt. 2021. Technological and sustainable techniques for the future of IPM in invasive species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 114 (6): 673-685. *Both authors contributed equally to the manuscript.

S. Nibouche, L. Costet, R.F. Medina, J.R. Holt, J. Sadeyen, A-S. Zoogones, P. Brown, R.L. Blackman.

2021. Morphometric and molecular discrimination of the sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari, (Zehntner, 1897) and the sorghum aphid Melanaphis sorghi (Theobald, 1904). PLoS ONE. 16(3): e0241881.

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J.C. Torres, J.R. Holt, R.F. Medina. Assessing effects of ant-aphid interactions on grain sorghum health. Instars: A Journal of Student Research. 6(1): 1-8.

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J.R. Holt, A. Styer, A. Malacrinó, J. Antwi, J.S. Armstrong, J. Wulff, J.A. White, S. Nibouche, L. Costet, G. Peterson, N. McLaren, R.F. Medina. Differences in microbiota between two multi locus lineages of sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) in the continental United States. Annals of the Entomological Society of America Special Collection: Advanced Genetic Analysis of Invasive Arthropods. 113(4): 257-265.

J.R. Holt, L. Bernaola, K.E. Britt, C. McCullough, M. Roth, J. Wagner, M. Ragozzino, L. Aviles, Z. Li, F. Huval, M. Pandey, B.W. Lee, M. Asche, A. Hayes, A. Cohen, A. Marshall, H.E. Quellhorst, R. V. Wilkins, V. Nguyen, J. Maile, R.K. Skinner, J.J. Lernest, S. Anderson, S.W. Gula, K. Hauri, J. Eason, M. Mulcahy, S. Lee, J.M. Villegas, P. Shorter. Synergisms in science: Climate change and integrated pest management through the lens of communication - 2019 student debates. Journal of Insect Science. 29(5).

J. Meng, J. Jiaxin, A. Davitt, J.R. Holt, J. Huang, R. Gold, E. Vargo, A. Tarone, K. Zhu-Salzman. 2018. Suppressing Tawny Crazy Ant (Nylanderia fulva) by RNAi Technology. Insect Science 00: 1-9.

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S. Nibouche, L. Costet, J.R.Holt, A.Jacobson, A. Pekarcik, J. Sadeyen, R.F. Medina. 2018. Invasion of sorghum by a new sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) superclone in the Americas. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0196124.

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