Peer-Reviewed Publications

For an up-to-date list of lab research publications, see Google Scholar

Media Coverage

• Zeus Mateos-Fierro - Postdoctoral Scholar Feature

• Playing the Violin like a Cricket (podcast)

• Purdue Researchers Receive AFRI Predoctoral Fellowships from USDA NIFA

• Purdue Exponent: Bee Research

• For Melon Farmers, Insects’ Benefits May Outweigh Their Costs

• As-Needed Pesticide Use Brings Wild Bees, Increases Watermelon Yield Without Reducing Corn Profits

• Large-Scale Watermelon Study Bears Fruit

• Farmland Pesticides Could Be Harming Monarch Butterflies In Indiana

• Pesticides Found in Monarchs’ Milkweed Near Farm Fields

• The Science of Buying Local

• Using Predators to Control Pests Easier Said Than Done in High Tunnels

• Crop Rotations Called into Question

• Cover Crops Increase Destruction of Weed Seed in Fields, Shed Light on Predator Interactions

• High Tunnels: Good for Crops, But Also Good for Pests?

• Milkweed Pesticide Residues Deter Feeding and Egg-Laying by Monarch Butterflies

Extension Articles

• Do Managed Bumble Bees Contribute to Seedless Watermelon Pollination?

• Want Fewer Spider Mites? Ease Up on the Beetle Spraying!

• Pollinators of Indiana’s Specialty Crops

• Pollination Services in Tomatoes

• Enhancing Insect Pest and Pollinator Management with Flowering Cover Crops

• IPM Revisited: A Cost-effective Solution for Balancing Pest and Pollinator Management

• Dealing with Yield Decline in High Tunnel Tomatoes

• High Tunnel Screening for Insect Pest Management

• Striped Cucumber Beetles: Densities and Effective Scouting in Watermelons

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