Understanding the causes of variation in herbivore damage to plants is very important in that crop loss can be reduced, and damage may be manipulated to limit population growth of invasive weed species. My research focuses ...

Macrophomina phaseolina is a soil-borne fungal pathogen that causes a disease known as charcoal rot. This fungal infection dramatically decreases the crops’ yield due to loss in biomass, low seed quality and plant death. ...

In the study of biological control of weeds, effects of insect herbivores that attack different plant organs have long been assumed to be independent events. Emerging research indicates stronger interactions between herbivore ...

Macrophomina phaseolina is a soil-borne fungal pathogen that causes a disease commonly known as charcoal rot. Currently, there is not an effective method for controlling the disease, because knowledge about the pathogen, ...

Phylogenetics provides information about evolutionary relationships and is an essential tool in understanding broad patterns within groups. The scarab beetle tribe Cyclocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) ...