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Barman Lab

Research Publications

  • Majeed, S., Veerlapati, S., Zeity, M., Chinnamadegowda, S. N., Rajashekharappa, C., A. K. Barman. 2026. Checklist of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) of Karnataka, South India, with diagnostic key, diversity, and distribution. Journal of Entomological Science (accepted) 
  • Toledo1, P. F. S., Acebes-Doria, A. L., Cottrell, T., Cornish, J. W., Barman, A.K., Bock, C. H., Pisani, C, Pisani M. Schmidt. 2026. Spatiotemporal activity of pecan Auchenorrhyncha reflects complex interactions with canopy management”, Journal of Pest Science, 99: 60 doi.org/10.1007/s10340-026-02026-0 
  • Andréa Aparecida Santos Oliveira, A. A. S., Bastos, C. S., Paes, J. S., Sant’Ana, L. C. S., Araújo, T. A., Araújo, A. C. A., Barman, A. K., and M. C. Picanço. 2026. Artificial neural network model for predicting population dynamics of Anthonomus grandis grandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in cotton fields, as a function of climatic elements. Theoretical and Applied Climatology (accepted). 
  • Veerlapati, S., Acharya, R., & Barman, A. K. 2025. A comparison of the development time, survival, and fecundity of black pecan aphid feeding on foliage of four pecan cultivars. Journal of Economic Entomology, 118: 4, 1822-1830.  
  • Acharya, R., Shapiro-Ilan, D. I., Barman, A.K. 2025. Entomopathogenic nematodes in pecan orchards in Georgia and their virulence on selected pecan pests, Journal of Economic Entomology, 118: 3, 1146–1155.  
  • Acharya, R., Veerlapati, S., Koirala, M., Sawyer, A., & Barman, A.K. 2025. Effects of Trap Color and Placement Height on the Capture of Ambrosia Beetles in Pecan Orchards. Insects, 16(6), 569. 
  • Collins, C. F., Oliver, J. E., Barman, A. K., Munoz, G. and Madrid, A.Z. 2024. Confirmation of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in Asian Citrus Psyllids and detection of ACP in commercial citrus in Georgia. Plant Disease . 
  • Tobin, K.N, Lizarraga, S., Acharya, R., Barman, A. K., Short, B.D, Acebes-Doria, A. L, and Rivera, M. J. 2024. Comparison of ethanol-baited trap designs for ambrosia beetles in orchards in the eastern United States, Journal of Economic Entomology.  
  • Acharya, R., S. Veerlapati, and A. K. Barman. 2024. Pecan, Carya illinoinensis, a new host report of yellowstriped armyworm, Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the southeastern US. Horticulturae 10 (2): 169.   
  • Crossley, M.S., Smith, O.M., Barman, A.K., Croy, J.R., Schmidt, J.M., Toews, M.D. and Snyder, W.E., 2024. Warmer temperatures trigger insecticide‐associated pest outbreaks. Pest Management Science. 80(3): 1008-1015. doi.org/10.1002/ps.7832. 
  •  Acharya, R., Barman, A.K., Sharma, S.R., Kafle, L., Kim, S.M. and Lee, K.Y., 2023. Biology, distribution, and management of invasive South American tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera; Gelechiidae), in Asia. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, pp.e22056-e22056. 
  • Wu, S., M. D. Toews, R. W. Behle, A. K. Barman, A. N. Sparks, A. M. Simmons, and D. I. ShapiroIlan. 2023. Post-Application Field Persistence and Efficacy of Cmordyceps javanica against Bemisia tabaci. J. of Fungi. 9: 827. 
  • Acharya, R., Sharma, S. R., Barman, A. K., Kim, S. M., & Lee, K. Y. 2023. Control efficacy of azadirachtin on the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) by soil drenching. Arch Insect Biochem and Physiol. 113, e22020. DOI: 10.1002/arch.22020. 
  • Hasegawa, D. K., Hladky, L. J. Wintermantel, W. M., Putman, A. I., Barman, A. K., Slinski, S., Palumbo, J., Poudel-Ward, B. 2022. First Report of Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus Infecting Lettuce in Arizona and Southern Desert Regions of California. Plant Disease. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-09-21-2118-PDN. 
  • Barman, A. K., Roberts. P. M., and Toews, M. D. 2022. Seasonal occurrence and reproductive suitability of weed hosts for sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), in South Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 57: 1-11. 
  • Candian, J., Coolong, T., Dutta, B., Srinivasan, R., Sparks, A., Barman, A., and Ribeiro da Silva, A. 2021. Yellow squash and zucchini cultivar selection for resistance to cucurbit leaf crumple virus in the Southeastern United States. HortTechnology 31: 504-513. 
  • Wu, S., Toews, M. D., Castrillo, L. A., Barman. A. K., Cottrell, T. E., and Shapiro-Ilan D. I. 2021 Identification and virulence of Cordyceps javanica Strain wf GA17 isolated from a natural fungal population in sweetpotato whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), Environmental Entomology . 
  • Fu, Z., Antwi, J. B., Sword, G. A., Barman, A. K., and Medina, R. F. 2021. Geographic variation of bacterial communities associated with cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus. Southwestern Entomologist 46: 17-32. 
  • Legarrea, Saioa, A. K. Barman, S. Diffie, and R. Srinivasan. 2020. Virus accumulation and whitefly performance modulate the role of alternate host species as inoculum sources of tomato yellow leaf curl virus. Plant Disease 104: 2958-2966. 
  • Andrea L. Joyce, A. K. Barman, D. Doll, B. Higbee. 2019. Assessing feeding damage from two leaffooted bugs, Leptoglossus clypealis Heidemann and L. zonatus (Dallas) (Hemiptera: Coreidae), on four almond varieties. Insects 10: 333. DOI: 10.3390/insects10100333. 
  • Kohl, K. K. Harrell, J. Mudge, S. Subbiah, J. Kasumba, E. Osma, A. K. Barman, and T. Anderson. 2019. Neonicotinoids in soil and plant leaves following use as cotton seed treatments. PeerJ 7:e6805 DOI 10.7717/peerj.6805.  
  • Barman A. K., K. R. Gadhave, B. Dutta and R. Srinivasan. 2018. Plasticity in host utilization by two host-associated populations of Aphis gossypii Glover. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 108: 360-369. 
  • Barman, A. K., A. L. Joyce, R. Torres, B. S. Higbee. 2017. Assessing genetic diversity in four stink bug species, Chinavia hilaris, Cholorochora uhleri, Chlorochroa sayi and Thyanta pallidovirens, using DNA barcodes. Journal of Economic Entomology. 110: 2590-2598. 
  • Dutta B., R. Gitaitis, A. K. Barman, U. Avci, K. Marsigan, and R. Srinivasan. 2016. Interactions between Frankliniella fusca and Pantoea ananatis in the center rot epidemic of onion (Allium cepa) Phytopathology. 106: 956-962. 
  • Legarrea S., A. K. Barman, W. Marchant, S. Diffie, and R. Srinivasan. 2015. Temporal effects of a Begomovirus infection and host plant resistance on the preference and development of an insect vector, Bemisia tabaci, and implications for epidemics, PLoS ONE. 10(11): e0142114. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142114.  
  • Dutta, B., A. K. Barman, R. Srinivasan, U. Avci, D. Ullman, D. Langston, and R. Gitaitis. 2014. Transmission of Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea agglomerans causal agents of center rot of onion (Allium cepa L.) by onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindman) through feces. Phytopathology.104: 812-819. 
  • Barman, A. K., C. G. Sansone, M. N. Parajulee, and R. F. Medina. 2013a. Population genetic structure of Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Hemiptera: Miridae) in the cotton growing regions of the United States. Journal of Economic Entomology. 106: 2225-2233. 
  • Barman, A. K., and M. N. Parajulee. 2013. Compensation of Lygus hesperus induced pre-flower fruit loss in cotton. Journal of Economic Entomology. 106: 1209-1217. 
  • Barman, A. K., M. N. Parajulee, C. G. Sansone, C. P. Suh, and R. F. Medina. 2012a. Geographic pattern of host associated differentiation in cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 143: 31-41. 
  • Barman, A. K., M. N. Parajulee, C. G. Sansone, and R. F. Medina. 2012. Host preference of cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus is not labile to geographic origin and prior experience. Environmental Entomology. 41: 125-132. 
  • Barman, A. K., M. N. Parajulee, and S. C. Carroll. 2010. Relative preference of Lygus hesperus (Hemiptera: Miridae) to selected plants in the field. Insect Science. 17: 542-548.