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Vegetable Entomology Lab

Publications

  1. Oeller L, Lee BW, Basu S, Murphy KM, Crowder DW. (2024). Effects of organic and synthetic fertiliser on insect herbivore populations in quinoa. Journal of Applied Entomology. DOI: 10.1111/jen.13398. 
  2. Wendlandt CE, Basu S, Montoya AP, Roberts P, Stewart JD, Coffin A, Crowder DW, Porter SS. (2024). Sanctioning mutualists in mixed-infection nodules trades off with defense against antagonists. Evolutionary Applications. DOI: 10.1111/eva.70064.
  3. Pfeiffer VW, Basu S, Crowder, D.W. (2024). Patterns of virus coincidence between honey bees and bumble bees in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Apidologie 55, 30. DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01072-w.
  4. Basu S*, Moroz N, Lee BW, Tanaka K, Oeller L, Baerlocher CW, Crowder DW. (2023). Diversity and traits of multiple biotic stressors elicit differential defense responses in legumes. Agriculture, 13, 2093. DOI: 10.3390/agriculture13112093.
  5. Malhotra P, Basu S*, Lee BW, Oeller L, Crowder DW. (2024). Effects of Soil Rhizobia Abundance on Interactions between a Vector, Pathogen, and Legume Plant Host. Genes, 15, 273. DOI: 10.3390/genes15030273.
  6. Malhotra, P.; Basu, S*. (2023) The Intricate Role of Ecdysis Triggering Hormone Signaling in Insect Development and Reproductive Regulation. Insects, 14, 711. DOI:10.3390/insects14080711
  7. Cohen A, Basu S, Crowder DW. (2023) Water stress mediates interactions between potato plants, psyllid vectors, and a bacterial pathogen. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiac142
  8. Clark RE, Basu S, Eigenbrode SD, Oeller E, Crowder DW. (2023). Risk assessment for non-crop hosts of Pea Enation Mosaic Virusand the aphid vector Acyrthosiphon pisum. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. DOI: 10.1111/afe.12564
  9. Pingault L, Basu S, Vellichirammal NN, Williams WP, Palmer N, Sarath G and Louis J. (2022). Co-transcriptomic analysis of the maize-western corn rootworm interaction. Plants (MDPI). DOI: 10.3390/plants11182335
  10. Kansman J, Basu S, Casteel CL, Crowder DW, Lee BW, Nihranz CT, Finke DL. (2022).  Plant water stress reduces aphid performance: Exploring mechanisms driven by water stress intensity. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.846908
  11. Basu S*, Lee BW,Clark RE, Bera S, Casteel CL, Crowder DW. (2022). Effects of soil rhizobia in inducing anti-herbivore defense and altering host plant quality in peas in response to S. lineatus feeding. Basic and Applied Ecology. DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2022.08.005 (*= Corresponding author).
  12. Lee BW, Clark RE, Basu S, Crowder DW. (2022). Predators affect a plant virus through direct and trait-mediated indirect effects on vectors. Food webs. DOI: 10.1016/j.fooweb.2022.e00251
  13. Pingault L, Basu S, Zogli P, Williams WP, Palmer N, Sarath G and Louis J. (2021). Aboveground herbivory influences belowground defense responses in maize. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.765940
  14. Bloom E, Oeller E, Olsson R, Brousil M, Schaeffer R, Basu S, Fu Z, Crowder D. (2021). Documenting pollinators, floral hosts, and plant-pollinator interactions in Pacific Northwest US agroecosystems. Ecology. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3606
  15. Basu S*, Clark RE, Casteel CL, Crowder DW. (2021). Responses of pea plants to multiple antagonists are mediated by order of attack and phytohormone crosstalk. Molecular Ecology. DOI:  10.1101/2021.02.17.431727 (*= Corresponding author).
  16. Lee BW, Basu S, Bera S, Casteel CL, Crowder DW. (2021). Vector responses to predation risk and alarm pheromones affect plant virus transmission. Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-04989-6
  17. Basu S*, Clark RE, Blundell R, Casteel CL, Crowder DW. (2021). Reciprocal plant-mediated antagonism between a legume plant virus and soil rhizobia. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13828 (*= Corresponding author).
  18. Schaeffer RN, Pfeiffer VW, Basu S, Brousil M, Strohm C, DuPont ST, Vannette RL, Crowder DW. (2021).Orchard management and landscape context mediate the floral microbiome of pear. Applied Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00048-21
  19. Insect alarm pheromones in response to predators: Ecological trade-offs and molecular mechanisms - ScienceDirectBasu S*, Clark RE, Fu Z, Lee BW, Crowder DW. (2020). Insect alarm pheromones in response to predators: molecular mechanisms and ecological trade-offs in food web interactions. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103514 (*= Corresponding author).
  20. Basu S, Singh D, Sahu S, Singh AK, Chakraborty S. (2020). Role of viral suppressors governing asymmetric synergism between tomato-infecting begomoviruses. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-11070-4 
  21. Chisholm PJ, Eigenbrode SD, Clark RE, Basu S, Crowder DW. (2019). Plant-mediated indirect interactions between a vector and a non-vector herbivore promotes the spread of a plant virus. Proceedings of Royal society B. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2019.1383.
  22. Basu S, Pereira AE, Pinheiro DH, Wang H, Siegfried BD, Louis J, Vélez AM (2019). Evaluation of reference genes for expression analysis using quantitative real-time PCR in southern corn rootworm, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi (Barber). Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47020-y
  23. Palmer NA, Basu S, Heng-Moss T, Bradshaw JD, Sarath S, Louis J (2019). Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda Smith) feeding elicits differential defense responses in upland and lowland switchgrass. PLoS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218352
  24. Clark RE, Basu S, Lee BW, Crowder DW. (2019). Tri-trophic interactions and non-vector herbivores determine the spread of vector-borne pathogens through trait- and density-mediated mechanisms. Ecology. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2879
  25. Basu S, Kumar Kushwaha N, Kumar Singh A, Pankaj Sahu P, Vinoth Kumar R, Chakraborty S. (2018). Dynamics of a geminivirus encoded pre-coat protein and host RNA- dependent RNA polymerase 1 in regulating symptom recovery in tobacco. Journal of Experimental Botany.  DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery043
  26. Basu S, Varsani S, Louis J. (2018). Altering Plant Defenses: Herbivore-Associated Molecular Patterns and Effector Arsenal of Chewing Herbivores. Molecular Plant Microbe Interaction. DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-07-17-0183-FI
  27. Ray S, Basu S, Rivera-Vega LJ, Acevedo FE, Louis J, Felton GW, Luthe DS. (2016). Lessons from the Far End: Caterpillar FRASS-Induced Defenses in Maize, Rice, Cabbage, and Tomato. Journal of Chemical Ecology, DOI: 10.1007/s10886-016-0776-x
  28. Varsani S, Basu S, Williams WP, Felton GW, Luthe DS, Louis J. (2016). Intraplant communication in maize contributes to defense against insects. Plant Signaling and Behavior. DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2016.1212800
  29. Louis J, Basu S, Varsani S, Castano-Duque L, Jiang V, Wiiliams WP, Felton GW, Luthe DS. (2015) Ethylene contributes to mir1-mediated maize defense against the phloem-sap sucking corn leaf aphid. Plant Physiology. DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00958
  30. Kumar RV, Singh AK, Singh AK, Yadav T, Basu S, Kushwaha N, Chattopadhyay B, Chakraborty S. (2015). Complexity of begomovirus and betasatellite populations associated with chilli leaf curl disease in India. Journal of General Virology. DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000254
  31. Sharma VK, Basu S, Chakraborty S. (2015). RNAi mediated broad-spectrum transgenic resistance in Nicotiana benthamiana to chilli-infecting begomoviruses. Plant Cell Reports. DOI: 10.1007/s00299-015-1795-8
  32. Kushwaha N, Singh AK, Basu S, Chakraborty S. (2015). Differential response of diverse solanaceous hosts to tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus infection indicates coordinated action of NBS-LRR and RNAi-mediated host defense. Achieves of Virology. DOI: 10.1007/s00705-015-2399-x
  33. Sharma VK, Kushwaha N, Basu S, Singh AK, Chakraborty S. (2015). Identification of siRNA generating hot spots in multiple viral suppressors to generate broad-spectrum antiviral resistance in plants. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. DOI: 10.1007/s12298-014-0264-0
  34. Ranjan P, Singh AK, Kumar RV, Basu S, Chakraborty S. (2014). Host-specific adaptation of diverse betasatellites associated with distinct Indian tomato-infecting begomoviruses. Virus Genes. DOI: 10.1007/s11262-013-1031-y

Book Chapters

Basu S, Sharma VK, Bhattacharyya D, Chakraborty S. (2014). An overview of antiviral RNA in plant: biogenesis, host-virus interaction and potential applications. “Approaches to Plant Stress and their Management”. Springer Verlag publishers. DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-1620-9_18