Symbols * indicate graduate student collaboration and **indicate undergraduate collaboration
2024
Lennon K*, Querejeta M, Dutta B, Johnson C, Schmidt JM. (2024). From weeds to natural enemies: implications of weed cultivation and biopesticides for organic onion production. Journal of Economic Entomology
Kheirodin A, Toledo PFS*, Simmons AM, Schmidt JM. (2024). Crop diversity and within field multi-species interactions mediate herbivore abundances in cotton fields. Biological Control
Toledo PFS*, Phillips K*, Schmidt JM, Bock CH, Wong C, Hudson WG, Shapiro-Ilan DI, Wells L, Acebes-Doria AL. (2024). Canopy hedge pruning in pecan production differentially affects groups of arthropod pests and associated natural enemies. Crop Protection
Schmidt JM, Russell K*, Bowers C*, Coffin AW, Thompson M, Grabarczyk EE, Tillman PG, Olson D. (2024). Resource Overlap and Infrequent Predation on Key Pests Show Vulnerability in Cotton Biological Control Services. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
2023
Kiobia DO, Mwitta CJ, Fue KG, Schmidt JM, Riley DG, Rains GC. (2023). A Review of Successes and Impeding Challenges of IoT-Based Insect Pest Detection Systems for Estimating Agroecosystem Health and Productivity of Cotton. Sensors
Pandey S*, da Silva ALBR, Dutta B, Chong JH, Mutschler MA, Schmidt JM. (2023). Acylsugar tomato lines suppress whiteflies and Amblyseius swirskii establishment. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Grabarczyk EE, Querejeta M, Tillman PG, Wallace RD, Barnes BF, Meinecke CD, Villari C, Gandhi KJK, LaForest J, Elliott M, Schmidt JM. (2023). DNA metabarcoding analysis of three material types to reveal Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) trophic interactions and web capture. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Grabarczyk EE, Cottrell TE, Schmidt JM, Tillman PG. (2023). Low Incidence of Avian Predation on the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), in Southeastern Orchard Systems. Insects
Crossley MS, Smith OM, Barman AK, Croy JR, Schmidt JM, Toews MD, Snyder WE. (2023). Warmer temperatures trigger insecticide-associated pest outbreaks. Pest Management Science
Kheirodin A, Sayari M, Schmidt JM. (2023). Rethinking trophic interactions in agricultural landscapes through tracking secondary feeding. Environmental DNA
Golan JE, Huss CP, Rodrigues PAP, Gariepy TD, Schmidt JM, Blubaugh CK. (2023). Who eats the yellowmargined leaf beetle? Field observations and genetic surveillance to identify local predators of a novel invasive pest. Biological Control
2022
Wu S, Toews MD, Cottrell TE, Schmidt JM, Shapiro-Ilan DI. (2022). Toxicity of Photorhabdus luminescens and Xenorhabdus bovienii bacterial metabolites to pecan aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and the lady beetle Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera:Coccinellidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
Grabarczyk EE, Gill SA, Vonhof MJ, Alabady MS, Wang Z, Schmidt JM. (2022). Diet composition and diversity does not explain fewer, smaller urban nestlings. Plos one
Kaldor AD*, McHugh JV, Schmidt JM, Luo X, Gariepy TD, Blaauw BR. (2022). First Documented Wild Population of the “Hunter Fly”, Coenosia attenuate Stein (Diptera: Muscidae) in North America. Insects
Slusher EK*, Acebes-Doria AL, Cottrell T, Schmidt JM. (2022). Aphids and associated parasitoids exhibit vertical canopy distribution differences in pecans. BioControl
Parab CU, Mwitta C, Hayes M**, Schmidt JM, Riley D, Fue K, Bhandarkar S, Rains GC. (2022). Comparison of Single-Shot and Two-Shot Deep Neural Network Models for Whitefly Detection in loT Web Application. AgriEngineering
Kheirodin A, Simmons AM, Schmidt JM. (2022). Ranking common predators of Bemisia tabaci in Georgia (USA) agricultural landscapes with diagnostic PCR: implications of primer specific post-feeding detection time. Biocontrol
Macknick J, Hartmann H, Barron-Gafford G, Beatty B, Burton R, Seok-Choi C, Davis M, Davis R, Figueroa J, Garrett A, Hain L, Herbert S, Janski J, Kinzer A, Knapp A, Lehan M, Losey J, Marley J, MacDonald J, McCall J, Nebert L, Ravi S, Schmidt JM, Staie B, Walston L. (2022). The 5 Cs of Agrivoltaic Success Factors in the United States: Lessons from the InSPIRE Research Study. OSTI.GOV
Perovic DJ, Gamez-Virues S, Landis D, Tscharntke T, Zalucki M, Saura S, Furlong MJ, Desneux N, Sciarretta A, Balkenhol N, Schmidt JM, Trematerra P, Westphal C. (2022). Broadening the scope of empirical studies to answer persistent questions in landscape-moderated effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Advances in Ecological Research: In book: The Future of Agricultural Landscapes, Part III
2021
Kheirodin A, Sayari M, Schmidt JM. (2021) Rapid PCR-based method for herbivore dietary evaluation using plant-specific primers. Plos one
Martins EF*, Schmidt JM, Venzon M. (2021) Is Ceraeochrysa cubana a coffee leaf miner predator? Biological Control
Olson DM, Gibbs J, Schmidt JM. (2021) Wild bee pollinators foraging in peanut and cotton adjacent to native wildflower strips. Florida Entomologist
Bowers CL*, Toews M, Schmidt JM. (2021) Winter cover crops shape early season predator communities and trophic interactions. Ecosphere
Schmidt JM, Whitehouse TS*, Sial AA, Gariepy T (2021) Parasitoid communities in the variable agricultural environments of Southeastern blueberry production. Journal of Economic Entomology
Schmidt JM, Blubaugh C, and Snyder W. (2021) Getting Bugs to Work for You: Biodiversity in Action. Vegetable and Specialty Crop News. Link to Access: VSCNews
Schmidt JM, Acebes-Doria A, Blaauw BR, Kheirodin A, Pandey S*, Lennon K*, Kaldor AD*, Toledo PFS*, Grabarczyk EE. (2021). Identifying Molecular-Based Trophic Interactions as a Resource for Advanced Integrated Pest Management. Insects.
Coffin A, Olson D, Seymour L, Bosch DD, Schmidt JM, Strickland TC. (2021). Responses to environmental variability by herbivorous insects and their natural enemies within a bioenergy crop, Miscanthus x giganteus. PloS ONE
2020
Schmidt JM. (2020) UGA entomologist’s advice to increase on-farm biodiversity. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. Link to access: CAES Newswire
Kheirodin A, Simmons AM, Legaspi JC, Grabarczyk EE, Toews M, Roberts PM, Chong JC, Snyder WE, Schmidt JM. (2020). Can Generalist Predators Control Bemisia tabaci? Insects.
Bowers CL, Toews M, Schmidt JM. (2020). Beyond soil health: the trophic effects of cover crops shape predator communities. bioRxiv.
Krupa JJ, Hopper KR, Gruber SB**, Schmidt JM, Harwood J. (2020). Plant-animal interactions between carnivorous plants, sheet-web spiders, and ground-running spiders as guild predators in a wet meadow community. Ecology and Evolution.
Bostick NM*, LaForest JH, Bargeron CT, Culbreath AK, Brenneman TB, Schmidt JM, Buntin GD, Toews M. (2020). Assessment of Consensus-Based Scouting for Management of Sugarcane Aphid (Heteroptera: Aphididae) in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science.
2019
Schmidt JM, Roberts PM, Thompson MC, Toews MD. (2019). Visual Reference Guide to Common Predators and Pests in Georgia Cotton. University of Georgia Extension. Link to Access: Visual Guide
Dutta B, Johnson C, Schmidt JM. (2019). Growers of Organic Vidalia Onions Face Challenges. Vegetable and Specialty Crop News. Link to Access: VSCNews
Bowers CL*, Toews M, Liu Y, Schmidt JM. (2019). Cover crops improve early season natural enemy recruitment and pest management in cotton production. Biological Control.
Riddick EW, Miller GL, Owen CL, Bauchan GR, Schmidt JM, Gariepy T, Brown RL, Grodowitz MJ. (2019). Discovery of Aphis ruborum (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and Aphelinus varipes (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) on Cultivated Strawberry in Mississippi, USA. Journal of Insect Science.
Schmidt JM, Whitehouse TS*, Green K*, Krehenwinkel H, Schmidt-Jeffris RA, Sial AA. (2019). Local and landscape-scale heterogeneity shape spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) activity and natural enemy abundance: Implications for trophic interactions. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment.
2018
Xavier SS, Coffin A, Olson D, Schmidt JM. (2018). Remotely Estimating Beneficial Arthropod Populations: Implications of a Low-Cost Small Unmanned Aerial System. Remote Sensing.
Schmidt JM, Shapiro-Ilan DI, Graham C**, Barwick S*, Sparks A, Riley D. (2018). Entomopathogenic Nematodes and Fungi Virulence to Cowpea Curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Larvae1. Journal of Entomological Science.
2017
Whitehouse TS*, Sial AA, Schmidt JM. (2017). Natural Enemy Abundance in Southeastern Blueberry Agroecosystems: Distance to Edge and Impact of Management Practices. Environmental Entomology.
Boyer S, Ikeda T, Lefort MC, Malumbres-Olarte J, Schmidt JM. (2017). Percentage-based Author Contribution Index: a universal measure of author contribution to scientific articles. Research Integrity and Peer Review.
Xavier SS, Olson D, Coffin A, Strickland TC, Schmidt JM. (2017). Perennial Grass and Native Wildflowers: A Synergistic Approach to Habitat Management. Insects.
Schmidt JM, Pochubay EA*, Tourtois J*, Grieshop M. (2017) The inherent complexity of soil and foliar predators for greenhouse biological control. Biological Control.
Ingrao A*, Schmidt JM, Jubenville J*, Grode A*, Komondy L*,VanderZee D, Szendrei Z. (2017).Biocontrol on the edge: Field margin habitats in asparagus fields influence natural enemy-pest interactions. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
2016
Amaral DS*, Santos HH**, Sujii ER, Schmidt JM, Harwood, J. 2016. Non-crop plant communities conserve spider populations in chili pepper agroecosystems. Biological Control 103:69-77.
Schmidt JM, Szendrei Z, Grieshop M. 2016. Elucidating the Common Generalist Predators of Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in an Organic Apple Orchard Using Molecular Gut-Content Analysis. Insects doi:10.3390/insects7030029
Schmidt JM. 2016. Habitat provisioning for beneficials
Schmidt, Verdi, & Toews. 2016. Cover cropping effects on biocontrol
2015
Amaral, D. S.S.L., Venzon, M., Perez, A. L., Schmidt, J. M. and Harwood, J. D. (2015), Coccinellid interactions mediated by
vegetation heterogeneity. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 156: 160–169. doi: 10.1111/eea.12319
2014
Szendrei, Z, Bryant, A, Rowley, D, Schmidt, J.M., and Greenstone, M. (2014) Linking habitat complexity with predation on
pests through molecular gut-content analysis. Biocontrol and Technology.
Schmidt, J.M., ** Barney, S.K., Williams, M.A., Harwood, J.D. (2014) Predator-prey trophic relationships in response to organic management practices. Special Issue – Molecular Ecology 23: 3777-89.
Schmidt, J.M., Crist, T.O., Wrinn, K., and Rypstra, A.L. (2014) Prey availability and mutual interference influence foraging
behavior in a generalist arthropod predator. Oecologia 175:501-8.
2013
Schmidt, J.M., *Peterson, J.A., Lundgren, J.G., and Harwood, J.D. (2013) Dietary supplementation with pollen enhances survival and Collembola boost fitness of a web-building spider. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 149: 282-291.
Schmidt, J.M., Harwood, J.D., and Rypstra, A.L. (2013) Influence of prey availability on seasonal fluctuation in body condition in the wolf spider, Pardosa milvina (Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 41: 400-403.
Chapman, E.G., Schmidt, J.M., *Welch, K.D., and Harwood, J.D. (2013) Molecular evidence for dietary selectivity and pest suppression potential in an epigeal spider community in winter wheat. Biological Control 65: 72-86.