2024
Legarrea, S., LaTora, A. G., Simmons, A. M., and Srinivasan, R. Begomovirus Transmission to Tomato Plants Is Not Hampered by Plant Defenses Induced by Dicyphus hesperus Knight. Viruses 2024, 16, 587. doi: 10.3390/V16040587.
Smith, A., Bag, S., Rabinowitz, A., Kemerait, R., Srinivasan, R., Abney, M., et al. Comparison of Field Performance of Georgia-16HO and Florunner Cultivars in the Presence of Tomato Spotted Wilt. Peanut Sci. 2024, 51, 1–7. doi: 10.3146/0095-3679-51-ps23-5.
Pandey, S., Catto, M., Roberts, P., Bag, S., Jacobson, A., and Srinivasan, R. Aphid gene expression following polerovirus acquisition is host species dependent. Front. Plant Sci. 2024, 15, 1341781. doi: 10.3389/FPLS.2024.1341781.
Codod, C., Severns, P., Sparks, A. N., Srinivasan, R., Kemerait, R., and Dutta, B. Assessment of prickly sida as a potential inoculum source for sida golden mosaic virus in commercial snap bean farms in Georgia, United States. Plant Dis. 2024, doi: 10.1094/pdis-09-23-1901-re.
2023
Gautam, S.; Gadhave, K.R.; Buck, J.W.; Dutta, B.; Coolong, T.; Adkins, S.; Simmons, A.M.; Srinivasan, R. Effects of Host Plants and Their Infection Status on Acquisition and Inoculation of A Plant Virus by Its Hemipteran Vector. Pathogens 2023, 12, 1119. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/9/1119
Chen, Y.-J.; Pandey, S.; Catto, M.; Leal-Bertioli, S.; Abney, M.R.; Bag, S.; Hopkins, M.; Culbreath, A.; Srinivasan, R. Evaluation of Wild Peanut Species and Their Allotetraploids for Resistance against Thrips and Thrips-Transmitted Tomato Spotted Wilt Orthotospovirus (TSWV). Pathogens 2023, 12, 1102. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/9/1102
Marchant WG, Mugerwa H, Gautam S, Al-Aqeel H, Polston JE, Rennberger G, Smith H, Turechek B, Adkins S, Brown JK and Srinivasan R (2023) Phylogenomic and population genetics analyses of extant tomato yellow leaf curl virus strains on a global scale. Front. Virol. 3:1221156. doi: 10.3389/fviro.2023.1221156
Catto, M.A.; Labadie, P.E.; Jacobson, A.L.; Kennedy, G.G.; Srinivasan, R.; Hunt, B.G. Pest Status, Molecular Evolution, and Epigenetic Factors Derived from the Genome Assembly of Frankliniella Fusca, a Thysanopteran Phytovirus Vector. BMC Genomics 2023, 24, 343. doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09375-5.
Heilsnis, B., Mahas, J. B., Conner, K., Pandey, S., Clark, W., Koebernick, J., Srinivasan, R., Martin, K., and Jacobson, A. L. 2023. Characterizing the vector competence of Aphis gossypii, Myzus persicae and Aphis craccivora (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to transmit cotton leafroll dwarf virus to cotton in the United States. J. Econ. Entomol. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad080
Edula, S.R.; Bag, S.; Milner, H.; Kumar, M.; Suassuna, N.D.; Chee, P.W.; Kemerait, R.C.; Hand, L.C.; Snider, J.L.; Srinivasan, R.; et al. Cotton Leafroll Dwarf Disease: An Enigmatic Viral Disease in Cotton. Mol. Plant Pathol. 2023, 00, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13335
Gautam, S.; Buck, J.W.; Dutta, B.; Coolong, T.; Sanchez, T.; Smith, H.A.; Adkins, S.; Srinivasan, R. Sida Golden Mosaic Virus, an Emerging Pathogen of Snap Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the Southeastern United States. Viruses 2023, 15, 357. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15020357
Ghosh, S., Srinivasan, R. & Ghanim, M. (2023) A C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci interacts with the capsid proteins of begomoviruses and inhibits virus retention. Insect Molecular Biology, 1– 11. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/imb.12827
2022
Pandey, S.; Bag, S.; Roberts, P.; Conner, K.; Balkcom, K.S.; Price, A.J.; Jacobson, A.L.; Srinivasan, R. Prospective Alternate Hosts of an Emerging Polerovirus in Cotton Landscapes in the Southeastern United States. Viruses 2022, 14, 2249. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14102249
Codod CB, Severns PM, Sparks AN, Srinivasan R, Kemerait RC Jr and Dutta B (2022). Characterization of the spatial distribution of the whitefly- transmitted virus complex in yellow squash fields inSouthern Georgia, USA.Front. Agron. 4:930388. https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2022.930388
Adeleke, I. A.,Kavalappara, S.R., Tolerance, T., Bennett, J., McGregor, C., Srinivasan, R., and Bag, S. 2022. First report of watermelon crinkle leaf-associated virus 1 naturally infecting watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Georgia, USA. Plant Dis. Published Online:31 Jan 2022. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-21-2521-PDN
Mugerwa, H.; Gautam, S.; Catto, M.A.; Dutta, B.; Brown, J.K.; Adkins, S.; Srinivasan, R. Differential Transcriptional Responses in Two Old World Bemisia tabaci Cryptic Species Post Acquisition of Old and New World Begomoviruses. Cells 2022, 11, 2060. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11132060
Adeleke, I.A.; Kavalappara, S.R.; McGregor, C.; Srinivasan, R.; Bag, S. 2022. Persistent, and Asymptomatic Viral Infections and Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses Impacting Cantaloupe and Watermelon in Georgia, USA. Viruses,14,1310. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14061310
Gautam, S., Mugerwa, H., Buck, J.W., Dutta, B., Coolong, T., Adkins, S., Srinivasan, R. Differential Transmission of Old and New World Begomoviruses by Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1) and Mediterranean (MED) Cryptic Species of Bemisia tabaci. Viruses. 2022; 14(5):1104. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14051104
LaTora, A. G., C. B. Codod, S. Legarrea, B. Dutta, R. C. Kemerait, Jr., S. Adkins, W. Turechek, T. Coolong, A.L.B.R. da Silva, and R. Srinivasan. 2022. Combining cultural tactics and insecticides for the management of the sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci MEAM1, and viruses in yellow squash. Horticulturae. 8: 341. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8040341
Marchant, W., Gautam, S., Dutta, B., and Srinivasan, R. 2022. Whitefly-mediated transmission and subsequent acquisition of highly similar and naturally occurring Tomato yellow leaf curl virus variants. Phytopathology. 12:720-728. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-06-21-0248-R
Catto, M. A., H. Mugerwa, B. K. Myers, S. Pandey, B. Dutta, and R. Srinivasan. 2022. A review on transcriptional responses of interactions between insect vectors and plant viruses. Cells. 11: 693. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/4/693
LaTora, A. G., P.-C. Lai, Y.-J. Chen, S. Gautam, M. R. Abney, and R. Srinivasan. 2022. Frankliniella fusca (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), the vector of tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus infecting peanut in the southeastern United States. J. Integr. Pest Manag. 13: 3. https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmab045
Luckew, A., Meru, G., Wang, E., Mwatuwa, R., Paret, M., Carvalho, R.,.. .Srinivasan, R., Mcgregor, C. 2022. Field Evaluation of Cucurbita Germplasm for Resistance to Whiteflies and Whitefly Transmitted Viruses. H HORTSCIENCE 57(2):337–344. 2022. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI16197-21
2021
Lai, P. C., M. R. Abney, S. Bag, A. K. Culbreath, and R. Srinivasan. 2021. Impact of host resistance to tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus in peanut cultivars on virus population genetics and thrips fitness. Pathogens. 10: 1418. https:// doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10111418
Lai, P. C., M. R. Abney, Y.-J. Chen, S. Bag, and R. Srinivasan. 2021. Discrepancies in serology-based and nucleic acid-based detection and quantitation of tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus in leaf and root tissues from symptomatic and asymptomatic peanut plants. Pathogens. 10: 1476. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10111476
Candian, J. S., Coolong, T., Dutta, B., Srinivasan, R., Sparks, A., Barman, A., & Ribeiro da Silva, A. L. B. (2021). Yellow Squash and Zucchini Cultivar Selection for Resistance to Cucurbit Leaf Crumple Virus in the Southeastern United States. Horttechnology, 31(4), 504-513. doi:10.21273/HORTTECH04877-21
Stumpf, S., Leach, L., Srinivasan, R., Coolong, T., Gitaitis, R., and Dutta, B. 2020. Foliar chemical protection against Pantoea ananatis in onion is negated by thrips feeding. Phytopathol. 111: 258-267. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-05-20-0163-R
Gulzar, S., Usman, M., Wakil, W., Wu, S., Oliveira-Hofman, C., Srinivasan, R., . . . Shapiro-Ilan, D. (2021). Virulence of Entomopathogenic Nematodes to Pupae of Frankliniella fusca (Thysanoptera:Thripidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 114(5), 2018-2023. doi:10.1093/jee/toab132
Catto, M. A., A. Shrestha, M. R. Abney, D. E. Champagne, A. K. Culbreath, S. C. M. Leal-Bertioli, B. G. Hunt, and R. Srinivasan. 2021. Defense-related gene expression following an orthotospovirus infection is influenced by host resistance in Arachis hypogaea. Viruses. 13: 1303. https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/7/1303
Agarwal, G., S. R. Kavalappara, S. Gautam, A. da Silva, A. Simmons, R. Srinivasan, and B. Dutta. 2021. Field screen and genotyping of Phaseolus vulgaris against two begomoviruses in Georgia, USA. Insects. 12: 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/ insects12010049
2020
Gadhave, K. R., S. Gautam, D. A. Rasmussen, and R. Srinivasan. 2020. Aphid transmission of Potyvirus: The largest plant-infecting RNA virus genus. Viruses. 12: 773. doi: 10.3390/v12070773
Gautam, S., M. S. Crossley, B. Dutta, T. Coolong, A. M. Simmons, A. da Silva, W. E. Snyder, and R. Srinivasan. 2020. Low genetic variability in Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 populations within farmscapes of Georgia, USA. Insects. 11: 834. Doi: 10.3390/insects11120834
Gautam, S., K. R. Gadhave, J. W. Buck, B. Dutta, T. Coolong, S. Adkins, and R. Srinivasan. 2020. Virus-virus interactions in a plant host and in a hemipteran vector: Implications for vector fitness and virus epidemics. Virus Res. 286: 198069. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198069
Gautam, S., H. Mugerwa, S. Sundaraj, K. R. Gadhave, J. F. Murphy, B. Dutta, and R. Srinivasan. 2020. Specific and spillover effects on vectors following infection of two RNA viruses in pepper plants. Insects. 11: 602. Doi: 10.3390/insects11090602
Legarrea, S., A. 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. Doi: 10.1094/PDIS-09-19-1853-RE
Marchant, W. G., S. Gautam, S. F. Hutton, and R. Srinivasan. 2020. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus-resistant and -susceptible tomato genotypes similarly impact the virus population genetics. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11: 599697. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.599697
Marchant, W. G., S. Legarrea, J. R. Smeda, M. A. Mutschler, and R. Srinivasan. 2020. Evaluating acylsugars-mediated resistance in tomato against Bemisia tabaci and transmission of tomato yellow leaf curl virus. Insects. 11: 842. Doi: 10.3390/insects11120842
Gadhave, K. R., S. Gautam, B. Dutta, T. Coolong, S. Adkins, and R. Srinivasan. 2020. Low frequency of horizontal and vertical transmission of cucurbit leaf crumple virus in whitefly Bemisia tabaci Gennadius. Phytopathology. 110: 1235–1241.
Khan, R. A., D. R Seal, S. Zhang, O. E. Liburd, R. Srinivasan, and E. Evans. 2020. Distribution pattern of thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and tomato chlorotic spot virus in south Florida tomato tields. Environmental Entomology. 49: 73-87. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvz153
2019
Shrestha A, D. E. Champagne, A. K. Culbreath, M. R. Abney, and R. Srinivasan. 2019. Comparison of transcriptomes of an orthotospovirus vector and non-vector thrips species. PLoS ONE 14(10): e0223438. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223438
Srinivasan. R. 2019. Introduction: Host plant choice and feeding ecology of insects. Entomoloigia Experimentalis et Applicata. 167: 288-289.
Riley, D. G., and R. Srinivasan. 2019. Integrated management of tomato yellow leaf curl virus and its whitefly vector in tomato. J. Econ. Entomol. 112: 1526–1540.
Gadhave, K., B. Dutta, T. Coolong, and R. Srinivasan. 2019. A non-persistent aphid-transmitted potyvirus differentially alters the vector and non-vector biology through host plant quality manipulation. Scientific Reports. 9: 2503. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-39256-5
2018
Srinivasan, R., M. Abney, P-C. Lai, A. Culbreath, and S. Tallury. 2018. Resistance to thrips in peanut and implications for management of thrips and thrips-transmitted Tospovirus. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9: 1604. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01604
Fonsah, E.G., Y. Chen, S. Diffie, R. Srinivasan, and D. Riley. 2018. Economic productivity and profitability analysis for whiteflies and tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) management options. Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences 7: 1-9.
Marasigan, K., M. Toews, R. Kemerait, M. R. Abney, A. Culbreath, and R. Srinivasan. 2018. Evaluation of alternatives to an organophosphate insecticide with selected cultural practices: Effects on thrips, Frankliniella fusca (Hinds), and spotted wilt incidence in peanut farmscapes. Journal of Economic Entomology 111: 1030-1041.
Keough, S., J. Danielson, J. M. Marshall, D. Lagos, D. Voegtlin, R. Srinivasan, and P. Nachappa. 2018. Factors affecting population dynamics of thrips vectors of soybean vein necrosis virus. Environmental Entomology 47: 734-740.
Gadhave, K., S. Adkins, A. Sparks, B. Dutta, T. Coolong, and R. Srinivasan. 2018. First Report of cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus in cucurbits in Georgia, United States. Plant Health Progress 19: 9-10.
2017
Riley, D., A. Sparks, R. Srinivasan, G. Kennedy, G. Fonsah, and J. Scott. 2017. Thrips: Vector biology and management. In W. Wakil, G. Brust, and T. Perring (Eds.), Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests of Tomato. 30 Pp. Elsevier Academic Press, Netherlands.
Shrestha, A., D. E. Champagne, A. K. Culbreath, D. Rotenberg, A. E. Whitfield, and R. Srinivasan. 2017. Transcriptome changes associated with tomato spotted wilt virus infection in various life stages of its thrips vector, Frankliniella fusca (Hinds). Journal of General Virology. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000874
Srinivasan, R., M. R. Abney, A. K. Culbreath, R. C. Kemerait, R. S. Tubbs, W. S. Monfort, and H. R. Pappu. 2017. Three decades of managing Tomato spotted wilt virus in peanut in southeastern United States. Virus Res. 241: 203-212. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.05.016
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. doi:10.1017/S0007485317000852
Dempsey, M., D. G. Riley, and R. Srinivasan. 2017. Insecticidal effects on the spatial progression of tomato yellow leaf curl virus and its whitefly vector in tomato. J. Econ. Entomol. 110: 875-883. doi: 10.1093/jee/tox061.
Beyer, A. B., R. Srinivasan, P. M. Roberts, and M. Abney. 2017. Biology and management of the threecornered alfalfa hopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae) in alfalfa, soybean, and peanut. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. 8: 10. https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmx003
2016
Fletcher, S. J., A. Shrestha, J. R. Peters, B. J. Carroll, R. Srinivasan, H. Pappu H and N. Mitter. 2016. The tomato spotted wilt virus genome is processed differentially in its plant host Arachis hypogaea and its thrips vector Frankliniella fusca. Front. Plant Sci. 7:1349. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01349.
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: 956-62.
Marasigan, K., M. Toews, R. Kemerait, M. R. Abney, A. Culbreath, and R. Srinivasan. 2016. Evaluation of alternatives to carbamate and organophosphate insecticides against thrips and tomato spotted wilt virus in peanut production. J. Econ. Ent. 109:544-557.
Culbreath, A. K, A. C. Selph, B. W. Williams, R. W. Kemerait, R. Srinivasan, M. R. Abney B. L. Tillman, C. C. Holbrook, and W. D. Branch. 2016. Effects of new field resistant cultivars and in-furrow applications of phorate insecticide on tomato spotted wilt of peanut. Crop Protection 81: 70-75.
Srinivasan, R., and D. Buntin. 2016. Insect transmitted viruses in Canola. In G.V.P. Reddy (ed.), Integrated management of insect pests of canola and other Brassica oilseed crops. Pp 305-315, CABI Publishing, Switzerland.
2015
Legarrea, S., A. 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.
Chitturi, A., D. Riley, C. Nischwitz, R. Gitaits, and R. Srinivasan. 2015. Thrips settling, oviposition and IYSV distribution on onion foliage. J. Econ. Entomol. 108: 1164-1175
Shrestha, A., S. Sundaraj, A. Culbreath, D. Riley, M. Abney, and R. Srinivasan. 2015. Effects of thrips density, mode of inoculation, and plant age on tomato spotted wilt virus transmission in peanut plants. Env. Ent. 44:136-143.
2014
Dutta, B., A. Barman, R. Srinivasan, U. Avci, D. E. Ullman, D. B. 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 Lindeman) through feces. Phytopathology 104: 812-819.
Srinivasan, R., D. Riley, S. Diffie, A. Shrestha, and A. Culbreath. 2014. Winter weeds as inoculum sources of Tomato spotted wilt virus and as reservoirs for its vector, Frankliniella fusca in farmscapes of Georgia. Env. Entomol. 43: 410-420.
Sundaraj, S., R. Srinivasan, A. Culbreath, D. Riley, and H. Pappu. 2014. Plant resistance against tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) in peanut (Arachis hypogaea) and its impact on susceptibility to the virus, virus population genetics, and vector feeding behavior and survival. Phytopathology 104: 202-210.
2013
Shrestha, A., R. Srinivasan, S. Sundaraj, A. Culbreath, and D. Riley. 2013. Second generation peanut genotypes resistant to thrips-transmitted tomato spotted wilt virus exhibit tolerance rather than true resistance and differentially affect thrips fitness. J. Econ. Entomol. 106: 587-596.
Srinivasan, R., J. M. Alvarez, and F. Cervantes. 2013. The effect of an alternate host, hairy nightshade, Solanum sarrachoides (Sendtner) on green peach aphid distribution and potato leafroll virus incidence in potato fields of the Pacific Northwest. Crop Protection. 46: 52-56.
Alvarez, J. M., R. Srinivasan, and F. Cervantes. 2013. Occurrence of the carabid beetle, Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger), in potato ecosystems of Idaho, and its predatory potential on the Colorado potato beetle and aphids. Am. J. Pot. Res. 90: 83-92.
Srinivasan, R., F. Cervantes, and J. M. Alvarez. 2013. Aphid-borne virus dynamics in potato-weed pathosystem, pp. 311-337. In P. Giordanengo, C. Vincent, and A. Alyokhin (eds.), Insect pests of potato: Global perspectives on biology and management. Elsevier. New York, NY.
2012
Shrestha, A., R. Srinivasan, D. Riley, and A. Culbreath. 2012. Direct and indirect effects of a thrips-transmitted tospovirus on the preference and fitness of its vector, Frankliniella fusca. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 145: 260-271.
Srinivasan, R., D. Riley, S. Diffie, A. Sparks, and S. Adkins. 2012. Whitefly population dynamics and evaluation of whitefly-transmitted tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV)-resistant tomato genotypes as whitefly and TYLCV reservoirs. J. Econ. Entomol. 105: 1447-1456.
Riley, D., S. Joseph, and R. Srinivasan. 2012. Reflective mulch and Acibenzolar-S-methyl treatments relative to thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and Tomato spotted wilt virus incidence in tomato. J. Econ. Entomol. 105: 1302-1310.
Nischwitz, C., R. Srinivasan, S. Sundaraj, S. W. Mullis, B. McInnes, and R. D. Gitaitis. 2012. Geographical distribution and survival of iris yellow spot virus in spiny sowthistle, Sonchus asper (L.) in Georgia, USA. Plant Dis. 96: 1165-1171.
Srinivasan, R., D. Hall, F. Cervantes, J. Alvarez, and J. Whitworth. 2012. Strain specificity and simultaneous transmission of a closely related potyvirus by Myzus persicae. J. Econ. Entomol. 105: 783-791.
Tertuliano, M., R. Srinivasan, and H. Scherm. 2012. Settling behavior of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis, vector of Xylella fastidiosa, on southern highbush blueberry cultivars. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 143: 63-73.
Srinivasan, R., S. Sundaraj, H. Pappu, S. Diffie, D. Riley, and R. Gitaitis. 2012. Transmission of iris yellow spot virus by Frankliniella fusca and Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 105: 40-47.
Riley, D., S. Joseph, and R. Srinivasan. 2012. Temporal relationship of thrips populations to tomato spotted wilt incidence in tomato in the field. J. Entomol. Sci. 47: 65-75.