Henry Fadamiro

Areas of Expertise

• Insect behavior
• Chemical ecology
• Neurobiology
• Biological control
• Integrated pest management.

Selected Publications

1. Balusu, R.R, M. R. Elena, E. L. Oscar, and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2015. Management of Yellowmargined leaf beetle Microtheca ochroloma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) using turnip as trap crop. J. Econ. Entomol. 108(6):2691-2701.
2. Zebelo, S., Y. Song, J.W. Kloepper, and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2016. Rhizobacteria activates (+)‐δ‐cadinene synthase genes and induces systemic resistance in cotton against beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua). Plant, Cell & Environment. 39: 935-943.
3. Disi, J. O., J. W. Kloepper, and H. Y. Fadamiro. 2017. Seed treatment of maize with Bacillus pumilus strain INR-7 affects host location and feeding by Western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera. Journal of Pest Science. DOI: 10.1007/s10340-017-0927-z.
4. Morawo, T., and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2017. The role of herbivore- and plant-related experiences in intraspecific host preference of a relatively specialized parasitoid. Insect Science. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12537.
5. Disi, J. O., S. Zebelo, J. W. Kloepper, and H.Y Fadamiro. 2017. Seed inoculation with beneficial rhizobacteria affects European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) oviposition on maize plants. Entomological Science. DOI: 10.1111/ens.12280.
6. Balusu, R.R., E.M. Rhodes, A. Majumdar, R.D. Cave, O.E. Liburd, and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2017. Biology, ecology, and management of Microtheca ochroloma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in organic crucifer production. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 8: 14.
7. Ademokoya, B., R. Balusu, T. Morawo, and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2017. Attraction of Paratelenomus saccharalis (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), an egg parasitoid of Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) to host-associated olfactory cues. Journal of Entomological Science 52: 323-331.
8. Zebelo, S., J. Disi, R. Balusu, B. Reeves, and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2017. Spodoptera exigua modulates gossypol biosynthesis in cotton Gossypium hirsutum. Journal of Plant Interactions. DOI 10.1080/17429145.2017.1298853.
9. Disi, J. O., S. Zebelo, E. Ngumbi, and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2017. cis-Jasmone primes defense pathways in tomato via emission of volatile organic compounds and regulation of genes with consequences for Spodoptera exigua oviposition. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 11: 591-602.
10. Morawo, T., M. Burrows, and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2017. Electroantennogram response of the parasitoid, Microplitis croceipes to host-related odors: the discrepancy between relative abundance and level of antennal responses to volatile compound. F1000Research 5: 2725.
11. Akotsen-mensah, C., R. Balusu, J. Anikwe, and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2017. Evaluating potential trap crops for managing leaffooted (Hemiptera: Coreidae) and phytophagous stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) species in peaches. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 19: 332-340.
12. Chen, L., and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2018. Pseudacteon Phorid Flies: Host Specificity and Impacts on Solenopsis Fire Ants. Annu Rev Entomol 63:47–67. doi: doi.org/10.1146/annurev- ento-020117- 043049-043049.
13. Ademokoya, B., R. Balusu, C. Ray, J. Mottern and H. Fadamiro. 2018. The first record of Ooencyrtus nezarae (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) on Kudzu bug (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) in North America. Journal of Insect Science 18: 8; 1-7.
14. Morawo, T., and H. Fadamiro. 2018. Chemical-mediated counter defense: attraction of two parasitoid species to the defensive secretion of host larvae. Chemoecology 28: 153-162.
15. Disi, J. O., H. K. Mohammad, K. Lawrence, and H. Fadamiro. 2019. A soil bacterium can shape belowground interactions between maize, herbivores and entomopathogenic nematodes. Plant and Soil. 437: 83–92.
16. Morawo, T., and H. Fadamiro. 2019. The role of herbivore- and plant-related experiences in intraspecific host preference of a relatively specialized parasitoid. Insect Science 26: 341-350.
17. Kafle, B.D., T. Morawo, and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2020. Host-induced plant volatiles mediate ability of the parasitoid Microplitis croceipes to discriminate between unparasitized and parasitized Heliothis virescens larvae and avoid superparasitism. Journal of Chemical Ecology 46: 967-977.