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Paye, W. S., E. Billman, Q. D. Read, T. F. Ducey, P. Shumaker, and D. W. Watts. 2026. Soil organic carbon and nitrogen responses to cover crops in Norfolk soil under long-term contrasting tillage systems. Soil Science Society of America Journal 90(6), e70380. DOI: 10.1002/saj2.70380.
Gurung, M., R. Chandrashekhar, J. L. Thomson, A. S. Landry, Q. D. Read, A. E. Martinez, A. Andres, and L. Yeruva. 2026. Associations between fermented dairy food intake during pregnancy and gestational weight gain, macrosomia, and gut microbiota. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN 76, 105194. DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2026.105194.
Pokoo-Aikins, A., T. Chung, A. Oladeinde, Q. D. Read, A. Adeli, J. Kwakye, O. Ariyo, A. L. Fuller, A. F. A. Ghareeb, M. C. Milfort, J. P. Lawrence, T. Hamaoka, M. Rothrock, S. E. Aggrey, and Z. Abdo. 2026. Early litter microbiota changes are associated with footpad dermatitis severity in broilers challenged with Salmonella Infantis. Avian Diseases. DOI: 10.1637/aviandiseases-D-26-00025.
Valles, S. M., R. L. White, and Q. D. Read. 2026. Male and female reproductives are potential sources of RNA virus dissemination in Solenopsis invicta. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 219, 108723. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2026.108723.
Habteweld, A., Q. D. Read, L. A. Schumacher, H. L. Tyler, P. Mubvumba, N. Bellaloui, H. M. Kelly, and A. Mengistu. 2026. Microbes and nematodes associated with rhizoplane and rhizosphere soil of resistant and susceptible soybean genotypes grown in a Macrophomina phaseolina-infested field. PhytoFrontiers. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTOFR-05-26-0059-R.
Li, S., J. R. Smith, A. M. Gillen, and Q. D. Read. 2026. Multi-year evaluation and release of improved soybean lines for resistance to Phomopsis seed decay. PLoS ONE 21(8), e0354166. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0354166.
Mengistu, A., Q. D. Read, P. Mubvumba, H. M. Kelly, J. Deffenbaugh, A. Habteweld, N. Bellaloui, and L. A. Schumacher. 2026. Charcoal rot severity and soybean yield responses to seeding rate and row spacing. Plant Disease 110(8), 3303-3310. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-09-25-1898-RE.
Harris-Shultz, K. R., V. L. Corby-Harris, G. DeGrandi-Hoffman, L. A. Snyder, E. E. Watkins de Jong, J. S. O'Hearn, Q. D. Read, and C. S. Clem. Pollen nutrient content, insect visitation, and morphological characteristics of warm-season turfgrasses. Journal of Entomological Science 61(3), 717-730. DOI: 10.18474/JES25-68.
Woolfolk, S. W., D. P. Jeffers, Q. D. Read, L. K. Hawkins, and E. M. Babiker. 2026. Assessing varied maize germplasm lines for resistance to fall armyworm and corn earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with agronomic quality consideration. Florida Entomologist 109(1), 20250041. DOI: 10.1515/flaent-2025-0041.
Lee, H.-S., L. E. Ibarra, B. Zuo, J. Zhao, R. Fox, Q. D. Read, M. Gurung, L. Yeruva, C. Chen, and S. P. Trudo. 2026. Protective effect of apiaceous vegetables against Total Western Diet- and dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis in mice. The Journal of Nutrition 156(8), 101652. DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101652.
Copes, W. E., K. R. Leep, S.-E. Lu, Q. D. Read, L. Robinson, E. Willis, S. P. Kumpatla, and B. J. Smith. 2026. A survey of the distribution of Pseudomonas amygdali pv. loropetali present on and in stems of Loropetalum chinense shrubs in ornamental nurseries. Plant Health Progress. DOI: 10.1094/PHP-01-26-0013-S.
Sasidharan, S. K., K. E. C. Elliott, J. D. Evans, Q. D. Read, and E. D. Peebles. 2026. Effects of sampling location and frequency on the detection of Mycoplasma gallisepticum populations in the respiratory tract of commercial layer pullets. Poultry Science 105(9), 107277. DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2026.107277.
Ruebel, M., Y. Zhong, P. Z. Schall, P. Jambal, D. N. Yazza, K. Zemski-Berry, S. V. Chintapalli, Q. D. Read, K. M. Thakali, and K. Shankar. 2026. MyD88 signaling in trophoblasts contributes to maternal high fat diet-associated alterations in placental gene expression and lipid profiles. Placenta 182, 79-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2026.06.001.
Mulakala, B. K., M. L. Salinas, L. A. Davidson, S. Romero, Q. D. Read, R. Fox, T. LeRoith, J. J. Cai, R. S. Chapkin, S. M. Donovan, and L. Yeruva. 2026. Bifidobacteria infantis and human milk oligosaccharides have independent and synergistic effects on immune response and amino acid metabolism in germ-free mouse models. mSystems 11:00392-26. DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00392-26.
Nour, I., J. R. Blakey, S. Alvarez-Narvaez, A. Kulkarni, Q. D. Read, and S. K. Mohanty. 2026. Novel multigene molecular characterization of avian reovirus strains and associated embryonic pathogenicity. Journal of Virology, e01982-25. DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01982-25.
Poudel, I., T. C. Vu, R. Wysocky, R. F. Malheiros, Q. D. Read, K. E. Anderson, and O. T. Toomer. 2026. Incorporating high-oleic peanuts in layer diets: impact on production, egg quality & nutritional profile and calculated egg income and feed cost. Journal of Applied Poultry Research 35(3), 100719. DOI: 10.1016/j.japr.2026.100719.
Garcia, J. S., D. R. Jones, R. K. Gast, Q. D. Read, V. Hardman, and R. Meinersmann. 2026. Applied Research Note: Impact of egg handling and storage temperature on the growth of spoilage organisms in shell eggs stored for 27 weeks. Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 100730. DOI: 10.1016/j.japr.2026.100730.
Pokoo-Aikins, A., T. R. Mitchell, Q. D. Read, R. Shanmugasundaram, and A. E. Glenn. 2026. Mycotoxin occurrence in poultry feed and feed ingredients. Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 100729. DOI: 10.1016/j.japr.2026.100729.
McIntyre, J. S., H. J. Cook, Q. D. Read, R. B. Sorensen, E. R. Bucior, and M. C. Lamb. 2026. Diminished shell strength from rainfall when peanuts are in windrows at harvest. Peanut Science 53(1), 31-43. DOI: 10.3146/0095-3679-53-PS1665.
Richards, A. K., E. A. McMillan, Q. D. Read, N. W. Shariat, R. J. Buhr, and C. E. Harris. 2026. Evaluation of MicroTally mitts for detecting foodborne pathogens during broiler processing. Journal of Food Protection 89(5), 100740. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfp.2026.100740.
Kannan, N. and Q. D. Read. 2026. Selection of the least drifting spray nozzles for pesticide application to protect insect pollinators. Journal of the ASABE 69(1): 77-91. DOI: 10.13031/ja.16415.
R. L. White, Q. D. Read, and S. M. Valles. 2026. Evaluation of organosilicone surfactants as synergists of Solenopsis invicta virus 3 in Solenopsis invicta. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 216, 108573. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2026.108573.
Brinkhoff, R. E., N. J. Sanders, J. A. Henning, G. Newman, Q. D. Read, M. K. Sundqvist, M. J. Hovenden, C. M. Prager, K. E. Rewcastle, L. Souza, O. K. Vought, and A. T. Classen. 2026. The impact of warming on peak-season ecosystem carbon uptake is influenced by dominant species in warmer sites. Journal of Ecology 114(2), e70247. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.70247.
Jia, J., K. Leep, K. Phillips, E. Willis, L. Robinson, W. Phillips, Q. D. Read, W. E. Copes, and S. Lu. 2025. Development of a quantitative PCR method to detect the bacterial gall pathogen Pseudomonas amygdali pv. loropetali from loropetalum plant materials. Plant Disease, PDIS-11-23-2533-SR. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-11-23-2533-SR.
Billings, G. T., D. Restrepo-Montoya, L. A. Dentinger, J. W. Zirkel, B. T. Campbell, D. C. Jones, Q. D. Read, P. W. Chee, B. E. Scheffler, C. H. Haigler, A. M. Hulse-Kemp, and J. A. Scheffler. 2026. The cotton historical lines project - Part I: History and field evaluation. Crop Science 66(1), e70173. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70173.
Garcia, J. S., R. K. Gast, Q. D. Read, and D. R. Jones. 2025. The impact of egg handling and storage temperature on shell eggs stored for 27 weeks: Egg quality. Poultry Science 105(2), 106264. DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2025.106264.
Harris-Shultz, K., J. Wallace, S. Sapkota, B. Schwartz, Q. D. Read, J. Peterson, A. L. Santana, D. Smolensky, and A. Coffin. 2025. Identification of candidate genes for stigma color using a genome-wide association study in centipedegrass. Crop Science 65(6), e70185. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70185.
Cottrell, T. E., Q. D. Read, and C. Starns. 2025. Electron beam irradiation for management of in-shell pecan weevil larvae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, toaf300. DOI: 10.1093/jee/toaf300.
Mengistu, A., Q. D. Read, C. R. Little, H. M. Kelly, and N. Bellaloui. 2025. Severity of charcoal rot disease in soybean genotypes inoculated with Macrophomina phaseolina isolates differs among growth environments. Plant Disease 109(10). DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-10-24-2230-RE.
Oakley, B. A., T. R. Mitchell, Q. D. Read, G. T. Hibbs, T. T. Baldwin, L. J. Pierce, S. E. Gold, and A. E. Glenn. 2025. A nitric oxide reductase is a key enzyme target for eliminating fungal emissions of nitrous oxide. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 104038. DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2025.104038.
McKenzie-Reynolds, P., I. A. Owolabi, A. Biswas, Q. D. Read, G. R. Burke, A. Levi, and A. M. Simmons. 2025. Wild sources for host plant resistance to Bemisia tabaci in watermelon: insights from behavioral and chemical analyses. Crop Protection 199, 107411. DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2025.107411.
Toomer, O. T., T. C. Vu, R. Wysocky, V. Moraes, R. Malheiros, Q. D. Read, and K. E. Anderson. 2025. Effects of an unblanched peanut and/or peanut skin diet on egg quality, egg lipid chemistry, and performance of hens housed in a cage-free environment. Animals 15(18), 2673. DOI: 10.3390/ani15182673.
McMillan, E., Q. D. Read, T. Mitchell, C. Harris, A. E. Glenn, A. Pokoo-Aikins, R. Meinersmann, and J. Frye. 2025. In vitro synergistic effects of peracetic acid and biocides approved for use in poultry meat processing against four serotypes of non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica. Microbiology Spectrum: e00652-25. DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00652-25.
Chen, C. and Q. D. Read. 2025. Variability of ripening peaches from different orchards, seasons, and harvests in the southeastern USA. Technology in Horticulture 5, e032. DOI: 10.48130/tihort-0025-0027.
Ruebel, M., S. P. Gilley, P. Jambal, J. Dado-Fox, D. N. Yazza, N. Nakra, C. Uhlson, L. Sian, S. Kode, Q. D. Read, L. Yeruva, J. L. E. Westcott, P. S. MacLean, N. F. Krebs, and K. Shankar. 2025. Maternal undernutrition exacerbates effects of ambient heat during pregnancy in mice. The Journal of Nutrition 155(9): 2996-3007. DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.05.021.
Portilla, M., N. S. Little, B. H. Elkins, Y. Du, Y. C. Zhu, J. P. Glover, and Q. D. Read. 2025. Evaluation of Beauveria bassiana strain NI8 and conventional insecticides to control Lygus lineolaris in cotton. Southwestern Entomologist 50(2): 611-631. DOI: 10.3958/059.050.0225.
Copes, W. E., Q. D. Read, and B. J. Smith. 2025. Application variables that affect efficacy of disinfestants sprayed on different substrate materials to control Colletotrichum siamense. PhytoFrontiers 5(3). DOI: 10.1094/PHYTOFR-12-24-0131-R.
Eichenwald, A., J. M. Grady, J. Knott, Q. D. Read, J. M. Rodriguez, and S. Record. 2025. The impact of disturbance on tree size distributions in the United States. Global Ecology & Biogeography 34(8): e70102. DOI: 10.1111/geb.70102.
Valles, S. M., M. S. Ascunce, Q. D. Read, R. L. White, and R. K. Vander Meer. 2025. Virome of Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Intercontinental differences in the native and introduced ranges. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 213: 108401. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2025.108401.
Smith, B. J., E. T. Stafne, and Q. D. Read. 2025. Establishment of southern highbush blueberry cultivars and suppression of Phytophthora root rot using cover crop and soil amendment treatments. PhytoFrontiers 5(3). DOI: 10.1094/PHYTOFR-09-24-0096-R.
Oppenheimer, P., F. Tini, R. Whetten, I. Laraba, Q. D. Read, B. Whitaker, M. Vaughan, G. Beccari, L. Covarelli, and C. Cowger. 2025. Synthetic spike-in metabarcoding for plant pathogen diagnostics results in precise quantification of copy number within the genus Fusarium. International Society of Microbial Ecology Communications, ycaf124. DOI: 10.1093/ismeco/ycaf124.
Pawlowski, E. D., L. Witthaus, J. M. Taylor, M. T. Moore, E. Stevens, S. McNamara, and Q. D. Read. 2025. The role of vegetation, drying, and rewetting on water and sediment phosphorus concentrations in an experimental ditch channel experiment. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 8(3): e70168. DOI: 10.1002/agg2.70168.
Penn, H. J., Q. D. Read, R. T. Richard, and D. J. Dufrene. 2025. Prior stem borer damage does not impact conspecific damage or perennial crop yield in subsequent years of growth. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, e13609. DOI: 10.1111/eea.13609.
Paye, W. S., R. Moral, M. B. Vanotti, A. A. Szögi, and Q. D. Read. 2025. Agronomic effectiveness of nitrogen and phosphorus recovered from swine manure. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 8(2): e70153. DOI: 10.1002/agg2.70153.
Chatterjee, A., J. M. Taylor, Q. D. Read, M. T. Moore, M. A. Locke, and J. D. Hoeksema. 2025. Water quality and soil nutrient availability trade-offs associated with timing and duration of managed flooding for migratory waterbird habitat. Soil Science Society of America Journal 89(3): e70077. DOI: 10.1002/saj2.70077.
Newman, C., R. Austin, R. Andres, Q. D. Read, N. Garrity, K. Fritz, A. Oakley, A. Hulse-Kemp, and J. Dunne. 2025. Evaluating UAV captured RGB and multispectral imagery as a proxy for visual rating of leaf spot in cultivated peanut. The Plant Phenome Journal 8(1): e70019. DOI: 10.1002/ppj2.70019.
Rodrigues, N. B., T. R. Barbosa, H. S. Koenow Pinheiro, M. Mancini, Q. D. Read, J. Blackstock, H. E. Winzeler, D. Miller, P. R. Owens, and Z. Libohova. 2025. Influences of sampling design and model selection on predictions of chemical compounds in Petroferric formations in the Brazilian Amazon. Remote Sensing 17(9): 1644. DOI: 10.3390/rs17091644.
Kannan, N., B. Fritz, Q. D. Read, and R. Srinivasan. 2025. Testing the drift reduction potential of some adjuvants from renewable sources for aerial pesticide applications. Book chapter in Pesticide Formulation and Delivery Systems: 43rd Volume, Creating Certainty in an Uncertain World, ed. Danny Brown (West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International, 2025), 134-147. DOI: 10.1520/STP165220240015.
Harrell, T., S. Alvarez-Narvaez, Q. D. Read, and S. J. Conrad. Novel strand-specific qPCR assay elucidates differences in viral replication kinetics between different strains of avian reovirus. Microbiology Spectrum 13, e03140-24. DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03140-24.
Woolfolk, S., G. A. Matthews, and Q. D. Read. 2025. Comparison of infestation rates of fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) neonates for maize resistance screening. Journal of Insect Science 25(2): 9. DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieaf025.
Caren, J., Y.-C. Zhu, Q. D. Read, and Y. Du. 2025. Risk assessment of essential oils on honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Insects 16(3):303. DOI: 10.3390/insects16030303.
Adeli, A., J. P. Brooks, D. M. Miles, Q. D. Read, Y. Huang, G. Feng, and J. N. Jenkins. 2025. Integrated effects of tillage, fertilizer sources and a rye cover crop on dryland cotton production. Agronomy Journal 117(2):e70019. DOI: 10.1002/agj2.70019.
Yeh, H.-Y. and Q. D. Read. 2025. Immune responses of chickens against recombinant Salmonella enterica serotype Heidelberg FimA and FimW fimbriae and FliD and FlgK flagellar proteins. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 280:110870. DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2024.110870.
Lofton, L. W., Q. D. Read, H. L. Hamilton, A. E. Glenn, J. A. Hawkins, T. R. Mitchell, and S. E. Gold. 2025. Pyrrocidines A and B demonstrate synergistic inhibition of Fusarium verticillioides growth. Frontiers in Microbiology 15. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1480920.
Mears, M. C., Q. D. Read, and A. Bakre. 2024. Comparison of direct RNA sequencing of Orthoavulavirus javaense using two different chemistries on the MinION platform. Journal of Virological Methods 333:115103. DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2024.115103.
Frazier, S., S. M. Brown, Q. D. Read, A. L. Jacobson, K. Conner, C. Escalante, and K. S. Balkcom. 2024. Cotton stalk management and a cover crop produce minimal effects on cotton leafroll dwarf virus. Agronomy Journal. DOI: 10.1002/agj2.70002.
Oi, D. H., R. A. Atchison, and Q. D. Read. 2024. Effect of fast and slow-acting bait toxicants on tawny crazy ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) foraging and nesting in the field. Journal of Economic Entomology toae284. DOI: 10.1093/jee/toae284.
Johnson, R. M., K. A. Richard, and Q. D. Read. 2024. Effects of potassium fertilizer on sugarcane yields and plant and soil potassium levels in Louisiana. Agronomy 14(12): 2761. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy14122761.
Kim, S.-B., K.-T. Kim, S. In, N. Jaiswal, G.-W. Lee, S. Jung, A. Rogers, L. F. Gómez-Trejo, S. Gautam, M. Helm, H.-K. Ahn, H.-Y. Lee, Q. D. Read, J. Woo, K. L. Holan, S. A. Whitham, J. D. G. Jones, D. Choi, R. Dean, E. Park, and P. Balint-Kurti. 2024. Use of the Puccinia sorghi haustorial transcriptome to identify and characterize AvrRp1-D recognized by the maize Rp1-D resistance protein. PLoS Pathogens 20(11): e1012662. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012662.
H. Abou-Shaara, S. Mehrparvar, Q. D. Read, J. Chen, and E. Amiri. 2024. Impact of commercial plastic queen cell cups on rearing success and development of honey bee queens. Journal of Apicultural Research 64(4): 1074–1084. DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2024.2418682.
Assumpcao, A. L. F. V., K. Arsi, K. S. Alharbi, A. Asnayanti, A. D. Trieu, Q. D. Read, R. Perera, A. Shwani, A. Hasan, S. Pillai, A. M. Donoghue, D. Rhoads, P. R. R. Jesudhasan, and A. A. K. Alrubaye. 2024. Electron-beam-killed Staphylococcus vaccine reduced lameness in broiler chickens. Vaccines 12(11): 1203. DOI: 10.3390/vaccines12111203.
Pokoo-Aikins, A., C. M. McDonough, T. R. Mitchell, J. A. Hawkins, L. F. Adams, Q. D. Read, X. Li, R. Shanmugasundaram, E. Rodewald, P. Acharya, A. E. Glenn, and S. E. Gold. 2024. Mycotoxin contamination and the nutritional content of corn targeted for animal feed. Poultry Science 103(12): 104303. DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.104303.
Libohova, Z., M. Mancini, H. E. Winzeler, Q. D. Read, N. Sun, D. Beaudette, C. Williams, J. Blackstock, S. H. G. Silva, N. Curi, K. Adhikari, A. Ashworth, J. Minia, and P. R. Owens. 2024. Interpreting the spatial distribution of soil properties with a physically-based distributed hydrological model. Geoderma Regional: e00863. DOI: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00863.
Kannan, N., Q. D. Read, and W. Zhang. A natural polymer material as a pesticide adjuvant for mitigating off-target drift. 2024. Heliyon 10(16): e35510. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35510.
Toomer, O. T., P. Maharjan, K. L. Harding, T. C. Vu, R. Malheiros, R. Mian, M. Joseph, Q. D. Read, E. O. Oviedo-Rondon, and K. E. Anderson. 2024. Effects of full-fat high-oleic soybean meal in layer diets on performance, egg quality and chemical composition. Poultry Science 103(10): 104074. DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.104074.
McMillan, E., E. S. Adams, T. Mitchell, J. Hawkins, Q. D. Read, A. Pokoo-Aikins, M. Berrang, C. E. Harris, M. D. Hughes, A. E. Glenn, and R. J. Meinersmann. 2024. Susceptibility of pESI positive Salmonella to treatment with biocide chemicals approved for use in poultry processing as compared to Salmonella without the pESI plasmid. Letters in Applied Microbiology 77(7): ovae067. DOI: 10.1093/lambio/ovae067.
Copes, W. E., Q. D. Read, and B. J. Smith. Environmental influences on drying rate of spray applied disinfestants from horticultural production services. 2024. PhytoFrontiers: PHYTOFR-03-24-0019-R. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTOFR-03-24-0019-R.
Mulakala, B. K., M. Salinas, J. Rearick, B. Onyekweli, M. Gurung, M. Ruebel, J. Dada-Fox, J. Zeledon, R. Talatala, L. Davidson, R. Chapkin, Q. D. Read, S. Donovan, and L. Yeruva. 2024. Human milk oligosaccharides and Bifidobacteria Infantis interactively shape mouse splenic immune responses. Current Developments in Nutrition 8: 103429. DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.103429.
Owens, P. R., M. Mancini, H. E. Winzeler, Q. D. Read, N. Sun, J. Blackstock, and Z. Libohova. 2024. Simulating water dynamics related to pedogenesis across space and time: implications for four-dimensional digital soil mapping. Geoderma 447: 116911. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.116911.
Elkins, B. H., M. Portilla, K. C. Allen, N. S. Little, R. M. Mullen, R. T. Paulk, and Q. D. Read. 2024. Sublethal effects of a commercial Bt product and Bt cotton flowers on the bollworm (Helicoverpa zea) with impacts to predation from a lady beetle (Hippodamia convergens). PLoS One 19(5): e0302941. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302941.
Gurung, M., B. T. Schlegel, D. Rajasundaram, R. Fox, L. Bode, T. Yao, S. R. Lindemann, T. LeRoith, Q. D. Read, C. Simecka, L. Carroll, A. Andres, and L. Yeruva. 2024. Microbiota of infants consuming secretors or non-secretors mother's milk impacts the gut and immune system in mice. mSystems e00294-24. DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00294-24.
Koebernick, J., A. Gillen, R. Fett, S. Patel, B. Fallen, V. Pantalone, G. Shannon, Z. Li, A. Scaboo, W. Schapaugh, R. Mian, and Q. D. Read. 2024. Soybean test weight in relation to genotype, environment, and genotype x environment interaction in the southern USA. Agronomy Journal. DOI: 10.1002/agj2.21551.
Rering, C. C., A. B. Rudolph, Q.-B. Li, Q. D. Read, P. R. Muñoz, J. Ternest, and C. T. Hunter. 2024. A quantitative survey of the blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) nectar microbiome: variation between cultivars, locations, and farm management approaches. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 100(3): fiae020. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiae020.
Heintzman, L. J., N. E. McIntyre, E. J. Langendoen, and Q. D. Read. 2024. Cultivation and dynamic cropping processes impart land-cover heterogeneity within agroecosystems: a metrics-based case study in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta (USA). Landscape Ecology 39:29. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-024-01797-0.
Mengistu, A., Q. D. Read, V. Sykes, H. Kelly, T. Kharel, and N. Bellaloui. 2024. Cover crop and crop rotation effects on tissue and soil population dynamics of Macrophomina phaseolina and yield under no-till system. Plant Disease 108: 302-310. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-03-23-0443-RE.
Shanahan, M., M. Simone-Finstrom, P. Tokarz, F. Rinkevich, Q. D. Read, and M. Spivak. 2024. Thinking inside the box: Bringing tree cavity textures to beehive design to stimulate propolis collection and support honey bee health. PLoS One 19:e0291744. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291744.
Safaee, S., Z. Libohova, E. J. Kladivko, A. Brown, H. E. Winzeler, Q. D. Read, S. Rahmani, and K. Adhikari. Influence of sample density, model selection, and land use on prediction accuracy of soil properties. Geoderma Regional 36:e00766. DOI: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00766.
Shults, D. D., M. L. Reba, J. Nowlin, J. Massey, and Q. D. Read. 2024. Extending irrigation reservoir histories for improved groundwater modeling and conjunctive water management in two Arkansas critical groundwater areas. Agricultural Water Management 293:108678. DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108678.
Grady, J. M., Q. D. Read, S. Record, N. Rüger, P. L. Zarnetske, A. I. Dell, S. P. Hubbell, S. T. Michaletz, and B. J. Enquist. 2024. Life history scaling in a tropical forest. Journal of Ecology. DOI:10.1111/1365-2745.14245.
Little, N. S., B. H. Elkins, M. Portilla, K. C. Allen, Q. D. Read, and R. T. Paulk. 2024. Field evaluation of biological and conventional insecticides for managing multiple insect pests in cotton. Journal of Entomological Science. DOI: 10.18474/JES23-37.
Halbritter, D. A., E. Kariuki, G. S. Wheeler, M. B. Rayamajhi, C. Minteer, and Q. D. Read. Changes in plant architecture in Brazilian peppertree damaged by the biological control agent, Pseudophilothrips ichini Hood (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Biological Control 188, 105414. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105434.
Martin Ewert, A., M. Simone-Finstrom, Q. D. Read, C. Husseneder, and V. Ricigliano. 2023. Effects of ingested essential oils and propolis extracts on honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) health and gut microbiota. Journal of Insect Science 23(6):15. DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iead087.
Penn, H. J. and Q. D. Read. 2023. Stem borer herbivory dependent on interactions of sugarcane variety, associated traits, and presence of prior borer damage. Pest Management Science. DOI: 10.1002/ps.7843.
Cho, S., L. M. Hiott, Q. D. Read, J. Damashek, J. Westrich, M. Edwards, R. F. Seim, D. A. Glinski, J. M. Bateman McDonald, E. A. Ottesen, E. K. Lipp, W. M. Henderson, C. R. Jackson, and J. G. Frye. 2023. Distribution of antibiotic resistance in a mixed-use watershed and the impact of wastewater treatment plants on antibiotic resistance in surface water. Antibiotics 12(11):1586. DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12111586.
Osei-Owusu, K. A., Q. D. Read, and M. Thomsen. Potential energy and environmental footprint savings from reducing food loss and waste in Europe: a scenario-based multiregional input-output analysis. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00158.
Balkcom, K. S., Q. D. Read, and A. V. Gamble. 2023. Rye planting date impacts biomass production more than seeding rate and nitrogen fertilizer. Agronomy Journal. DOI: 10.1002/agj2.21418.
de Gracia Coquerel, M., A. McAuley, J. Wegerif, Q. D. Read, N. Chowdhury, K. C. Jeong, J. G. Morris, S. J. Martins, E. M. Goss, and M. S. Ascunce. 2023. Preliminary assessment of bacterial antibiotic resistance and Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus titer in three Florida commercial citrus groves. Crop Protection 172:106350. DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106350.
Yeh, H.-Y., J. G. Frye, C. R. Jackson, Q. D. Read, J. E. Line, and A. Hinton. 2023. Use of automated capillary immunoassay for quantification of antibodies in chicken sera against recombinant Salmonella enterica serotype Heidelberg proteins. Journal of Microbiological Methods. DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2023.106757.
Taliercio, E., D. Eickholt, Q. D. Read, T. Carter, N. Waldeck, and B. Fallen. 2023. Parental choice and seed size impact the uprightness of progeny from interspecific Glycine hybridizations. Crop Science. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.21015.
Jia, Y. and Q. D. Read. 2023. Bacteria disinfection of rice seeds by ultraviolet light irradiation in a biosafe flow cabinet. Plant Health Progress. DOI: 10.1094/PHP-02-23-0017-RS.
Cowger, C., Q. D. Read, L. Clark, and Y. Dong. 2023. Optimal timing of fungicide application to manage Fusarium head blight in winter barley. Plant Disease. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-01-23-0021-RE.
Fett, R., A. M. Gillen, Q. D. Read, S. Patel, and J. Koebernick. 2023. Evaluating the accuracy and efficiency of test weight instruments for soybean (Glycine max L.) research. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment. DOI: 10.1002/agg2.20354.
Mengistu, A., J. D. Ray, H. M. Kelly, Q. D. Read, R. J. Smith, N. Bellaloui, and L. A. Schumacher. 2023. Charcoal rot severity and soybean yield responses to planting date, irrigation, and genotypes. Plant Disease. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-06-22-1329-RE.
Adeli, A., J. P. Brooks, D. Miles, T. Misna, Q. D. Read, and J. N. Jenkins. 2023. Effectiveness of combined biochar and lignite with poultry litter on soil carbon sequestration and soil health. Open Journal of Soil Science 13:124-149. DOI: 10.4236/ojss.2023.132006.
Zollota, S., P. Perez, J. Allen, T. Argenti, Q. D. Read, and M. S. Ascunce. 2023. Are ants good organisms to teach elementary students about invasive species in Florida? Insects 14:118. DOI: 10.3390/insects14020118.
Nestle, R., J. Palacios, A. S. David, Q. D. Read, and G. S. Wheeler. 2023. The Brazilian peppertree biological control agent Pseudophilothrips ichini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) displays a flexible feeding strategy between foliage and reproductive tissues. Biological Control 105159. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105159.
Gurung, M., F. Rosa, B. Yelvington, N. Terry, Q. D. Read, B. D. Piccolo, B. Moody, P. Tripp, H. E. Pittman, B. L. Fay, T. J. Ross, J. D. Sikes, J. B. Flowers, R. Fox, T. LeRoith, R. Talatala, F. Bar-Yoseph, and L. Yeruva. 2023. Evaluation of a plant-based infant formula containing almonds and buckwheat on gut microbiota composition, intestine morphology, metabolic and immune markers in a neonatal piglet model. Nutrients 15:383. DOI: 10.3390/nu15020383.
McMillan, E. A., M. E. Berrang, Q. D. Read, S. Ramasetti, A. K. Richards, N. W. Shariat, and J. G. Frye. 2023. Buffered peptone water formulation does not influence growth of pESI positive Salmonella serovar Infantis. Journal of Food Protection 86:100033. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfp.2022.100033.
Allan, M. C., Q. D. Read, and S. D. Johanningsmeier. 2022. Impact of sweetpotato starch structures, thermal properties, and granules sizes on sweetpotato fry textures. Food Hydrocolloids 2022:108377. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2022.108377.
Winzeler, H. E., P. R. Owens, Q. D. Read, Z. Libohova, A. Ashworth, and T. Sauer. 2022. Topographic wetness index as a proxy for soil moisture in a hillslope catena: flow algorithms and map generalization. Land 11:2018. DOI: 10.3390/land11112018.
Prager, C. M., A. T. Classen, M. K. Sundqvist, M. N. Barrios-Garcia, E. K. Cameron, L. Chen, C. Chisholm, T. W. Crowther, J. R. Deslippe, K. Grigulis, J.-S. He, J. A. Henning, M. Hovenden, T. T. Høye, X. Jing, S. Lavorel, J. R. McLaren, D. B. Metcalfe, G. S. Newman, M. L. Nielsen, C. Rixen, Q. D. Read, K. E. Rewcastle, M. Rodriguez-Cabal, D. A. Wardle, S. Wipf, and N. J. Sanders. Integrating natural gradients, experiments, and statistical modelling in a distributed network experiment: an example from the WaRM Network. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9396. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9396.
Islam, Md. S., P. McCord, Q. D. Read, L. Qin, A. E. Lipka, S. Sood, J. Todd, and M. Olatoye. 2022. Accuracy of genomic prediction of yield and sugar traits in *Saccharum* spp. hybrids. Agriculture 12:1436. DOI: 10.3390/agriculture12091436.
Zimba, K. J., Q. D. Read, M. Haseeb, R. L. Meagher, and J. C. Legaspi. 2022. Potential of silicon to improve biological control of fall armyworm (*Spodoptera frugiperda*) on maize. Agriculture 12:1432. DOI: 10.3390/agriculture12091432.
Swanwick, R. H., Q. D. Read, S. M. Guinn, M. A. Williamson, K. L. Hondula, and A. J. Elmore. 2022. Dasymetric population mapping based on US Census data and 30-m gridded estimates of impervious surface. Scientific Data 9:523. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01603-z.
Kamoske, A. G., K. M. Dahlin, Q. D. Read, S. Record, S. P. Serbin, S. C. Stark, and P. L. Zarnetske. 2022. Towards mapping biodiversity from above: Can fusing lidar and hyperspectral remote sensing predict taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic tree diversity in temperate forests? Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13516.
McIntyre, J. S., C. L. Butts, and Q. D. Read. 2022. Computational fluid dynamics modeled air speed through in-shell peanuts in drying wagons compared to experimentally measured air speed. Journal of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 38:489-507. DOI: 10.13031/aea.14771.
Mason, R. E., J. M. Craine, N. K. Lany, M. Jonard, S. V. Ollinger, P. M. Groffman, R. W. Fulweiler, J. Angerer, Q. D. Read, P. B. Reich, P. H. Templer, and A. J. Elmore. 2022. Evidence, causes, and consequences of declining nitrogen availability in terrestrial ecosystems. Science, 376, eabh3767. DOI: 10.1126/science.abh3767.
Read, Q. D., K. L. Hondula, and M. K. Muth. 2022. Biodiversity effects of food system sustainability actions from farm to fork. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119, e2113884119. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2113884119.
Sthapit Kandel, J., G. V. Sandoya Miranda, W. Zhou, Q. D. Read, B. Mou, and I. Simko. 2022. Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with bacterial leaf spot resistance in baby leaf lettuce. Plant Disease. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-09-21-2087-RE.
Rewcastle, K. E., J. A. Henning, Q. D. Read, R. E. Irwin, N. J. Sanders, and A. T. Classen. 2022. Plant removal across an elevational gradient marginally reduces rates, substantially reduces variation in mineralization. Ecology, 103, e03546. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3546.
Dahlin, K. M., P. L. Zarnetske, Q. D. Read, L. Twardochleb, A. G. Kamoske, K. S. Cheruvelil, and P. A. Soranno. 2021. Linking terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity to ecosystem function across scales, trophic levels, and realms. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, 217. DOI:10.3389/fenvs.2021.692401.
Prager, C. M., X. Jing, J. A. Henning, Q. D. Read, P. Meidl, S. Lavorel, N. J. Sanders, M. Sundqvist, D. A. Wardle, and A. T. Classen. Climate and multiple dimensions of plant diversity regulate ecosystem carbon exchange along an elevational gradient. Ecosphere. DOI:10.1002/ecs2.3472
Marston, L.T., Read, Q.D., Brown, S.P. & Muth, M.K. (2021). Reducing water scarcity by reducing food loss and waste. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5. DOI:10.3389/fsufs.2021.651476
Read, Q.D. and M. K. Muth. 2021. Cost-effectiveness of four food waste interventions: Is food waste reduction a 'win-win?' Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 168, 105448. DOI:10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105448
Metson, G.S., A. Chaudhary, X. Zhang, B. Houlton, A. Oita, N. Raghuram, Q. D. Read, L. Bouwman, H. Tian, A. Uwizeye, and A. J. Eagle, 2021. Nitrogen and the food system. One Earth 4, 3-7. DOI:10.1016/j.oneear.2020.12.018
Record, S., K. M. Dahlin, P. L. Zarnetske, Q. D. Read, S. L. Malone, K. D. Gaddis, J. M. Grady, J. Costanza, M. L. Hobi, A. M. Latimer, S. Pau, A. M. Wilson, S. V. Ollinger, A. O. Finley, and E. Hestir. 2020. Remote sensing of geodiversity as a link to biodiversity. Book chapter in Remote Sensing of Biodiversity: Using spectral signals to understand the biology and biodiversity of plants, communities, ecosystems and the tree of life. J. Cavender-Bares, J. Gamon, and P. Townsend, eds. Springer International. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33157-3.
Read, Q.D., Zarnetske, P.L., Record, S., Dahlin, K.M., Costanza, J.K., Finley, A.O., et al. 2020. Beyond counts and averages: Relating geodiversity to dimensions of biodiversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, DOI: 10.1111/geb.13061.
Read, Q. D., S. Brown, A. D. Cuéllar, S. M. Finn, J. A. Gephart, L. T. Marston, E. Meyer, K. A. Weitz, and M. K. Muth. 2020. Assessing the environmental impacts of halving food loss and waste along the food supply chain. Science of the Total Environment 712:136255. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136255.
Muth, M. K., C. Birney, A. Cuéllar, S. M. Finn, M. Freeman, J. N. Galloway, I. Gee, J. A. Gephart, K. Jones, L. Low, E. Meyer, Q. D. Read, T. Smith, K. A. Weitz, and S. Zoubek. 2019. A systems approach to assessing environmental and economic effects of food loss and waste interventions in the United States. Science of the Total Environment 685:1240-1254. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.230.
Henning, J. A., Q. D. Read, N. J. Sanders, and A. T. Classen. 2019. Fungal colonization of plant roots is resistant to nitrogen addition and resilient to dominant species losses. Ecosphere. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2640.
Zarnetske, P. L., Q. D. Read, S. Record, K. Gaddis, S. Pau, M. Hobi, S. L. Malone, J. K. Costanza, K. M. Dahlin, A. Latimer, A. M. Wilson, J. M. Grady, S. Ollinger, A. O. Finley. 2019. Towards connecting biodiversity and geodiversity across scales with satellite remote sensing. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12887.
Grady, J. M., Q. D. Read, S. Record, P. L. Zarnetske., B. Baiser, K. Thorne, and J. Belmaker. 2018. Size, niches, and the latitudinal diversity gradient. Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Vol. 14, Figure Set 1.
Read, Q. D., J. M. Grady, P. L. Zarnetske, S. Record, B. Baiser, J. Belmaker, M.-N. Tuanmu, A. Strecker, L. Beaudrot, and K. M. Thibault. 2018. Among-species overlap in rodent body size distributions predicts species richness along a temperature gradient. Ecography. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.03641
Welshofer, K. B., P. L. Zarnetske, N. K. Lany, and Q. D. Read. 2018. Short-term responses to warming vary between native vs. exotic species and with latitude in an early successional plant community. Oecologia. DOI: h10.1007/s00442-018-4111-9
Read, Q. D., J. A. Henning, A. T. Classen, and N. J. Sanders. 2017. Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in montane plant communities. Journal of Plant Ecology. DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtx015
Read, Q. D., B. Baiser, J. M. Grady, P. L. Zarnetske, S. Record, and J. Belmaker. 2018. Tropical bird species have less variable body sizes. Biology Letters 20170453. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0453
Butler, E.E., A. Datta, H. Flores-Moreno, M. Chen, ..., Read, Q., ..., and P. B. Reich. 2017. Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1708984114
Read, Q. D., J. A. Henning, and N. J. Sanders. 2017. Intraspecific variation in traits reduces ability of trait-based models to predict community structure. Journal of Vegetation Science. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12555
Hendershot, J. N., Q. D. Read, J. A. Henning, N. J. Sanders, and A. T. Classen. 2017. Consistently inconsistent drivers of patterns of microbial diversity and abundance at macroecological scales. Ecology. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1829
Yoon, S. A. and Q. D. Read. 2016. Consequences of exotic host use: impacts on Lepidoptera and a test of the ecological trap hypothesis. Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3560-2
Van Nuland, M. E., R. C. Wooliver, A. A. Pfennigwerth, Q. D. Read, I. M. Ware, L. Mueller, J. A. Fordyce, J. A. Schweitzer, and J. K. Bailey. 2016. Plant-soil feedbacks: connecting ecosystem ecology and evolution. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12690
Read, Q. D., S. M. Hoban, M. B. Eppinga, J. A. Schweitzer, and J. K. Bailey. 2016. Accounting for the nested nature of genetic variation across levels of organization improves our understanding of biodiversity and community ecology. Oikos 125:895-904. DOI: 10.1111/oik.02760
Schussler, E. E., Q. D. Read, G. Marbach-Ad, K. Miller, and M. Ferzli. 2015. Preparing biology graduate teaching assistants for their roles as instructors: an assessment of institutional approaches. CBE-Life Sciences Education 14:1-11. DOI: 10.1187/cbe.14-11-0196
Read, Q. D., L. C. Moorhead, N. G. Swenson, J. K. Bailey, and N. J. Sanders. 2014. Convergent effects of elevation on functional leaf traits within and among species. Functional Ecology 28:37-45. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12162
Gorman, C. E., Q. D. Read, M. E. Van Nuland, and others. 2013. Phylogenetic similarity aboveground leads to community similarity belowground through conservatism of functional traits. Annals of Botany Plants plt049. DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plt049
Van Nuland, M. E., E. N. Haag, J. A. Bryant, Q. D. Read, and others. 2013. Fire promotes pollinator visitation: implications for ameliorating declines of pollination services. PLoS One 8:e79853. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079853
Clark, J. S., A. S. Powell, B. D. Soltoff, and Q. D. Read. 2012. Evidence from individual inference for high-dimensional coexistence: long term experiments on recruitment response. PLoS One 7:e30050. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030050
See a map of all the places I've given a talk!
Invited talk at USDA Agricultural Research Service, FY2026 IACUC workshop, Auburn, Alabama
Invited talk at USDA ARS Delta Water Management Research Unit, Jonesboro, Arkansas
Invited talk at USDA ARS Feed & Food Safety Research Unit, Science Coffee Hour, New Orleans, Louisiana
Invited talk at AgStats (Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture & Natural Resources, Gainesville, Florida
Invited talk at USDA Agricultural Research Service, FY2024 IACUC workshop, Stuttgart, Arkansas
Conference presentation at NCCC-170: Research Advances in Agricultural Statistics, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Invited talk at USDA SIBS Phenomics Working Group seminar, Raleigh, North Carolina
Invited talk at USDA ARS Honey Bee Lab, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Invited talk at USDA ARS Southeast Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Invited talk at USDA ARS Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas
Invited talk at USDA Agricultural Research Service & Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Invited talk at USDA Agricultural Research Service, Food Science & Market Quality & Handling research unit meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina
Invited talk at USDA Agricultural Research Service, FY2023 IACUC workshop, Athens, Georgia
Conference presentation at AgStats (Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture & Natural Resources, West Lafayette, Indiana
Invited talk at North Carolina State University, Plant & Microbial Biology department seminar, Raleigh, North Carolina
Invited talk at George Washington University, guest lecture in People, Land and Food undergraduate course, Washington, DC
Invited talk at Duke University, University Program in Ecology seminar series, Durham, North Carolina
Conference presentation at Ecological Society of America/U.S. Society for Ecological Economics joint meeting, Louisville, Kentucky
Invited talk at Commission on Environmental Cooperation, Arlington, Virginia
Conference presentation at International Association of Landscape Ecology, Chicago, Illinois
Invited talk at German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany
Conference presentation at Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon
Invited talk at National Ecological Observatory Network, weekly seminar, Boulder, Colorado
Invited talk at Michigan State University, Hanover Forest Science Seminar Series, East Lansing, Michigan
Conference presentation at Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland
Invited talk at University of Notre Dame, Biology education seminar, Notre Dame, Indiana
Invited talk at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, weekly seminar, Gothic, Colorado
Invited talk at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division seminar, Oak Ridge, Tennessee