Raman Bansal

Postdoctoral Researcher

Area of expertise:

Soybean Pests: Soybean Aphid, Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Host Plant Resistance, Molecular Plant-Insect Interactions, Functional Genomics , Novel Management Strategies

Ph.D. Entomology 2010 Kansas State University

M.S. Entomology 2003 Punjab Agricultural University

B.S. Agriculture 2001 Punjab Agricultural University

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Bansal R, Mian MAR, Michel AP. 2013. Identification of novel sources of host plant resistance to known soybean aphid biotypes. J. Econ. Ent. 106(3): 1479-1485.

Bansal R, Mian MAR, Mittapalli O, Michel AP. 2013. Molecular characterization of soluble trehalase gene and its enhanced expression in alate Aphis glycines, a migratory pest of soybean. Bull. Ent. Res. 103: 286-295.

Bansal R, Michel, AP.  2013. Core RNAi machinery and Sid1, a component for systemic RNAi, in the hemipteran insect, Aphis glycines. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 14(2): 3786-3801.

Bansal R, Mamidala P, Mian MAR, Mittapalli O, Michel AP. 2012. Validation of reference genes for gene expression studies in soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura.  J Econ Ent 105: 1432-1438.

Bansal R, Mian MAR, Mittapalli O, Michel AP. 2012. Characterization of a chitin synthase encoding gene and effect of diflubenzuron in soybean aphid, Aphis glycines. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 8(10):1323-1334. doi:10.7150/ijbs.4189.

Bansal R, Hulbert S, Schemerhorn B, Reese JC, Whitworth RJ, et al. 2011. Hessian fly-associated bacteria: transmission, essentiality, and composition. PLoS One 6(8): e23170.

Jindal V, Arora R, Bansal R. 2007. Screening of cotton genotypes for resistance to sucking pests. Annals Plant Prot. Sci, 15(1): 26-29.

Book Chapters

Bansal R, Jun T, Mian MAR, Michel AP. 2013. Developing host-plant resistance for hemipteran soybean pests: lessons from soybean aphid and stink bugs. Soybean - Pest Resistance, Hany El-Shemy (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0978-5, InTech, doi: 10.5772/54597.

Arora R, Jindal V, Rathore P, Bansal R, Singh V and Bajaj L. 2006. Integrated pest management of cotton in Punjab, India. In E. B. Radcliffe and W. D. Hutchison [eds.], Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook, URL: http://ipmworld.umn.edu, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

Extension Articles

Bansal R, Michel, AP.  2012. Fact-finding on the risk of kudzu bugs in Ohio. Ohio Soybean News. Winter2012: 14-16.