Larry Phelan

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Larry Phelan

Professor of Entomology

phelan.2@osu.edu

330-263-3728

Office:

252 Wooster Science Building

1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691

Professional Information

Degrees & Credentials:

Ph.D. Entomology, University of California, 1984

M.S. Entomology, Michigan State University, 1981

B.A. Biology, The College of Wooster, 1976

Interests & Expertise:

Chemical ecology

Metabolomics

Insect-plant interactions

Biological farming

Biography:

Chemical Ecology & Metabolomics Lab

Research Area

Our research program encompass both basic and applied aspects of areas: 1) the role of soil communities in plant health and susceptibility to herbivory, disease, and plant competition in biological farming systems, and 2) identification and behavioral characterization of plant secondary compounds and arthropod semiochemicals that mediate host finding and other behaviors.

Specific research projects: Our research program encompass both basic and applied aspects of areas: 1) the role of soil communities in plant health and susceptibility to herbivory, disease, and plant competition in biological farming systems, and 2) identification and behavioral characterization of plant secondary compounds and arthropod semiochemicals that mediate host finding and other behaviors.

Works

Some recent publications:

Kim, Y. N., Basta, N. T., Gardiner, M. M., and Phelan, P. L. Submitted. Potential for remediation of post-industrial urban soils by urban farming and organic matter management. J. Environ. Qual.
Mittapelly, P., Rajarapu, S.P., Phelan, P.L., and Michel, A.P. In review. Metatranscriptome and amino acid profiling in the brown marmorated stink bug reveals the importance of the obligate bacterial endosymbiont in Halyomorpha halys. J. Insect Physiol..
Rajarapu, S.P., Muilenburg, V.L., Wijeratne, S., Phelan, P.L., Sudhamalla, B., Herms, D.A., and Mittapalli, O. Submitted. Molecular characterization of the interaction between the invasive emerald ash borer and a novel and coevolved host species (Fraxinus spp.). Ecol. Evol.
Esquivel, C. J., Ranger, C.M., Phelan, P.L., Martinez, E.J., Hendrix, W.H., Cañas, L. A., and Michel, A.P. 2019. Weekly survivorship curves of soybean aphid biotypes 1 and 4 on insecticidal seed treated soybean. J. Econ. Entomol. 112: 712-719.
Chorbadjian, R.A., Phelan, P.L., Herms, D.A. 2018. Tight insect-host phenological synchrony constrains the life-history strategy of European pine sawfly. Agric. & For. Entomol. doi.org/10.1111/afe.12299
Ruisheng, A., Orellana, D., Phelan, P.L., Cañas, L., Grewal, P. 2016. Entomopathogenic nematodes induce systemic resistance in tomato against Spodoptera exigua and Pseudomonas syringae. Biol. Contr. 93: 24–29

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