Department of Entomology

Research Interests:

Insect-Plant Interactions, Chemical Ecology, Mechanisms of Plant Defense and Insect Virulence

Recent Publications:

Zhu, L., X. Liu, X. Liu, R. Jeanotte, J. Reese, M.O. Harris, J. Stuart, M-S. Chen. 2008. Hessian fly attack causes dramatic shift in carbon/nitrogen metabolism in wheat. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 21: 70-78.

Friesen, T., S. Xu and M.O. Harris. 2008. Stem rust, tan spot, Stagonospora nodorum blotch and Hessian fly resistance in Langdon durum-Aegilops tauschii synthetic hexaploid wheat lines. Crop Science (in press).

Anderson, K.G. and M.O. Harris. 2008. Leaf growth signals the onset of effective plant resistance against Hessian fly larvae. Entomologia Experimentalist et Applicata (in press).  

Chen, W., R. Leopold, and M.O. Harris. 2008. Cold storage effects on maternal and progeny quality of Gonatocerus ashmeadi Girault (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Biological Control (in press).

Ganehiarachchi, G.A.S.M. and M.O. Harris. 2007. Oviposition behaviour of the orange wheat blossom midge on low- versus high-ranked grasses. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 123: 287-297.

Liu, X., J. Bai, L. Huang, L. Zhu, X. Liu, N. Weng, J. Reese, M.O. Harris, J. Stuart, M-S. Chen. 2007. Gene expression of different wheat genotypes during attack by virulent and avirulent Hessian fly larvae. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33: 2171-2194.

Stuart, J.J., M.S. Chen, and M.O. Harris. 2007. Hessian Fly. In: Genome Mapping and Genomics in Animals, Volume IV Arthropods. Eds. Wayne Hunter and Chittaranjan Kole and, Springer, Berlin.

Berzonsky, W.A., T.G. Shanower, R.J. Lamb, R.I.H. McKenzie, H. Ding, M.O. Harris, R.H. Ratcliffe, H.W. Ohm, F.L. Patterson, F.B. Peairs, S.D. Haley & D.R. Porter. 2003. Breeding wheat for resistance to insects. Plant Breeding Reviews 22: 221-296.

Harris, M.O., J.J. Stuart, M. Mohan, S. Nair, R.J. Lamb & O. Rohfritsch. 2003. Grasses and Gall Midges: Plant Defense and Insect Adaptation. Annual Review of Entomology 48: 549-577.

Sutherland, P., M.O. Harris & N. Markwick. 2003. Effects of starvation and the Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin Cry1Ac on the midgut cells, feeding behavior and growth of lightbrown apple moth larvae. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 96: 250-264.

Rajamohan, A., R.A. Leopold, W.B. Wang, M. Harris, S.D. McCombs, N.C. Peabody & K. Fisher. 2003. Cryopreservation of Mediterranean fruit fly embryos. Cryoletters 24: 125-132.

T.L. Friesen, S.S. Xu, J. D. Faris, J.B. Rasmussen, J.D. Miller, and M.O. Harris.  2003. Evaluation of Langdon durum-Aegilops tauschii synthetic hexaploid wheats for their seedling reaction to tan spot, Stagonospora leaf blotch, leaf rust, stem rust, and Hessian fly. In: N.E. Pogna, M. Romanò, E.A. Pogna, G. Galterio (eds) Proc. 10th Int. Wheat Genet. Symp., vol. 3. Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Rome, Italy. Pp 1133-1135.

Kanno, H. & M.O. Harris. 2002. Avoidance of occupied hosts by the Hessian fly: oviposition behaviour and consequences for larval survival. Ecol. Entomol. 27: 177-188. 

Graduate Students:

Kirk Anderson, Ph.D., Entomology.
Saddha Ganehiarachchi, Ph.D., Entomology.
Kiran Ghising, M.S., Entomology

Post-Doctoral Research Fellows:

Wenlong Chen
Guotai Yu

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	Department of Entomology, 202 Hultz Hall   North Dakota State University, Fargo ND  Dr. David Rider, Interim Chair  Phone: 701-231-7582	updated 28 February, 2008