Plant-Insect Interactions

This research area includes both relationships of insect herbivores and their natural enemies as well as to the host plant responses to arthropod stress. Research is directed at physiological, chemical, behavioral, morphological, and microclimatic factors in these interactions.

Sofiya Arora

Sofiya Arora

MS Graduate Student

Plant virus-vector interactions, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology
UNL Entomology Department
208 Entomology Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0816
Nikhitha Gangavarapu

Nikhitha Gangavarapu

Ph.D. Graduate Student

Plant virus-vector interactions, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology
UNL Entomology Department
208 Entomology Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816

Dr. Kumar Shrestha

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Plant-Insect Interactions
305A ENTO Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
Dr. Shaonpius Mondal

Dr. Shaonpius Mondal

Assistant Professor of Entomology

Arthropod vector of plant pathogens
211 ENTO Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
Kashish Verma

Kashish Verma

MS Graduate Student

Plant-Insect Interactions
208 ENTO Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
Esha Kaler

Esha Kaler

MS graduate student

220 ENTO Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816

Edith Ikuze

MS Graduate Student

Plant-Insect Interactions, Biotechnology
208 Entomology Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
Dr. Suresh Varsani

Dr. Suresh Varsani

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Plant-Insect Interactions
109A ENTO Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
Dr. Alisson Santana

Dr. Alisson Da Silva Santana

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Crop Protection, Agriculture & Biodiversity
WCREEC
402 W State Farm Rd.
North Platte, NE 89101-7751
Dr. Pritha Kundu

Dr. Pritha Kundu

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Molecular Plant-Insect Interactions
312 Entomology Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816