Blair Siegfried
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Agricultural Sciences
Huck Affiliations
Most Recent Publications
Does prior exposure to larvicides influence dengue virus susceptibility in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)?
Robert L. Aldridge, Barry W. Alto, C. Roxanne Connelly, Bernard Okech, Blair Siegfried, Bradley H. Eastmond, Abdullah A. Alomar, Kenneth J. Linthicum, 2024, Journal of Medical Entomology on p. 166-174
A draft Diabrotica virgifera virgifera genome: insights into control and host plant adaption by a major maize pest insect
Brad S. Coates, Kimberly K.O. Walden, Dimpal Lata, Neetha Nanoth Vellichirammal, Robert F. Mitchell, Martin N. Andersson, Rachel McKay, Marcé D. Lorenzen, Nathaniel Grubbs, Yu Hui Wang, Jinlong Han, Jing Li Xuan, Peter Willadsen, Huichun Wang, B. Wade French, Raman Bansal, Sammy Sedky, Dariane Souza, Dakota Bunn, Lance J. Meinke, Nicholas J. Miller, Blair D. Siegfried, Thomas W. Sappington, Hugh M. Robertson, 2023, BMC Genomics
Gene editing of the ABC Transporter/White locus using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis in the Indian Meal Moth
Bryce D. Shirk, Paul D. Shirk, Richard B. Furlong, Erin D. Scully, Ke Wu, Blair D. Siegfried, 2023, Journal of Insect Physiology
LETHAL AND SUBLETHAL CONCENTRATIONS OF FORMULATED LARVICIDES AGAINST SUSCEPTIBLE AEDES AEGYPTI
Robert L. Aldridge, Barry W. Alto, C. Roxanne Connelly, Bernard Okech, Blair Siegfried, Kenneth J. Linthicum, 2022, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association on p. 250-260
RNAi-induced knockdown of white gene in the southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula L.)
Dariane Souza, Shawn A. Christensen, Ke Wu, Lyle Buss, Kaylin Kleckner, Constance Darrisaw, Paul D. Shirk, Blair D. Siegfried, 2022, Scientific Reports
Up-regulation of apoptotic- and cell survival-related gene pathways following exposures of western corn rootworm to B. thuringiensis crystalline pesticidal proteins in transgenic maize roots
Brad S. Coates, Emeline Deleury, Aaron J. Gassmann, Bruce E. Hibbard, Lance J. Meinke, Nicholas J. Miller, Jennifer Petzold-Maxwell, B. Wade French, Thomas W. Sappington, Blair D. Siegfried, Thomas Guillemaud, 2021, BMC Genomics
Influence of Pyrethroid Resistance on Vector Competency for Zika Virus by Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)
Casey Parker-Crockett, C. Roxanne Connelly, Blair Siegfried, Barry Alto, 2021, Journal of Medical Entomology on p. 1908-1916
The use of insecticides to manage the western corn rootworm, diabrotica virgifera virgifera, leconte: History, field-evolved resistance, and associated mechanisms
Lance J. Meinke, Dariane Souza, Blair D. Siegfried, 2021, Insects on p. 1-22
Molecular characterization of western corn rootworm pyrethroid resistance
Dariane Souza, Blair D. Siegfried, Lance J. Meinke, Nicholas J. Miller, 2021, Pest Management Science on p. 860-868
Selection of reference genes for normalization of RT-qPCR data in gene expression studies in Anthonomus eugenii Cano (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Daniele H. Pinheiro, Blair D. Siegfried, 2020, Scientific Reports
Most-Cited Papers
Evidence of field-evolved resistance to bifenthrin in western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) populations in western Nebraska and Kansas
Adriano E. Pereira, Haichuan Wang, Sarah N. Zukoff, Lance J. Meinke, B. Wade French, Blair D. Siegfried, 2015, PLoS One
RNAi as a management tool for the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera
Elane Fishilevich, Ana M. Vélez, Nicholas P. Storer, Huarong Li, Andrew J. Bowling, Murugesan Rangasamy, Sarah E. Worden, Kenneth E. Narva, Blair D. Siegfried, 2016, Pest Management Science on p. 1652-1663
A comprehensive selection of reference genes for RT-qPCR analysis in a predatory lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Huipeng Pan, Xiaowei Yang, Blair D. Siegfried, Xuguo Zhou, 2015, PLoS One
Responses of two ladybird beetle species (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to dietary RNAi
Simone Haller, Franco Widmer, Blair D. Siegfried, Xuguo Zhuo, Jörg Romeis, 2019, Pest Management Science on p. 2652-2662
Long dsRNA but not siRNA initiates RNAi in western corn rootworm larvae and adults
H. Li, C. Khajuria, M. Rangasamy, P. Gandra, M. Fitter, C. Geng, A. Woosely, J. Hasler, G. Schulenberg, S. Worden, R. Mcewan, C. Evans, B. Siegfried, K. E. Narva, 2015, Journal of Applied Entomology on p. 432-445
Parental RNA interference of genes involved in embryonic development of the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte
Chitvan Khajuria, Ana M. Vélez, Murugesan Rangasamy, Haichuan Wang, Elane Fishilevich, Meghan L.F. Frey, Newton Portilho Carneiro, Premchand Gandra, Kenneth E. Narva, Blair D. Siegfried, 2015, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology on p. 54-62
Selection of reference genes for RT-qPCR analysis in the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (L.), a migrating bio-indicator
Huipeng Pan, Xiaowei Yang, Keith Bidne, Richard L. Hellmich, Blair D. Siegfried, Xuguo Zhou, 2015, PLoS One
Developing an in vivo toxicity assay for RNAi risk assessment in honey bees, Apis mellifera L
Ana María Vélez, Jessica Jurzenski, Natalie Matz, Xuguo Zhou, Haichuan Wang, Marion Ellis, Blair D. Siegfried, 2016, Chemosphere on p. 1083-1090
Dietary RNAi toxicity assay exhibits differential responses to ingested dsRNAs among lady beetles
Huipeng Pan, Xiaowei Yang, Jörg Romeis, Blair D. Siegfried, Xuguo Zhou, 2020, Pest Management Science on p. 3606-3614
Clathrin-dependent endocytosis is associated with RNAi response in the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte
Daniele H. Pinheiro, Ana M. Vélez, Elane Fishilevich, Haichuan Wang, Newton P. Carneiro, Arnubio Valencia-Jiménez, Fernando H. Valicente, Kenneth E. Narva, Blair D. Siegfried, 2018, PLoS One