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Martha Hunter

Professor, Entomology | Professor, BIO5 Institute | Chair, Entomology / Insect Science - GIDP | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Grants(16)

Collaborative Research: The Saboteur's Tools in Action: Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Genes of the Bacterial Arthropod Symbiont Cardinium Hertigii
Active·2024·$494.3K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
microbiology, genetics, symbiosis, evolution, ecology
Enhancing Areawide Biological Control of Spotted Wing Drosophila in Oregon
Active·2024·$917 / $18.3K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
biological control, spotted wing drosophila, oregon, areawide control, enhancement
Acquisition of Goods and Services
Active·2024·$10.1K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
procurement, supply chain, logistics, contract management, vendor management
Symbiont Transmission Constraints and Consequences in the Orchard Bug Pest Leptoglossus Zonatus
Active·2023·$646.2K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
symbiont transmission, orchard bug pest, leptoglossus zonatus, constraints, consequences
Nematicidal and Phytotoxic Efficacy of Photorhabdus Metabolites for Control of Plant Parasites
Active·2022·$0 / $225K·
External
Key Personnel (KP)
nematicidal, phytotoxic, photorhabdus metabolites, control, plant parasites

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Publications(131)

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Bugs promote immune priming via gut-breaching bacteria

2024

immune system, microbiome, infectious diseases, immunity, bacterial interactions

Hiding in plain sight: Cryptic enemies are found on cochineal Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae) a scale insect of economic and cultural significance

2022

entomology, insect ecology, biological control, agricultural pest management, cultural significance

Sex-based de novo transcriptome assemblies of the parasitoid wasEncarsia suzannae, a host of the manipulative heritable symbiont Cardinium hertigii

2022

genomics, parasitology, symbiosis, transcriptomics, insect biology

Development of common leaf-footed bug pests depends on the presence and identity of their environmentally-acquired symbionts.

2022

insect pests, symbiotic relationships, entomology, ecological interactions, agricultural pests

One of two co-infecting Cardinium symbiont strains causes cytoplasmic incompatibility and localizes outside of sperm cells in Encarsia partenopea

2022

symbiont strains, cytoplasmic incompatibility, sperm cells localization, coinfecting cardinium, encarsia partenopea

Quality over quantity: unraveling the contributions to cytoplasmic incompatibility caused by two coinfecting Cardinium symbionts

2022

symbiont interactions, cytoplasmic incompatibility, symbiont contributions, coinfecting cardinium, quality control

Cryptic enemies of the economically- and culturally-important scale insect, cochineal Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae)

2021

insect ecology, pest management, agricultural impact, biological control, biodiversity

What goes umight come down: the spectacular spread of an endosymbiont is followed by its decline a decade later

2020

endosymbiont spread, symbiosis dynamics, ecological interactions, population dynamics, microbial decline

Continent-scale sampling reveals fine-scale turnover in a beneficial bug symbiont

2020

ecology, symbiosis, biodiversity, entomology, biogeography

The saboteur's tools: Common mechanistic themes across manipulative symbioses

2020

symbiotic interactions, mechanisms, manipulation, sabotage, symbiosis

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Martha Hunter

Collaboration(14)

Brian Enquist

Judith Brown

Yves Carriere

Dawn Gouge

Kathleen Walker

Grants(16)

Collaborative Research: The Saboteur's Tools in Action: Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Genes of the Bacterial Arthropod Symbiont Cardinium Hertigii

Enhancing Areawide Biological Control of Spotted Wing Drosophila in Oregon

Acquisition of Goods and Services

Symbiont Transmission Constraints and Consequences in the Orchard Bug Pest Leptoglossus Zonatus

Nematicidal and Phytotoxic Efficacy of Photorhabdus Metabolites for Control of Plant Parasites

Publications(131)

Bugs promote immune priming via gut-breaching bacteria

Hiding in plain sight: Cryptic enemies are found on cochineal Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae) a scale insect of economic and cultural significance

Sex-based de novo transcriptome assemblies of the parasitoid wasEncarsia suzannae, a host of the manipulative heritable symbiont Cardinium hertigii

Development of common leaf-footed bug pests depends on the presence and identity of their environmentally-acquired symbionts.

One of two co-infecting Cardinium symbiont strains causes cytoplasmic incompatibility and localizes outside of sperm cells in Encarsia partenopea

Quality over quantity: unraveling the contributions to cytoplasmic incompatibility caused by two coinfecting Cardinium symbionts

Cryptic enemies of the economically- and culturally-important scale insect, cochineal Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae)

What goes umight come down: the spectacular spread of an endosymbiont is followed by its decline a decade later

Continent-scale sampling reveals fine-scale turnover in a beneficial bug symbiont

The saboteur's tools: Common mechanistic themes across manipulative symbioses