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Selected Research Publications (past 6 years)

Students and staff from Klingeman lab are underlined. ** indicates M.S./Ph.D. committee member

2025

  1. Kron, C., A. Gonzalez Murillo**, C.G. Goncalves, W.E. Klingeman, K. Addesso, C.B. Zoller, and J.K. Moulton. 2025. DNA barcoding helps establish a novel host-plant interaction for Chrysobothris mali Horn (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) larvae recovered from infested pear fruit in California orchards. PanPacific Entomologist 101(3): 262-272. https://doi.org/10.3956/2025-101.3.262
  2. Awasthi, K.R, N. Timilsina, D. Coyle, D. Hadziabdic, F. Iuricich, W.E. Klingeman, M. Nowicki, B.T. Russell, and J.A. Hartshorn. 2025. Detection and classification of invasive Callery pear from multi-source satellite imageries on Google Earth Engine. Ecological Informatics 92: 103529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103529.

2024

  1. Onufrak, A.J.**, S. Khodaei, I. Perez, C. Chen, A. Finnell, S. Givens, D. Holdgridge, R. Gazis, K.D. Gwinn, W. Klingeman, and D. Hadziabdic. Potential biological control agents of Geosmithia morbida restrict fungal plant pathogen growth via mycoparasitism and antibiosis. BioControl 69: 661-674. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-024-10277-y.
  2. Yadav, L.K., D. Bellis, Z. C. Smith, M. Ony, C. Hale, C. Richards, W.E. Klingeman, M.E. Staton, J.J. Granger, and D. Hadziabdic. 2024. Genetic diversity and population structure of a rare flowering tree endemic to Appalachia, Stewartia ovata. Ecology & Evolution 14:e11547. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11547
  3. Smith, Z., G. Pietsch, C. Richards, M. Ony, C. Hale, W. Klingeman, M. Staton, D. Hadziabdic, and J. Granger. 2024. Characterization and development of 14 microsatellite markers for Mountain Stewartia (Stewartia ovata), an uncommon, Appalachian-endemic tree in the Tea family. Journal of Forest Research 29(2): 144-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/13416979.2023.2266618

2023

  1. Kapoor, B.**, A.J. Onufrak, W.E. Klingeman, J.M. Debruyn, M.A. Cregger, E. Willcox, R. Trigiano, and D. Hadziabdic. 2023. Responses of bacterial and fungal communities of flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) to prescribed fire and implications for forest management. PeerJ 11:e15822. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15822
  2. Reyes, A.M., Z.C. Smith, A.J. Onufrac, G.M. Pietsch, M.A. Ony, M.E. Odoi, S. Khodaei, C.J. Smallwood, W.E. Klingeman, and D. Hadziabdic. 2023. First report of Bot Canker (Diplodia corticola) in Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) in Tennessee. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-23-0308-PDN

2022

  1. Chahal, K.**, R. Gazis, W. Klingeman, P. Lambdin, J. Grant, M. Windham, and D. Hadziabdic. 2022. Differential virulence among Geosmithia morbida isolates collected across the U.S. occurrence range of thousand cankers disease. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 5: 726388 https://doi 10.3389/ffgc.2022.726388
  2. Onufrak, A.J.**, M.A. Ony**, M.E. Odoi, C.J. Dugger, G.M. Pietsch, E.F. Phillips, J.F. Grant, W.E. Klingeman, and D. Hadziabdic. 2022. First report of Diplodia corticola causing dieback of white oak (Quercus alba) in Tennessee. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-22-0447-PDN
  3. Pietsch, G.M., R. Gazis, W.E. Klingeman, M. Huff, M. Staton, M. Kolařík, and D. Hadziabdic. 2022. Characterization and microsatellite marker development for Geosmithia obscura, a common bark and ambrosia beetle associate. MicrobiologyOpen. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.165107522.28031775/v1
  4. Sapkota, S.**, S.L. Boggess, R.N. Trigiano, W.E. Klingeman, D. Hadziabdic, D.R. Coyle, and M. Nowicki. 2022. Microsatellite loci reveal high genetic diversity, mutation, and migration rates as invasion drivers of Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) in the southeastern United States. Frontiers in Genetics 13: 861398. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.861398

2021

  1. Moore, P.A.**, P.A. Wadl, R.N. Trigiano, J.A. Skinner, and W.E. Klingeman (2021) Pollinators and other floral visitors to Pityopsis ruthii (Asteraceae: Asterales), an endangered aster native to the Southern Appalachians. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 93(4): 327-347. https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-93.4.327
  2. Stackhouse T., Boggess S., Hadziabdic D., Trigiano R., Ginzel M., and Klingeman W. (2021) Conventional gel electrophoresis and taqman probes enable rapid confirmation of thousand cankers disease from diagnostic samples. Plant Disease 105(10): 3171-3180. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-20-2258-RE
  3. Stowell, D.R.**, M.J. Fly, W.E. Klingeman, C.A. Beyl, A.J. Wozencroft, D.L. Airhart, and P.J. Snodgrass (2021) Current state of the horticultural therapy profession in the United States. HortTechnology: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH04792-21
  4. Hamm T.**, Nowicki M., Boggess S., Klingeman W., Hadziabdic D., Huff M., Staton M., and Trigiano R. (2021) Development and characterization of 15 novel genomic SSRs for Viburnum farreri. Plants 10: 487. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030487
  5. Sapkota S.**, Boggess S., Trigiano R., Klingeman W., Hadziabdic D., Coyle D., Olukolu B., Kuster R., and Nowicki M. (2021) Microsatellite loci reveal diversity of Asian Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) in the species native range and in the North American cultivars. Life 11 (6): 531. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11060531
  6. Ony M.**, Klingeman W., Zobel J., Trigiano R., Ginzel M., Nowicki M., Boggess S., Everhart S., and Hadziabdic D. (2021) Genetic diversity in North American Cercis canadensis reveals an ancient population bottleneck that originated after the Last Glacial Maximum. Scientific Reports-Nature 11: 21803 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01020-z.

2020

  1. Klingeman, W.E., Juang-Horng Chong, C. Harmon, L. Ames, A.V. LeBude, and P. Chandran (2020) Diagnostic service records help prioritize resource development needs for scale insect management (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) on ornamental plants. Plant Health Progress. 21: 278-287. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-05-20-0045-S
  2. Ony M.**, Nowicki M., Boggess S., Klingeman W., Zobel J., Trigiano R., and Hadziabdic D. (2020) Habitat fragmentation influences genetic diversity and differentiation: Fine‐scale population structure of Cercis canadensis (eastern redbud). Ecology and Evolution 10: 3655-3670. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6141
  3. Onufrak A.**, Williams G., Klingeman W., Cregger M., Klingeman D., DeBruyn J., Ginzel, M., and Hadziabdic D. (2020) Regional differences in the structure of Juglans nigra phytobiome reflect geographical differences in Thousand Cankers Disease severity. Phytobiomes Journal 4(4): 388-404. https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-05-20-0044-R
  4. Strange, N.C.**, J.K. Moulton, E.C. Bernard, W.E. Klingeman, B.J. Sampson, and R.N. Trigiano (2020) Floral visitors of Helianthus verticillatus, a rare sunflower species in the southeastern United States. HortScience 55(12): 1980-1986. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI15394-20
  5. Toennisson, A.T.**, W.E. Klingeman, and K.M. Vail (2020) Odorous house ant, Tapinoma sessile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), colony movement in response to moisture, shade, and food proximity. Environ. Entomol. 49(6): 1263-1269. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaa131
  6. McDermott-Kubeczko, M.E., J. Juzwik, S.E. Reed, and W.E. Klingeman (2020) Branch colonizing fungi associated with damage on branches of eastern black walnut in Indiana, Missouri, and Tennessee. Plant Health Progress 21: 135-141. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-12-19-0088-RS

Selected Other Publications

  1. Chahal K.**, Gazis R., Klingeman W., Hadziabdic D., Lambdin P., Grant J., and Windham M. (2019) Assessment of alternative candidate subcortical insect vectors from walnut crowns in habitats quarantined for Thousand Cankers Disease. Environmental Entomology 48(4): 882-893. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvz064
  2. Seybold, S.J., W.E. Klingeman III, S.M. Hinushima, T.W. Coleman, and A.D. Graves (2019) Status and impact of walnut twig beetle in urban forests, native forests, and orchards. J. Forestry 117(2): 152-163. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvy081
  3. Pothula, R.**; D. Shirley, O.P. Perera, W.E. Klingeman; H.M.Y. Abd-Elgaffar; B.R. Johnson, and J.L. Jurat-Fuentes (2019) The digestive system in Zygentoma as a model for high cellulase activity. PlosOne: 14(2): e0212505. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212505
  4. Gazis R., Poplawski L., Boggess S., Klingeman W., Boggess S., Trigiano R., Graves A., Seybold S., and Hadziabdic D. (2018) Mycobiota associated with insect galleries in walnut with thousand cankers disease reveals a potential natural enemy against Geosmithia morbida.Fungal Biology 122(4): 241-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2018.01.005
  5. Blood B., Klingeman W., Paschen M., Hadziabdic D., Couture J., and Ginzel M. (2018) Behavioral responses of Pityophthorus juglandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to volatiles of black walnut and Geosmithia morbida, the causal agent of thousand cankers disease. Environmental Entomology 47(2): 412-421. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvx194
  6. Klingeman, W.E., A.M. Bray, J.B. Oliver, C.M. Ranger, and D.E. Palmquist (2017) Trap style, bait, and height deployments in black walnut tree canopies help inform monitoring strategies for bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Environmental Entomology 46(5): 1120-1129. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvx133
  7. Klingeman, W.E., N.N. Youssef, J.B. Oliver and J.P. Basham (2017) The Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Tennessee: Distribution, seasonal adult activity and new state records. Florida Entomologist 100(2): 292-302. https://journals.flvc.org/flaent/article/view/88416
    Supplemental Data: Table 3 (26 pp.) & Suppl. Figs 1-231 (17 pp.),  https://journals.flvc.org/flaent/article/view/88416/100410
  8. Audley, J.**, W.E. Klingeman, A. Mayfield III, S. Meyers and A. Taylor (2017) Pityophthorus juglandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) colonization of Juglans nigra nursery trees. Journal of Insect Science 17(3): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iex046
  9. Moore, P.A.**, P.A. Wadl, J.A. Skinner, W.E. Klingeman, A.J. Dattilo (2016) Current knowledge, threats and future efforts to sustain populations of Pityopsis ruthii (Asteraceae), an endangered southern Appalachian species. J. Torrey Bot. Sci. 143(2): 117-134 https://doi.org/10.3159/TORREY-D-15-00006.1
  10. Audley, J., A.E. Mayfield III, S.W. Meyers, A. Taylor and W.E. Klingeman (2016)
    Phytosanitation methods influence post-treatment colonization Juglans nigra logs by Pityophthorus juglandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 109(1): 213-221. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tov252
  11. Dean D**, Wadl P, Hadziabdic D, Klingeman W, Ownley B, Rinehart T, Dattilo A, Scheffler B, Trigiano R (2015) Analysis of genetic diversity and population structure for the US native shrub Viburnum rufidulum in Tennessee and Kentucky. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 140(6): 523–531. https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS.140.6.523
  12. Klingeman, W.E., J.A. Hansen**, J.P. Basham, J.B. Oliver, N.N. Youssef, W. Swink, C.A. Nalepa, D.C. Fare, and J.K. Moulton. 2015. Seasonal flight activity and distribution of metallic wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) collected in North Carolina and Tennessee. Florida Entomologist 98(2): 579-587. https://journals.flvc.org/flaent/article/view/84886
    Supplemental Data: Table 1 (11 pp.) & Suppl. Figs 1-3 (6 pp.),
    https://journals.flvc.org/flaent/article/view/84887
    Map Supplements for the Metallic Woodboring Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Tennessee. Figs 1-107 (9 pp.): http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_planpubs/91/
  13. Fulcher, A., N. Ward Gauthier, W. Klingeman, F. Hale. 2015. Blueberry culture and pest, disease, and abiotic disorder management during nursery production in the southeastern U.S.: A review. J. Envir. Hort.: 33(1): 33-47. https://doi.org/10.24266/0738-2898-33.1.33
  14. Hansen, J.A., J.K. Moulton, W.E. Klingeman, J.B. Oliver, M.T. Windham, R.N. Trigiano, and M.E. Reding (2015) Molecular phylogeny of Chrysobothris femorata species group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 108(5): 950-963. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aesa/sav080
  15. Frank, S.D., W.E. Klingeman, S.A. White, and A. Fulcher (2013) Biology, injury, and management of maple tree pests in nurseries and urban landscapes. J. Integrated Pest Management 4(1): 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/IPM12007
  16. Fulcher, A., W.E. Klingeman, J.-H. Chong, A. LeBude, G.R. Armel, M. Chappell, S. Frank, F. Hale, J. Neal, S. White, J. Williams-Woodward, K. Ivors, C. Adkins, A. Senesac, and A. Windham. 2012. Stakeholder vision of future direction and strategies for southeastern U.S. nursery pest research and Extension programming. Journal of Integrated Pest Management: 3(2): D1-D8. https://dx.doi.org/10.1603/IPM11030
  17. Hansen, J.A., J.P. Basham, J.B. Oliver, N.N. Youssef, W.E. Klingeman, J.K. Moulton, and D.C. Fare (2012) New state and host plant records of metallic wood boring beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Tennessee. Coleopterists Bulletin: 66(4): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1649/072.066.0407
  18. Hansen, J.A., W.E. Klingeman, J.K. Moulton, J.B. Oliver, M.T. Windham, R.N. Trigiano, and A. Zhang (2012) Molecular phylogeny of Synanthedonini (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) using Cytochrome Oxidase I. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.: 105(4): 520-528. https://dx.doi.org/10.1603/IPM11028
  19. LeBude, A., S. White, A. Fulcher, S. Frank, W. Klingeman, J.C. Chong, M. Chappell, A. Windham, K. Braman, F. Hale, W. Dunwell, J. Williams-Woodward, K. Ivors, C. Adkins, and J. Neal (2012) Assessing the integrated pest management practices of southeastern U.S. ornamental nursery operations. Pest Manage. Sci.: 68: 1278-1288. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.3295
  20. Rhoades, P.R.**, W.E. Klingeman, R.N. Trigiano, and J.A. Skinner (2011) Evaluating pollination biology of Cornus florida L. and C. kousa (Buerger ex. Miq.) Hance (Cornaceae: Cornales). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 84(4): 285-297. https://doi.org/10.2317/JKES110418.1
  21. Willis, J.D.**, B. Oppert, C. Oppert, W.E. Klingeman, and J.L. Jurat-Fuentes (2011) Identification, cloning, and expression of a GHF9 cellulase from Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). J. Insect Physiology 57: 300-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.06.012
  22. Oppert, C.**, W.E. Klingeman, J.D. Willis, B. Oppert, and J.L. Jurat-Fuentes (2010) Prospecting for cellulolytic activity in insect digestive fluids. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part B: Biochem. Molec. Biol. 155(2):145-154 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.10.014
  23. Powell, W. A., W.E. Klingeman, B.H. Ownley and K.D. Gwinn (2009) Evidence of endophytic Beauveria bassiana in seed-treated tomato plants acting as a systemic entomopathogen to larval Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). J. Entomol. Sci. 44: 391-396. https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-44.4.391 
  24. Ownley, B. H., M.R. Griffin**, W.E. Klingeman, K.D. Gwinn, J.K. Moulton and R.M. Pereira (2008) Beauveria bassiana: endophytic colonization and plant disease control. J. Invert. Pathol. 98: 267-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2008.01.010
  25. Ownley, B. H., R. M. Pereira, W. E. Klingeman, N. B. Quigley, and B. M. Leckie (2004) Beauveria bassiana, a dual purpose biocontrol organism with activity against insect pests and plant pathogens. pp. 255-269. In: Emerging Concepts in Plant Health Management, R. T. Lartey and A. J. Caesar [eds]. Research Signposts, T.C. Kerala, India. Beauveria bassiana as dual purpose biocontrol – Chapter
  26. Auge, R. M., A. J. W. Stodola, J. Moore, W. E. Klingeman, and X. Duan (2003) Comparative dehydration tolerance of foliage of several ornamental crops. Sci. Hort. 98: 511-516. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-2194(00)00033-8

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