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Gurung, M., B. T. Schlegel, D. Rajasundaram, R. Fox, L. Bode, T. Yao, S. R. Lindemann, T. LeRoith, Q. D. Read, C. Simecka, L. Carroll, A. Andres, and L. Yeruva. Microbiota of infants consuming secretors or non-secretors mother's milk impacts the gut and immune system in mice. mSystems e00294-24. DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00294-24.
Koebernick, J., A. Gillen, R. Fett, S. Patel, B. Fallen, V. Pantalone, G. Shannon, Z. Li, A. Scaboo, W. Schapaugh, R. Mian, and Q. D. Read. 2024. Soybean test weight in relation to genotype, environment, and genotype x environment interaction in the southern USA. Agronomy Journal. DOI: 10.1002/agj2.21551.
Heintzman, L. J., N. E. McIntyre, E. J. Langendoen, and Q. D. Read. 2024. Cultivation and dynamic cropping processes impart land-cover heterogeneity within agroecosystems: a metrics-based case study in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta (USA). Landscape Ecology 39:29. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-024-01797-0.
Mengistu, A., Q. D. Read, V. Sykes, H. Kelly, T. Kharel, and N. Bellaloui. Cover crop and crop rotation effects on tissue and soil population dynamics of Macrophomina phaseolina and yield under no-till system. 2024. Plant Disease 108: 302-310. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-03-23-0443-RE.
Shanahan, M., M. Simone-Finstrom, P. Tokarz, F. Rinkevich, Q. D. Read, and M. Spivak. 2024. Thinking inside the box: Bringing tree cavity textures to beehive design to stimulate propolis collection and support honey bee health. PLoS One 19:e0291744. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291744.
Safaee, S., Z. Libohova, E. J. Kladivko, A. Brown, H. E. Winzeler, Q. D. Read, S. Rahmani, and K. Adhikari. Influence of sample density, model selection, and land use on prediction accuracy of soil properties. Geoderma Regional 36:e00766. DOI: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00766.
Shults, D. D., M. L. Reba, J. Nowlin, J. Massey, and Q. D. Read. 2024. Extending irrigation reservoir histories for improved groundwater modeling and conjunctive water management in two Arkansas critical groundwater areas. Agricultural Water Management 293:108678. DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108678.
Grady, J. M., Q. D. Read, S. Record, N. Rüger, P. L. Zarnetske, A. I. Dell, S. P. Hubbell, S. T. Michaletz, and B. J. Enquist. 2024. Life history scaling in a tropical forest. Journal of Ecology. DOI:10.1111/1365-2745.14245.
Little, N. S., B. H. Elkins, M. Portilla, K. C. Allen, Q. D. Read, and R. T. Paulk. 2024. Field evaluation of biological and conventional insecticides for managing multiple insect pests in cotton. Journal of Entomological Science. DOI: 10.18474/JES23-37.
Halbritter, D. A., E. Kariuki, G. S. Wheeler, M. B. Rayamajhi, C. Minteer, and Q. D. Read. Changes in plant architecture in Brazilian peppertree damaged by the biological control agent, Pseudophilothrips ichini Hood (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Biological Control 188, 105414. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105434.
Martin Ewert, A., M. Simone-Finstrom, Q. D. Read, C. Husseneder, and V. Ricigliano. 2023. Effects of ingested essential oils and propolis extracts on honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) health and gut microbiota. Journal of Insect Science 23(6):15. DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iead087.
Penn, H. J. and Q. D. Read. 2023. Stem borer herbivory dependent on interactions of sugarcane variety, associated traits, and presence of prior borer damage. Pest Management Science. DOI: 10.1002/ps.7843.
Cho, S., L. M. Hiott, Q. D. Read, J. Damashek, J. Westrich, M. Edwards, R. F. Seim, D. A. Glinski, J. M. Bateman McDonald, E. A. Ottesen, E. K. Lipp, W. M. Henderson, C. R. Jackson, and J. G. Frye. 2023. Distribution of antibiotic resistance in a mixed-use watershed and the impact of wastewater treatment plants on antibiotic resistance in surface water. Antibiotics 12(11):1586. DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12111586.
Osei-Owusu, K. A., Q. D. Read, and M. Thomsen. Potential energy and environmental footprint savings from reducing food loss and waste in Europe: a scenario-based multiregional input-output analysis. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00158.
Balkcom, K. S., Q. D. Read, and A. V. Gamble. 2023. Rye planting date impacts biomass production more than seeding rate and nitrogen fertilizer. Agronomy Journal. DOI: 10.1002/agj2.21418.
de Gracia Coquerel, M., A. McAuley, J. Wegerif, Q. D. Read, N. Chowdhury, K. C. Jeong, J. G. Morris, S. J. Martins, E. M. Goss, and M. S. Ascunce. 2023. Preliminary assessment of bacterial antibiotic resistance and Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus titer in three Florida commercial citrus groves. Crop Protection 172:106350. DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106350.
Yeh, H.-Y., J. G. Frye, C. R. Jackson, Q. D. Read, J. E. Line, and A. Hinton. 2023. Use of automated capillary immunoassay for quantification of antibodies in chicken sera against recombinant Salmonella enterica serotype Heidelberg proteins. Journal of Microbiological Methods. DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2023.106757.
Taliercio, E., D. Eickholt, Q. D. Read, T. Carter, N. Waldeck, and B. Fallen. 2023. Parental choice and seed size impact the uprightness of progeny from interspecific Glycine hybridizations. Crop Science. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.21015.
Jia, Y. and Q. D. Read. 2023. Bacteria disinfection of rice seeds by ultraviolet light irradiation in a biosafe flow cabinet. Plant Health Progress. DOI: 10.1094/PHP-02-23-0017-RS.
Cowger, C., Q. D. Read, L. Clark, and Y. Dong. 2023. Optimal timing of fungicide application to manage Fusarium head blight in winter barley. Plant Disease. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-01-23-0021-RE.
Fett, R., A. M. Gillen, Q. D. Read, S. Patel, and J. Koebernick. 2023. Evaluating the accuracy and efficiency of test weight instruments for soybean (Glycine max L.) research. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment. DOI: 10.1002/agg2.20354.
Mengistu, A., J. D. Ray, H. M. Kelly, Q. D. Read, R. J. Smith, N. Bellaloui, and L. A. Schumacher. 2023. Charcoal rot severity and soybean yield responses to planting date, irrigation, and genotypes. Plant Disease. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-06-22-1329-RE.
Adeli, A., J. P. Brooks, D. Miles, T. Misna, Q. D. Read, and J. N. Jenkins. 2023. Effectiveness of combined biochar and lignite with poultry litter on soil carbon sequestration and soil health. Open Journal of Soil Science 13:124-149. DOI: 10.4236/ojss.2023.132006.
Zollota, S., P. Perez, J. Allen, T. Argenti, Q. D. Read, and M. S. Ascunce. 2023. Are ants good organisms to teach elementary students about invasive species in Florida? Insects 14:118. DOI: 10.3390/insects14020118.
Nestle, R., J. Palacios, A. S. David, Q. D. Read, and G. S. Wheeler. 2023. The Brazilian peppertree biological control agent Pseudophilothrips ichini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) displays a flexible feeding strategy between foliage and reproductive tissues. Biological Control 105159. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105159.
Gurung, M., F. Rosa, B. Yelvington, N. Terry, Q. D. Read, B. D. Piccolo, B. Moody, P. Tripp, H. E. Pittman, B. L. Fay, T. J. Ross, J. D. Sikes, J. B. Flowers, R. Fox, T. LeRoith, R. Talatala, F. Bar-Yoseph, and L. Yeruva. 2023. Evaluation of a plant-based infant formula containing almonds and buckwheat on gut microbiota composition, intestine morphology, metabolic and immune markers in a neonatal piglet model. Nutrients 15:383. DOI: 10.3390/nu15020383.
McMillan, E. A., M. E. Berrang, Q. D. Read, S. Ramasetti, A. K. Richards, N. W. Shariat, and J. G. Frye. 2023. Buffered peptone water formulation does not influence growth of pESI positive Salmonella serovar Infantis. Journal of Food Protection 86:100033. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfp.2022.100033.
Allan, M. C., Q. D. Read, and S. D. Johanningsmeier. 2022. Impact of sweetpotato starch structures, thermal properties, and granules sizes on sweetpotato fry textures. Food Hydrocolloids 2022:108377. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2022.108377.
Winzeler, H. E., P. R. Owens, Q. D. Read, Z. Libohova, A. Ashworth, and T. Sauer. 2022. Topographic wetness index as a proxy for soil moisture in a hillslope catena: flow algorithms and map generalization. Land 11:2018. DOI: 10.3390/land11112018.
Prager, C. M., A. T. Classen, M. K. Sundqvist, M. N. Barrios-Garcia, E. K. Cameron, L. Chen, C. Chisholm, T. W. Crowther, J. R. Deslippe, K. Grigulis, J.-S. He, J. A. Henning, M. Hovenden, T. T. Høye, X. Jing, S. Lavorel, J. R. McLaren, D. B. Metcalfe, G. S. Newman, M. L. Nielsen, C. Rixen, Q. D. Read, K. E. Rewcastle, M. Rodriguez-Cabal, D. A. Wardle, S. Wipf, and N. J. Sanders. Integrating natural gradients, experiments, and statistical modelling in a distributed network experiment: an example from the WaRM Network. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9396. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9396.
Islam, Md. S., P. McCord, Q. D. Read, L. Qin, A. E. Lipka, S. Sood, J. Todd, and M. Olatoye. 2022. Accuracy of genomic prediction of yield and sugar traits in *Saccharum* spp. hybrids. Agriculture 12:1436. DOI: 10.3390/agriculture12091436.
Zimba, K. J., Q. D. Read, M. Haseeb, R. L. Meagher, and J. C. Legaspi. 2022. Potential of silicon to improve biological control of fall armyworm (*Spodoptera frugiperda*) on maize. Agriculture 12:1432. DOI: 10.3390/agriculture12091432.
Swanwick, R. H., Q. D. Read, S. M. Guinn, M. A. Williamson, K. L. Hondula, and A. J. Elmore. 2022. Dasymetric population mapping based on US Census data and 30-m gridded estimates of impervious surface. Scientific Data 9:523. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01603-z.
Kamoske, A. G., K. M. Dahlin, Q. D. Read, S. Record, S. P. Serbin, S. C. Stark, and P. L. Zarnetske. 2022. Towards mapping biodiversity from above: Can fusing lidar and hyperspectral remote sensing predict taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic tree diversity in temperate forests? Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13516.
McIntyre, J. S., C. L. Butts, and Q. D. Read. 2022. Computational fluid dynamics modeled air speed through in-shell peanuts in drying wagons compared to experimentally measured air speed. Journal of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 38:489-507. DOI: 10.13031/aea.14771.
Mason, R. E., J. M. Craine, N. K. Lany, M. Jonard, S. V. Ollinger, P. M. Groffman, R. W. Fulweiler, J. Angerer, Q. D. Read, P. B. Reich, P. H. Templer, and A. J. Elmore. 2022. Evidence, causes, and consequences of declining nitrogen availability in terrestrial ecosystems. Science, 376, eabh3767. DOI: 10.1126/science.abh3767.
Read, Q. D., K. L. Hondula, and M. K. Muth. 2022. Biodiversity effects of food system sustainability actions from farm to fork. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119, e2113884119. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2113884119.
Sthapit Kandel, J., G. V. Sandoya Miranda, W. Zhou, Q. D. Read, B. Mou, and I. Simko. 2022. Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with bacterial leaf spot resistance in baby leaf lettuce. Plant Disease. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-09-21-2087-RE.
Rewcastle, K. E., J. A. Henning, Q. D. Read, R. E. Irwin, N. J. Sanders, and A. T. Classen. 2022. Plant removal across an elevational gradient marginally reduces rates, substantially reduces variation in mineralization. Ecology, 103, e03546. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3546.
Dahlin, K. M., P. L. Zarnetske, Q. D. Read, L. Twardochleb, A. G. Kamoske, K. S. Cheruvelil, and P. A. Soranno. 2021. Linking terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity to ecosystem function across scales, trophic levels, and realms. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, 217. DOI:10.3389/fenvs.2021.692401.
Prager, C. M., X. Jing, J. A. Henning, Q. D. Read, P. Meidl, S. Lavorel, N. J. Sanders, M. Sundqvist, D. A. Wardle, and A. T. Classen. Climate and multiple dimensions of plant diversity regulate ecosystem carbon exchange along an elevational gradient. Ecosphere. DOI:10.1002/ecs2.3472
Marston, L.T., Read, Q.D., Brown, S.P. & Muth, M.K. (2021). Reducing water scarcity by reducing food loss and waste. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5. DOI:10.3389/fsufs.2021.651476
Read, Q.D. and M. K. Muth. 2021. Cost-effectiveness of four food waste interventions: Is food waste reduction a 'win-win?' Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 168, 105448. DOI:10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105448
Metson, G.S., A. Chaudhary, X. Zhang, B. Houlton, A. Oita, N. Raghuram, Q. D. Read, L. Bouwman, H. Tian, A. Uwizeye, and A. J. Eagle, 2021. Nitrogen and the food system. One Earth 4, 3-7. DOI:10.1016/j.oneear.2020.12.018
Record, S., K. M. Dahlin, P. L. Zarnetske, Q. D. Read, S. L. Malone, K. D. Gaddis, J. M. Grady, J. Costanza, M. L. Hobi, A. M. Latimer, S. Pau, A. M. Wilson, S. V. Ollinger, A. O. Finley, and E. Hestir. 2020. Remote sensing of geodiversity as a link to biodiversity. Book chapter in Remote Sensing of Biodiversity: Using spectral signals to understand the biology and biodiversity of plants, communities, ecosystems and the tree of life. J. Cavender-Bares, J. Gamon, and P. Townsend, eds. Springer International. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33157-3.
Read, Q.D., Zarnetske, P.L., Record, S., Dahlin, K.M., Costanza, J.K., Finley, A.O., et al. 2020. Beyond counts and averages: Relating geodiversity to dimensions of biodiversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, DOI: 10.1111/geb.13061.
Read, Q. D., S. Brown, A. D. Cuéllar, S. M. Finn, J. A. Gephart, L. T. Marston, E. Meyer, K. A. Weitz, and M. K. Muth. 2020. Assessing the environmental impacts of halving food loss and waste along the food supply chain. Science of the Total Environment 712:136255. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136255.
Muth, M. K., C. Birney, A. Cuéllar, S. M. Finn, M. Freeman, J. N. Galloway, I. Gee, J. A. Gephart, K. Jones, L. Low, E. Meyer, Q. D. Read, T. Smith, K. A. Weitz, and S. Zoubek. 2019. A systems approach to assessing environmental and economic effects of food loss and waste interventions in the United States. Science of the Total Environment 685:1240-1254. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.230.
Henning, J. A., Q. D. Read, N. J. Sanders, and A. T. Classen. 2019. Fungal colonization of plant roots is resistant to nitrogen addition and resilient to dominant species losses. Ecosphere. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2640.
Zarnetske, P. L., Q. D. Read, S. Record, K. Gaddis, S. Pau, M. Hobi, S. L. Malone, J. K. Costanza, K. M. Dahlin, A. Latimer, A. M. Wilson, J. M. Grady, S. Ollinger, A. O. Finley. 2019. Towards connecting biodiversity and geodiversity across scales with satellite remote sensing. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12887.
Grady, J. M., Q. D. Read, S. Record, P. L. Zarnetske., B. Baiser, K. Thorne, and J. Belmaker. 2018. Size, niches, and the latitudinal diversity gradient. Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Vol. 14, Figure Set 1.
Read, Q. D., J. M. Grady, P. L. Zarnetske, S. Record, B. Baiser, J. Belmaker, M.-N. Tuanmu, A. Strecker, L. Beaudrot, and K. M. Thibault. 2018. Among-species overlap in rodent body size distributions predicts species richness along a temperature gradient. Ecography. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.03641
Welshofer, K. B., P. L. Zarnetske, N. K. Lany, and Q. D. Read. 2018. Short-term responses to warming vary between native vs. exotic species and with latitude in an early successional plant community. Oecologia. DOI: h10.1007/s00442-018-4111-9
Read, Q. D., J. A. Henning, A. T. Classen, and N. J. Sanders. 2017. Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in montane plant communities. Journal of Plant Ecology. DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtx015
Read, Q. D., B. Baiser, J. M. Grady, P. L. Zarnetske, S. Record, and J. Belmaker. 2018. Tropical bird species have less variable body sizes. Biology Letters 20170453. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0453
Butler, E.E., A. Datta, H. Flores-Moreno, M. Chen, ..., Read, Q., ..., and P. B. Reich. 2017. Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1708984114
Read, Q. D., J. A. Henning, and N. J. Sanders. 2017. Intraspecific variation in traits reduces ability of trait-based models to predict community structure. Journal of Vegetation Science. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12555
Hendershot, J. N., Q. D. Read, J. A. Henning, N. J. Sanders, and A. T. Classen. 2017. Consistently inconsistent drivers of patterns of microbial diversity and abundance at macroecological scales. Ecology. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1829
Yoon, S. A. and Q. D. Read. 2016. Consequences of exotic host use: impacts on Lepidoptera and a test of the ecological trap hypothesis. Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3560-2
Van Nuland, M. E., R. C. Wooliver, A. A. Pfennigwerth, Q. D. Read, I. M. Ware, L. Mueller, J. A. Fordyce, J. A. Schweitzer, and J. K. Bailey. 2016. Plant-soil feedbacks: connecting ecosystem ecology and evolution. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12690
Read, Q. D., S. M. Hoban, M. B. Eppinga, J. A. Schweitzer, and J. K. Bailey. 2016. Accounting for the nested nature of genetic variation across levels of organization improves our understanding of biodiversity and community ecology. Oikos 125:895-904. DOI: 10.1111/oik.02760
Schussler, E. E., Q. D. Read, G. Marbach-Ad, K. Miller, and M. Ferzli. 2015. Preparing biology graduate teaching assistants for their roles as instructors: an assessment of institutional approaches. CBE-Life Sciences Education 14:1-11. DOI: 10.1187/cbe.14-11-0196
Read, Q. D., L. C. Moorhead, N. G. Swenson, J. K. Bailey, and N. J. Sanders. 2014. Convergent effects of elevation on functional leaf traits within and among species. Functional Ecology 28:37-45. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12162
Gorman, C. E., Q. D. Read, M. E. Van Nuland, and others. 2013. Phylogenetic similarity aboveground leads to community similarity belowground through conservatism of functional traits. Annals of Botany Plants plt049. DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plt049
Van Nuland, M. E., E. N. Haag, J. A. Bryant, Q. D. Read, and others. 2013. Fire promotes pollinator visitation: implications for ameliorating declines of pollination services. PLoS One 8:e79853. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079853
Clark, J. S., A. S. Powell, B. D. Soltoff, and Q. D. Read. 2012. Evidence from individual inference for high-dimensional coexistence: long term experiments on recruitment response. PLoS One 7:e30050. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030050
See a map of all the places I've given a talk!
Invited talk at USDA ARS Honey Bee Lab, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Invited talk at USDA ARS Southeast Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Invited talk at USDA ARS Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas
Invited talk at USDA Agricultural Research Service & Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Invited talk at USDA Agricultural Research Service, Food Science & Market Quality & Handling research unit meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina
Invited talk at USDA Agricultural Research Service, FY2023 IACUC workshop, Athens, Georgia
Conference presentation at AgStats (Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture & Natural Resources, West Lafayette, Indiana
Invited talk at North Carolina State University, Plant & Microbial Biology department seminar, Raleigh, North Carolina
Invited talk at George Washington University, guest lecture in People, Land and Food undergraduate course, Washington, DC
Invited talk at Duke University, University Program in Ecology seminar series, Durham, North Carolina
Conference presentation at Ecological Society of America/U.S. Society for Ecological Economics joint meeting, Louisville, Kentucky
Invited talk at Commission on Environmental Cooperation, Arlington, Virginia
Conference presentation at International Association of Landscape Ecology, Chicago, Illinois
Invited talk at German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany
Conference presentation at Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon
Invited talk at National Ecological Observatory Network, weekly seminar, Boulder, Colorado
Invited talk at Michigan State University, Hanover Forest Science Seminar Series, East Lansing, Michigan
Conference presentation at Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland
Invited talk at University of Notre Dame, Biology education seminar, Notre Dame, Indiana
Invited talk at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, weekly seminar, Gothic, Colorado
Invited talk at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division seminar, Oak Ridge, Tennessee