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Donald W. Roberts was affiliated with the Boyce Thompson Institute in the United States. Their research focused primarily on agricultural and biological sciences, with particular contributions to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work addressed topics spanning insect science, genetics, plant science, molecular biology, and ecology.

The scientist's research themes concentrated largely on entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect resistance and genetics, and nematode management and characterization studies. Additional topics included forest insect ecology and management, insect and pesticide research, and algal biology and biofuel production.

Donald W. Roberts contributed to various scientific publications including:

  • UV-B tolerances of conidia, blastospores, and microsclerotia of Metarhizium spp. entomopathogenic fungi (2020, Journal of Basic Microbiology)
  • Metarhizium robertsii and M. acridum conidia produced on riboflavin-supplemented medium have increased UV-A tolerance and upregulated photoprotection and photoreactivation genes (2020, BioControl)
  • Low- or high-white light irradiance induces similar conidial stress tolerance in Metarhizium robertsii (2021, Archives of Microbiology)
  • Conidial mass production of entomopathogenic fungi and tolerance of their mass-produced conidia to UV-B radiation and heat (2023, Fungal Biology)
  • Virulence of the insect-pathogenic fungi Metarhizium spp. to Mormon crickets, Anabrus simplex (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) (2021, Bulletin of Entomological Research)

Frequent coauthors included Drauzio E.N. Rangel, Éverton K. K. Fernandes, Breno Pupin, Helen G. Bignayan, and Hernani G. Golez.

Their publications were often featured in venues such as Fungal Biology, Journal of Basic Microbiology, Archives of Microbiology, BioControl, and Bulletin of Entomological Research.

Best Publications

  • Metarhizium spp., cosmopolitan insect-pathogenic fungi: mycological aspects.

    Donald W. Roberts;Raymond J. St. Leger

  • Adaptation of proteases and carbohydrases of saprophytic, phytopathogenic and entomopathogenic fungi to the requirements of their ecological niches

    Raymond J. St Leger;Lokesh Joshi;Donald W. Roberts

  • Molecular cloning and regulatory analysis of the cuticle-degrading-protease structural gene from the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae.

    Raymond J. St. Leger;David C. Frank;Donald W. Roberts;Richard C. Staples

  • Ambient pH Is a Major Determinant in the Expression of Cuticle-Degrading Enzymes and Hydrophobin by Metarhizium anisopliae

    Raymond J. St. Leger;Lokesh Joshi;Donald W. Roberts

  • Differentiation of species and strains of entomopathogenic fungi by random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD)

    Michael J. Bidochka;Melanie A. McDonald;Raymond J. St. Leger;Donald W. Roberts

  • Isolation of beauvericin as an insect toxin from Fusarium semitectum and Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans.

    Sandeep Gupta;Stuart B. Krasnoff;Nancy L. Underwood;J. A. A. Renwick

  • Variability in conidial thermotolerance of Metarhizium anisopliae isolates from different geographic origins

    Drauzio E. N. Rangel;Gilberto Ubida Leite Braga;Gilberto Ubida Leite Braga;Anne J. Anderson;Donald W. Roberts

  • Stability of entomopathogenic fungi

    Donald W. Roberts;A. S. Campbell

  • Molecular and physiological effects of environmental UV radiation on fungal conidia.

    Gilberto U. L. Braga;Drauzio E. N. Rangel;Éverton K. K. Fernandes;Stephan D. Flint

  • Productionin vitro of appressoria by the entomopathogenic fungusMetarhizium anisopliae

    Raymond J. St.Leger;Tariq M. Butt;Mark S. Goettel;Richard C. Staples

  • Prepenetration Events during Infection of Host Cuticle by Metarhizium anisopliae

    R.J.St. Leger;M. Goettel;D.W. Roberts;R.C. Staples

  • Both Solar UVA and UVB Radiation Impair Conidial Culturability and Delay Germination in the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

    Gilberto U. L. Braga;Stephan D. Flint;Charles D. Miller;Anne J. Anderson

  • Variability in response to UV-B among species and strains of Metarhizium isolated from sites at latitudes from 61° N to 54° S

    Gilberto U.L Braga;Stephan D Flint;Charles D Miller;Anne J Anderson

  • Ultrastructural Localization of a Cuticle-degrading Protease Produced by the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae during Penetration of Host (Manduca sexto) Cuticle

    Mark S. Goettel;Raymond J. St Leger;Nancy W. Rizzo;Richard C. Staples

  • Characterization and Ultrastructural Localization of Chitinases From Metarhizium Anisopliae, M. Flavoviride, and Beauveria Bassiana During Fungal Invasion of Host (Manduca Sexta) Cuticle

    L St;L Joshi;M J Bidochka;N W Rizzo

  • Toxins of entomopathogenic fungi

    Donald W. Roberts

  • Cloning and regulatory analysis of starvation-stress gene, ssgA, encoding a hydrophobin-like protein from the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae

    Raymond J. St. Leger;Richard C. Staples;Donald W. Roberts

  • Genetic differences in allozymes and in formation of infection structures among isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

    R.J. St. Leger;B. May;L.L. Allee;D.C. Frank

  • Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Effects of combinations of Beauveria bassiana with insecticides

    T. E. Anderson;A. E. Hajek;Donald W. Roberts;H. K. Preisler

  • Entomopathogenic Fungi as Bioinsecticides

    Donald W. Roberts;Ann E. Hajek

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond J. St. Leger
Raymond J. St. Leger University of Maryland, College Park
Richard C. Staples
Richard C. Staples Boyce Thompson Institute
Lokesh Joshi
Lokesh Joshi University of Galway
Ann E. Hajek
Ann E. Hajek Cornell University
Tariq M. Butt
Tariq M. Butt Swansea University
Richard A. Humber
Richard A. Humber Agricultural Research Service
Robert R. Granados
Robert R. Granados Boyce Thompson Institute
Bernie May
Bernie May University of California, Davis
Haiganoush K. Preisler
Haiganoush K. Preisler US Forest Service
Gilberto J. de Moraes
Gilberto J. de Moraes Universidade de São Paulo

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