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Gregory A. Sword is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with substantial contributions also in the subfields of Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The core subjects of their scientific work include Insect Resistance and Genetics, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control, as well as Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior. Other research interests cover Insect and Pesticide Research, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and broader Plant and animal studies.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Gregory A. Sword are:

  • "Whole genome comparisons reveal panmixia among fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) from diverse locations," 2021, published in BMC Genomics
  • "First draft genome assembly of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria," 2020, published in F1000Research
  • "First draft genome assembly of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria," 2021, published in F1000Research
  • "Adsorbent-SERS Technique for Determination of Plant VOCs from Live Cotton Plants and Dried Teas," 2020, published in ACS Omega
  • "Genetic basis of resistance to the Vip3Aa Bt protein in Helicoverpa zea," 2020, published in Pest Management Science

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Ashley E. Tessnow, Charles P.-C. Suh, Tyler J. Raszick, Lindsey Perkin, and Spencer T. Behmer.

Gregory A. Sword regularly publishes in several venues, with multiple works appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Insects, Southwestern Entomologist, Pest Management Science, and PLoS ONE.

Best Publications

  • Polyphenism in insects.

    Stephen J. Simpson;Gregory A. Sword;Nathan Lo

  • Evaluation of potential reference genes for reverse transcription-qPCR studies of physiological responses in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Fleur Ponton;Marie Pierre Chapuis;Marie Pierre Chapuis;Marie Pierre Chapuis;Mathieu Pernice;Mathieu Pernice;Gregory A. Sword;Gregory A. Sword

  • Cannibal crickets on a forced march for protein and salt

    Stephen J. Simpson;Gregory A. Sword;Patrick D. Lorch;Iain D. Couzin

  • Collective motion and cannibalism in locust migratory bands.

    Sepideh Bazazi;Jerome Buhl;Joseph J. Hale;Michael L. Anstey

  • Colonization of crop plants by fungal entomopathogens and their effects on two insect pests when in planta

    Pampapathy Gurulingappa;Gregory A. Sword;Gregory Murdoch;Peter A. McGee

  • The endophytic fungal entomopathogens Beauveria bassiana and Purpureocillium lilacinum enhance the growth of cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and negatively affect survival of the cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa zea)

    Diana Castillo Lopez;Gregory A. Sword

  • The entomopathogenic fungal endophytes Purpureocillium lilacinum (formerly Paecilomyces lilacinus) and Beauveria bassiana negatively affect cotton aphid reproduction under both greenhouse and field conditions.

    Diana Castillo Lopez;Keyan Zhu-Salzman;Maria Julissa Ek-Ramos;Gregory A. Sword

  • Mitochondrial genomes reveal the global phylogeography and dispersal routes of the migratory locust.

    Chuan Ma;Pengcheng Yang;Feng Jiang;Marie Pierre Chapuis

  • Do outbreaks affect genetic population structure? A worldwide survey in Locusta migratoria, a pest plagued by microsatellite null alleles

    Chapuis Mp;Lecoq M;Michalakis Y;Loiseau A

  • Sustainable Management of Insect Herbivores in Grassland Ecosystems: New Perspectives in Grasshopper Control

    David H. Branson;Anthony Joern;Gregory A. Sword

  • Density-dependent aposematism in the desert locust.

    G A Sword;S J Simpson;O T El Hadi;H Wilps

  • Endophytic Lecanicillium lecanii and Beauveria bassiana reduce the survival and fecundity of Aphis gossypii following contact with conidia and secondary metabolites

    Pampapathy Gurulingappa;Peter Allan McGee;Gregory Sword

  • Density-dependent warning coloration

    Gregory A. Sword;Gregory A. Sword

  • From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism

    Darron A. Cullen;Arianne J. Cease;Alexandre V. Latchininsky;Amir Ayali

  • Spatial and Temporal Variation in Fungal Endophyte Communities Isolated from Cultivated Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

    María J. Ek-Ramos;Wenqing Zhou;César U. Valencia;Josephine B. Antwi

  • Nutritional state and collective motion: from individuals to mass migration

    Sepideh Bazazi;Pawel Romanczuk;Sian Thomas;Lutz Schimansky-Geier

  • Phase polyphenism and preventative locust management.

    Gregory A. Sword;Michel Lecoq;Stephen J. Simpson

  • Nutritional ecology beyond the individual: a conceptual framework for integrating nutrition and social interactions

    Mathieu Lihoreau;Jerome Buhl;Michael A. Charleston;Gregory A. Sword

  • Tasty on the outside, but toxic in the middle: grasshopper regurgitation and host plant-mediated toxicity to a vertebrate predator.

    Gregory A. Sword

  • Insect behaviour: migratory bands give crickets protection.

    Gregory A. Sword;Patrick D. Lorch;Darryl T. Gwynne

  • ErratumPolyphenism in Insects

    Stephen J. Simpson;Gregory A. Sword;Nathan Lo

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Simpson
Stephen J. Simpson University of Sydney
Nathan Lo
Nathan Lo University of Sydney
Darryl T. Gwynne
Darryl T. Gwynne University of Toronto
Anthony Joern
Anthony Joern Kansas State University
David Raubenheimer
David Raubenheimer University of Sydney
Raúl Medina
Raúl Medina University of Cantabria
Fangneng Huang
Fangneng Huang Louisiana State University
Kurt Lamour
Kurt Lamour University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Yves Van de Peer
Yves Van de Peer Ghent University

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