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James J. Becnel is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily spans several fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine.

The main subfields of study they have contributed to include Plant Science, Insect Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, and Parasitology. Their work encompasses a range of topics such as:

  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Their publication record includes both journal articles and collaborations with frequent co-authors. The notable co-authors who have collaborated multiple times with Becnel are Alden S. Estep, Neil D. Sanscrainte, Nurhayat Tabanca, Mine Kürkçüoğlu, and Zülfiye Gül.

Some of the important venues where their research has been published include:

  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Molecules
  • Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
  • Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Representative recent papers by James J. Becnel include:

  • A new method of metabarcoding Microsporidia and their hosts reveals high levels of microsporidian infections in mosquitoes (Culicidae), 2020, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Insecticidal Activity and Free Radical Scavenging Properties of Isolated Phytoconstituents from the Saudi Plant Nuxia oppositifolia (Hochst.), 2021, Molecules
  • Failure of Permethrin-Treated Military Uniforms to Protect Against a Laboratory-Maintained Knockdown-Resistant Strain of Aedes aegypti, 2020, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
  • Chemical Constituents from Rheum ribes Shoots and its Insecticidal Activity Against Aedes aegypti, 2022, Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
  • The insecticidal activities of Erica manipuliflora Salisb. Extracts in the flowering and fruiting periods and their evaluation in term of chemical profiles of active extracts, 2022, Industrial Crops and Products

Their research often intersects across insect pest control, vector-borne diseases, and chemical ecology with a focus on both applied and diagnostic aspects. The scientist has contributed knowledge relevant to both public health and environmental health, with studies addressing mosquito-borne diseases and the efficacy of insecticidal treatments.

Best Publications

  • Taxonomy of phylum microspora

    Victor Sprague;James J. Becnel;Edwin I. Hazard

  • Microsporidia in Insects

    James J. Becnel;Theodore G. Andreadis

  • Microsporidia – Emergent Pathogens in the Global Food Chain

    G.D. Stentiford;J.J. Becnel;L.M. Weiss;P.J. Keeling

  • Microsporidian genome analysis reveals evolutionary strategies for obligate intracellular growth.

    Christina A. Cuomo;Christopher A. Desjardins;Malina A. Bakowski;Jonathan Goldberg

  • Genome sequence of a baculovirus pathogenic for Culex nigripalpus.

    C. L. Afonso;E. R. Tulman;Z. Lu;C. A. Balinsky

  • A formal redefinition of the genera Nosema and Vairimorpha (Microsporidia: Nosematidae) and reassignment of species based on molecular phylogenetics

    Yuri S. Tokarev;Wei-Fone Huang;Leellen F. Solter;Julia M. Malysh

  • Susceptibility of Aedes aegypti, Culex quinquefasciatus Say, and Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say to 19 Pesticides with Different Modes of Action

    Julia W. Pridgeon;Roberto M. Pereira;Roberto M. Pereira;James J. Becnel;Sandra A. Allan

  • Biological activity of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) phytoalexins and selected natural and synthetic Stilbenoids.

    Victor S Sobolev;Shabana I Khan;Nurhayat Tabanca;David E Wedge

  • Topically applied AaeIAP1 double-stranded RNA kills female adults of Aedes aegypti

    Julia W. Pridgeon;Liming Zhao;James J. Becnel;Daniel A. Strickman

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Baculoviridae

    Robert L. Harrison;Elisabeth A. Herniou;Johannes A. Jehle;David A. Theilmann

  • A High-Throughput Screening Method to Identify Potential Pesticides for Mosquito Control

    Julia W. Pridgeon;James J. Becnel;Gary G. Clark;Kenneth J. Linthicum

  • Development of Edhazardia aedis (Kudo, 1930) n. g., n. comb. (Microsporida: Amblyosporidae) in the mosquito Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae).

    James J. Becnel;Victor Sprague;Tokuo Fukuda;Edwin I. Hazard

  • Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity

    Louis M. Weiss;James J. Becnel

  • Essential Oils of Cupressus funebris, Juniperus communis, and J. chinensis (Cupressaceae) as Repellents Against Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and as Toxicants Against Mosquitoes

    John F. Carroll;Nurhayat Tabanca;Matthew Kramer;Natasha M. Elejalde

  • Molecular phylogeny and evolution of mosquito parasitic Microsporidia (Microsporidia: Amblyosporidae).

    Charles R. Vossbrinck;Theodore G. Andreadis;Jiri Vavra;James J. Becnel

  • Morphological and molecular evidence that Culex nigripalpus baculovirus is an unusual member of the family Baculoviridae

    Bettina A. Moser;James J. Becnel;Susan E. White;Claudio Afonso

  • Contrasting host-pathogen interactions and genome evolution in two generalist and specialist microsporidian pathogens of mosquitoes.

    Christopher A. Desjardins;Neil D. Sanscrainte;Jonathan M. Goldberg;David Heiman

  • Synthesis and insecticidal activity of novel pyrimidine derivatives containing urea pharmacophore against Aedes aegypti.

    Xing-Hai Liu;Qiao Wang;Zhao-Hui Sun;David E Wedge

  • Control of Mosquitoes in Catch Basins in Connecticut With Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, Bacillus sphaericus, and Spinosad

    John F. Anderson;Francis J. Ferrandino;Douglas W. Dingman;Andrew J. Main

  • Susceptibility ofAedes aegypti,Culex quinquefasciatusSay, andAnopheles quadrimaculatusSay to 19 Pesticides with Different Modes of Action

    Julia W. Pridgeon;Roberto M. Pereira;James J. Becnel;Sandra A. Allan

Frequent Co-Authors

Kemal Hüsnü Can Başer
Kemal Hüsnü Can Başer Near East University
Betül Demirci
Betül Demirci Anadolu University
Drion G. Boucias
Drion G. Boucias University of Florida
Sandra A. Allan
Sandra A. Allan United States Department of Agriculture
Theodore G. Andreadis
Theodore G. Andreadis Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Louis M. Weiss
Louis M. Weiss Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Charles L. Cantrell
Charles L. Cantrell United States Department of Agriculture
Ikhlas A. Khan
Ikhlas A. Khan University of Mississippi
Claudio L. Afonso
Claudio L. Afonso United States Department of Agriculture
Patrick J. Keeling
Patrick J. Keeling University of British Columbia

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