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Larry L. Murdock is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with focused contributions in several subfields including Plant Science, Food Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's work concentrates on various applied agricultural topics. Their main topics of study include:

  • Agricultural pest management studies
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices

Larry L. Murdock has contributed to several recent papers in the field, including:

  • Performance of Five Postharvest Storage Methods for Maize Preservation in Northern Benin (2020), published in Insects
  • Cowpea production constraints on smallholders' farms in Maradi and Zinder regions, Niger (2021), published in Crop Protection
  • Comparative Study of Cowpea Storage Technologies in the Sahel Region of Niger (2020), published in Insects

The research outputs are often published in venues such as Insects and Crop Protection, reflecting the scientist's involvement with journals focusing on entomology and crop management. The number of publications from these venues includes:

  • Insects (2 publications)
  • Crop Protection (1 publication)

Frequent co-authors in their research include Dieudonné Baributsa, Ibrahim Baoua, Ousmane Bakoye, Mahamane Moctar Rabé, and Haoua Seyni, demonstrating collaborative work across multiple scientists within related topics and region-specific agricultural studies.

Best Publications

  • Transgenic Pea Seeds Expressing the α-Amylase Inhibitor of the Common Bean are Resistant to Bruchid Beetles

    Richard E. Shade;Hartmut E. Schroeder;José Javier Pueyo;Linda M. Tabe

  • Cysteine digestive proteinases in Coleoptera

    L.L. Murdock;G. Brookhart;P.E. Dunn;D.E. Foard

  • Death by desiccation: Effects of hermetic storage on cowpea bruchids

    L.L. Murdock;V. Margam;I. Baoua;S. Balfe

  • Lipoxygenase Trypsin Inhibitor, and Lectin from Soybeans: Effects on Larval Growth of Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

    R. H. Shukle;L. L. Murdock

  • Development of cowpea cultivars and germplasm by the Bean/Cowpea CRSP

    Anthony E. Hall;Ndiaga Cisse;Samba Thiaw;Hassan O.A. Elawad

  • Biological effects of plant lectins on the cowpea weevil.

    Larry L. Murdock;Joseph E. Huesing;S.Suzanne Nielsen;Richard C. Pratt

  • Arabidopsis Vegetative Storage Protein Is an Anti-Insect Acid Phosphatase

    Yilin Liu;Ji-Eun Ahn;Sumana Datta;Ron A. Salzman

  • Lectins and protease inhibitors as plant defenses against insects.

    Larry L Murdock;Richard E Shade

  • Diversity in digestive proteinase activity among insects.

    Jane L. Wolfson;Larry L. Murdock

  • PICS bags for post-harvest storage of maize grain in West Africa

    I.B. Baoua;L. Amadou;B. Ousmane;D. Baributsa

  • Formamidine Pesticides: Octopamine-Like Actions in a Firefly

    Robert M. Hollingworth;Larry L. Murdock

  • Carbohydrate binding and resistance to proteolysis control insecticidal activity of Griffonia simplicifolia lectin II

    Keyan Zhu-Salzman;Richard E. Shade;Hisashi Koiwa;Ron A. Salzman

  • α-Amylase Inhibitor, Not Phytohemagglutinin, Explains Resistance of Common Bean Seeds to Cowpea Weevil

    Joseph E. Huesing;Richard E. Shade;Maarten J. Chrispeels;Larry L. Murdock

  • RNAi for insect control: current perspective and future challenges.

    Rajan Katoch;Amit Sethi;Neelam Thakur;Larry L. Murdock

  • Suppression of larval Colorado potato beetle growth and development by digestive proteinase inhibitors

    J. L. Wolfson;L. L. Murdock

  • Preservation of cowpea grain in sub-Saharan Africa—Bean/Cowpea CRSP contributions

    Larry L. Murdock;Dogo Seck;Georges Ntoukam;Laurie Kitch

  • Stimulation of blowfly feeding behavior by octopaminergic drugs

    Thomas F. Long;Larry L. Murdock

  • Phage display selection can differentiate insecticidal activity of soybean cystatins

    Hisashi Koiwa;Richard E. Shade;Keyan Zhu‐Salzman;Lalitha Subramanian

  • A plant defensive cystatin (soyacystatin) targets cathepsin L-like digestive cysteine proteinases (DvCALs) in the larval midgut of western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera)

    Hisashi Koiwa;Richard E. Shade;Keyan Zhu-Salzman;Matilde Paino D'Urzo

  • Consumer preferences for cowpea in Cameroon and Ghana

    A.S. Langyintuo;G. Ntoukam;L. Murdock;J. Lowenberg-DeBoer

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul M. Hasegawa
Paul M. Hasegawa Purdue University West Lafayette
Ray A. Bressan
Ray A. Bressan Purdue University West Lafayette
Keyan Zhu-Salzman
Keyan Zhu-Salzman Texas A&M University
Hisashi Koiwa
Hisashi Koiwa Texas A&M University
Manuele Tamò
Manuele Tamò International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Thomas J. V. Higgins
Thomas J. V. Higgins Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Richard L. Hellmich
Richard L. Hellmich Iowa State University
William M. Muir
William M. Muir Purdue University West Lafayette
Maarten J. Chrispeels
Maarten J. Chrispeels University of California, San Diego
Raghavan Srinivasan
Raghavan Srinivasan Texas A&M University

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