selected publications academic article Wang, N., Sundin, G. W., Fuente, L., Cubero, J., Tatineni, S., Brewer, M. T., ... Munkvold, G. (2024). Key Challenges in Plant Pathology in the Next Decade. Phytopathology. 114(5), 837-842. Davis, R. L., Hayter, J. T., Marlino, M. L., Isakeit, T., & Chappell, T. M. (2023). Pathogenic and Saprophytic Growth Rates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum Interact to Affect Variation in Inoculum Density and Interannual Infection Risk. Phytopathology. PHYTO11220407R. Vasselli, J. G., Hancock, H., Bedsole, C. O., Kainer, E., Chappell, T. M., & Shaw, B. D. (2022). The conidial coin toss: A polarized conidial adhesive in Colletotrichum graminicola. 163, 103747-103747. Davis, R. L., Isakeit, T., & Chappell, T. M. (2022). DNA-Based Quantification of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum in Environmental Soils to Describe Spatial Variation in Inoculum Density. Plant Disease. 106(6), 1653-1659. Chappell, T. M., Rusch, T. W., & Tarone, A. M. (2022). A Fly in the Ointment: How to Predict Environmentally Driven Phenology of an Organism That Partially Regulates Its Microclimate. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 837732. Chappell, T. M., Codod, C. B., Williams, B. W., Kemerait, R. C., Culbreath, A. K., & Kennedy, G. G. (2020). Adding Epidemiologically Important Meteorological Data to Peanut Rx, the Risk Assessment Framework for Spotted Wilt of Peanut. Phytopathology. 110(6), 1199-1207. Davis, R. L., Greene, J. K., Dou, F., Jo, Y., & Chappell, T. M. (2020). A Practical Application of Unsupervised Machine Learning for Analyzing Plant Image Data Collected Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Agronomy. 10(5), 633-633. Chappell, T. M., Ward, R. V., DePolt, K. T., Roberts, P. M., Greene, J. K., & Kennedy, G. G. (2020). Cotton thrips infestation predictor: a practical tool for predicting tobacco thrips (Frankliniella fusca) infestation of cotton seedlings in the south-eastern United States. Pest Management Science. 76(12), 4018-4028. Ben-Mahmoud, S., Anderson, T., Chappell, T. M., Smeda, J. R., Mutschler, M. A., Kennedy, G. G., De Jong, D. M., & Ullman, D. E. (2019). A thrips vector of tomato spotted wilt virus responds to tomato acylsugar chemical diversity with reduced oviposition and virus inoculation. Scientific Reports. 9(1), 17157. Magarey, R. D., Klammer, S. S., Chappell, T. M., Trexler, C. M., Pallipparambil, G. R., & Hain, E. F. (2019). Eco-efficiency as a strategy for optimizing the sustainability of pest management. Pest Management Science. 75(12), 3129-3134. Chappell, T. M., Magarey, R. D., Kurtz, R. W., Trexler, C. M., Pallipparambil, G. R., & Hain, E. F. (2019). Perspective: service-based business models to incentivize the efficient use of pesticides in crop protection. Pest Management Science. 75(11), 2865-2872. Magarey, R. D., Chappell, T. M., Trexler, C. M., Pallipparambil, G. R., & Hain, E. F. (2019). Social Ecological System Tools for Improving Crop Pest Management. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. 10(1), Chappell, T. M., Huseth, A. S., & Kennedy, G. G. (2019). Stability of neonicotinoid sensitivity in Frankliniella fusca populations found in agroecosystems of the southeastern USA. Pest Management Science. 75(6), 1539-1545. Chappell, T. M., & Kennedy, G. G (2018). Estimating the Effectiveness of Imidacloprid When Used to Suppress Transmission of Tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus in Commercial Agriculture. Journal of Economic Entomology. 111(5), 2024-2031. Chappell, T. M., Beaudoin, A., & Kennedy, G. G (2018). Correction: Interacting Virus Abundance and Transmission Intensity Underlie Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Incidence: An Example Weather-Based Model for Cultivated Tobacco. PLoS ONE. 13(5), e0197565-e0197565. Huseth, A. S., Chappell, T. M., Chitturi, A., Jacobson, A. L., & Kennedy, G. G (2018). Insecticide Resistance Signals Negative Consequences of Widespread Neonicotinoid Use on Multiple Field Crops in the U.S. Cotton Belt. Environmental Science and Technology. 52(4), 2314-2322. Ben-Mahmoud, S., Smeda, J. R., Chappell, T. M., Stafford-Banks, C., Kaplinsky, C. H., Anderson, T., ... Ullman, D. E. (2018). Acylsugar amount and fatty acid profile differentially suppress oviposition by western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, on tomato and interspecific hybrid flowers. PLoS ONE. 13(7), e0201583-e0201583. Smeda, J. R., Schilmiller, A. L., Anderson, T., Ben-Mahmoud, S., Ullman, D. E., Chappell, T. M., Kessler, A., & Mutschler, M. A. (2018). Combination of Acylglucose QTL reveals additive and epistatic genetic interactions and impacts insect oviposition and virus infection. Molecular Breeding. 38(1), 3. Chappell, T. M., & Rausher, M. D (2016). Evolution of host range in Coleosporium ipomoeae, a plant pathogen with multiple hosts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113(19), 5346-5351. Leckie, B. M., D'Ambrosio, D. A., Chappell, T. M., Halitschke, R., De Jong, D. M., Kessler, A., Kennedy, G. G., & Mutschler, M. A. (2016). Differential and Synergistic Functionality of Acylsugars in Suppressing Oviposition by Insect Herbivores. PLoS ONE. 11(4), e0153345-e0153345. Huseth, A. S., Chappell, T. M., Langdon, K., Morsello, S. C., Martin, S., Greene, J. K., ... Kennedy, G. G. (2016). Frankliniella fusca resistance to neonicotinoid insecticides: an emerging challenge for cotton pest management in the eastern United States. 72(10), 1934-1945. Chappell, T. M., Kennedy, G. G., & Walgenbach, J. F. (2015). Predicting codling moth (Cydia pomonella) phenology in North Carolina on the basis of temperature and improved generation turnover estimates. 71(10), 1425-1432. Kennedy, S. R., Schultz, E. M., Chappell, T. M., Kohrn, B., Knowels, G. M., & Herr, A. J. (2015). Volatility of Mutator Phenotypes at Single Cell Resolution. PLOS Genetics. 11(4), e1005151-e1005151. Chappell, T. M., Beaudoin, A., & Kennedy, G. G. (2013). Interacting virus abundance and transmission intensity underlie tomato spotted wilt virus incidence: an example weather-based model for cultivated tobacco. PLoS ONE. 8(8), e73321-e73321. Chappell, T. M., & Rausher, M. D. (2011). Genetics of resistance to the rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae in three species of morning glory (Ipomoea). PLoS ONE. 6(12), e28875-e28875. Yuan, P., Huang, P., Martin, T. K., Chappell, T. M., & Kolomiets, M. V. Duplicated Copy Number Variant of the Maize 9-Lipoxygenase ZmLOX5 Improves 9,10-KODA-Mediated Resistance to Fall Armyworms. Genes. 15(4), 401-401. Arthur, B. P., Suh, C., McKnight, B. M., Parajulee, M. N., Yang, F., Chappell, T. M., & Kerns, D. L. Evaluation of Cotton Fleahopper (Pseudatomoscelisseriatus (Reuter)) Feeding on Mpp51Aa2-Traited Cotton Utilizing Electrical Penetration Graph (EPG) Waveforms. Insects. 15(5), 316-316.
principal investigator on "FACT: Big data analytics to harmonize disease and pest management with agricultural logistics" awarded by National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2020 - 2023 Development and implementation of quantitative models for the study and management of agricultural epiphytotics awarded by National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2019 - 2023
teaching activities BESC431 Bioenvironmental Data Analysis Instructor BESC484 Field Experience Instructor BESC484 Field Experience Instructor BESC489 Sptp: Bioenviron Data Analysis Instructor BESC489 Sptp:bioenviron Data Analysis Instructor BESC491 Hnr-research Instructor PLPA303 Plant Pathology Lab Instructor PLPA607 Pathogen Strategies Instructor PLPA681 Seminar Instructor PLPA690 Theory Of Research Instructor PLPA691 Research Instructor
education and training Ph.D. in Biology, Duke University - (Durham, North Carolina, United States) 2010
mailing address Texas A&M University Plant Pathology & Microbiology 2132 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-2132 USA