Kelli Hoover

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Entomology

Research Summary

Research interests include the development of trapping techniques for the Asian longhorned beetle, gut microbial symbionts of the Asian longhorned beetle, and methods developed for the exclusion of invasive species.

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Recent Publications

Architecture and potential roles of a delta-class glutathione S-transferase in protecting honey bee from agrochemicals

Moural, T. W., Koirala B K, S., Bhattarai, G., He, Z., Guo, H., Phan, N. T., Rajotte, E. G., Biddinger, D. J., Hoover, K. & Zhu, F., Feb 2024, In: Chemosphere. 350, 141089.

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Potential risk to pollinators from neonicotinoid applications to host trees for management of spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae)

Elmquist, J., Biddinger, D., Phan, N. T., Moural, T. W., Zhu, F. & Hoover, K., Apr 1 2023, In: Journal of economic entomology. 116, 2, p. 368-378 11 p.

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Effects of long-term feeding by spotted lanternfly (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) on ecophysiology of common hardwood host trees

Hoover, K., Iavorivska, L., Lavely, E. K., Uyi, O., Walsh, B., Swackhamer, E., Johnson, A. & Eissenstat, D., Oct 1 2023, In: Environmental entomology. 52, 5, p. 888-899 12 p.

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Using community science to identify predators of spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), in North America

Johnson, A. E., Cornell, A., Hermann, S., Zhu, F. & Hoover, K., Oct 1 2023, In: Bulletin of Entomological Research. 113, 5, p. 637-644 8 p.

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Approach to surveying egg masses of the invasive spotted lanternfly (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae)

Keller, J. A. & Hoover, K., Aug 1 2023, In: Environmental entomology. 52, 4, p. 759-767 9 p.

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Efficacy and nontarget effects of broadcast treatments to manage spotted lanternfly (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) nymphs

Keller, J. A., Walsh, B., Johnson, A., Jenkins, N., Rost, J., Treichler, B., Biddinger, D., Calvin, D. D., Hoover, K., Urban, J. & Roush, R. T., Aug 1 2023, In: Journal of economic entomology. 116, 4, p. 1211-1224 14 p.

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Life history traits of spotted lanternfly (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) when feeding on grapevines and tree of heaven

Laveaga, E., Hoover, K. & Acevedo, F. E., 2023, In: Frontiers in Insect Science. 3, 1091332.

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Tomato Chemical Defenses Intensify Corn Earworm (Helicoverpa zea) Mortality from Opportunistic Bacterial Pathogens

Mason, C. J., Peiffer, M., Hoover, K. & Felton, G., Jun 2023, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 49, 5-6, p. 313-324 12 p.

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Insect Floral Visitors of Red Maple and Tree-of-Heaven at Potential Risk of Neonicotinoid Residue Exposure from Spotted Lanternfly Control

Elmquist, J., Hoover, K. & Biddinger, D., Dec 1 2022, In: Great Lakes Entomologist. 55, 3-4, p. 53-65 13 p.

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Improved Radio-Frequency Heating through Application of Wool Insulation during Phytosanitary Treatment of Wood Packaging Material of Low Moisture Content

Janowiak, J. J., Szymona, K. S., Dubey, M. K., Mack, R. & Hoover, K., 2022, In: Forest Products Journal. 72, 2, p. 98-104 7 p.

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Impacts of short-term feeding by spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) on ecophysiology of young hardwood trees in a common garden

Lavely, E., Iavorivska, L., Uyi, O., Eissenstat, D., Walsh, B., Primka, E. J., Harper, J. & Hoover, K., 2022, In: Frontiers in Insect Science. 2, 1080124.

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Baculoviruses hijack the visual perception of their caterpillar hosts to induce climbing behaviour thus promoting virus dispersal

Liu, X., Tian, Z., Cai, L., Shen, Z., Michaud, J. P., Zhu, L., Yan, S., Ros, V. I. D., Hoover, K., Li, Z., Zhang, S. & Liu, X., May 2022, In: Molecular ecology. 31, 9, p. 2752-2765 14 p.

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Concerted impacts of antiherbivore defenses and opportunistic Serratia pathogens on the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)

Mason, C. J., Peiffer, M., St Clair, A., Hoover, K. & Felton, G. W., Jan 2022, In: Oecologia. 198, 1, p. 167-178 12 p.

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Host-Specific larval lepidopteran mortality to pathogenic Serratia mediated by poor diet

Mason, C. J., Peiffer, M., Felton, G. W. & Hoover, K., Oct 2022, In: Journal of invertebrate pathology. 194, 107818.

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Opposing Growth Responses of Lepidopteran Larvae to the Establishment of Gut Microbiota

Mason, C. J., Peiffer, M., Chen, B., Hoover, K. & Felton, G. W., Aug 2022, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 10, 4

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