Mary Barbercheck

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Entomology

Research Summary

Biological soil quality and sustainability; impact of agricultural practices on soil biodiversity and function; biology and ecology of entomopathogenic nemotodes and fungi for use as conserved or applied biological control agents.

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Recent Publications

Water Stress and Black Cutworm Feeding Modulate Plant Response in Maize Colonized by Metarhizium robertsii

Ahmad, I., Jimenez-Gasco, M. D. M. & Barbercheck, M. E., Jul 2024, In: Pathogens. 13, 7, 544.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Seedcorn maggot response to planting date, cover crops, and tillage in organic cropping systems

Regan, K. H., Voortman, C. A. & Barbercheck, M. E., Apr 1 2024, In: Journal of economic entomology. 117, 2, p. 555-563 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Maize response to endophytic Metarhizium robertsii is altered by water stress

Peterson, H., Ahmad, I. & Barbercheck, M. E., Nov 2023, In: PloS one. 18, 11 November, e0289143.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Endophytic Metarhizium robertsii suppresses the phytopathogen, Cochliobolus heterostrophus and modulates maize defenses

Ahmad, I., del Mar Jiménez-Gasco, M., Luthe, D. S. & Barbercheck, M. E., Sep 2022, In: PloS one. 17, 9 September, e0272944.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Weeds in cover crops: Context and management considerations

Baraibar, B., White, C. M., Hunter, M. C., Finney, D. M., Barbercheck, M. E., Kaye, J. P., Curran, W. S., Bunchek, J. & Mortensen, D. A., Mar 2021, In: Agriculture (Switzerland). 11, 3, p. 1-15 15 p., 193.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Weed-Insect Interactions in Annual Cropping Systems

Barbercheck, M. E. & Wallace, J., Mar 1 2021, In: Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 114, 2, p. 276-291 16 p.

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Rotational no-till and tillage-based organic corn produce management tradeoffs in the Northeast

Champagne, R. J., Wallace, J. M., Curran, W. S. & Barbercheck, M. E., Nov 1 2021, In: Agronomy Journal. 113, 6, p. 5348-5361 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Observations on the relationships between endophytic metarhizium robertsii, spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and maize

Flonc, B., Barbercheck, M. & Ahmad, I., Jun 2021, In: Pathogens. 10, 6, 713.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Cover crop–based, rotational no-till management tactics influence crop performance in organic transition within the Mid-Atlantic United States

Wallace, J. M., Barbercheck, M. E., Curran, W., Keene, C. L., Mirsky, S. B., Ryan, M. & VanGessel, M., Nov 1 2021, In: Agronomy Journal. 113, 6, p. 5335-5347 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Endophytic Metarhizium robertsii promotes maize growth, suppresses insect growth, and alters plant defense gene expression

Ahmad, I., Jiménez-Gasco, M. D. M., Luthe, D. S., Shakeel, S. N. & Barbercheck, M. E., May 2020, In: Biological Control. 144, 104167.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Systemic colonization by Metarhizium robertsii enhances cover crop growth

Ahmad, I., Del Mar Jiménez-Gasco, M., Luthe, D. S. & Barbercheck, M. E., Jun 2020, In: Journal of Fungi. 6, 2, 64.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Systemic colonization by Metarhizium robertsii enhances cover crop growth

Ahmad, I., Del Mar Jiménez-Gasco, M., Luthe, D. S. & Barbercheck, M. E., Jun 1 2020, In: Journal of Fungi. 6, 2

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Cover crop mixture expression is influenced by nitrogen availability and growing degree days

Baraibar, B., Murrell, E. G., Bradley, B. A., Barbercheck, M. E., Mortensen, D. A., Kaye, J. P. & White, C. M., Jul 2020, In: PloS one. 15, 7 July, e0235868.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Fungal community shifts in soils with varied cover crop treatments and edaphic properties

Cloutier, M. L., Murrell, E., Barbercheck, M., Kaye, J., Finney, D., García-González, I. & Bruns, M. A., Dec 1 2020, In: Scientific reports. 10, 1, 6198.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Diversified floral provisioning enhances performance of the generalist predator, Orius insidiosus (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)

Hinds, J. & Barbercheck, M. E., Oct 2020, In: Biological Control. 149, 104313.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review