2024
Miller, A.C., Tessnow, A.E., Meagher, R.L., Nagoshi, R.N., Gilligan, T.M. & Sword, G.A. Assessing fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) allochronic behavior as a predictor of local strain composition in United States populations. (In press) Frontiers in Plant Science. Special Issue “Magnetobiology and Chronobiology: New Opportunities for Smart Plant Protection”
Silva, T., Sword, G.A., Miller, A., Qureshi, J.A., Head, G.P., Kerns, D., Jurat-Fuentes, J.L.L, Villegas, J., Towels, T., Ni, X., Reay-Jones, F.P.F, Carrillo, D, Cook, D.R., Daves, C., Stout, M.J., Thrash, B., Paula-Moraes, S., Lin, S., Patla, B., Niu, Y., Sakuno, C.I.R. & Huang, F. (2024) Reversibility of practical resistance to Bt crops: A case report on the resistance of fall armyworm to Cry1F maize in the southeastern United States. Journal of Pest Science. DOI:10.1007/s10340-024-01804-y
North, H.L., Fu, Z., Metz, R., Stull, M.A., Johnson, C.D., Shirley, X., Crumley, K., Reisig, D., Kerns, D.L., Gilligan, T., Walsh, T. Jigginns, C.D. & Sword, G.A. (2024) Rapid adaptation and interspecific introgression in a major North American crop pest, Helicoverpa zea. Molecular Biology and Evolution 41(7):msae129. DOI:10.1093/molbev/msae129
Weinburd, J.; Landsberg, J.; Kravtsova, A.; Lam, S.; Sharma, T.; Simpson, S.J.; Sword, G.A. & Buhl, C. (2024) Anisotropic Interaction and Motion States of Locusts in a Hopper Band. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.291(2015): 20232121. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2023.2121
Cunha, J.C.S., Vega, L.R., Torres, J.B., Suh, C.P.-C. & Sword, G.A. (2024) Fungal seed treatments of cotton affect boll weevil development. Journal of Pest Management 80(3): 1566-1576. DOI:10.1002/ps.7890
Raszick, T.J., Perkin, L.C., Shirley, X.A., Ruiz-Arce, R., Kramer, Z.A., Suh, C.P.-C. & Sword, G.A. (2024) Source tracing of boll weevils (Anthonomus grandis) captured in areas of the United States where the species had previously been eradicated. Journal of Pest Science. 97(2)-585-595. DOI:10.1007/s10340-023-01656-y
2023
Nagoshi, R.N., Tessnow, A.E., Carrière, Y., Bradshaw, J., Harrington, K., Sword, G.A. & Meagher, R.L. (2023) Using genetic comparisons of populations from Arizona, Mexico, and Texas to investigate fall armyworm migration in the American southwest. PLoSONE 18(11): e0289060. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0289060
Raszick, T.J., Perkin, L.C., Godoy, A., Shirley, X.A., Wright, K., Martin, P., Suh, C.P.-C., Ruiz-Arce, R., & Sword, G.A. (2023) A new qPCR assay for the rapid diagnosis of Anthonomus grandis Insects 14(11):845. DOI:10.3390/insects14110845
Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y†, Zhao, J., He, J., Xuanyuan, Z., Pan, W., Sword, G.A., Chen, F. & Wan, G. (2023) Probing transcriptional crosstalk between Cryptochromes and Iron-sulfur Cluster Assembly 1 (MagR) in the magnetoresponse of a migratory insect. International Journal of Molecular Biology 24(13):11101. DOI:10.3390/ijms241311101
Hamons, K.L. Suh, C.P.-C. & Sword, G.A. (2023) Reassessing temporal patterns of cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter), emergence from diapausing eggs. Soutwestern Entomologist. 48(2):321-323. DOI:10.22034/ARPP.2022.15637
Solhjouy-Fard, S., Talaei-Hassanloui, R., Maali-Amiri, R. & Sword, G.A. (2023) Effect of endophytic Beauveria bassiana on growth traits of five rapeseed varieties (Brassica napus). Journal of Applied Research in Plant Protection12(1):87-94. DOI:10.22034/ARPP.2022.15637
Perkin, L.C., Hamons, K.L. Suh, C.P.-C. & Sword, G.A. (2023) Amplicon sequencing of plant material links cotton fleahoppers to host plants. Journal of Cotton Science. 27(1), 43-51. DOI:10.56454/WBSD2203
2022
Cullen, D.A., Sword, G.A., Rosenthal, G.G., Simpson, S.J., Dekempeneer, E., Hertog, M.L.A.T.M., Nicolaï, B.M., Caes, R., Mannaerts, L. & Vanden Broeck, J. (2022) Sexual repurposing of juvenile aposematism in locusts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119(34):e2200759119. DOI:10.1073/pnas.220075911
Hoang, T., Foquet, B., Rana, S., Little, D.W., Woller, D. A., Sword, G.A. & Song, H. (2022) Development of RNAi methods for the Mormon cricket, Anabrus simplex. Insects 13:739. DOI:10.3390/ insects13080739.
Zhang, Y., Zeng, L., Wei, Y., Zhang, M., Pan, W., Sword, G.A., Yang, F., Chen, F. & Wan, G. (2022) Reliable reference genes for gene expression analyses under the hypomagnetic field in a migratory insect. Frontiers in Physiology 13:954228. DOI:10.3389/fphys.2022.954228
Deans, C.A., Sword, G.A., Vogel, H. & Behmer, S.T. (2022) Quantity versus quality: Effects of diet protein-carbohydrate ratios and amounts on insect herbivore gene expression. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 145:103773. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103773
Rivera-Vega, L.J., Zhou, W., Buchman, L.B., Valencia, C.U., Jack, A., Lopez, D.C. & Sword, G.A. (2022) Plant-associated fungi affect above- and belowground herbivore responses to soybean plants. Journal of Applied Microbiology 133(2):422-435. DOI:10.1111/jam.15554
Sánchez-Reyes, U.J., Jones, R.W., Raszick, T.J., Ruiz-Arce, R. & Sword, G.A. (2022) Potential Distribution of Wild Host Plants of the Boll Weevil (Anthonomus grandis) in the United States and Mexico. Insects 13(4):337. DOI:3390/insects13040337
Tessnow, A.E., Raszick, T.J., Porter, P. & Sword, G.A. (2022) Patterns of genomic and allochronic strain divergence in the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith). Ecology and Evolution 12:e8706. DOI:10.1002/ece3.8706
da Cunha, J, C, S., Swoboda, M.H. & Sword, G.A. (2022) Olfactometer responses of convergent lady beetles Hippodamia convergens (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to odor cues from aphid-infested cotton plants treated with plant-associated fungi. Insects 13(2):157. DOI:10.3390/insects13020157
Black, J., Clark, M.K. & Sword, G.A. (2022) Physiological and transcriptional immune responses of a non-model arthropod to infection with different entomopathogenic groups. PLoS ONE 17(2):e0263620. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0263620
Rivera-Vega, L.J., Grunseich, J.M., Aguirre, N.M., Valencia, C.U., Sword, G.A. & Helms, A.M. (2022) A beneficial plant-associated fungus shifts the balance between plant growth and defense, increasing cucumber tolerance to herbivory. Plants 11:282. DOI: 3390/plants11030282
Gale, C.C., Suh, C.P.-C., Puckhaber, L.S., Perez, J. & Sword, G.A. (2022) Analysis of inducible terpenoids in cotton leaves to test for indirect plant–endophyte herbivore interactions. Journal of Entomological Science 57:114-118. DOI:10.18474/JES21-07
2021
Tessnow, A.E., Gilligan, T.M., Burkness, E., de Bortoli, C.P., Jurat-Fuentes, J.L., Porter, R.P., Sekula, D. & Sword, G.A. (2021) Novel real-time PCR based assays for differentiating fall armyworm strains using four single nucleotide polymorphisms. PeerJ 9:e12195. DOI:10.7717/peerj.12195
Cale, C.G., Lense, P., Wilson, C., Helms, A.M., Suh, C-P.C. & Sword, G.A. (2021) Foliar herbivory increases sucrose concentration in bracteal extrafloral nectar of cotton. PLoS ONE 16(10): e0258836. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258836
Kjeldgaard, M.K., Sword, G.A. & Eubanks, M.D. (2021) Sugar is an ant’s best friend? Testing food web theory predictions about trophic position and abundance in an invasive ant (Nylanderia fulva). Biological Invasions 24:67-80. DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02627-z
Kjeldgaard, M.K., Wulff, J., Eubanks, M.D & Sword, G.A. (2021) From the bellies of babes: A larval-based approach to ant molecular gut content analysis. Insectes Sociaux 68:245–253. DOI: 10.1007/s00040-021-00822-8
Valencia, C.U. & Sword, G.A. (2021) Resin cast impressions as a tool for microscopic observations of fungal epiphytes on leaves. Journal of Microbiological Methods 186:106237. DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2021.106237
Raszick, T.J., Dickens, C.M., Perkin,L.C., Suh, C.P.-C., Ruiz-Arce, R., Boratynski, T.N., Falco, M.R., Johnston, J.S. & Sword, G.A. (2021) Population genomics and phylogeography of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in the United States, northern Mexico, and Argentina. Evolutionary Applications14:1778-1793. DOI: 10.1111/eva.13238
Schlum, A., Lamour, K., de Bortoli, C.P., Banerjee, R., Emrich, S.J., Meagher, R., Pereira, E., Murúa, M.G., Sword, G.A., Tessnow, A.E., Dillon, D.V., Ramirez, A.M.L., Akutse, K.S., Schmidt-Jeffries, R., Huang, F., Reisig, D., Emrich, S.J. & Jurat-Fuentes, J.L. (2021) Whole genome comparisons reveal panmixia among fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) from diverse locations. BMC Genomics 22:179. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07492-7
Tessnow, A.E., Behmer, S.T. & Sword, G.A. (2021) Protein-carbohydrate regulation and nutritionally-mediated responses to Bt are affected by caterpillar population history. Pest Management Science 77:335-342. DOI: 10.1002/ps.6022
Yang, F., Gonzales, J.S., Sword, G.A. & Kerns, D.L. (2021) Genetic basis of resistance to the Vip3Aa Bt protein in Helicoverpa zea. Pest Management Science. 77:1530-1535. DOI: 1002/ps.6176
Wan, G., Jiang, S., Zhang, M., Zhao, J., Zhang, Y, Pan, W., Sword, G.A. & Chen, F. (2021) Geomagnetic field absence reduces adult body weight of a migratory insect by disrupting feeding behavior and appetite regulation. Insect Science. 28:251-260. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12765
Hamons, K., Raszick, T., Perkin, L., Sword, G.A, & Suh, C.-P. C. (2021) Cotton fleahopper biology and ecology relevant to the development of insect resistance management strategies. Southwestern Entomologist 46:1-16. DOI: 10.3958/059.046.0101
Fu, Z, Antwi, J.B., Sword, G.A., Barman, A.K. & Medina, R.F. (2021) Geographic variation of bacterial communities associated with cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Hemiptera: Miridae). Southwestern Entomologist46:17-32. DOI: 10.3958/059.046.0102
Cale, C.G., Suh, C-P.C., Perez, J., Lense, P., Wilson, C. Kramer, Z. Madamba, C. & Sword, G.A. (2021) Sampling volatile organic compounds from individual cotton leaves to test effects of fungal endophyte treatments. Southwestern Entomologist 46:299-304. DOI: 10.3958/059.046.0201
2020
Verlinden, H., Sterck, L., Li, J., Li, Z., Yssel, A., Gansemans, Y., Verdonck, R., Holtof, M., Song, H., Behmer, S.T., Sword, G.A., Matheson, T., Ott, S.R., Deforce, D. & van Nieuwerburgh, , van de Peer, Y. & Vanden Broek, J. (2020) First draft genome assembly of the desert locust,Schistocerca gregaria. F1000Research 9:775.
Wan, G., Liu, R., Li, C., He, J., Pan, W., Sword, G.A. Hu, G. & Chen F. (2020) Change in geomagnetic field intensity alters migration-associated traits in a migratory insect. Biology Letters 16:20190940.
Shaw, D.R., Ervin, D.E., Jussaume, R.A., Frisvold, G. & Sword, G.A. (2020) Stewardship Challenges for New Pest Management Technologies in Agriculture. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Commentary QTA2020-2.
Park, J., Thomasson, J.A., Gale, C., Sword, G.A., Lee, K.-M., Herrman, T. & Suh, C.P.-C. (2020) Adsorbent-SERS technique for determination of plant VOCs from live cotton plants and dried teas. ACS Omega 5:2779-2790.
Zhou, W., Verma, V.C., Wheeler, T.A., Woodward, J.E., Starr, J.L. & Sword, G.A. (2020) Tapping into the cotton fungal phytobiome for novel nematode biological control tools. Phytobiomes Journal 4:19-26. (*Editor’s Pick!)
Raszick, T.J., Suh, C.P.-C., Dickens, C. M. & Sword, G.A. (2020) Genome-wide markers reveal temporal instability in population genetic structure in the cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus. Pest Management Science 76:324-332.
2019
Deans, C.A., Sword, G.A. & Behmer, S.T. (2019) First evidence of protein-carbohydrate regulation in a plant bug (Lygus hesperus). Journal of Insect Physiology 116:118-124.
Wang, H.-H., Grant, W.E., Elliot, N.C., Brewer, M., Koralewski, T.E., Westbrook, J.K., Alves, T.M. & Sword, G.A. (2019) Integrated modelling of the life cycle and aeroecology of wind-borne pests in temporally-variable spatially-heterogeneous environments. Ecological Modelling 399:23-38.
Xu, J., Zhang, Y., Wu, J., Wang, W., Li, Y., Wan, G., Chen, F., Sword, G.A. & Pan, W. (2019) Molecular characterization, spatial-temporal expression and magnetic response patterns of the iron-sulfur cluster assembly1 (IscA1) in the rice planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Insect Science 26:1389-1406.
Glover, J.P., Brewer, M.J., Parajulee, M.N. & Sword, G.A. (2019) Plant response and economic injury levels for a boll-feeding sucking bug complex on cotton. Journal of Economic Entomology 112:1227–1236.
Glover, J.P, Sword, G.A. & Brewer, M.J. (2019) Photoperiod-specific within-plant distribution of the green stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on cotton. Environmental Entomology 48:1234-1240.
2018
Deans, C.A., Sword, G.A., Lenhart, P.A., Burkness, E., Hutchison, W. & Behmer, S.T. (2018) Quantifying plant soluble protein and digestible carbohydrate content, using corn (Zea mays) as an exemplar. Journal of Video Experiments. e58164.
Tessnow, A.E., Behmer, S.T., Walsh, T.K. & Sword, G.A. (2018) Protein-carbohydrate regulation in Helicoverpa amigera and punctigera and how diet protein-carbohydrate content affects insect susceptibility to Bt toxins. Journal of Insect Physiology 106:88-95.
Zhou, W., Wheeler, T.A., Starr, J.L., Valencia, C.U. & Sword, G.A. (2018) A fungal endophyte defensive symbiosis affects plant-nematode interactions in cotton. Plant and Soil 422:251-266.
Lo, N., Simpson, S.J. & Sword, G.A. (2018) Epigenetics and developmental plasticity in orthopteroid insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science 25:25-34.
Heinz, K.M., Harding, P.A., Ek-Ramos, M.J., Hernandez, H., Krauter, P.C. & Sword, G.A. (2018) Fungal endophytes in Knockout rose and performance effects of entomopathogens on Marigold and Zinnia. HortScience 53:1791-1798.
Wu, Q.L., Westbrook, J.K., Hu, G., Lu, M.H., Liu, W.C., Sword, G.A. & Zhai, B.P. (2018) Multiscale analyses on a massive immigration process of Sogatella furcifera(Horváth) in south-central China: influences of synoptic-scale meteorological conditions and topography. International Journal of Biometeorology 62:1389-1406.
Wu, Q.L, Hu, G., Westbrook, J.K., Sword, G.A. & Zhai, B.P. (2018) An advanced numerical trajectory model tracks a corn earworm moth migration event in Texas, USA. Insects9(115):1-16.
Akbar, W., Gowda, A., Ahrens, J.E., Greenplate, J.T., Brown, R.S., Stelzer, J.W., Bollman, S.L., Gore, J., Catchot, A.L., Lorenz, G., Stewart, S.D., Kerns, D.L., Green, J., Toews, M.D., Herbert, D.A., Reisig, D.D., Sword, G.A., Ellsworth, P.C., Godfrey, L.D. & Clark, D.L. (2018) First transgenic trait for control of plant bugs and thrips in cotton. Pest Management Science. doi:10.1002/ps.5234
2017
Sword, G.A., Tessnow, A.E. & Ek-Ramos, M.J. (2017) Endophytic fungi alter sucking bug responses to cotton reproductive structures. Insect Science 24:1003-1014 (Cover Photo)
Xu, J., Pan, W., Zhang, Y., Li, Y., Wan, G., Chen, F., Sword, G.A. & Pan, W. (2017) Behavioral evidence for a magnetic sense in the Oriental Armyworm, Mythimna separate. Biology Open. doi: 10.1242/bio.022954.
Deans, C.A., Behmer, S.T., Tessnow, A., Tamez-Guerra, P., Pusztai-Carey, M. & Sword, G.A. (2017) Nutrition affects insect susceptibility to Bt. Scientific Reports 7:39705.
Cullen, D.A., Cease, A.J., Latchininsky, A.V., Ayali, A., Berry, K., Buhl, J., De Keyser, R., Foquet, B., Hadrich, J.C., Matheson, T., Ott, S.R., Poot-Pech, M.A., Robinson, B.E., Smith, J.M., Song, H., Sword, G.A., Vanden Broeck, J., Verdonck, R., Verlinden, H. & Rogers, S.M (2017) From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism. Advances in Insect Physiology 53:167–285.
Fiene, J.G., Mallick, S. Mittal, A., Nansen, C., Kalns, L., Dever, J., Sword, G.A. & Rock, C.D. (2017) Characterization of transgenic cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) over-expressing Arabidopsis thaliana related to ABA- Insensitive3(ABI3)/Vivparous1 (AtRAV1) and AtABI5 transcription factors: improved water use efficiency through altered guard cell physiology. Plant Biotechnology Reports 11:339-353.
2016
Deans, C.A., Behmer, S.T. Fiene, J. & Sword, G.A. (2016) Spatio-temporal, genotypic, and environmental effects on plant soluble protein and digestible carbohydrate content: Implications for insect herbivores with cotton as an exemplar. Journal of Chemical Ecology doi:10.1007/s10886-016-0772-1.
Wan, G.-J., Yuan, R., Wang, W.-J., Fu, K.-Y., Zhao, J.-Y., Jiang, S.-L., Pan, W.-D., Sword, G.A. & Chen, F.-J. (2016) Reduced geomagnetic field may affect positive phototaxis and flight capacity of a migratory rice planthopper. Animal Behaviour 121:107-116.
Zhou, W., Starr, J.T., Krumm, J. & Sword, G.A. (2016) The fungal endophyte, Chaetomium globosum, affects both above- and below-ground herbivores in cotton. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 92: fiw158.
Deans, C.A., Sword, G.A. & Behmer, S.T. (2016) Nutrition as a neglected factor in insect herbivore susceptibility to Bt toxins. Current Opinion in Insect Science 15:97-103.
Robinson, K.l., Tohidi-Esfahani, D., Ponton, F., Simpson, S.J., Sword, G.A. & Lo, N. (2016) Alternative migratory locust phenotypes are associated with differences in the expression of genes encoding the methylation machinery. Insect Molecular Biology 25:105-115.
2015
Lihoreau, M., Buhl, J., Sword, G.A., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2015) Nutritional ecology beyond the individual: a conceptual framework for integrating nutrition and social interactions. Ecology Letters 18:273-286.
Deans, C.A., Sword, G.A. & Behmer, S.T. (2015) Revisiting macronutrient regulation in the polyphagous herbivore Helicoverpa zea (Leptidoperta: Noctuidae): New insights via a geometric approach. Journal of Insect Physiology 81:21-27.
Wan, G., Wang, W., Xu, J., Tang, Q., Dai, M., Zhang, F., Sword, G.A., Pan, W. & Chen, F. (2015) Cryptochromes and hormone signal transduction under near-zero magnetic fields: new clues to magnetoreception in a rice planthopper. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0132966.
Wan, G., Jiang, S., Wang, W., Li, G. , Tao, X., Pan, W., Sword, G.A. & Chen, F. (2015) Rice stripe virus counters reduced fecundity in its insect vector by modifying insect physiology, primary endosymbionts and feeding behavior. Scientific Reports 5:12527.
Antwi, J.A., Sword, G.A. & Medina, R.F. (2015) Host-associated differentiation in a highly polyphagous, sexually reproducing insect herbivore. Ecology & Evolution. doi/10.1002/ece3.1526.
Lopez, D.C. & Sword, G.A. (2015) The endophytic fungal entomopathogens Beauveria bassiana and Purpureocillium lilacinum enhance the growth of cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and negatively affect survival of the cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa zea). Biological Control 89:53-60.
Veran, S., Simpson, S.J., Sword, G.A., Deveson, E., Piry, S., Hines, J.E. & Berthier, K. (2015) Modeling spatiotemporal dynamics of outbreaking species: relative influence of environment and dispersal in the Australian plague locust. Ecology 96:737–748.
2014
Lihoreau, M., Buhl, J., Charleston, M.A., Sword, G.A., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2014) Modeling nutrition across organizational levels: from individuals to superorganisms. Journal of Insect Physiology 69:2-11.
Castillo, D.L., Zhu-Salzman, K., Ek-Ramos, M.J. & Sword, G.A. (2014) The entomopathogenic fungal endophytes Purpureocillium lilacinum (formerly Paecilomyces lilacinus) and Beauveria bassiana can negatively affect cotton aphid reproduction under both greenhouse and field conditions. PLoS ONE 9(8): e103891.
Wan, G., Zhao, Z., Xu, J., Tao, X., Sword, G.A., Gao, Y., Pan, W & Chen, F. (2014) Bio-effects of near-zero magnetic fields on the growth, development and reproduction of small brown planthopper, Laodelphax striatellus and brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Journal of Insect Physiology 68:7-15.
Rogers, S.M., Cullen, D.A., Anstey, M.L., Burrows, M., Despland, E., Dodgson, T., Matheson, T., Ott, S.R., Stettin, K., Sword, G.A. & Simpson, S.J. (2014) Rapid behavioural gregarization in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, entails synchronous changes in both activity and attraction to conspecifics. Journal of Insect Physiology 65:9-26.
Fiene, J.G., Sword, G.A., VanLaerhoven, S. & Tarone, A.M. (2014) The role of spatial aggregation in forensic entomology. Journal of Medical Entomology 51:1-9.
2013
Fiene, J.G., Harris, M., Bernal, J., Nansen, C., Kalns, L. & Sword, G.A. (2013) Foraging on individual leaves by an intracellular feeding insect is not correlated with leaf biomechanical properties or leaf orientation. PLoS ONE 8(11): e80911.
Ek-Ramos, M.J., Zhou, W., Valencia, C.U., Antwi, J.B., Kalns, L.L., Morgan, G.D., Kerns, D.L. & Sword, G.A. (2013) Spatial and temporal variation in fungal endophyte communities isolated from cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). PLoS ONE 8(6):e66049.
2012
Buhl, J., Sword, G.A. & Simpson, S.J. (2012) Using field data to test locust migratory band collective movement models. Interface Focus. doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2012.0024
Ma, C., Yang, P., Jiang, F., Chapuis, M-P., Sha Li, Y.S., Sword, G.A. & Kang, L. (2012) Mitochondrial genomes reveal global phylogeography and dispersal routes of the migratory locust. Molecular Ecology 21:4344–4358.
Guttal, V., Romanczuk, P., Simpson, S.J., Sword, G.A. & Couzin, I.D. (2012) Cannibalism can drive the evolution of behavioral phase polyphenism in locusts. Ecology Letters 15:1158-1166.
Cullen, D.A., Sword, G.A. & Simpson, S.J. (2012) Optimizing multivariate behavioural syndrome models in locusts using automated video tracking. Animal Behaviour 84:771-784.
Chapuis, M-P., Streiff, R. & Sword, G.A. (2012) Long microsatellites and unusually high levels of genetic diversity in the Orthoptera. Insect Molecular Biology 21:181-186.
Blanchet, E, Lecoq, M., Sword, G.A., Pages, C., Blondin, L., Billot, C., Rivallan, R., Foucart, A., Vassal, J-M., Risterucci, A-M. & Chapuis, M-P. (2012) Population structures of three Calliptamus spp. (Orthoptera: Acrididae) across the Western Mediterranean Basin. European Journal of Entomology 109:445–455.
Blanchet, E., Lecoq, M., Sword, G.A., Berthier, K., Pages, C., Billot, C., Rivallan, R., Vassal, J.M., Risterucci, A.M. & Chapuis, M-P. (2012) A comparative analysis of fine-scale genetic structure in three closely-related syntopic grasshopper species (Calliptamus sp.). Canadian Journal of Zoology 90:31-41.
2011
Chapuis, M-P., Simpson, S.J., Blondin, L. & Sword, G.A. (2011) Taxa-specific heat shock proteins are over-expressed with crowding in the Australian plague locust. Journal of Insect Physiology 57:1562–1567.
Robinson, K.L., Tohidi-Esfahani, D., Lo, N., Simpson, S.J. & Sword, G.A. (2011) Evidence for widespread genomic methylation in the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera: Acrididae). PLoS ONE 6(12): e28167.
Simpson, S.J., Sword, G.A. & Lo, N. (2011) Polyphenism in insects. Current Biology 21:R738-749.
Buhl, J., Sword, G.A., Clissold, F. & Simpson, S.J. (2011) Group structure in locust migratory bands. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65:265–273.
Berthier, K., Chapuis, M-P., Moosavi, S.M., Tohidi-Esfahani, D. & Sword, G.A. (2011) Nuclear insertions and heteroplasmy of mitochondrial DNA as two sources of intra-individual genomic variation in grasshoppers. Systematic Entomology 38:285-299.
Chapuis, M-P., Popple, J.A., Berthier. K., Simpson, S.J., Deveson, E. Spurgin, P., Steinbauer, M.J. & Sword, G.A. (2011) Challenges to assessing connectivity between massive populations of the Australian Plague locust. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 278:3152-3160.
Chapuis, M-P., Tohidi-Esfahani, D., Dodgson, T., Blondin, L., Ponton, F., Cullen, D.A., Simpson, S.J. & Sword, G.A. (2011) Assessment and validation of a suite of reverse transcription-quantitative PCR reference genes for analyses of density-dependent behavioural plasticity in the Australian plague locust. BMC Molecular Biology 12:7.
Gurulingappa, P., McGee, P.A. & Sword, G.A. (2011) Endophytic Lecanicillium lecanii and Beauveria bassiana reduce the survival and development of Aphis gossypii following contact with conidia and secondary metabolites. Crop Protection 30:249-352.
Gurulingappa, P., McGee, P.A. & Sword, G.A. (2011) In vitro and in planta compatibility of insecticides and the endophytic entomopathogen, Lecanicillium lecanii. Mycopathologia 172:161-168.
Hansen, M.J., Buhl, J., Bazazi, S., Simpson, S.J. & Sword, G.A. (2011) Cannibalism in the lifeboat – collective movement in Australian plague locusts. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 9: 1715-1720.
Bazazi S., Romanczuk, P., Thomas, S., Schimansky-Geier, L., Hale, J.J., Miller, G.A., Sword, G.A., Simpson, S.J. & Couzin, I.D. (2011) Nutritional state and collective motion: from individuals to mass migration. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 278:356-363.
Latchininsky, A., Sword, G., Sergeev, M., Cigliano, M.M. & Lecoq, M. (2011) Locusts and Grasshoppers: Behavior, Ecology, and Biogeography. Psyche 578327:1-4.
Ponton, F., Chapuis, M-P., Pernice, M., Sword, G.A. & Simpson, S.J. (2011) Evaluation of potential reference genes for reverse transcription-qPCR studies of physiological responses in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology 57:840-850.
Cresswell, K.A., Satterthwaite W.H. & Sword, G.A. (2011) Understanding the evolution of migration through empirical examples. In: Fryxell, J., Milner-Gulland, E.J. & Sinclair, A.R.E. (eds.) Migration – A Synthesis. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 7-16.
2010
Sword, G.A., Lecoq, M. & Simpson, S.J. (2010) Phase polyphenism and preventative locust management. Journal of Insect Physiology 56:949-957.
Simpson, S.J. & Sword, G.A. (2010) Evolving migration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107:16753-16754.
Branson, D.B. & Sword, G.A. (2010) An experimental analysis of grasshopper community responses to fire and livestock grazing in a northern mixed-grass prairie. Environmental Entomology 39:1441-1446.
Cullen, D.A., Sword, G.A., Dodgson, T. & Simpson, S.J. (2010) Behavioural phase change in the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera, is triggered by tactile stimulation of the antennae. Journal of Insect Physiology 56:937-942.
Gurulingappa, P., Sword, G.A., Murdoch, G. & McGee, P.A. (2010) Colonization of crop plants by fungal entomopathogens and their effects on two insect pests when in planta. Biological Control 55:34-41.
Berthier, K., Chapuis, M-P., Simpson, S.J., Ferenz, H-J., Habib Kane, C. M., Kang, L., Lange, A., Ould Babah, M. A., Rodenburg, K. W., Rogers, S., Torto, B., Vanden Broeck, J., Van Loon, J. J. A. & Sword, G.A. (2010) Laboratory populations as a resource for understanding the relationship between genotypes and phenotypes: A global case study in locusts. Advances in Insect Physiology 39:1-37.
Bazazi, S., Ioannou, C., Simpson, S.J., Sword, G.A., Tourney, C. Lorch, P.D. & Couzin, I.D. (2010) The social context of cannibalism in migratory bands of the Mormon cricket. PLoS ONE 5, e15118.
Simpson, S.J., Raubenheimer, D., Charleston, M.A., Clissold, F.J. Clements, K.D., Coleman, R.A., Dussutour, A., Foley, W., Forbey, J., Glaze, E., Gordon, I.J., Hanan, J., Hochuli, D., Kearney, M.R., McArthur, C., Poore, A.G.B., Sword, G.A. & Wallis, I.R. (2010) Modelling nutritional interactions: from individuals to communities. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25:53-60.
2009
Branson, D.B. & Sword, G.A. (2009) Grasshopper herbivory affects native plant diversity and abundance in a grassland dominated by the exotic grass Agropyron cristatum. Restoration Ecology 17:89-96.
Reynolds, A.M., Sword, G.A., Simpson, S.J. & Reynolds, D.R. (2009) Predator percolation, insect outbreaks and phase polyphenism. Current Biology 19:20-24.
Gray, L.J., Sword, G.A., Anstey, M.L., Clissold, F.J. & Simpson, S.J. (2009) Behavioural phase polyphenism in the Australian Plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera). Biology Letters 5:306-309.
Srygley, R.B., Lorch, P.D., Simpson, S.J. & Sword, G.A. (2009) Immediate protein dietary effects on movement and the generalized immunocompetence of migrating Mormon crickets Anabrus simplex (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Ecological Entomology 34:633-688.
Simpson, S.J. & Sword, G.A. (2009) Phase polyphenism in locusts: Mechanisms, population consequences, adaptive significance and evolution. In: Whitman, D. & Ananthakrishnan, T. (eds.) Phenotypic Plasticity of Insects: Mechanisms and Consequences. Science Publishers Inc., Plymouth, pp 147-190.
2008
Sword, G.A. (2008) Gregarious behaviour in insects. In: Capinera, J. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer, Netherlands, pp. 1733-1740.
Sword, G.A. & Simpson, S.J. (2008) Evolution: Radiotracking sexual selection. Current Biology 18:R955-956.
Sword, G.A., Lorch, P.D. & Gwynne, D.T. (2008) A radiotelemetric analysis of the effects of prevailing wind direction on Mormon cricket migratory band movement direction. Environmental Entomology 37:889-896.
Simpson, S.J. & Sword, G.A. (2008) Locusts. Current Biology 18:R364-366.
Bazazi, S., Buhl, J., Hale, J.J., Anstey, M.L., Sword, G.A., Simpson, S.J. & Couzin, I.D. (2008) Collective motion and cannibalism in locust marching bands. Current Biology 18:735-739 (Cover story).
Chapuis, M-P., Lecoq, M., Loiseau, A., Michalakis, Y., Sword, G.A., Piry, S. & Estoup, A. (2008) Do outbreaks affect genetic population structure? A worldwide survey in Locusta migratoria, a pest plagued by microsatellite null alleles. Molecular Ecology 17:3640-3653.
Chapuis, M-P., Popple, J.A., Simpson, S.J., Estoup, A., Martin, J.F., McCulloch, L., Steinbauer, M. & Sword, G.A. (2008) Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Australian Plague Locust, Chortoicetes terminifera. Molecular Ecology Resources 8:1414-1416.
Beekman, M., Sword, G.A. & Simpson, S.J. (2008) Biological foundations of swarm intelligence. In: Blum, C. & Merkle, D. (eds.) Swarm Intelligence – Introduction and applications. Springer, Netherlands, pp. 3-41.
2007
Sword, G.A., Senior, L.B., Gaskin, J.E. & Joern, A. (2007) Double trouble for grasshopper molecular systematics: Intra-individual heterogeneity of both mitochondrial 12S-valine-16S and nuclear ITS ribosomal DNA sequences in Hesperotettix viridis (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Systematic Entomology 32:420-428.
2006
Simpson, S.J.*, Sword, G.A.*, Lorch, P.D. & Couzin, I.D. (2006) Cannibal crickets on a forced march for protein and salt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 103:4152-4156. (* equal contributors)
Branson, D.H., Joern, A. & Sword, G.A. (2006) Sustainable management of insect herbivores in renewable grassland ecosystems: Developing new perspectives in grasshopper control. BioScience 56:743-755.
Lovejoy, N.R., Mullen, S.P., Sword, G.A., Chapman, R.F. & Harrison, R. (2006) Ancient trans-Atlantic flight explains locust biogeography: Molecular phylogenetics of the locust genus Schistocerca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 273:767-774.
2005
Sword, G.A. (2005) Local population density and the activation of movement in migratory band-forming Mormon crickets. Animal Behaviour 69:437-444.
Sword, G.A., Lorch, P.D. & Gwynne, D.T. (2005) Migratory bands give crickets protection. Nature 433:703.
Sword, G.A., Joern, A. & Senior, L.B. (2005) Host plant-associated genetic differentiation in the snakeweed grasshopper, Hesperotettix viridis (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Molecular Ecology 14:2197-2205 (Cover photo).
Lorch, P.D., Sword, G.A., Gwynne, D.T. & Anderson, G.L. (2005) Radiotelemetry reveals differences in individual movement patterns between outbreak and non-outbreak Mormon cricket populations. Ecological Entomology 30:548-555.
Simpson, S.J., Sword, G.A. & DeLoof, A. (2005) Advances, controversies and consensus in locust phase polyphenism research. Journal of Orthoptera Research 14:213-222.
2004
Babah, M.A.O. & Sword, G.A. (2004) Linking locust gregarization to resource distribution patterns across a large spatial scale. Environmental Entomology 33:1577-1583.
2003
Sword, G.A. (2003) To be or not to be a locust? A comparative analysis of behavioral phase change in nymphs of Schistocerca americana and S. gregaria. Journal of Insect Physiology 47:709-717.
2002
Sword, G.A. (2002) A role for phenotypic plasticity in the evolution of aposematism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269:1639-1644.
Dopman, E.B., Sword, G.A., & Hillis, D.M. (2002) The importance of the ontogenetic niche in resource-associated divergence: evidence from a generalist grasshopper. Evolution 56:731-740. (Cover photo)
2001
Sword, G.A. (2001) Tasty on the outside, but toxic in the middle: Grasshopper regurgitation and host plant-mediated toxicity to a vertebrate predator. Oecologia 128:416-421.
2000
Sword, G.A. & Simpson, S.J. (2000) Is there an intraspecific function for density-dependent color change in the Desert locust? Animal Behaviour 59:861-870.
Sword, G.A., Simpson, S.J., El Hadi, O.T.M. & Wilps, H. (2000) Density-dependent aposematism in the Desert locust. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 267:63-68.
1999
Sword, G.A. (1999) Density-dependent warning coloration. Nature 397:217.
Sword, G.A. & Dopman, E.B. (1999) Developmental specialization and geographic structure of host plant use in a polyphagous grasshopper, Schistocerca emarginata (=lineata) (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Oecologia 120:437-445.
1997
Chapman, R.F. & Sword, G.A. (1997) Polyphagy in the Acridomorpha. In: Gangwere, S.K., Muralirangan, M.C. & Muralirangan, M. (eds.) The Bionomics of Grasshoppers, Katydids and Their Kin. CAB International, Wallingford, pp. 183-195.
1996
Chambers, P., Sword, G., Angel, J., Behmer, S. & Bernays, E.A. (1996) Foraging by generalist grasshoppers: dietary mixing in two cryptic species. Animal Behaviour 52:155-165.
1995
Chapman, R.F., Espelie, K.E. & Sword, G.A. (1995) Use of cuticular lipids in grasshopper taxonomy: A study of variation in Schistocerca shoshone (Thomas). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 23:383-398.
1994
Sword, G.A. & Chapman, R.F. (1994) Monophagy in a polyphagous grasshopper, Schistocerca shoshone. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 73:225-234.
Chapman, R.F. & Sword, G.A. (1994) The relationship between plant acceptability and suitability for survival and development in the polyphagous grasshopper, Schistocerca americana. Journal of Insect Behavior 7:411-431.
Espelie, K.E., Chapman, R.F. & Sword, G.A. (1994) Variation in the surface lipids of the grasshopper, Schistocerca americana (Drury). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 22:563-575.
1993
Chapman, R.F. & Sword, G. (1993) The importance of palpation in food selection by a polyphagous grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Journal of Insect Behavior 6:79-91.