Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Bonning Lab
Led by Bryony C. Bonning · Entomology and Nematology
What we study
The lab studies how viruses and toxins from bacteria like Bacillus thuringiensis interact with insects to develop safer pest control methods. Research focuses on Asian citrus psyllid and uses insect hormones, enzymes, and viral proteins.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Other insects
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Management of Asian citrus psyllid
Research uses toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis to develop environmentally friendly pest control methods.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Leveraging plant virus–vector molecular interactions for innovative vector and disease control
2026 · Current Opinion in Virology
- High susceptibility of Diaphorina citri first instar nymphs to Bacillus thuringiensis-derived pesticidal proteins from multiple structural groups
2026 · Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
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- Optimized conditions for the long-term growth of primary cell cultures derived from the southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula
2026 · In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal
- A peptide that binds the Asian citrus psyllid gut reduces transmission of the citrus greening pathogen Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus
2026 · Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Finds a peptide that blocks citrus greening bacteria from infecting psyllid guts.
- Engineering citrus for psyllid control: virus‐induced silencing of osmoregulatory genes reduces survival and development of Diaphorina citri
2026 · Pest Management Science
Silences genes in citrus psyllids to slow their survival and development.
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