Gary Felton
Professor and Department Head of Entomology
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501 ASI
University Park, PA - gwf10@psu.edu
- 814-863-7789
Research Summary
Plant-herbivore interactions. Adaptive responses of herbivores to plant defenses. Herbivore cues recognized by plants with specific focus on biochemical and molecular analysis of salivary secretions.
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Insects Herbivores Herbivory Saliva Lycopersicon Esculentum Tomatoes Spodoptera Frugiperda Insecta Genotype Jasmonic Acid Genes Insect Larvae Bacteria Larva Glucose Oxidase Digestive System Corn Proteins Apyrase Enzymes Trichomes Zea Mays Insect Defense MaizeMost Recent Publications
Host-Specific larval lepidopteran mortality to pathogenic Serratia mediated by poor diet
Charles J. Mason, Michelle Peiffer, Gary W. Felton, Kelli Hoover, 2022, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
The dual function of elicitors and effectors from insects: reviewing the ‘arms race’ against plant defenses
Anne C. Jones, Gary W. Felton, James H. Tumlinson, 2022, Plant Molecular Biology on p. 427-445
Enterococcal symbionts of caterpillars facilitate the utilization of a suboptimal diet
Bosheng Chen, Charles J. Mason, Michelle Peiffer, Dayu Zhang, Yongqi Shao, Gary W. Felton, 2022, Journal of Insect Physiology
Special Issues in Honor of Professor Dr. Dr. hc mult. Wittko Francke, 28 November 1940–27 December 2020
Jocelyn G. Millar, Stefan Schulz, Gary W. Felton, 2022, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 241-243
Plant Nutrition Influences Resistant Maize Defense Responses to the Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)
Charles J. Mason, Swayamjit Ray, Elizabeth Davidson-Lowe, Jared Ali, Dawn S. Luthe, Gary Felton, 2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Anti-Herbivore Resistance Changes in Tomato with Elevation
Sulav Paudel, Gary W. Felton, Edwin G. Rajotte, 2022, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 196-206
Concerted impacts of antiherbivore defenses and opportunistic Serratia pathogens on the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)
Charles J. Mason, Michelle Peiffer, Abbi St Clair, Kelli Hoover, Gary W. Felton, 2022, Oecologia on p. 167-178
Sorghum and maize flavonoids are detrimental to growth and survival of fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda
Debamalya Chatterjee, Tyler Lesko, Michelle Peiffer, Dinakaran Elango, Julien Beuzelin, Gary W. Felton, Surinder Chopra, 2022, Journal of Pest Science
Effects of maize (Zea mays) genotypes and microbial sources in shaping fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) gut bacterial communities
Charles J. Mason, Kelli Hoover, Gary W. Felton, 2021, Scientific Reports
Selection for high levels of resistance to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) in Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) using non-transgenic foliar delivery
Swati Mishra, James Dee, William Moar, Jodi Dufner-Beattie, James Baum, Naymã Pinto Dias, Andrei Alyokhin, Aaron Buzza, Silvia I. Rondon, Mark Clough, Sandy Menasha, Russell Groves, Justin Clements, Ken Ostlie, Gary Felton, Tim Waters, William E. Snyder, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, 2021, Scientific Reports
Most-Cited Papers
Herbivory in the previous generation primes plants for enhanced insect resistance
Sergio Rasmann, Martin De Vos, Clare L. Casteel, Donglan Tian, Rayko Halitschke, Joel Y. Sun, Anurag A. Agrawal, Gary W. Felton, Georg Jander, 2012, Plant Physiology on p. 854-863
Herbivore exploits orally secreted bacteria to suppress plant defenses
Seung Ho Chung, Cristina Rosa, Erin D. Scully, Michelle Peiffer, John F. Tooker, Kelli Hoover, Dawn S. Luthe, Gary W. Felton, 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 15728-15733
Role of trichomes in defense against herbivores
Donglan Tian, John Tooker, Michelle Peiffer, Seung Ho Chung, Gary W. Felton, 2012, Planta on p. 1053-1066
Cues from chewing insects - the intersection of DAMPs, HAMPs, MAMPs and effectors
Flor E. Acevedo, Loren J. Rivera-Vega, Seung Ho Chung, Swayamjit Ray, Gary W. Felton, 2015, Current Opinion in Plant Biology on p. 80-86
Tritrophic Interactions
Ikkei Shikano, Cristina Rosa, Ching Wen Tan, Gary W. Felton, 2017, Annual Review of Phytopathology on p. 313-331
Salivary glucose oxidase from caterpillars mediates the induction of rapid and delayed-induced defenses in the tomato plant
Donglan Tian, Michelle Peiffer, Erica Shoemaker, John Tooker, Eric Haubruge, Frederic Francis, Dawn S. Luthe, Gary W. Felton, 2012, PLoS One
Fall armyworm-associated gut bacteria modulate plant defense responses
Flor E. Acevedo, Michelle Peiffer, Ching Wen Tan, Bruce A. Stanley, Anne Stanley, Jie Wang, Asher G. Jones, Kelli Hoover, Cristina Rosa, Dawn Luthe, Gary Felton, 2017, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions on p. 127-137
Insights into the saliva of the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Michelle Peiffer, Gary W. Felton, 2014, PLoS One
Priming of antiherbivore defensive responses in plants
Jinwon Kim, Gary Felton, 2013, Insect Science on p. 273-285
ATP hydrolyzing salivary enzymes of caterpillars suppress plant defenses
Shuang Wu, Michelle Peiffer, Dawn S. Luthe, Gary W. Felton, 2012, PLoS One
News Articles Featuring Gary Felton
Aug 23, 2022
Flavonoids from sorghum plants kill fall armyworm pest on corn; may protect crop
Flavonoids produced by sorghum leaves have shown promising results in combating fall armyworm larvae. When sprayed on the leaves of corn, sorghum flavonoids stunt the growth of fall armyworm and often kill the pest, Penn State researchers report in a new study.
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Feb 17, 2021
Silencing the alarm
An enzyme in the saliva of certain insects prevents their food plants from warning neighboring plants of an attack.
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Jul 22, 2019
Plants defend against insects by inducing 'leaky gut syndrome'
Plants may induce "leaky gut syndrome" — permeability of the gut lining — in insects as part of a multipronged strategy for protecting themselves from being eaten, according to researchers at Penn State.
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