Mary Barbercheck
Professor of Entomology
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Cover Crops Soil Corn Agriculture Zea Mays Wheat Soybeans No Tillage Ecosystem Services Vicia Villosa Arthropods Tillage Weeds Cropping Systems Biomass Metarhizium Farmers Ecosystem Crops Mexico Coleoptera Maize Beetles Carabidae TriticumMost Recent Publications
Organic Corn and Soybeans for Exceptional Organic Milk
Mary Barbercheck, on p. 5-6
Endophytic Metarhizium robertsii suppresses the phytopathogen, Cochliobolus heterostrophus and modulates maize defenses
Imtiaz Ahmad, María del Mar Jiménez-Gasco, Dawn S. Luthe, Mary E. Barbercheck, 2022, PLoS One
Cover crop–based, rotational no-till management tactics influence crop performance in organic transition within the Mid-Atlantic United States
John M. Wallace, Mary E. Barbercheck, William Curran, Clair Lynn Keene, Steven Brian Mirsky, Matthew Ryan, Mark VanGessel, 2021, Journal of Production Agriculture on p. 5335-5347
Observations on the relationships between endophytic metarhizium robertsii, spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and maize
Brianna Flonc, Mary Barbercheck, Imtiaz Ahmad, 2021, Pathogens
Weed-Insect Interactions in Annual Cropping Systems
Mary E. Barbercheck, John Wallace, 2021, Annals of the Entomological Society of America on p. 276-291
Weeds in cover crops: Context and management considerations
Barbara Baraibar, Charles M. White, Mitchell Hunter, Denise Finney, Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Jason P. Kaye, W Curran, Jess Bunchek, D Mortensen, 2021, Agriculture (Switzerland) on p. 1-15
Rotational no-till and tillage-based organic corn produce management tradeoffs in the Northeast
Rebecca J. Champagne, John Wallace, William Curran, Mary E. Barbercheck, 2021, Journal of Production Agriculture
The role of endophytic insect-pathogenic fungi in plant growth promotion and protection
Imtiaz Ahmed, Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Mary Ellen Barbercheck, 2021, on p. 379-400
Cover crops support arthropod predator activity with variable effects on crop damage during transition to organic management
Ariel Rivers, Christina Voortman, Mary Barbercheck, 2020, Biological Control
Carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) differentially respond to soil management practices in feed and forage systems in transition to organic management
Tara Pisani Gareau, Christina Voortman, Mary Barbercheck, 2020, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems on p. 608-625
Most-Cited Papers
A framework for evaluating ecosystem services provided by cover crops in agroecosystems
Meagan E. Schipanski, Mary Barbercheck, Margaret R. Douglas, Denise M. Finney, Kristin Haider, Jason P. Kaye, Armen R. Kemanian, David A. Mortensen, Matthew R. Ryan, John Tooker, Charlie White, 2014, Agricultural Systems on p. 12-22
The rise of women farmers and sustainable agriculture
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Mary E. Barbercheck, Kathryn J. Brasier, Nancy Ellen Kiernan, Anna Rachel Terman, 2016,
Ecosystem Services and Disservices Are Bundled in Simple and Diverse Cover Cropping Systems
Denise M. Finney, Ebony G. Murrell, Charles M. White, Barbara Baraibar, Mary E. Barbercheck, Brosi A. Bradley, Sarah Cornelisse, Mitchell C. Hunter, Jason P. Kaye, David A. Mortensen, Christina A. Mullen, Meagan E. Schipanski, 2017, Agricultural and Environmental Letters on p. 1-5
Entomopathogenic nematodes in the soil environment: Distributions, interactions and the influence of biotic and abiotic factors
Robin Stuart, Mary Barbercheck, Parwinder Grewal, 2015, NEMATODE PATHOGENESIS OF INSECTS AND OTHER PESTS: ECOLOGY AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT AND CROP PROTECTION on p. 97-137
Capturing the multiple and shifting identities of farm women in the northeastern United States
Kathryn J. Brasier, Carolyn E. Sachs, Nancy Ellen Kiernan, Amy Trauger, Mary E. Barbercheck, 2014, Rural Sociology on p. 283-309
Cover crop termination timing is critical in organic rotational no-till systems
C. L. Keene, W. S. Curran, J. M. Wallace, M. R. Ryan, S. B. Mirsky, M. J. Vangessel, M. E. Barbercheck, 2017, Journal of Production Agriculture on p. 272-282
Endophytic Metarhizium robertsii promotes maize growth, suppresses insect growth, and alters plant defense gene expression
Imtiaz Ahmad, María del Mar Jiménez-Gasco, Dawn S. Luthe, Samina N. Shakeel, Mary E. Barbercheck, 2020, Biological Control
Cover Crop Mixture Effects on Maize, Soybean, and Wheat Yield in Rotation
Mitchell C. Hunter, Meagan E. Schipanski, Macdonald H. Burgess, James C. LaChance, Brosi A. Bradley, Mary E. Barbercheck, Jason P. Kaye, David A. Mortensen, 2019, Agricultural and Environmental Letters on p. 1-5
Cover crop-based reduced tillage system influences Carabidae (Coleoptera) activity, diversity and trophic group during transition to organic production
Ariel Rivers, Christina Mullen, John Wallace, Mary Ellen Barbercheck, 2017, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems on p. 538-551
Conservation agriculture affects arthropod community composition in a rainfed maize-wheat system in central Mexico
Ariel Rivers, Mary Barbercheck, Bram Govaerts, Nele Verhulst, 2016, Applied Soil Ecology on p. 81-90
News Articles Featuring Mary Barbercheck
Dec 14, 2022
Corn-colonizing fungus may help the crop repel disease, grow larger
A fungus that can colonize, or grow within, corn plants doesn’t just leave the plant unharmed — it also can help the plant stave off harmful bugs and other fungi, according to a new study by Penn State researchers.
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