Rob Mitchell
Associate Professor of Chemical Ecology
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501 ASI
University Park, PA - rfm5925@psu.edu
Research Summary
The chemical ecology of insects
Huck Affiliations
Most Recent Publications
Comparative analyses of the banded alder borer (Rosalia funebris) and Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) genomes reveal significant differences in genome architecture and gene content among these and other Cerambycidae
Terrence Sylvester, Richard Adams, Robert F. Mitchell, Ann M. Ray, Rongrong Shen, Na Ra Shin, Duane D. McKenna, 2024, Journal of Heredity on p. 516-523
(R)-(+)-γ-Decalactone is Conserved in North America as a Pheromone Component of Osmoderma eremicola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and a Kairomone of Elater abruptus (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
Geryd L. Steffek, Anna S. Grommes, Lawrence M. Hanks, Robert F. Mitchell, 2024, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 122-128
Evolution of chemosensory genes in Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Zachary Cohen, Michael S. Crossley, Robert F. Mitchell, Patamarerk Engsontia, Yolanda H. Chen, Sean D. Schoville, 2024, Journal of Evolutionary Biology on p. 62-75
Functional and evolutionary insights into chemosensation and specialized herbivory from the genome of the red milkweed beetle, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
Richard Adams, Terrence Sylvester, Rob Mitchell, M Price, Rongrong Shen, Na Shin, Duane McKenna, 2024, Journal of Heredity
(accompanying Steffek et al.)
Rob Mitchell, 2024, Journal of Chemical Ecology
A draft Diabrotica virgifera virgifera genome: insights into control and host plant adaption by a major maize pest insect
Brad S. Coates, Kimberly K.O. Walden, Dimpal Lata, Neetha Nanoth Vellichirammal, Robert F. Mitchell, Martin N. Andersson, Rachel McKay, Marcé D. Lorenzen, Nathaniel Grubbs, Yu Hui Wang, Jinlong Han, Jing Li Xuan, Peter Willadsen, Huichun Wang, B. Wade French, Raman Bansal, Sammy Sedky, Dariane Souza, Dakota Bunn, Lance J. Meinke, Nicholas J. Miller, Blair D. Siegfried, Thomas W. Sappington, Hugh M. Robertson, 2023, BMC Genomics
Antennal Sensilla in Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Stephanie Haddad, Dave J. Clarke, Soo Hyun Jeong, Robert F. Mitchell, Duane D. Mckenna, 2023, Annals of the Entomological Society of America on p. 83-113
Prediction of a conserved pheromone receptor lineage from antennal transcriptomes of the pine sawyer genus Monochamus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Robert F. Mitchell, Daniel Doucet, Susan Bowman, Marc C. Bouwer, Jeremy D. Allison, 2022, Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology on p. 615-625
Methionol, a Sulfur-Containing Pheromone Component from the North American Cerambycid Beetle Knulliana cincta cincta
Marlin E. Rice, Lawrence M. Hanks, Sean Halloran, Judith A. Mongold-Diers, Anna C. Grommes, Robert F. Mitchell, Ann M. Ray, Jocelyn G. Millar, 2022, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 347-358
The Genome of Rhyzopertha dominica (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae): Adaptation for Success
Brenda Oppert, Anna Muszewska, Kamil Steczkiewicz, Eva Šatović-Vukšić, Miroslav Plohl, Jeffrey A. Fabrick, Konstantin S. Vinokurov, Igor Koloniuk, J. Spencer Johnston, Timothy P.L. Smith, Raul Narciso C. Guedes, Walter R. Terra, Clélia Ferreira, Renata O. Dias, Konstantin A. Chaply, Elena N. Elpidina, Valeriia F. Tereshchenkova, Robert F. Mitchell, Audra J. Jenson, Rachel McKay, Tisheng Shan, Xiaolong Cao, Zelong Miao, Chao Xiong, Haobo Jiang, William R. Morrison, Sergey Koren, David Schlipalius, Marcé D. Lorenzen, Raman Bansal, Yu Hui Wang, Lindsey Perkin, Monica Poelchau, Kenlee Friesen, Morgan L. Olmstead, Erin Scully, James F. Campbell, 2022, Genes
Most-Cited Papers
Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle-plant interface
Duane D. McKenna, Erin D. Scully, Yannick Pauchet, Kelli Hoover, Roy Kirsch, Scott M. Geib, Robert F. Mitchell, Robert M. Waterhouse, Seung Joon Ahn, Deanna Arsala, Joshua B. Benoit, Heath Blackmon, Tiffany Bledsoe, Julia H. Bowsher, André Busch, Bernarda Calla, Hsu Chao, Anna K. Childers, Christopher Childers, Dave J. Clarke, Lorna Cohen, Jeffery P. Demuth, Huyen Dinh, Harsha Vardhan Doddapaneni, Amanda Dolan, Jian J. Duan, Shannon Dugan, Markus Friedrich, Karl M. Glastad, Michael A.D. Goodisman, Stephanie Haddad, Yi Han, Daniel S.T. Hughes, Panagiotis Ioannidis, J. Spencer Johnston, Jeffery W. Jones, Leslie A. Kuhn, David R. Lance, Chien Yueh Lee, Sandra L. Lee, Han Lin, Jeremy A. Lynch, Armin P. Moczek, Shwetha C. Murali, Donna M. Muzny, David R. Nelson, Subba R. Palli, Kristen A. Panfilio, Dan Pers, Monica F. Poelchau, Honghu Quan, Jiaxin Qu, Ann M. Ray, Joseph P. Rinehart, Hugh M. Robertson, Richard Roehrdanz, Andrew J. Rosendale, Seunggwan Shin, Christian Silva, Alex S. Torson, Iris M.Vargas Jentzsch, John H. Werren, Kim C. Worley, George Yocum, Evgeny M. Zdobnov, Richard A. Gibbs, Stephen Richards, 2016, Genome Biology
A model species for agricultural pest genomics: The genome of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Sean D. Schoville, Yolanda H. Chen, Martin N. Andersson, Joshua B. Benoit, Anita Bhandari, Julia H. Bowsher, Kristian Brevik, Kaat Cappelle, Mei Ju M. Chen, Anna K. Childers, Christopher Childers, Olivier Christiaens, Justin Clements, Elise M. Didion, Elena N. Elpidina, Patamarerk Engsontia, Markus Friedrich, Inmaculada García-Robles, Richard A. Gibbs, Chandan Goswami, Alessandro Grapputo, Kristina Gruden, Marcin Grynberg, Bernard Henrissat, Emily C. Jennings, Jeffery W. Jones, Megha Kalsi, Sher A. Khan, Abhishek Kumar, Fei Li, Vincent Lombard, Xingzhou Ma, Alexander Martynov, Nicholas J. Miller, Robert F. Mitchell, Monica Munoz-Torres, Anna Muszewska, Brenda Oppert, Subba Reddy Palli, Kristen A. Panfilio, Yannick Pauchet, Lindsey C. Perkin, Marko Petek, Monica F. Poelchau, Éric Record, Joseph P. Rinehart, Hugh M. Robertson, Andrew J. Rosendale, Victor M. Ruiz-Arroyo, Guy Smagghe, Zsofia Szendrei, Gregg W.C. Thomas, Alex S. Torson, Iris M. Vargas Jentzsch, Matthew T. Weirauch, Ashley D. Yates, George D. Yocum, June Sun Yoon, Stephen Richards, 2018, Scientific Reports
Evolution of herbivory in Drosophilidae linked to loss of behaviors, antennal responses, odorant receptors, and ancestral diet
Benjamin Goldman-Huertas, Robert F. Mitchell, Richard T. Lapoint, Cécile P. Faucher, John G. Hildebrand, Noah K. Whiteman, 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 3026-3031
Cerambycid Beetle Species with Similar Pheromones are Segregated by Phenology and Minor Pheromone Components
Robert F. Mitchell, Peter F. Reagel, Joseph C.H. Wong, Linnea R. Meier, Weliton Dias Silva, Judith Mongold-Diers, Jocelyn G. Millar, Lawrence M. Hanks, 2015, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 431-440
Genomic content of chemosensory genes correlates with host range in wood-boring beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae, Agrilus planipennis, and Anoplophora glabripennis)
Martin N. Andersson, Christopher I. Keeling, Robert F. Mitchell, 2019, BMC Genomics
The diversity and evolution of odorant receptors in beetles (Coleoptera)
R. F. Mitchell, T. M. Schneider, A. M. Schwartz, M. N. Andersson, D. D. McKenna, 2020, Insect Molecular Biology on p. 77-91
Identifying possible pheromones of cerambycid beetles by field testing known pheromone components in four widely separated regions of the United States
Jocelyn G. Millar, Robert F. Mitchell, Judith A. Mongold-Diers, Yunfan Zou, Carlos E. Bográn, Melissa K. Fierke, Matthew D. Ginzel, Crawford W. Johnson, James R. Meeker, Therese M. Poland, Iral Ragenovich, Lawrence M. Hanks, Timothy Schowalter, 2018, Journal of Economic Entomology on p. 252-259
Odorant receptors and antennal lobe morphology offer a new approach to understanding olfaction in the Asian longhorned beetle
Robert F. Mitchell, Loyal P. Hall, Peter F. Reagel, Duane D. McKenna, Thomas Charles Baker, John G. Hildebrand, 2017, Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology on p. 99-109
North American Species of Cerambycid Beetles in the Genus Neoclytus Share a Common Hydroxyhexanone-Hexanediol Pheromone Structural Motif
Ann M. Ray, Jocelyn G. Millar, Jardel A. Moreira, J. Steven McElfresh, Robert F. Mitchell, James D. Barbour, Lawrence M. Hanks, 2015, Journal of Economic Entomology on p. 1860-1868
The Role of Minor Pheromone Components in Segregating 14 Species of Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of the Subfamily Cerambycinae
Lawrence M. Hanks, Judith A. Mongold-Diers, Robert F. Mitchell, Yunfan Zou, Joseph C.H. Wong, Linnea R. Meier, Todd D. Johnson, Jocelyn G. Millar, Brian Sullivan, 2019, Journal of Economic Entomology on p. 2236-2252