Badillo Vargas, Ismael
individual record
Assistant Professor
Positions:
- Assistant Professor, Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Weslaco Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
education and training
- Ph.D. in Plant Pathology with minor in Entomology, Kansas State University - (Manhattan, Kansas, United States) 2014
- M.S. in Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin - Madison - (Madison, Wisconsin, United States) 2008
- B.S. in Agricultural Sciences (Honors), University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez - (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, United States) 2006
selected publications
Academic Articles15
- Martin, J. E., Bernal Jimenez, E. K., Cruz, M. G., Zhu-Salzman, K., Way, M. O., & Badillo-Vargas, I. E. (2020). Assessing the Potential Infection of Tagosodes orizicolus (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) by Rice Hoja Blanca Virus in Texas.. J Econ Entomol. 113(2), 1018-1022.
- Garcia-Luna, S. M., Juarez, J. G., Cabañas, S., Tang, W., Roark, E. B., Maupin, C. R., Badillo-Vargas, I. E., & Hamer, G. L (2020). Stable Isotope Marking of Laboratory-Reared Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae).. J Med Entomol. 57(2), 649-652.
- Badillo-Vargas, I. E., Chen, Y., Martin, K. M., Rotenberg, D., & Whitfield, A. E (2019). Discovery of Novel Thrips Vector Proteins That Bind to the Viral Attachment Protein of the Plant Bunyavirus Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus.. J Virol. 93(21),
- Garcia-Luna, S. M., Chaves, L. F., Juarez, J. G., Bolling, B. G., Rodriguez, A., Presas, Y. E., ... Qualls, W. A (2019). From Surveillance To Control: Evaluation of A Larvicide Intervention Against Aedes aegypti In Brownsville, Texas.. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 35(3), 233-237.
- Horton, D. R., Kaur, N., Cooper, W. R., Miliczky, E., Badillo-Vargas, I. E., Esparza-Díaz, G., ... Jensen, A. S. (2019). Whence and Whither the Convolvulus Psyllid? An Invasive Plant Leads to Diet and Range Expansion by a Native Insect Herbivore. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 112(3), 249-264.
Chapters1
- Barandoc-Alviar, K., Badillo-Vargas, I. E., & Whitfield, A. E. (2016). Interactions Between Insect Vectors and Propagative Plant Viruses. Management of Insect Pests to Agriculture. 133-180. Springer International Publishing.
Conference Papers10
- Chen, Y., Badillo-Vargas, I. E., Martin, K., Rotenberg, D., & Whitfield, A. E (2019). Characterization of novel thrips vector proteins that bind to tomato spotted wilt virus. PHYTOPATHOLOGY. 109(10), 1-1.
- Badillo-Vargas, I. E (2019). Evaluation of "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" induced effects on the feeding behavior of Bactericera cockerelli by two distinct haplotypes. PHYTOPATHOLOGY. 109(10), 147-148.
- Badillo-Vargas, I. E (2018). Forging new tools for the war against Bactericera cockerelli and "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum": A pathosystem on the move. PHYTOPATHOLOGY. 108(10),
- Badillo-Vargas, I. E., Bedre, R., Esparza-Diaz, G., Avila, C., & Mandadi, K (2017). Tissue-specific transcriptional responses related to the horizontal and vertical transmission of a bacterial pathogen by its insect vector. PHYTOPATHOLOGY. 107(12), 136-137.
- Badillo-Vargas, I. E., Baker, C. A., Frantz, G., Mellinger, H. C., Funderburk, J. E., & Adkins, S (2015). Emerging tomato viruses in Florida. PHYTOPATHOLOGY. 105(11), 11-11.
researcher on
Principal Investigator2
recent teaching activities
- ENTO691 Research Instructor
Email
ibadillo@tamu.edu
First Name
Ismael
Last Name
Badillo Vargas
mailing address
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH; Weslaco; 9999 TAMUS
Weslaco, TX 78596
USA