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Stout lab publishes collaborative research on host-plant use by an invasive scale

In collaboration with Dr. Rodrigo Diaz (LSU Entomology) and Dr. Andrea Glassmire (Michigan State University; formerly from LSU Biological Sciences), Mike and Alexia DeSoto published a paper in early January 2026 on within-plant distribution and host choice by Nipponaclerda biwakoensis (roseau cane scale). The paper presents some of the work Lexi did for her MS degree in the Stout lab. A link to the paper and an article about the paper published by Michigan State University can be found below.

• Plant Chemistry and Enemy Pressure Shape Within-Stem Distribution...

• MSU article on Glassmire et al.

Awards won by members of the Applied Plant-Insect Interactions Lab in 2025!

• Khan, M.D., Boethel Graduate Student Scholarship (PhD)

• Khan, M.D., 1st place, Poster Presentation, 11th Annual LSU International Research Fair

• Sharma, J., 1st Place, Poster Presentation, LSU Department of Entomology Graduate Student Symposium

• Sharma, J., 1st Place, Poster Presentation (PI-E Section), Southeastern Branch Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting

• Sharma, J., 2nd place, Three Minute Thesis competition, Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School