I am interested in all things Diabrotica. Recently, this has included collaborative research on their transcriptome, microbiome, metabolome, and improving larval artificial diets.  Throughout my career I have worked on management, host-plant resistance, resistance management, behavior, ecology, chemical ecology, host-plant interactions, and tritrophic interactions.  I have worked primarily with the western corn rootworm in the past, but increasingly on the northern corn rootworm as well. My interests flow from a desire to solve real problems of interest to U.S. corn growers.  Rootworms are the agronomic trait that I have primarily focused on thus far.  My long-term goal is a broad understanding of rootworm ecology, resistance management and plant interactions leading toward additional management options.

 

• Ruen J. Corn rootworm may be adapting. Ag Professional (Feb 2010)
• Ruen J. Nematodes ... good, bad and controlled. Ag Professional (Dec 2009)
• Restoring a natural root signal helps to fight a major corn pest (Aug 2009)
• Gullickson, Gil. 2008. Why not the best?: There’s a reason for 20% refuges. Refuge relief is on the way, though. Successful Farming. July, 2008.
• Wenzel, Wayne. 2007. Refuge Angst. Farm Journal, October: 27-29.
• Powell, Kendall. 2003. Concerns over refuge size for US EPA-approved Bt corn. Nature Biotechnology 21: 467-468.
• Reineke C. Fielding a better corn crop. Mizzou 1999 (Fall 1):32-35. Available online from Archives of the University of Missouri

 

• Panel member, USDA AFRI Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management: Organismal (2009)
• Sigma Xi Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring, University of Missouri, (2007)
• Subject Editor, Journal of Economic Entomology (Field & Forage Crops) (2005-present)
• Scientific Advisory Board, Journal of Applied Entomology (2004-present)
• Panel member, CSREES NRI CGP Biologically Based Pest Management (2003)
• Panel member, EPA Scientific Advisory Panel (rootworm-resistant corn) (2002)

2003-Present

Zhang, X., D. van Cong1, L. Hu, B.E. Hibbard, C.A.M. Robert, R.A.R. Machado, and M. Erb.  2019. Evolution of plant defense resistance in natural enemies of an arthropod herbivore.

Bauer, A., G. Powell, S. Scott, A. Anstaett,  A. Gerheart, M. Benoit, J. M. Guthrie, B. Higgins, F. P. Amaral, G. Stacey, M. G. Stacey, A.E. Pereira, B.E. Hibbard, S. L. Wilder, M. J. Schueller, R.A. Ferrieri. 2019. Rhizobacteria may cloak roots from detection by the western corn rootworm. (submitted).

Pereira, A.E., D.C. Ludwick, J. Barry, L.J. Meinke, D.J. Moellenbeck, K. Hyte, A. Ernwall, K. Paddock, and B.E. Hibbard. Optimizing egg recovery from wild northern corn rootworm beetles (submitted).

Huynh, M.P., B.E. Hibbard, M. Vella, S.L. Lapointe, R.P. Niedz, K.S. Shelby, and T.A. Coudron. Development of an improved and accessible diet for western corn rootworm larvae using response surface modeling (submitted).

Ludwick, D.C., A.C. Ericson, L.N. Meihls, M.L. Gregory, T.A. Coudron, B.E. Hibbard, and K.S. Shelby. Survey of microbes associated with all western corn rootworm life stages reveals no difference between insects reared on different soils. (submitted).

Huynh, M.P., E.J. Bernklau, T.A. Coudron, K.S. Shelby, L.B. Bjostad, and B.E. Hibbard. 2019. Characterization of corn root factors to improve artificial diet for western corn rootworm larvae. J. Insect Sci. 9: 19; 1–8 (https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iez030).

Zhao, Z., L.N. Meihls, B.E. Hibbard, C. G. Elsik, T. Ji, and K.S. Shelby. 2019. Differential gene expression in response to eCry3.1Ab ingestion in an unselected and eCry3.1Ab-selected western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) population. Scientific Reports | 9:4896 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41067-7.

Pereira, A.E., T.A. Coudron, B.W. French, E.J. Bernklau, L.B. Bjostad, and B.E. Hibbard. 2019. Comparative susceptibility of western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte neonates to selected insecticides and Bacillus thuringiensis proteins in the presence and absence of feeding stimulants. J. Econ. Entomol. 112: 842–851 (https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy415).

Geisert, R.W., D.C. Ludwick, and B.E. Hibbard. 2019. Effects of cold storage on non-diapausing eggs of the western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera).  J. Econ. Entomol. 112: 708 – 711 (https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy405).

Bernklau, E.J., B.E. Hibbard, and L.B. Bjostad.  2019. Repellent effects of methyl anthranilate on western corn rootworm larvae in soil bioassays. J. Econ. Entomol. 112: 683 – 690 (https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy346).

Huynh, M.P., B.E. Hibbard, S.L. Lapointe, R.P. Niedz, B.W. French, A.E. Pereira, D.L. Finke, K.S. Shelby, and T.A. Coudron. 2019. Multidimensional approach to formulating a specialized diet for northern corn rootworm larvae. Scientific Reports, 9:3709 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39709-x

Jaffuel, G., N. Imperiali, K. Shelby, R. Campos-Herrera1, R. Geisert, M. Maurhofer, J. Loper, C. Keel, T.C.J. Turlings, and B. E. Hibbard. 2019.  Protecting maize from rootworm damage with the combined application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Pseudomonas bacteria and entomopathogenic nematodes. Sci. Reports 9:3127 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39753-7.

Meihls, L.N., M.P. Huynh, D.C. Ludwick, T.A. Coudron, B.W. French, K. Shelby, A.J. Hitchon, A.W. Schaafsma, A.E. Pereira, and B.E. Hibbard. 2018. Comparison of six artificial diets for support of western corn rootworm bioassays and rearing. J. Econ. Entomol. 111: 2727-2733 (https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy268).

Bernklau, E. J., B. E. Hibbard, and L. B. Bjostad. 2018. Sugar preferences of western corn rootworm larvae in a feeding stimulant blend. J. Appl. Entomol. 142: 947-958 (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jen.12540).

Hiltpold, I. and B.E. Hibbard. 2018. Indirect root defenses cause induced fitness costs in Bt resistant western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte). J. Econ. Entomol. 111: 2349-2358. (https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy220).

Guyer, A., B.E. Hibbard, A. Holzkämper, M. Erb, and C.A.M. Robert.  2018.  Influence of drought on plant performance through changes in belowground tritrophic interactions. Ecology and Evolution: 8: 6756–6765. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ ece3.4183).

Geisert, R.W., D.J. Cheruiyot, B.E. Hibbard, D.I. Shapiro-Ilan, K.S. Shelby, T.A. Coudron. 2018. Comparative assessment of four Steinernematidae and three Heterorhabditidae species for infectivity of larval Diabrotica virgifera virgifera.  J. Econ. Entomol. 111: 542–548. ( https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tox372).

Ludwick, D.C., L.N. Meihls, M.P. Huynh, A.E. Pereira, B.W. French, T.A. Coudron, and B.E. Hibbard.  2018.  A new artificial diet for western corn rootworm larvae is compatible with and detects resistance to all current Bt toxins. Scientific Reports: 8:5379 | (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23738-z).

Bohn, M.O., J.J. Marroquin, S. Flint-Garcia, K. Dashiell, D.B.Willmot, and B.E. Hibbard.  2018. QTL mapping of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) host plant resistance in two populations of doubled haploid lines in maize (Zea mays L.).  J. Econ. Entomol. 111:435–444 (https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tox310).

Mahmoud, M.A.B., R.E. Sharp, M.J. Oliver, D.L. Finke, M. Bohn, M.R. Ellersieck, and B.E. Hibbard. 2018. Interactive effects of western corn rootworm and drought on Maize hybrids with and without drought- and rootworm-tolerance in the field. J. Econ. Entomol. 111: 193–208 (https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tox309).

Ludwick, D.C., A. Zukoff, M. Higdon, and B.E. Hibbard.  2017.  Protandry of the western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) partially due to earlier egg hatch of males J. Kans. Entomol. 90: 94-99.

Huynh, M.P., L.N. Meihls, B.E. Hibbard, S.L. Lapointe, R.P. Niedz, D.C. Ludwick, T.A. Coudron. 2017. Diet improvement for western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larvae. PLoS ONE 12 (11): e0187997. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0187997

Ludwick, D.C., L.N. Meihls, K.R. Ostlie, B.D. Potter, L. French, and B.E. Hibbard.  2017. Minnesota field population of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) shows incomplete resistance to Cry34Ab1/Cry35Ab1 and Cry3Bb1.  J. Appl. Entomol. 141: 28-40.

Ludwick, D.C. and B.E. Hibbard. 2016. Rootworm Management: Status of GM Traits, Insecticides, and Potential New Tools.  CAB Reviews 2016 11, No. 048.

Bernklau, E.J., B.E. Hibbard, and L.B. Bjostad. 2016. Toxic and behavioral effects of free fatty acids on western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larvae.  J. Appl. Entomol. 140: 725-735.

Qu, W., C.A.M. Robert, M. Erb, B.E. Hibbard, M. Paven, T. Gleede, B. Riehl, L. Kersting, A.S. Cankaya,  A.T. Kunert, Y. Xu, M. J. Schueller, C. Shea, D. Alexoff, S.J. Lee, J.S. Fowler, and R.A. Ferrieri. 2016. Dynamic, precision phenotyping of the auxin flux network reveals new insights on crop tolerance to root herbivory.  Plant Physiology 172: 776-788.

Hiltpold, I., and B.E. Hibbard. 2016. Neonate larvae of the specialist herbivore Diabrotica virgifera virgifera do not exploit the defensive volatile (E)-β-caryophyllene to assist in locating maize roots. J. Pest Sci. 89:853–858.

Zukoff, S.N., A.L. Zukoff, R.W. Geisert, andB.E. Hibbard. 2016. Western corn rootworm larval movement in eCry3.1Ab+mCry3A seed blend scenarios. J. Econ. Entomol. 109: 1834-1845.

Geisert, R.W. and B.E. Hibbard. 2016. Evaluation of potential fitness costs associated with eCry3.1Ab resistance in the western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 109: 1853-1858.

Bernklau, E.J., B.E. Hibbard, A.P. Norton, L.B. Bjostad. 2016. Methyl anthranilate as a repellent for western corn rootworm larvae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 109: 1683-1690.

Haridas, C.V., L.J. Meinke, B.E. Hibbard, B. Siegfried, and B. Tenhumberg.  2016.  Effects of temporal variation in temperature and density-dependence on insect population dynamics.  Ecosphere 7(5):e01287. 10.1002/ecs2.1287.

Zukoff, S.N., K.R. Ostlie, B. Potter, L.N. Meihls, A.L. Zukoff, L. French, M.R. Ellersieck, B.W. French, and B.E. Hibbard. 2016. Multiple assays indicate varying levels of cross resistance of Cry3Bb1-selected field populations of the western corn rootworm to mCry3A, eCry3.1Ab, and Cry34/35Ab1. J. Econ. Entomol. 109: 1387-1398.

Meihls, L.N., D.L. Frank, M.R. Ellersieck, and B.E. Hibbard.  2016. Development and characterization of MIR604 resistance in a western corn rootworm population (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Environ. Entomol. 45:526-536.

Mahmoud, M.A.B., R.E. Sharp, M.J. Oliver, D.L. Finke, M.R. Ellersieck, and B.E. Hibbard. 2016. The effect of western corn rootworm and water deficit on maize performance under controlled conditions.  J. Econ. Entomol.109: 864-898.

Geisert, R.W., M.R. Ellersieck, and B.E. Hibbard.  2016. Tolerance of eCry3.1Ab in reciprocal cross offspring of eCry3.1Ab-selected and control colonies of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) J. Econ. Entomol. 109: 815-820.

Deitloff, J., M.W. Dunbar, D.A. Ingber, B.E. Hibbard, and A.J. Gassmann.  2016. Effects of refuges on the evolution of resistance to transgenic corn by western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte.  Pest Management Sci. 72: 190-198.

Robert, C.A.M., S. Schirmer, J. Barry, B.W. French, B.E. Hibbard, J. Gershenzon. 2015. Belowground herbivore tolerance involves delayed overcompensatory root regrowth in maize.  Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 157: 113-120.

Frank, D.L., R. Kurtz,, N.A. Tinsley, A.J. Gassmann, L.J. Meinke, D. Moellenbeck, M.E. Gray, L.W. Bledsoe, C.H. Krupke, R.E. Estes, P. Weber, and B.E. Hibbard.  2015.  Effect of seed mixtures and soil-insecticide on western and northern corn rootworm from mCry3A + eCry3.1Ab Bt maize.  J. Econ. Entomol. 108: 1260-1270.

Bernklau, E.J., B.E. Hibbard, D.L. Dick, C.D. Rithner, and L.B. Bjostad.  2015.  Monogalactosyldiacylglycerols as host recognition cues for western corn rootworm larvae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).  J. Econ. Entomol. 108: 539-548.

Robert, C.A.M., R.A. Ferrieri, S. Schirmer, B.A. Babst, M.J. Schueller. R.A.R. Machado, C.C.M. Arce, B.E. Hibbard, J. Gershenzon, T.C.J. Turlings, and M. Erb.  2014.  Induced carbon reallocation and compensatory growth as root herbivore tolerance mechanisms.  Plant Cell & Environ. 37: 2613-2622.

Demarta, L., B.E. Hibbard, M.O. Bohn, and I. Hiltpold.  2014.  The role of root architecture in foraging behavior of entomopathogenic nematodes.  J. Invert. Path. 122: 32-39.

Hiltpold, I., J.J. Adamczyk, Jr., M.L. Higdon, T.L. Clark, and B.E. Hibbard.  2014.  Carbon isotope ratios document that the elytra of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) reflects adult versus larval feeding and later instar larvae prefer Bt corn to alternate hosts.  Environ. Entomol. 43: 840-848.

Hiltpold, I., E.J. Bernklau, L.B. Bjostad, N. Alvarez, N.E. Miller-Struttmann, J.G. Lundgren, and B.E. Hibbard.  2013.  The role of rhizospheric chemical exudates in the ecology, physiology, evolution and management of the root-mediated interactions between insect herbivores and plant roots.  Adv. Insect Physiol. 45: 97-157.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-417165-7.00003-9.

Cullen, E.M., M.E. Gray, A.J. Gassmann, and B.E. Hibbard.  2013.  Status of resistance to Bt corn by western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) populations in the U.S. Corn Belt.  Journal of Integrated Pest Management 4: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/IPM13012.

Frank, D.L., A. Zukoff, J. Barry, M.L. Higdon, and B.E. Hibbard.  2013.  Development of resistance to eCry3.1Ab-expressing transgenic maize in a laboratory-selected population of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).  J. Econ. Entomol. 106: 2506-2513.

Bernklau, E.J., B.E. Hibbard, and L.B. Bjostad.  2013.  Isolation and characterization of host recognition cues in corn roots for larvae of the western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).  J. Econ. Entomol. 106: 2354-2363.

Robert, C.A.M., D.L. Frank, K.A. Leach, T.C.J. Turlings, B.E. Hibbard, and M. Erb. 2013.  Direct and indirect plant defenses are not suppressed by endosymbionts of a specialist root herbivore.  J. Chemical Ecology 39: 507-515.

Robert, C.A.M., M. Erb, I. Hiltpold, B.E. Hibbard, M.D.P. Gaillard, J. Bilat. J. Degenhardt, X. Cambet-Petit-Jean, T.C.J. Turlings, and C. Zwahlen.  2013.  Genetically engineered maize plants reveal distinct costs and benefits of constitutive volatile emissions in the field.  Plant Biotechnology Journal 11: 628-639.

Devos, Y., L.N. Meihls, J. Kiss, and B.E. Hibbard.  2013.  Resistance evolution to the first generation of genetically modified Diabrotica-active Bt-maize events by western corn rootworm: management and monitoring considerations.  Transgenic Research 22: 269-299.

Meihls, L.N., M.L. Higdon, M.R. Ellersieck, B. E. Tabashnik, and B.E. Hibbard.  2012.  Greenhouse-selected resistance to Cry3Bb1-producing corn in three western corn rootworm populations.  PloS ONE 7: e51055.

Robert, C.A.M., M. Erb, B.E. Hibbard, B.W. French, C. Zwahlen, and T.C.J. Turlings.  2012. A specialist root herbivore reduces plant resistance and uses an induced plant volatile to aggregate in a density dependent manner.  Functional Ecology 26: 1429-1440.

Clark, T.L., D.L. Frank, B.W. French, L.J. Meinke, D. Moellenbeck, T.T. Vaughn, and B.E. Hibbard.  2012. Mortality impact of MON863 transgenic maize roots on western corn rootworm larvae in the field.  J. Appl. Entomol. 136: 721-729.

Hiltpold, I., B.E. Hibbard, B.W. French, T.C.J. Turlings.  2012.  Capsules containing entomopathogenic nematodes as a Trojan horse approach to control the western corn rootworm.  Plant and Soil 358: 11-25.

Zukoff, S.N., W. Bailey, M.R. Ellersieck, and B.E. Hibbard.  2012.  Western corn rootworm larval movement in SmartStax seed blend scenarios.  J. Econ. Entomol. 105: 1248-1260.

Ni, X., Y. Chen, B.E. Hibbard, J.P. Wilson, W.P. Williams, G.D. Buntin, J.R. Ruberson, and X. Li.  2011.  Foliar resistance to fall armyworm in corn germplasm lines that confer resistance to root- and ear-feeding insects.  The Florida Entomologist 94: 971-981.

Frank, D.L., R. Bukowsky, B.W. French, and B.E. Hibbard.  2011.  Effect of MIR604 transgenic maize at different stages of development on western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in a Central Missouri field environment.  J. Econ. Entomol. 104: 2054-2061.

Hibbard, B.E., D.L. Frank, R. Kurtz, E. Boudreau, M.R. Ellersieck, and J.F. Odhiambo.  2011.  Mortality impact of Bt transgenic maize roots expressing eCry3.1Ab, mCry3A, and eCry3.1Ab plus mCry3A on western corn rootworm in the field.  J. Econ. Entomol. 104: 1584-1591.

Meihls LN, Higdon ML, Ellersieck M, and Hibbard BE. Selection for resistance to mCry3A-expressing transgenic corn in western corn rootworm. Journal of Economic Entomology 2011;104(3):1045-1054.

Bernklau EJ, Hibbard BE, Bjostad LB. Antixenosis in maize reduces feeding by western corn rootworm larvae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Journal of Economic Entomology 2010;103(6):2052-2060.

Bernklau EJ, Bjostad LB, and Hibbard BE. Evaluating maize for behavioral mechanisms of resistance to Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of Economic Entomology (In Press).

Erb M, Robert C, Hibbard BE, and Turlings TCJ. Sequence of arrival determines plant-mediated interactions between herbivores in the field. Journal of Ecology (In Press).

Hibbard BE, Clark TL, Ellersieck MR, Meihls LN, El Khishen AA, Kaster V, York-Steiner H, and Kurtz R. Mortality of western corn rootworm larvae on MIR604 transgenic maize roots: Field survivorship has no significant impact on survivorship of F1 progeny on MIR604. Journal of Economic Entomology (In Press).

Bernklau EJ, Bjostad LB, and Hibbard BE. Synthetic feeding stimulants enhance insecticide activity against western corn rootworm larvae, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of Applied Entomology 2010 (in press, DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2009.01502.x).

Hibbard BE, Meihls LN, Ellersieck MR and Onstad DW. Density-dependent and density-independent mortality of the western corn rootworm: Impact on dose calculations of rootworm-resistant Bt corn. Journal of Economic Entomology 2010, 103(1):77-84.

Sappington TW, Ostlie KR, DiFonzo C, Hibbard BE, Krupke CH, Porter P, Pueppke S, Shields EJ, and Tollefson JJ. Conducting public-sector research on commercialized transgenic seed: In search of a paradigm that works. GM Crops 2010, 1:55-58.

Erb M, Köllner T, Degenhardt J, Zwahlen C, Hibbard BE, and Turlings TCJ. The role of abscisic acid and water stress in root herbivore-induced leaf resistance. New Phytologist 2010, 189: 308-320.

Meihls LN and Hibbard BE. Dolatia coriaria (Kraatz) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) as a pest of laboratory and greenhouse colonies of the Western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 2009, 82(4):311-315.

Khishen AAE, Bohn MO, Prischmann-Voldseth DA, Dashiell KE, French BW and Hibbard BE. Native resistance to western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larval feeding: Characterization and mechanisms. Journal of Economic Entomology 2009, 102(6):2350-2359.

Chege PG, Clark TL and Hibbard BE. Initial larval feeding on an alternate host enhances western corn Rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) beetle emergence on Cry3Bb1-expressing maize. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 2009, 82(1):63-75.

Spencer JL, Hibbard BE, Moeser J, Onstad DW: Behaviour and ecology of the western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte). Agricultural and Forest Entomology 2009, 11(1):9-27.

Prischmann DA, Dashiell KE, Hibbard BE: Assessing larval rootworm behaviour after contacting maize roots: Impact of germplasm, rootworm species and diapause status. Journal of Applied Entomology 2009, 133(1):21-32.

Ivezic M, Raspudic E, Brmez M, Majic I, Brkic I, Tollefson JJ, Bohn M, Hibbard BE, Simic D: A review of resistance breeding options targeting western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte). Agricultural and Forest Entomology 2009, 11(3):307-311.

Hibbard BE, Khishen AAEL, Vaughn TYT: Impact of mon863 transgenic roots is equivalent on western corn rootworm larvae for a wide range of maize phenologies. Journal of Economic Entomology 2009, 102(4):1607-1613.

Flint-Garcia SA, Dashiell KE, Prischmann DA, Bohn MO, Hibbard BE: Conventional screening overlooks resistance sources: Rootworm damage of diverse inbred lines and their R73 hybrids is unrelated. Journal of Economic Entomology 2009, 102(3):1317-1324.

Degenhardt J, Hiltpold I, Kollner TG, Frey M, Gierl A, Gershenzon J, Hibbard BE, Ellersieck MR, Turlings TCJ: Restoring a maize root signal that attracts insect-killing nematodes to control a major pest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2009, 106(32):13213-13218.

Degenhardt J, Hiltpold I, Kollner TG, Frey M, Gierl A, Gershenzon J, Hibbard BE, Ellersieck MR, Turlings TCJ: Restoring a maize root signal that attracts insect-killing nematodes to control a major pest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2009, 106(41):17605.

Buchwald R, Breed MD, Bjostad L, Hibbard BE, Greenberg AR: The role of fatty acids in the mechanical properties of beeswax. Apidologie 2009, 40(5):585-594.

Bernklau EJ, Bjostad LB, Meihls LN, Coudron TA, Lim E, Hibbard BE: Localized search cues in corn roots for western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larvae. Journal of Economic Entomology 2009, 102(2):558-562.

Oyediran IO, French BW, Clark TL, Dashiell KE, Hibbard BE: Prairie grasses as hosts of the northern corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Environmental Entomology 2008, 37(1):247-254.

Olmer KJ, Hibbard BE: The nutritive value of dying maize and Setaria faberi roots for western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) development. Journal of Economic Entomology 2008, 101(5):1547-1556.

Meihls LN, Higdon ML, Siegfried BD, Miller NJ, Sappington TW, Ellersieck MR, Spencer TA, Hibbard BE: Increased survival of western corn rootworm on transgenic corn within three generations of on-plant greenhouse selection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008, 105(49):19177-19182.

Hibbard BE, Schweikert YM, Higdon ML, Ellersieck MR: Maize phenology affects establishment, damage, and development of the western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Environmental Entomology 2008, 37(6):1558-1564.

Behle RW, Hibbard BE, Cermak SC, Isbell TA: Examining Cuphea as a potential host for western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Larval development. Journal of Economic Entomology 2008, 101(3):797-800.

Simic D, Ivezic M, Brkic I, Raspudic E, Brmez M, Majic I, Brkic A, Ledencan T, Tollefson JJ, Hibbard BE: Environmental and genotypic effects for western corn rootworm tolerance traits in American and European maize trials. Maydica 2007, 52(4):425-430.

Prischmann DA, Dashiell KE, Schneider DJ, Hibbard BE: Field screening maize germplasm for resistance and tolerance to western corn rootworms (Col.: Chrysomelidae). Journal of Applied Entomology 2007, 131(6):406-415.

Oyediran IO, Higdon ML, Clark TL, Hibbard BE: Interactions of alternate hosts, postemergence grass control, and rootworm-resistant transgenic corn on western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) damage and adult emergence. Journal of Economic Entomology 2007, 100(2):557-565.

Wilson TA, Clark TL, Hibbard BE: Number of point sources of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) eggs in artificial infestations affects larval establishment and plant damage. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 2006, 79(2):119-128.

Onstad DW, Hibbard BE, Clark TL, Crowder DW, Carter KG: Analysis of density-dependent survival of Diabrotica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in cornfields. Environmental Entomology 2006, 35(5):1272-1278.

Ivezic M, Tollefson JJ, Raspudic E, Brkic I, Brmez M, Hibbard BE: Evaluation of corn hybrids for tolerance to corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) larval feeding. Cereal Research Communications 2006, 34(2-3):1101-1107.

Oyediran IO, Hibbard BE, Clark TL: Western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) beetle emergence from weedy Cry3Bb1 rootworm-resistant transgenic corn. Journal of Economic Entomology 2005, 98(5):1679-1684.

Hibbard BE, Vaughn TT, Oyediran IO, Clark TL, Ellersieck MR: Effect of Cry3Bb1-expressing transgenic corn on plant-to-plant movement by western corn rootworm larvae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 2005, 98(4):1126-1138.

Glover MA, Willmot DB, Darrah LL, Hibbard BE, Zhu X: Diallel analyses of agronomic traits using Chinese and U.S. maize germplasm. Crop Science 2005, 45(3):1096-1102.

Chege PG, Clark TL, Hibbard BE: Alternate host phenology affects survivorship, growth, and development of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larvae. Environmental Entomology 2005, 34(6):1441-1447.

Wilson TA, Hibbard BE: Host suitability of nonmaize agroecosystem grasses for the western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Environmental Entomology 2004, 33(4):1102-1108.

Willmot DB, Hibbard BE, Darrah LL, Pollak LM, Montgomery K, Pratt RC, Abel CA, Hawk JA, Weldekidan T, Foster JE: Effect of environment on resistance to the european corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in maize. Journal of Economic Entomology 2004, 97(5):1745-1751.

Oyediran IO, Hibbard BE, Clark TL, French BW: Selected grassy weeds as alternate hosts of northern corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Environmental Entomology 2004, 33(5):1497-1504.

Oyediran IO, Hibbard BE, Clark TL: Prairie grasses as hosts of the western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Environmental Entomology 2004, 33(3):740-747.

Martin SA, Darrah LL, Hibbard BE: Divergent selection for rind penetrometer resistance and its effects on European corn borer damage and stalk traits in corn. Crop Science 2004, 44(3):711-717.

Hibbard BE, Higdon ML, Duran DP, Schweikert YM, Ellersieck MR: Role of egg density on establishment and plant-to-plant movement by western corn rootworm larvae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 2004, 97(3):871-882.

Clark TL, Hibbard BE: Comparison of nonmaize hosts to support western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larval biology. Environmental Entomology 2004, 33(3):681-689.

Hibbard BE, Duran DP, Ellersieck MR, Ellsbury MM: Post-Establishment Movement of Western Corn Rootworm Larvae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Central Missouri Corn. Journal of Economic Entomology 2003, 96(3):599-608.

Flint-Garcia SA, Darrah LL, McMullen MD, Hibbard BE: Phenotypic versus marker-assisted selection for stalk strength and second-generation European corn borer resistance in maize. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 2003, 107(7):1331-1336.