Peer-reviewed publications
2024
2021
2024
- Saberi, E., Mondal, M., Paredes-Montero, J.R., Nawaz, K., Brown, J.K. and Qureshi, J.A., 2024. Optimal dsRNA Concentration for RNA Interference in Asian Citrus Psyllid. Insects, 15(1), p.58.
- Thakre, N., Carver, M., Paredes‐Montero, J.R., Mondal, M., Hu, J., Saberi E., Ponvert, N., Qureshi, J. A., and Brown, J. K. 2023. UV‐LASER adjuvant‐surfactant facilitated delivery of mobile dsRNA to tomato plant vasculature and evidence of biological activity by gene knockdown in the potato psyllid. Pest Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7952
- Arad, N., Paredes-Montero, J., Mondal, M., Ponvert, N., & Brown, J. K. 2023. RNA interference-mediated knockdown of genes involved in sugar transport and metabolism disrupts psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Order: Hemiptera) gut physiology and results in high mortality. Frontiers in Insect Science, 3, 1283334.
- Brown, J. K., Paredes-Montero, J. R., & Stocks, I. C. 2023. The Bemisia tabaci cryptic species group—imperative for a taxonomic reassessment. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 101032.
- Shahid, M. S., Paredes-Montero, J. R., Ashfaq, M., Al-Sadi, A. M., and Brown, J. K. 2023. Native and non-Native Bemisia tabaci NAFME haplotypes can be implicated in dispersal of endemic and introduced begomoviruses in Oman. Insects, 14(3), 268.
- Ibrahim, Y.E., Paredes-Montero, J.R., Al-Saleh, M.A., Widyawan, A., He, R., El Komy, M.H.; Al Dhafer, H.M., Kitchen, N., Gang, D.R., and Brown, J.K. 2022. Characterization of the Asian citrus psyllid-‘Candidatus Liberibacter Asiaticus’ pathosystem in Saudi Arabia reveals two predominant CLas lineages and one Asian citrus psyllid vector haplotype. Microorganisms 10(10): 1991.
- Paredes-Montero, J. R., Arif, U., and Judith K. Brown. 2022. Knockdown of ecdysteroid synthesis genes results in impaired molting and high mortality in Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae). Pest Management Science 78(6): 2204-2214.
- Paredes-Montero, J. R., Rizental, M., Quintela, E.D., Gonçalves, A. and Judith K. Brown. 2022. Earlier than expected introductions of the Bemisia tabaci B mitotype in Brazil reveal an unprecedented, rapid invasion history. Ecology and Evolution 12(1): e8557.
2021
- Paredes-Montero, J. R., Q. M. Haq, Amr A. Mohamed, and Judith K. Brown. 2021. Phylogeographic and SNPs Analyses of Bemisia tabaci B Mitotype Populations Reveal Only Two of Eight Haplotypes Are Invasive. Biology 10(10): 1048.
- Shaurub E.H., Paredes-Montero J.R., Brown J.K., Mohamed A.A., Zein H.S. 2021. Metabolic resistance to organophosphate insecticides in natural populations of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Egypt and molecular identification of mitotypes. Phytoparasitica 49(3):1-15.
- Paredes-Montero, J.R., Ibarra, M.A., Arias, M.J. and Brown, J.K., 2020. Phylo-biogeographical distribution of whitefly Bemisia tabaci mitotypes in Ecuador. Ecosphere 11(6): e03154.
- Paredes-Montero, J.R., Hameed, U., Zia-Ur-Rehman, M., Haider, M.S., Herrmann, H.W. and Brown, J.K., 2020. Genetic variability, community structure, and horizontal transfer of endosymbionts among three Asia II‐Bemisia tabaci mitotypes in Pakistan. Ecology and Evolution 10(6), pp. 2928-2943
- Shah, H.J., Paredes-Montero, J.R., Malik, A.H., Brown, J.K., Qazi, J. 2020. Distribution of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) mitotypes in commercial cotton fields in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Florida Entomologist 103(1), pp. 41-47.
- de Moya, R.S., Brown, J.K., Sweet, A.D., Walden, K.K., Paredes-Montero, J.R., Waterhouse, R.M. and Johnson, K.P., 2019. Nuclear Orthologs Derived from Whole Genome Sequencing Indicate Cryptic Diversity in the Bemisia tabaci (Insecta: Aleyrodidae) Complex of Whiteflies. Diversity, 11(9), p.151.
- Paredes-Montero, J.R., Hameed, U., Zia-Ur-Rehman, M., Rasool, G., Haider, M.S., Herrmann, H.W. and Brown, J.K., 2019. Demographic Expansion of the Predominant Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Mitotypes Associated With the Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Epidemic in Pakistan. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 112(3), pp.265-280.
- Paredes-Montero, J.R. and Brown JK. 2023. Knockdown of genes involved in the actin cytoskeleton pathway abates CLso accumulation in the potato psyllid. Proceedings of the meeting of the APS-Caribbean Division. February 9- 11, South Padre, Texas.
- Brown, J.K., Fisher, T.W., Rast, T., Paredes-Montero, J.R., Rastegar, M. 2022. Model for psyllid-“Ca. Liberibacter” systemic invasion-infection based on -omics, Y2H, TEM/SEM, and confocal microscopy-FISH analyses. Proceedings of the Hemipteran-Plant Interactions Symposium. Dec 7-9, Melbourne, Australia.
- Paredes-Montero, J.R. and Brown JK. 2022. Evolutionary biology of an invasive haplotype belonging to the Bemisia tabaci B mitotype. Proceedings of the joint meeting of the Entomological Society of America Southeastern Branch and APS-CD. March 25- March 31, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Paredes-Montero, J.R. and Brown JK. 2022. Global phylogeny of the Bemisia tabaci cryptic/sibling species complex and predicted ecological niche relationships. Proceedings of the joint meeting of the Entomological Society of America Southeastern Branch and APS-CD. March 25- March 31, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Paredes-Montero, J.R. and Brown JK. 2021. Eight phylogeographic haplotype groups of the B mitotype of Bemisia tabaci are resolved by cytochrome oxidase I gene single nucleotide polymorphisms. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (EntSoc 2021). October 31- November 3, Denver, CO, USA.
- Brown, J.K., and J.R. Paredes-Montero. 2021. Global phylogeography, niche-modeling, and ecology of the Bemisia tabaci mitotypes resolves fourteen cryptic species. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (EntSoc 2021). October 31- November 3, Denver, CO, USA.
- Saberi, E., M. Mondal, J.R. Paredes-Montero, J.K. Brown and J.A. Qureshi. 2021. vATPase-A gene silencing through orally delivered dsRNA in Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (EntSoc 2021). October 31- November 3, Denver, CO, USA.
- Brown, J.K., and J.R. Paredes-Montero. 2020. Global phylogeography of the Bemisia tabaci cryptic species group by mitochondrial COI and nuclear ortholog sequence analyses, and niche-modeling to unravel phenotypic plasticity. Proceedings of the XXVI International Congress of Entomology (ICE 2020). July 19-24, 2020 (postponed for July 17-22, 2022), Helsinki, Finland.
- Saberi, E., M. Mondal, J.R. Paredes-Montero, and J.A. Qureshi. 2020. Optimizing dsRNA concentrations for gene silencing in the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (EntSoc 2020). Virtual meeting.
- J.K. Brown. 2020, and J.R. Paredes-Montero. 2020. Analysis of nuclear orthologs and the mtCOI sequences resolves at least five cryptic species of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) cryptic species with some basis in microclimate associations. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (EntSoc 2020). Virtual meeting.
- Rizental, M., J.R. Paredes-Montero, A.G. de Abreu, J.K. Brown, and E. Quintela. 2020. Coleção entomológica de museu: a história da mosca-branca, Bemisia tabaci, no Brasil. Embrapa Arroz e Feijão-Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE), 08 a 10 de junho de 2020. Brasilia, Brasil
- Paredes-Montero, J.R. and Brown JK. 2019. The NUMTs in the genomes of Bemisia tabaci and its implications in the demarcation of molecular species. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (EntSoc 2019). November 17-20, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
- Paredes-Montero, J.R. and Brown JK. 2018. Environmental niche adaptation among the Bemisia tabaci cryptic species phylogeographical clades (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (EntSoc 2018). November 17-20, Vancouver, Canada.
- Paredes-Montero, J.R. and Brown JK. 2016. Phylogeny and natural host range of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) sibling species group in western Ecuador. Proceedings of the XXV International Congress of Entomology (ICE 2016). September 25-30, Orlando, Florida, USA. doi: 10.1603/ICE.2016.111577. https://esa.confex.com/esa/ice2016/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/111577
- Medina, M.A., J.R. Paredes-Montero, and M. Arias de Lopez. 2016. Diversity of terrestrial arthropods in a tropical moist forest from west Ecuador. Proceedings of the XXV International Congress of Entomology (ICE 2016). September 25-30, Orlando, Florida, USA. doi: 10.1603/ICE.2016.115732. https://esa.confex.com/esa/ice2016/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/115732.
- Paredes-Montero, J.R., Ochoa L., García J., 2012. Effects of Endosulfan and aqueous extracts on the diversity of arthropods´ families in rice Ecuadorian Ecosystem. Proceedings of the First International Congress of Biotechnology and Biodiversity. Pag 76. Guayaquil-Ecuador.
- Paredes-Montero, J.R., Ochoa L., García J., Migdalia M., Manzano M., Orellana F., 2012. Novel Molluscicidal Activity of Aqueous Extracts on Pomacea canaliculata. Proceedings of the First International Congress of Biotechnology and Biodiversity. Pag 159. Guayaquil-Ecuador.
- Riera CR., Rivera RM., Paredes-Montero JR., 2012. Contribución al conocimiento de plagas en cacao: Primeros registros de información primaria cuantitativa sobre la situación actual de Monalonion dissimulatum distant. Proceedings of the First International Congress of Biotechnology and Biodiversity. Pag 127. Guayaquil-Ecuador.
- Paredes-Montero, J.R., Arias de López M. 2011. Medición de la biodiversidad alfa de insectos en el bosque" Cruz del Hueso" de Bucay, Guayas-Ecuador. Oral Presentation at the First Binational Conference about Research, Science and Technology. Piura-Perú.
- Riera, C.A., JR Paredes, and EL Peralta. 2013. Situación actual y determinación de mecanismos de antixenosis sobre el chinche del cacao Monalonion dissimulatum Distant. DSpace en ESPOL, Available at: http://www.dspace.espol.edu.ec/handle/123456789/24801
- Ponce, M.G., M.B. Rivadeneira, and J.R. Paredes. 2013. Determinación del efecto de biofermentos vegetales sobre insectos defoliadores de la soya (Glycine max l.) en condiciones de campo. DSpace en ESPOL, Available at: http://www.dspace.espol.edu.ec/handle/123456789/24654
- Paredes-Montero, J.R., M. Arias De López, L. Espinoza, and E. Peralta. 2011. Estudio preliminar de la capacidad de dos especies de áfidos para transmitir el virus del mosaico de la calabaza (SQMV) en melón bajo condiciones de invernadero e identificación de sus enemigos naturales. DSpace en ESPOL, Available at: http://www.dspace.espol.edu.ec/handle/123456789/16049
- Paredes-Montero, J.R., Peralta EL., Robinson M. 2011. Outbreak of Eacles imperialis on cocoa and fruit trees in Milagro-Ecuador. Journal of Lepidopterist’s Society 65 (4) 256 - 258.
- Paredes-Montero, J.R., Peralta EL. Gómez P. 2010. Gusano Perforador de los Frutos de naranjilla (Solanum quitoense): Identificación y biología. Revista Tecnológica ESPOL – RTE, Vol. 23, N. 1, 27-32,
- Paredes-Montero, J.R., Peralta EL., Chong P. 2010. Brote de Eacles imperialis en Cacao y Otros Frutales en Milagro- Ecuador. Revista Tecnológica ESPOL – RTE, Vol. 23, N. 1, 13-19.
- Espinoza L., Jama M., Álvarez R., Paredes-Montero, J.R., Peralta EL. 2010. Determinación de géneros y especies virales que se encuentran afectando a las cucurbitáceas en la zona de Pedro Carbo, Provincia del Guayas. Revista Tecnológica ESPOL – RTE, Vol. 23, N. 1, 33-4