Lowell R. Nault
- e-mail: nault.1@osu.edu
- s-mail: Research Service Bldg., 1680 Madison Ave., Ohio Agricultural Research and Development
Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691
- phone: 330-263-3703
- fax: 330-263-3688
- Professor
- Ph.D. 1966 Cornell University
The focus of my research is the transmission of plant pathogens by arthropods,
especially maize viruses and mollicutes by leafhopper and planthopper vectors.
Other research is centered on evolution of the neotropical leafhopper genus
Dalbulus with maize and its wild teosinte and gamagrass relatives. Studies
with leafhoppers include systematics, biogeography, acoustic communication, host
finding, spatial and temporal distribution, overwintering biology and
associations with ants as well as the effect of plant pathogenic mollicutes and
viruses on the developmental biology and behavior of leafhopper vectors. I currently
serve as Associate Director of the Ohio Agricultural Research and
Development Center. I enjoy fishing for the larger edible
species and caring for the aquarium-sized tropical ones. I play competitive
tennis on a USTA senior team.
Key Citations:
Lopes, J. R. S., L. R. Nault and P. L. Phelan. 1995. Diel activity periodicity
of Graminella nigrifrons (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) and implications for
leafhopper dispersal. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 88:227-233.
Wayadande, A. C. and L. R. Nault. 1996. Leafhoppers on leaves: an analysis of feeding behavior using
conditional probabilities. J. Insect Behav. 9:3-22.
Nault, L. R. 1997. Arthropod transmission of plant viruses: a new synthesis.
Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 90:521-541.
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