Ahmad, Aqeel

Research Entomologist Phone: (314) 694-7150 Fax: (314) 694-8774 aqeel.ahmad@monsanto.com

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Education

B.S. Entomology, University College of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan, 1995
M.S. Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, 1997
Ph.D. Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA, 2004

Research

My reaserach focuses on the role of insects (cockroaches and muscoid flies) in the ecology of animal and human pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes as well as development and implementation of novel IPM strategies.

Publications

Ahmad, A., B. Subramanyam, and L. Zurek. 2007. Responses of mosquitoes and German cockroaches to ultrasound emitted from a random ultrasonic generating device. Entomologica Experimentalis et Applicata 123: 25-33.

Bowling, R.D., R.A. Higgins, A. Ahmad and G. Wilde. 2007. Feeding behavior and growth of corn earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae on Bacillus thuringiensis-treated (Dipel 4L) and untreated meridic diet. Journal of Economic Entomology 100: 1221-1228

Ahmad, A., T.G. Nagaraja and L. Zurek. 2007. Transmission of Escherichia coli 0157: H7 to cattle by house flies. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 80: 74-81

Ahmad, A., G. E. Wilde, and K. Y. Zhu. 2006. Evaluation of effects of coleopteran-specific Cry3Bb1 protein on earthworms exposed to soild containing corn roots or biomass. Environmental Entomology 35(4): 976-985.

Ahmad, A., Bh., Subramanyam, and L. Zurek. 2007. Responses of the mosquito and German cockroach to ultrasound emitted from random ultrasonic generated device. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 123:25-33.

Ahmad, A., A. Broce, and L. Zurek. 2006. Evaluation of significance of bacteria in larval development of the secondary screwworm, Cochliomyia macellaria (F.) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Medical Entomology 43(6): 1129-1133

Ahmad, A. and L. Zurek. 2006. Evaluation of the anti-terminator Q933 gene as a marker for Escherichia coli O157:H7 with high shiga toxin production. Current Microbiology 53:324-328.

Ahmad A., G. E. Wilde, J. Whitworth, and G. Zolnerowich. 2006. Effect of corn hybrids expressing the coleopteran-specific Cry3Bb1 protein for corn rootworm control on aboveground insect predators. Journal of Economic Entomology 99(4): 1085-1095.

Ahmad, A., G. E. Wilde, and K. Y. Zhu. 2005. Detectability of coleopteran-specific Cry3Bb1 protein in soil and its effect on nontarget surface and below ground arthropods. Environmental Entomology 34 (2): 385-394.