Atoosa Nikoukar

Research Scientist AgroSpheres Inc.


Curriculum vitae



Virginia Tech

AgroSpheres Inc.

1180 Seminole Trail #100, Charlottesville, VA 22901



Publications


Peer- reviewed Journals


Valorization of agricultural byproducts–the use of mustard seed meal for pest control


Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment, vol. 7, 2024, p. 100122


Efficacy of Naturally Occurring and Commercial Entomopathogenic Nematodes Against Sugar Beet Wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae)


Atoosa Nikoukar, Pooria Ensafi, E. Lewis, D. Crowder, A. Rashed

Journal of Economic Entomology, 2021


Limoniic Acid and Its Analog as Trap Lures for Pest Limonius Species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in North America


W. V. van Herk, E. Lemke, G. Gries, R. Gries, Jacqueline M. Serrano, H. Catton, K. Wanner, P. Landolt, W. Cooper, S. Meers, Atoosa Nikoukar, Jocelyn L. Smith, S. Alamsetti, F. E. Etzler

Journal of Economic Entomology, 2021


Abstracts


Efficacy Evaluation of Yellow and Brown Mustard Concentrated Extract Against Sugar beet wireworm, Limonius californicus (Coleoptera: Elateridae), in Wheat


Nikoukar A., I. Popova, K. Schroeder, J. Hansen, A. Rashed.

81st Annual Pacific Northwest Insect Management Conference Abstracts, 2022 Jan, pp. 55-57


Sugar Beet Wireworm (Limonius californicus) Mortality in Response to Yellow and Brown Mustard Green Manure


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Dryland Field Day Abstracts, , Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Report UI-2021-1 , 2021


Wireworm Species Differ in Wheat Plant Damage Under Well-Watered and Drought-Stressed Conditions.


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Dryland Field Day Abstracts, , Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Report UI-2020-1, 2020


Oviposition and Larval Development of the Hessian Fly Mayetiola destructor (Diptera: Cecidmyiidae) on Different Host Plants


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Dryland Field Day Abstracts, , Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Report UI-2020-1, 2020


The effect of in-furrow application of pyrethroid in rotational crop in reducing wireworm damage in subsequent wheat


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Dryland Field Day Abstracts, , Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Report UI-2019-1. , 2019


Trade Journal Articles


To Till or Not to Till?


A. Rashed, R. Sadeghi, A. Nikoukar

Idaho Grain Producers Association Magazine, Boise, ID, 2021 Jun, pp. 34-35


Thesis



Working Papers


Evaluating the novel RNAi for reducing wireworm damage in wheat


A. Nikoukar, Sara Hendricks, Kimberly Andrews, Arash Rashed

2024


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