Gary Dunphy
Associate Professor
Natural Resource Sciences
McGill University
Canada
Biography
BSc (University of New Brunswick) MSc (Memorial University of Newfoundland) PhD (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Research Interest
1.Determine how insect blood cells recognize foreign materials and transmit this information to the insect of the blood cell 2. Look at the means that selected types of nematodes interact with insect resistance to select for pathogens that can overcome the resistance killing the insect. This will be sued in controlling lawn damage induced by the insects.
Publications
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J. Alvandi, J.Karimi and G.B. Dunphy. Cellular reactions of the white grub larvae, Polyphylla adspersa against entomopathogenic nematodes. Nematology 2014. 16:1047
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L. Ebrahim, G. Nikam, G.B. Dunphy, M. Toorchi. Effect of an entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae on haemocyte profile and phenoloxidase activity of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Biocontrol Science and Technology 2014. 24:12
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L. Ebrahim, G. Nikam, G.B. Dunphy, M.Toorchi. Side effects of immune responses of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata against the entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema spp. Invertbr. Survival Journal 2014. 11:132
