Robert L. Meagher

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
163 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Robert L. Meagher is a scholar working on Insect Science, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert L. Meagher has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Insect Science, 94 papers in Molecular Biology and 64 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Robert L. Meagher's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (92 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (78 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (49 papers). Robert L. Meagher is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (92 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (78 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (49 papers). Robert L. Meagher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Togo and Ghana. Robert L. Meagher's co-authors include Rodney N. Nagoshi, Rod Nagoshi, Shelby J. Fleischer, Mirian M. Hay-Roe, John K. Westbrook, Djima Koffi, Komi Agboka, Pierre Silvie, Fangneng Huang and Astrid T. Groot and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Robert L. Meagher

161 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Global crop impacts, yield losses and action thresholds for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda): A review

2021 186 citations Robert L. Meagher et al. profile →
Spodoptera frugiperda: Ecology, Evolution, and Management Options of an Invasive Species

2022 142 citations Robert L. Meagher et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert L. Meagher United States	44	4.3k	3.9k	2.5k	615	594	163	5.6k
G. P. Fitt Australia	32	2.8k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	614 1.0×	392 0.7×	72	4.3k
Galen P. Dively United States	36	3.5k 0.8×	2.5k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 2.4×	949 1.6×	122	4.9k
Georg Goergen Benin	25	2.4k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	357 0.6×	264 0.4×	91	3.3k
J. K. Pell United Kingdom	37	4.6k 1.1×	1.7k 0.4×	2.5k 1.0×	960 1.6×	736 1.2×	126	5.2k
Graham Head United States	41	3.6k 0.8×	4.5k 1.2×	3.2k 1.3×	465 0.8×	369 0.6×	178	5.6k
John J. Obrycki United States	36	4.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.5×	2.8k 1.1×	1.4k 2.3×	417 0.7×	178	5.2k
Lloyd M. Dosdall Canada	31	2.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	2.3k 0.9×	772 1.3×	264 0.4×	147	3.9k
Steven E. Naranjo United States	38	3.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.5×	2.7k 1.1×	753 1.2×	252 0.4×	115	4.7k
Hongqiang Feng China	24	1.8k 0.4×	1.7k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	573 0.9×	453 0.8×	71	2.8k
Tong‐Xian Liu China	38	4.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.3×	3.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.8×	693 1.2×	327	5.6k

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Nagoshi, Rodney N., et al.. (2025). Assessing the potential for fall armyworm exchanges between the two American continents across the Mexico-Central America land bridge. PLoS ONE. 20(3). e0308501–e0308501. 1 indexed citations

Koffi, Djima, et al.. (2024). Eco-friendly management of fall armyworm: can host-plant intercropping drive to a sustainable IPM?. International Journal of Pest Management. 1–10. 2 indexed citations

Nagoshi, Rodney N., Jeffrey A. Davis, Robert L. Meagher, et al.. (2023). Investigating the Migratory Behavior of Soybean Looper, a Major Pest of Soybean, through Comparisons with the Corn Pest Fall Armyworm Using Mitochondrial Haplotypes and a Sex-Linked Marker. Genes. 14(7). 1495–1495. 1 indexed citations

Nagoshi, Rodney N., Jeffrey A. Davis, Robert L. Meagher, et al.. (2023). Evidence for Two Soybean Looper Strains in the United States with Limited Capacity for Cross-Hybridization. Genes. 14(7). 1509–1509. 2 indexed citations

Saveer, Ahmed M., Eduardo Hatano, Ayako Wada‐Katsumata, Robert L. Meagher, & Coby Schal. (2023). Nonanal, a new fall armyworm sex pheromone component, significantly increases the efficacy of pheromone lures. Pest Management Science. 79(8). 2831–2839. 19 indexed citations

Banerjee, R., Caroline Placidi De Bortoli, Fangneng Huang, et al.. (2022). Large genomic deletion linked to field-evolved resistance to Cry1F corn in fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) from Florida. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 13580–13580. 18 indexed citations

Nagoshi, Rodney N., Georg Goergen, Hannalene du Plessis, J. van den Berg, & Robert L. Meagher. (2019). Genetic comparisons of fall armyworm populations from 11 countries spanning sub-Saharan Africa provide insights into strain composition and migratory behaviors. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8311–8311. 68 indexed citations

Acevedo, Flor E., Michelle Peiffer, Swayamjit Ray, et al.. (2018). Intraspecific differences in plant defense induction by fall armyworm strains. New Phytologist. 218(1). 310–321. 51 indexed citations

Garcia, Adriano Gomes, Wesley Augusto Conde Godoy, Jean M. Thomas, Rodney N. Nagoshi, & Robert L. Meagher. (2017). Delimiting Strategic Zones for the Development of Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Corn in the State of Florida. Journal of Economic Entomology. 111(1). 120–126. 43 indexed citations

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Niu, Ying, Jawwad A. Qureshi, Xinzhi Ni, et al.. (2016). F2 screen for resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ab2-maize in field populations of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from the southern United States. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 138. 66–72. 22 indexed citations

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Westbrook, John K., et al.. (2015). Modeling seasonal migration of fall armyworm moths. International Journal of Biometeorology. 60(2). 255–267. 261 indexed citations

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Murúa, María Gabriela, et al.. (2015). Demonstration Using Field Collections that Argentina Fall Armyworm Populations Exhibit Strain-specific Host Plant Preferences. Journal of Economic Entomology. 108(5). 2305–2315. 60 indexed citations

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Huang, Fangneng, Jawwad A. Qureshi, Robert L. Meagher, et al.. (2014). Cry1F Resistance in Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda: Single Gene versus Pyramided Bt Maize. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e112958–e112958. 259 indexed citations

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Meagher, Robert L. & Rodney N. Nagoshi. (2013). Attraction of Fall Armyworm Males (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to Host Strain Females. Environmental Entomology. 42(4). 751–757. 11 indexed citations

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Nagoshi, Rodney N., María Gabriela Murúa, Mirian M. Hay-Roe, et al.. (2012). Genetic Characterization of Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Host Strains in Argentina. Journal of Economic Entomology. 105(2). 418–428. 33 indexed citations

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Nagoshi, Rodney N., Shelby J. Fleischer, & Robert L. Meagher. (2009). Texas Is the Overwintering Source of Fall Armyworm in Central Pennsylvania: Implications for Migration Into the Northeastern United States. Environmental Entomology. 38(6). 1546–1554. 46 indexed citations

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Smith, C. Wayne, et al.. (1996). Abaxial surface and emulsified leaf pH of cotton, Gossypium spp. Southwestern Entomologist. 21(4). 369–376. 2 indexed citations

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Meagher, Robert L., et al.. (1991). Documentation of two potential insect pests of south Texas sugarcane.. Southwestern Entomologist. 16(4). 365–366. 4 indexed citations

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Meagher, Robert L., et al.. (1987). Within-tree distribution of catfacing injury on peaches in North Carolina.. 4(1). 78–81. 2 indexed citations

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Meagher, Robert L., Carl Reed, & Robert B. Mills. (1982). Development of Sitophilus zeamais and Tribolium castaneum in Whole, Cracked, and Ground Pearl Millet. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 55(1). 91–94. 14 indexed citations

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