Dr. Gunbharpur S. Gill

Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Plant and Environmental Sciences Department, PeeDee Research and Education Center

Office: Pee Dee Research and Education Center, Florence, S
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Email: gsgill@clemson.edu

Educational Background

Ph.D. Entomology
Utah State University 2020

M.S. Integrative Genomics
Black Hills State University 2016

B.S. Agriculture (Entomology and Plant Pathology)
Punjab Agricultural University 2014

Profile

Dr. Gill's research focuses on three major pests of tomato; twospotted spider mite, western flower thrips and sweetpotato whitefly. Currently, the management of these major pests relies heavily on pesticides that increase the risks of resistance development and cause secondary pest outbreaks. Dr. Gill is evaluating tomato lines and hybrids for resistance to spider mites, thrips and whiteflies, with the goal of developing an ecologically based pest management tactic that alleviates concerns associated with reliance on pesticides. He is also interested in evaluating the compatibility of resistant tomato lines with natural enemies of these major pests in the tomato production systems.

Publications

2020 Gill, G*., Bui, H., Clark, R., Ramirez, R. Varying responses to combined water-stress and herbivory in maize for spider mite species that differ in host specialization. Environmental and Experimental Botany [Impact Factor: 3.7, CiteScore: 4.45] *Corresponding Author https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2020.104131
2019 Olsen, J., Gill G., Haugen R., Matzner S., Alsdurf J., Siemens D. Evolutionary constraint on low elevation range expansion: Defense abiotic stress tolerance trade?off in crosses of the ecological model Boechera stricta. Ecology and Evolution [Impact Factor: 2.34, CiteScore: 2.67] https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5499
2018 Bui, H., Greenhalgh, R., Ruckert, A., Gill, G., Lee, S., Ramirez, R., Clark, R. Generalist and specialist mite herbivores induce similar defense responses in maize and barley but differ in susceptibility to benzoxazinoids. Frontiers in Plant Science [Impact Factor: 4.29, CiteScore: 4.47] https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/400569
2016 Gill, G., Haugen, R., Matzner, S., Barakat, A., Siemens, D. Effect of drought on herbivore-induced plant gene expression: population comparison for range limit inferences. Plants [Impact Factor: 2.63, CiteScore: 4.06] https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/5/1/13
2016 Gill, G., Haugen, R., Larson, J., Olsen, J., Siemens, D. Plant evolution in response to abiotic and biotic stressors at “rear-edge” range boundaries. Abiotic and Biotic Stress in Plants - Recent Advances and Future Perspectives https://doi.org/10.5772/61976