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Dr. F. L. Goggin
Associate Professor
Insect/Plant Interaction
Address
Department of Entomology
319 Agriculture Building
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
PHONE: 479.575.6751
FAX: 479.575.2452
E-MAIL: fgoggin@uark.edu
WEBSITE: Facilities
Education
- B. S., Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1997.
- Ph.D., University of California, Davis, CA, 2001.
Courses Taught
- ENTO 6113/6110L : Insect Physiology / Insect Physiology Lab
Program Area
- My research program is focused on plant defenses against herbivory, with an emphasis on mechanisms of resistance against vascular feeders such as aphids and root-knot nematodes. Vascular feeders can cause massive physiological changes in their host plant such as galling, and many of these herbivores are also important vectors of plant pathogens. Their interactions with plants are therefore important from both an ecological and a practical agricultural perspective. Despite this, relatively little is known about the physiological or molecular basis of plant responses to vascular herbivory. I am using tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) as a model system to investigate this question, and to explore the relationship of plant defensive pathways induced by aphids and nematodes to plant defenses against other biotic stresses. My laboratory studies both broad-spectrum, induced defenses against herbivores and isolate-specific, resistance-gene-mediated innate resistance, and utilizes molecular and genomic approaches to identify potential sources of resistance against insects.
Research Area
- The molecular and physiological mode of action of Mi-1.2, a resistance gene (R gene) in tomato that confers resistance against root-knot nematodes, aphids, whiteflies and psyllids.
The impact of the jasmonate-, ethylene-, and salicylate-dependent signaling pathways on plant-aphid interactions in tomato and other plant species.
Variation among aphid populations in their responses to host plant resistance and their ability to induce symptom development in their host plants.
Publications
- Muilenburg, V.L., Goggin F.L., Hebert S.L., Jia L., Stephen, F.M. 2008. Ant predation on red oak borer confirmed by field observation and molecular gut-content analysis. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 10: 205-13.
- Goggin, F.L. 2007. Plant-Aphid Interactions: molecular and ecological perspectives. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 10 (4): 399-408.
- Hebert, S.L., Jia, L., and Goggin, F.L. 2007. Quantitative differences in aphid virulence and foliar symptom development on tomato plants carrying the Mi resistance gene. Environmental Entomology, 36 (2): 458-467.
- Sagers, C.L. and Goggin, F.L. 2007. Isotopic enrichment in a phloem-feeding insect: influences of nutrient and water availability. Oecologia 151 (3): 464-472.
- Goggin, F.L., Jia, L., Shah, G., Williamson, V.M., and Ullman, D.E. 2006. The tomato Mi-1.2 herbivore resistance gene functions to confer nematode resistance but not aphid resistance in eggplant. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 19: 383-388.
- Thompson, G.T., and Goggin, F.L. 2006. Transcriptomics and functional genomics of plant defense induction by phloem-feeding insects. J. Exp. Bot. 57: 755-766.
- Korth, K.L., Doege, S.J., Park S., Goggin, F.L., Wang, Q., Gomez, S.K., Liu, G., Jia, L., and Nakata, P.A. 2006. Medicago truncatula mutants demonstrate the role of plant calcium oxalate crystals as an effective defense against chewing insects. Plant Physiol. 141: 188-195.
- Cooper, W.R., Jia, L., and Goggin, F.L. 2005. Effects of jasmonate-induced defenses on root-knot nematode infection of resistant and susceptible tomato cultivars. J. Chem. Ecol., 31:1953-1967.
- Cooper, W., and Goggin, F.L. 2005. The impact of jasmonate-induced defenses on the feeding behavior, fecundity, and mortality of the potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae. Entomol. Exp Appl., 115:107-115.
- Cooper, W., Jia, L., and Goggin, F.L. 2004. Acquired and R-gene-mediated resistance against the potato aphid in tomato. J. Chem. Ecol. 30: 2529-2544.
- Goggin, F. L., G. Shah, V.M. Williamson and D.E. Ullman. 2004. Instability of Mi-mediated Nematode Resistance in Transgenic Tomato Plants. Molecular Breeding. 13:391-394.
- Goggin, F. L., G. Shah, V. M. Williamson, and D. E. Ullman. 2004. Developmental Regulation of Mi-Mediated Aphid Resistance Is Independent of Mi-1.2 Transcript Levels. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 17(5): 532-536.
- Goggin, F. L., V. M. Williamson, and D. E. Ullman. 2001. Variability in the response of Macrosiphum euphorbiae and Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to the tomato resistance gene Mi. Environ. Entomol. 30: 101-106.
- Goggin, F. L., R. Medville, and R. Turgeon. 2001. Phloem loading in the tulip tree. Mechanisms and evolutionary implications. Plant Physiology. 124: 891-899.
- Rossi, M., F. L. Goggin, S. B. Milligan, I. Kaloshian, D. E. Ullman, and V. M. Williamson. 1998. The nematode resistance gene Mi confers resistance against the potato aphid. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95:9750-9754.
GRADUATE STUDENTS AND STAFF:
Picture: Sitting (L to R): Milenka Arevalo, Dr. Fiona Goggin, Lingling Jia
Standing (L to R): Stephanie Hebert, Narinderpal Singh, Dr. Abdellatif Bahaji, Goshen Robert, Brandon Corbett, and Dr. Chengjun Wu
- Lingling Jia - Program Associate I
- Milenka Arevalo- Graduate Student (Ph.D.)
- Narinderpal Singh - Graduate Student (Ph.D)
- Godshen Palliparambil - Graduate Student (Ph.D)
- Dr. Chengjun Wu- Post Doctoral Associate
- Kelly Carruthers - Graduate Student (M.S)
- Carlos Avila - Post Doctoral Associate
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