Laura Jesse started work in the laboratory as an Assistant Scientist in May 2006. Laura received her M.S. and PhD degrees in Entomology at Iowa State University. In addition to her graduate work, she also worked in the Insect Diagnostic Clinic. She loves working with insects and telling other people about the wonders of the insect world. She is also interested in insect-vectored plant diseases and plans to work on bacterial wilt of cucurbits, a bacterial disease vectored by spotted and striped cucumber beetles.
Jesse, L.C., Obrycki, J.J., Moloney, K.A. (Submitted) Distribution of Megastigmus aculeatus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) and levels of seed predation of Rosa multiflora (Rosaceae) in Iowa. Biological Control.
Jesse, L.C., Obrycki, J.J., Moloney, K.A. (Submitted) Insect pollinators of the invasive plant, Rosa multiflora (Rosaceae)in Iowa, U.S.A. Weed Biology & Management.
Jesse, L.C., Obrycki, J.J., Moloney, K.A. (Accepted) Abundance of arthropods on branch tips of the invasive plant Rosa multiflora (Rosaceae). Weed Biology & Management.
Jesse, L.C.H., Obrycki, J.J. (2004) Survival of experimental cohorts of Danaus plexippus L. (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) larvae following exposure to transgenic Bt corn pollen and anthers. The Monarch Butterfly, Biology and Conservation. K.S. Oberhauser and M. J. Solensky, eds. Cornell Univ. Press.
Jesse, L.C.H., Obrycki, J.J. (2003) The occurrence and abundance of Danaus plexippus L. (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) on Asclepias syriaca in corn agroecosystems. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 97: 225-233.
Jesse, L.C.H., Obrycki, J.J. (2002) Assessment of the effects of transgenic Bt corn pollen and anthers on the milkweed tiger moth, Euchatias egle Dury (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 75: 55-58.
Ohlfest, J., Jesse, L.C.H., Obrycki, J.J., Jurenka, R.L. (2002) Stability of insecticidal Cry1Ab protein in transgenic Bt corn pollen exposed to UV irradiation. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 75: 48-51.
Tschenn, J., Losey, J.E., Hansen Jesse, L.C., Obrycki, J.J. Hufbaur, R. (2001) Effects of corn plants and corn pollen on Monarch butterfly (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) oviposition behavior. Environmental Entomology 30: 495-500.
Obrycki, J.J., Losey, J.E., Taylor, O.R., Hansen Jesse, L.C. (2001) Transgenic insecticidal corn: Beyond insecticidal toxicity to ecological complexity. BioScience 51: 353-361.
Obrycki, J.J., J.E. Losey, O.R. Taylor, & L.C. Hansen Jesse. (2001) Response to: Transgenic insecticidal corn: The agronomic and ecological rationale for its use. BioScience 51: 903-905. Response to: Supporting a cautious approach to agricultural biotechnology. BioScience 51: 906.
Stanley-Horn, D.E., G.P. Dively, R.L. Hellmich, H.R. Mattila, M.K. Sears, R. Rose, L.C.H. Jesse, J.E. Losey, J.J. Obrycki, & L.C. Lewis. (2001) Assessing the impact of Cry1Ab-expressing corn pollen on monarch butterfly larvae in field studies. Proc. National Academy of Sciences. 98: 11931-11936
Hansen Jesse, L.C., Obrycki, J.J. (2000) Field deposition of Bt transgenic corn pollen: lethal effects on the monarch butterfly. Oecologia 125: 241-248.