Dr. Tyler Breck Towles

Dr. Tyler Breck Towles

Title

  • Research and Extension Entomologist

Contact Information

tt305@msstate.edu

Overview

Education

  • Mississippi State University, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Life Sciences
  • Mississippi State University, Bachelor of Science (BS), Agricultural Science

Publications

Year Publications
2023

Zurweller, B., Gore, J., Graham, S., Crow, W., Towles, T., Cook, D. R. 2023. Impact of variety and at-planting insecticides in thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) management in peanut. Peanut Science 50:41-18.

Download
2023

Smith , J., Crow, W., Catchot, A. L., Gore, J., Cook, D. R., Stewart, S., Musser, F., Thrash, B., Bateman, N., Studebaker, G., Lorenz , G., Towles, T., Brown, S., Kerns, D. 2023. Evaluating efficacy and chemical concentration of commonly used insecticides targeting tarnished plant bug in Mid-South cotton. Journal of Cotton Science 27(2):74-80.

2023

Huang, F., Niu, Y., Silva, T., Brown, S., Towles, T., Jurat-Fuentes, J., Head, G., Carroll, M., Kerns, D., Walker, W., Lin, S. 2023. An extended investigation of unexpected survival of Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) and ear injury on a transgenic maize hybrid expressing Cry1A/Cry2A/Vip3A toxins. Toxins 15:474.

2023

Godbold, R., Crow, W., Gore, J., Musser, F., Catchot, A. L., Dodds, D. M., Cook, D. R., Towles, T., Little, N. 2023. Efficacy of Bt toxins and foliar insecticides against bollworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), in dried flower corollas of cotton. Journal of Cotton Science

Extension Publications

Year Publications
2023

Floyd , C., Kerns , D., Crow, W., Cook, D. R., Towles, T., Gore, J., Catchot, A. L., Musser, F., Thrash, B., Bateman , N., Lorenz , G., Studebaker , G., Brown , S., Stewart , S. 2023. Technology based approach to managing cotton bollworm in Bt cotton. University of Missouri

Download
2023

Crow, W., Cook, D. R., Layton, M. B., Musser, F., Towles, T. 2023. 2024 Insect Control Guide for Agronomic Crops . Mississippi State University

Graduate Students

  • Caleb Rice
  • Reece Butler
  • Hunter Lipsey

Society Memberships

  • Entomological Society of America
  • Mississippi Association of Entomologists, Nematologists, and Plant Pathologists
  • Mississippi Entomological Association