Dr. Tyler Breck Towles

Dr. Tyler Breck Towles

Title

  • Assistant Professor - 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
2024

Nufer, M. I., Coates, B. S., Abel, C. A., O'Neill, P., McCracken, M., Jain, D., Pierce, C. A., Glover, J., Towles, T., Reddy, G., Peerera, O. 2024. Anatomy of a pest control failure: Introgression of cytochrome P450 337B3 alleles from invasive old-world bollworm into native corn earworm. Journal of Insect Science

2024

Gray, D. D., Biles, S., Bernaola, L., Mays, T. D., Walker, W., Towles, T., Kerns, D. L., Ludwick, D. C. 2024. Oebalus pugnax (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) resistance to lambda-cyhalothrin in Texas and efficacy of two alternative insecticides in grain sorghum. Journal of Economic Entomology

2024

Silva, T., Sword, G., Miller, A., Qureshi, J., Head, G., Kerns, D., Jurat-Fuentes, J. L., Villegas, J., Towles, T., Ni, X., Reay-Jones, F., Carrillo, D., Cook, D. R., Daves, C., Stout, M., Thrash, B., Paula-Moraes, S., Lin, S., Patla, B., Niu, Y., Sakuno, C., Huang, F. 2024. Reversal of practical resistance in fall armyworm to Cry1F maize: a case report on the resistance to susceptibility in Bt crops from the southeastern USA. Journal of Pest Science

2024

Walt, H., King, J. G., Towles, T., Ahn, S., Hoffmann, F. G. 2024. Comparative genomics and the salivary transcriptome of the redbanded stink bug shed light on its high damage potential to soybean. Genome Biology and Evolution

2024

Paul, T., Catchot, A. L., Towles, T., Ward, S. 2024. Cold temperatures drive the latitudinal range limits and inhibit overwintering survival of the redbanded stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of Economic Entomology

2024

Bateman, N. R., Thrash, B. C., Crow, W., Towles, T., Cook, D. R., Lorenz, G. M., Gore, J. 2024. Potential exposure of honey bees to neonicotinoid seed treatments in US rice. Environ. Entomol. 53(4):716-722.

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2024

Huoni, M., Crow, W., Gore, J., Cook, D. R., Towles, T., Catchot, A. L. 2024. Influence of Lygus-ttraited cotton technology on performance of commonly used insecticides for tarnished plant bug management prior to bloom. J. Cotton Sci. 28:1-11.

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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.

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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
2024

Crow, W., Cook, D. R., Musser, F., Towles, T. 2024. 2025 Insect Control Guide for Agronomic Crops . Mississippi State University

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

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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

    Society Memberships

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