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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2026
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David L. Kerns

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Professor

Also affiliated: University of Nebraska–Lincoln (2000); Oklahoma State University (1988–1989); Louisiana State University (2015–2018); Texas Tech University (2013); Tennessee Department of Education (2020–2023); Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (2013–2026); University of Arizona (1994–2006); Texas A&M University System (2009–2014); University of Arkansas System (2023); Mississippi Delta Community College (2020–2023); Arizona Western College (1996–2006); Mitchell Institute (2025); London Rebuilding Society (2013); Texas Tech University System (2009); Institute of Entomology (2013–2015); Science Research Laboratory (2017); Institut Supérieur Privé Polytechnique (2022); Veroscience (United States) (2015); Innovative Sensor Technology (Switzerland) (2022); AGSB University (2013); Agricultural Institute (2013); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (2020–2025); University of Missouri (2020); Auburn University (1992–1993); The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2022); Texas A&M University (2013–2026); Middle Georgia State College (2014–2017); Mississippi State University (2020–2023)

Faculty Researcher

33 h-index 290 pubs 3,588 cited

  • Animals
  • Moths
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacillus thuringiensis
  • Insecticide Resistance
  • Plants, Genetically Modified
  • Zea mays
  • Endotoxins
  • Insecticides
  • Hemolysin Proteins
  • Larva
  • Gossypium
  • Pest Control, Biological
  • Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins
  • Crops, Agricultural

Biography and Research Information

Metrics

  • h-index: 33
  • Publications: 290
  • Citations: 3,588

Selected Publications

  • Evaluating cross-resistance and synergy between Vip3Aa and Cry proteins from Bt in six strains of Helicoverpa zea derived via F2 screens (2026)
    Crop Health 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Assessing artificial diet and susceptibility of Mexican corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera zeae Krysan & Smith) larvae to Gpp34Ab1/Tpp35Ab1 protein (2026)
    Crop Protection 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • 2024 Soybean Insect Losses in the United States (2025)
    Midsouth Entomologist 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Integrated pest management: state infrastructure status after 50 yr of Federal support (1973 to 2023) (2025)
    Journal of Integrated Pest Management 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Economic quantification of the potential yield loss from Helicoverpa zea1 feeding on corn ears (2025)
    Southwestern Entomologist 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Vip3C proteins from <i>Paenibacillus</i> spp. for controlling lepidopteran crop pests (2025)
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Indirect plant defense may provide economically important pest suppression in sorghum (2025)
    Pest Management Science 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Corn Invertebrate Loss Estimates from the United States and Ontario, Canada — 2024 (2025)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluation of <scp>GS</scp>‐omega/kappa‐Hxtx‐Hv1a and <scp><i>Bt</i></scp> toxins against <scp><i>Bt</i>‐resistant</scp> and ‐susceptible strains of <scp><i>Helicoverpa zea</i></scp> (Boddie) and <scp><i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i></scp> (J.E. Smith) (2025)
    Pest Management Science 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Mismatch between lab-generated and field-evolved resistance to transgenic Bt crops in <i>Helicoverpa zea</i> (2024)
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 24 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Potential for Grain Sorghum as a Trap and Nursery Crop for Helicoverpa zea and Its Natural Enemies and Dissemination of HearNPV into Cotton (2024)
    Agronomy 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Soybean Invertebrate Loss Estimates from the United States — 2023 (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • <i>Oebalus pugnax</i> (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) resistance to lambda-cyhalothrin in Texas and efficacy of 2 alternative insecticides in grain sorghum (2024)
    Journal of Economic Entomology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Potential for Grain Sorghum as a Trap and Nursery Crop for Helicoverpa zea and its Natural Enemies and Dissemination of HearNPV into Cotton (2024)
    Preprints.org 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Rapid Adaptation and Interspecific Introgression in the North American Crop Pest <i>Helicoverpa zea</i> (2024)
    Molecular Biology and Evolution 21 citations DOI OpenAlex

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