Insha Shafi

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Researcher

University of Arkansas primary UA Div. of Agriculture

Also affiliated: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (2022–2023); National Institute of Technology Srinagar (2025)

Faculty Researcher

Entomology & Plant Pathology

5 h-index 15 pubs 92 cited

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Insha Shafi's research investigates crop resilience and pest management, with a focus on understanding how plants respond to environmental stressors and insect interactions. Her work explores the physiological and genetic mechanisms underlying crop tolerance to drought and herbivory, aiming to improve agricultural sustainability. Shafi has published on the importance of root systems for rice resilience under water stress and the fitness consequences of combined drought and herbivory in soybean. Her research also extends to insect ecology and control strategies, including the evaluation of nucleopolyhedroviruses against key agricultural pests like the tomato fruit borer and soybean looper. Additionally, her work touches upon the molecular underpinnings of insect responses to stress, examining the potential roles of non-coding RNAs.

Shafi collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Rupesh Kariyat and Manish Gautam, on projects related to plant and insect ecophysiology. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 5, with 15 total publications and 85 citations.

Metrics

h-index: 5
Publications: 15
Citations: 92

Selected Publications

Interactive effects of drought and herbivory on crop physio-chemical dynamics (2026)

Plant Stress DOI OpenAlex
Intermittent Sequential Herbivory Affects Herbivore Growth Traits but Not Plant Fitness in Soybean (2026)

Food and Energy Security 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Identification and molecular characterization of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) germplasm for resistance to Fusarium spp. (2025)

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology DOI OpenAlex
Transgenerational Imprints of Sequential Herbivory on Soybean Physiology and Fitness Traits (2025)

Plant-Environment Interactions 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Ideotype‐Based Approach for Improving Root Traits in Crop Plants for Climate Resilience: How Far Have We Zeroed In on the Best Fit? (2025)

Annual Plant Reviews online DOI OpenAlex
Ecological interactions, host plant defenses, and control strategies in managing soybean looper, Chrysodeixis includens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (2024)

Frontiers in Insect Science 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
Integrating ecophysiology and omics to unlock crop response to drought and herbivory stress (2024)

Frontiers in Plant Science 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
Compensation of physiological traits under simulated drought and herbivory has functional consequences for fitness in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) (2024)

Environmental and Experimental Botany 16 citations DOI OpenAlex