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University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
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Insha Shafi's research investigates the complex interactions between plants and their environment, focusing on crop resilience and management strategies. Her work examines how physiological traits, such as root development, influence crop performance under various stressors, including water scarcity and herbivory. Shafi has published on the functional consequences of these interactions for fitness in crops like soybean and rice, contributing to efforts to enhance food security through improved agricultural practices.
Her publications also explore ecological interactions relevant to pest management, including studies on insect-plant defenses and the efficacy of biological control agents like nucleopolyhedroviruses against agricultural pests. Shafi's research utilizes an integrated approach, combining ecophysiology with omics technologies to better understand and unlock crop responses to environmental challenges. Her scholarship includes characterization of genetic diversity in crops like French bean and exploration of molecular mechanisms in insects.
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- h-index: 5
- Publications: 13
- Citations: 71
Selected Publications
- Intermittent Sequential Herbivory Affects Herbivore Growth Traits but Not Plant Fitness in Soybean (2026) DOI
- Identification and molecular characterization of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) germplasm for resistance to Fusarium spp. (2025) DOI
- Transgenerational Imprints of Sequential Herbivory on Soybean Physiology and Fitness Traits (2025) DOI
- Ideotype‐Based Approach for Improving Root Traits in Crop Plants for Climate Resilience: How Far Have We Zeroed In on the Best Fit? (2025) DOI
- Ecological interactions, host plant defenses, and control strategies in managing soybean looper, Chrysodeixis includens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (2024) DOI
- Integrating ecophysiology and omics to unlock crop response to drought and herbivory stress (2024) DOI
- Compensation of physiological traits under simulated drought and herbivory has functional consequences for fitness in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) (2024) DOI
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