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Luis A. Cañas

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Mid career · publishing since 2002Rising activity
Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlInsect Pest Control StrategiesInsect and Pesticide ResearchInsect Resistance and GeneticsEntomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control

Publications

45

Citations

752

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

24

Publishing since 2002

Research summary
AI-generated

Luis A. Cañas works on agricultural entomology, focusing on insect pests that affect crops such as tomatoes and rice, including how to control species like spider mites, whitefly, and root aphids. His research includes greenhouse-based pest management trials and studies of how invasive insect pests survive and spread in farming environments.

Insect pest managementGreenhouse crop protectionInvasive insect ecologyPesticide/product efficacy testingInsect-plant interactions

Publication output has been low but fairly steady at 1-2 papers per year for most of the last decade, with a modest increase to 3-4 papers in 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 1 publication182019: 2 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 2 publications212022: 2 publications22232024: 4 publications4242025: 3 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Environmental DNA×2
  • Pest Management Science×2
  • Insects×2
  • Arthropod management tests×2
  • Journal of Insect Science×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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