Samantha A. Willden
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
18
Citations
64
Est. group size
~1
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
11
Publishing since 2015
Samantha A. Willden studies pest management in specialty crops, focusing on strawberries and high tunnel (protected, greenhouse-like) growing systems. Her work examines how tools like plastic row covers, biological control agents (predatory mites, fungi, and insects), and pesticides affect pest insects, mites, and the beneficial organisms that control them. She also has earlier research on biological control of an invasive weed (Dalmatian toadflax) using a weevil insect.
Publication output was sparse and irregular from 2017-2021 (0-1 papers per year) but increased notably from 2022-2024, suggesting a recent growth in research activity.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Active Versus Passive Winter Row Cover Management: Impacts on Strawberry Yields and Pests Inside High Tunnels
HortTechnology · 2025
- Management of aphids on winter high tunnel crops
Biological Control · 2024
- Rearing impacts on dispersal and biocontrol performance: A case study on <i>Phytoseiulus persimilis</i>
Journal of Applied Ecology · 2024
- Management of Aphids on Winter High Tunnel Crops
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2024
- Impact of selected biorational insecticides against potato aphids on high tunnel tomato, 2023
Arthropod management tests · 2024
- Impact of selected acaricides against twospotted spider mite on 7 strawberry varieties grown in high tunnel, 2023
Arthropod management tests · 2024
- Invertebrate diversity in peri-urban community gardens and possible mechanisms of community assemblage
Urban Ecosystems · 2023
- Invertebrate diversity in peri-urban community gardens and possible mechanisms of community assemblage
Research Square · 2023
- Effects of SmartWater, a fluorescent mark, on the dispersal, behavior, and biocontrol efficacy of Phytoseiulus persimilis
Experimental and Applied Acarology · 2022
- The effect of <scp>UVB</scp>‐blocking plastics on the efficacy of <i>Beauveria bassiana</i> and a conventional product against <i>Lygus lineolaris</i> on low tunnel strawberry
Pest Management Science · 2022
- Twospotted Spider Mite Preference and Performance onDay-Neutral Strawberry in New York and Role of StructuralCharacteristics in Plant Susceptibility
Journal of the American Pomological Society · 2022
- The effect of plastic low tunnels on natural enemies and pollinators in New York strawberry
Crop Protection · 2021
- A comparison of weed, pathogen and insect pests between low tunnel and open-field grown strawberries in New York
Crop Protection · 2020
- Summer Development and Survivorship of the Weed Biocontrol Agent, Mecinus janthiniformis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Within Stems of Its Host, Dalmatian Toadflax (Lamiales: Plantaginaceae), in Utah
Environmental Entomology · 2019
- Phenology of the Dalmatian Toadflax Biological Control Agent Mecinus janthiniformis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Utah
Environmental Entomology · 2017
- Crop Protection×2
- Environmental Entomology×2
- Arthropod management tests×2
- Urban Ecosystems×1
- Biological Control×1
- Elizabeth Y Long
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
- P. Larry Phelan
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
- John F. Tooker
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Young‐gyun Park
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Ashley Leach
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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