Bruce Tabashnik

Bruce Tabashnik is an American entomologist best known for Bt cotton efficacy research. He is a professor and researcher at the University of Arizona. In 2023, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. ^[1]

Education and academic career

Tabashnik completed his undergraduate studies in Zoology at the University of Michigan in 1975, and then received a PhD from Stanford University in 1981, studying under Ward Watt. ^[2] He is a professor in the University of Arizona's Department of Entomology. ^{[3] [4]}

Recognition

In 2007 Tabashnik was made a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America. ^[5] Then in 2020 he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the ESA's Plant-Insect Ecosystems section. ^{[6] [7]} His honorary lecture was given by longtime collaborator, Yves Carrière. ^[7]

Notable publications

• Roush, Richard; Tabashnik, Bruce (1990). "Modeling and Evaluation of Resistance Management Tactics". Pesticide Resistance in Arthropods. Boston, Mass, US: Springer Science and Business Media LLC. pp. 153–182. doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-6429-0_6. ISBN   978-1-4684-6431-3. OCLC   840289391. S2CID   127910995. ISBN   978-1-4684-6429-0.
• Roush, Richard; Tabashnik, Bruce (1991). Pesticide Resistance in Arthropods. Boston, Mass, US: Springer Publishing. pp. ix+303. doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-6429-0. ISBN   978-1-4684-6431-3. OCLC   840289391. S2CID   43656561. ISBN   978-1-4684-6429-0.
• Tabashnik, Bruce; Gassmann, Aaron; Crowder, David; Carriére, Yves (2008). "Insect resistance to Bt crops: evidence versus theory". Nature Biotechnology . 26 (2). Nature Portfolio: 199–202. doi:10.1038/nbt1382. ISSN   1087-0156. PMID   18259177. S2CID   205273664.
• Tabashnik, Bruce E.; Brévault, Thierry; Carrière, Yves (2013). "Insect resistance to Bt crops: lessons from the first billion acres". Nature Biotechnology . 31 (6). Nature Portfolio: 510–521. doi:10.1038/nbt.2597. ISSN   1087-0156. PMID   23752438. S2CID   205278530.
• Tabashnik, Bruce; Mota-Sanchez, David; Whalon, Mark; Hollingworth, Robert; Carrière, Yves (2014). "Defining Terms for Proactive Management of Resistance to Bt Crops and Pesticides". Journal of Economic Entomology . 107 (2). Oxford University Press (Entomological Society of America (ESA)): 496–507. doi: 10.1603/ec13458 . ISSN   0022-0493. PMID   24772527. S2CID   11761620.

References

1. http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2023-nas-election.html
2. Ravindran, Sandeep (January 2, 2025). "Profile of Bruce E. Tabashnik". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122 (2). doi: 10.1073/PNAS.2425448121 . PMC   11745393 .
3. "Bruce E Tabashnik". University of Arizona UA Profiles. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
4. "Bruce E. Tabashnik". University of Arizona CALS. 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
5. Plant-Insect Ecosystems Section (PIE) (2007). "Bruce E. Tabashnik, ESA Fellow (2007)". Entomological Society of America (ESA). Archived from the original on November 29, 2021.
6. Plant-Insect Ecosystems Section (PIE) (August 2020). "Plant-Insect Ecosystems Section Newsletter" (PDF). Entomological Society of America (ESA).
7. Plant-Insect Ecosystems Section (PIE) (December 2020). "Plant-Insect Ecosystems Section December 2020 Newsletter" (PDF). Entomological Society of America (ESA). pp. 1–7.