Martha S Hunter
Professor, Entomology
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Chair, Entomology / Insect Science - GIDP
Professor, BIO5 Institute
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Department Affiliations
Contact
(520) 621-9350
Work Summary
Molly Hunter works to understand the role of heritable microbial symbionts in the biology of herbivorous arthropod, or pest biology. Current projects include: Investigating Rickettsia in the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, and investigating interactions between Cardinium and Wolbachia, in whitefly parasitoids in the genus Encarsia and Eretmocerus.