Dr. Esmaeil Amiri
Title
- Assistant Research and Extension Professor
Contact Information
ea795@msstate.edu
Office: 662-686-3215
Delta Research and Extension Center
82 Stoneville Rd.
Stoneville, MS 38776
Overview
Research Interests
Pollinator health
Pathogenic viruses and immune responses in honey bees
Maternal and trans-generational effects in honey bees
Honey bee queen reproductive plasticity
Honey bee breeding strategy
Teaching Interests
In addition to guest lecturing for a few courses, Esmaeil is a co-instructor of the course Host-Microbe Interaction Mechanisms (BCH/EPP 8673)
Website
Publications
Year | Publications |
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2024 | Amiri, E., 2024. Physiological trade-offs in male social insects: Interactions among infection, immunity, fertility, size, and age in honey bee drones. Journal of Insect Physiology 159:104720. Download |
2024 | Amiri, E., 2024. Solenopsis richteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) alates infected with deformed wing virus display wing deformity with altered mobility. The Science of Nature 111(5):47. Download |
2024 | Amiri, E., 2024. Impact of commercial plastic queen cell cups on rearing success and development of honey bee queens. Journal of Apicultural Research Download |
2023 | Amiri, E., 2023. Co-Occurrence of Wing Deformity and Impaired Mobility of Alates with Deformed Wing Virus in Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) . Insects 14(10): 788. Download |
2023 | Amiri, E., 2023. Group size influences maternal provisioning and compensatory larval growth in honey bees. iScience 26(108546). Download |
2022 | Han, B., Wei, ., Amiri, E., Hu, ., Meng, ., Strand, . K., Tarpy, D. R., Xu, S., Li, J., Rueppell, O. 2022. The molecular basis of socially induced egg-size plasticity in honey bees. Elife 11:e80499. Download |
2022 | Chapman, A., Amiri, E., Han, B., McDermott, E., Rueppell, O., Tarpy, D. R., Foster, . J., McAfee, A. 2022. Fertility costs of cryptic viral infections in a model social insect. Scientific Reports 12:15857. Download |
2022 | Abou-Shaara, H., Amiri, E., Parys, K. A. 2022. Tracking the Effects of Climate Change on the Distribution of Plecia nearctica (Diptera, Bibionidae) in the USA Using MaxEnt and GIS. Diversity 18(8):690. Download |
2022 | Abou Shaara, H., Kryger, P., Chauzet, M., Amiri, E. 2022. Possible Role of Geographical Location and Queen Absence on Damage of Small Hive Beetles (Aethina tumida Murray) on Honey Bee Colonies. Bee World 99(4):127-130. Download |
2020 | Amiri, E., 2020. Egg transcriptome profile responds to maternal virus infection in honey bees, Apis mellifera. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 85. Download |
2020 | Amiri, E., 2020. Egg-size plasticity in Apis mellifera: Honey bee queens alter egg size in response to both genetic and environmental factors. Journal of Evolutionary Biology Download |
Extension Publications
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Graduate Students
Society Memberships
- COLOSS Honey bee Research Association