Vocation
I'm a biologist with basic interest in competition, coevolution, and disease. I study biological systems characterized by interactions, especially those between plants and their enemies. Statistical approaches to inference using data are of principal methodological interest to me. Results of my work are implemented as forecasting and decision-support tools for agriculture, and I collaborate broadly in developing these applications.
The Chappell research group is part of the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology at Texas A&M University.
Chappell is faculty in TAMU's Interdisciplinary Doctoral Degree Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB).
Education
Post-doctoral, Entomology, North Carolina State University
Ph.D., Biology, Duke University
B.S. with distinction (magna cum laude), Biology, University of Michigan
B.M. (summa cum laude), Performance, University of Michigan
Publication
Chappell TM, Ward RV, DePolt KT, Roberts PM, Greene JK, Kennedy GG (2020) Cotton Thrips Infestation Predictor: A practical tool for predicting tobacco thrips (Frankliniella fusca) infestation of cotton seedlings in the southeastern United States. Pest Manag. Sci. doi:10.1002/ps.5954
Chappell TM, Codod CB, Williams BW, Kemerait RC, Culbreath AK, Kennedy GG (2020) Adding Epidemiologically Important Meteorological Data to Peanut Rx, the Risk Assessment Framework for Spotted Wilt of Peanut. Phytopathology 110:1199-1207. doi:PHYTO-11-19-0438-R
Davis II RL, Greene JK, Dou F, Jo YK, Chappell TM (2020) A Practical Application of Unsupervised Machine Learning for Analyzing Plant Image Data Collected Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Agronomy 10:633. doi:10.3390/agronomy10050633
Ben-Mahmoud S, Anderson T, Chappell TM, Smeda JR, Mutschler MA, Kennedy GG, De Jong DM, Ullman DE (2019) A thrips vector of tomato spotted wilt virus responds to tomato acylsugar chemical diversity with reduced oviposition and virus inoculation. Sci. Rep. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53473-y
Magarey RD, Klammer SSH, Chappell TM, Trexler CM, Pallipparambil GR, Hain EF (2019) Perspective: Eco-efficiency as a strategy for optimizing the sustainability of pest management. Pest Manag. Sci. doi:10.1002/ps.5560
Chappell TM, Magarey RD, Kurtz R, Trexler CM, Pallipparambil GR, Hain EF (2019) Perspective: Service-based business models to incentivize the efficient use of pesticides in crop protection. Pest Manag. Sci. doi:10.1002/ps.5523
Magarey RD, Chappell TM, Trexler CM, Pallipparambil GR, Hain EF (2019) Social Ecological System tools for improving crop pest management. J. Integrated Pest Manag. doi:10.1093/jipm/pmz004
Chappell TM, Huseth AS, Kennedy GG (2019) Stability of neonicotinoid sensitivity in Frankliniella fusca populations found in agroecosystems of the southeastern United States. Pest Manag. Sci. doi:10.1002/ps.5319
Ben-Mahmoud S, Smeda JR, Chappell TM, Stafford-Banks C, Kaplinsky CH, Anderson T, Mutschler MA, Kennedy GG, Ullman DE (2018) Acylsugar amount and fatty acid profile differentially suppress oviposition by western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, on tomato and interspecific hybrid flowers. PLOS ONE, 13(7). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201583
Chappell TM and Kennedy GG (2018) Estimating the effectiveness of imidacloprid when used to suppress transmission of Tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus in commercial agriculture.J. Econ. Entom. doi:10.1093/jee/toy164
Huseth AS, Chappell TM, Chitturi A, Jacobson AL, Kennedy GG (2018) Insecticide Resistance Signals Negative Consequences of Widespread Neonicotinoid Use on Multiple Field Crops in the U.S. Cotton Belt. Environ. Sci. Technol., doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b06015
Smeda JR, Schilmiller AL, Anderson T, Ben-Mahmoud S, Ullman DE, Chappell TM, Kessler A, Mutschler MA (2018) Combination of Acylglucose QTL reveals additive and epistatic genetic interactions and impacts insect oviposition and virus infection. Mol. Breeding, 38: 3. doi:10.1007/s11032-017-0756-z
Knowles LL, Chappell TM, Marquez EJ, Cohn TJ (2016) Tests of the Role of Sexual Selection in Genitalic Divergence with Multiple Hybrid Clines. J. Orthoptera Res., 25(2):75-82. doi:10.1665/034.025.0206
Chappell TM and Rausher MD (2016) Host range evolution in Coleosporium ipomoeae, a plant pathogen with multiple hosts. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 113(19): 5346-5351. doi:10.1073/pnas.1522997113
Leckie BM, D'Ambrosio DA, Chappell TM, Halitschke R, De Jong DM, Kessler A, Kennedy GG, Mutschler MA (2016) Differential and synergistic functionality of acylsugars in suppressing oviposition by insect herbivores PLOS ONE, 11(4), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153345
Huseth AS, Chappell TM, Langdon K, Morsello SC, Martin S, Greene JK, Herbert A, Jacobson AL, Reay-Jones FPF, Reed T, Reisig DD, Roberts PM, Smith R, Kennedy GG (2016) Frankliniella fusca resistance to neonicotinoid insecticides: an emerging challenge for cotton pest management in the Eastern United States. Pest Manag. Sci., 72: 1934-1945. doi:10.1002/ps.4232
Kennedy SR, Schultz EM, Chappell TM, Kohrn B, Knowels GM, Herr AJ (2015) Volatility of mutator phenotypes at single cell resolution. PLOS Genet., 11(4), doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005151
Chappell TM, Kennedy GG, Walgenbach JF (2014) Predicting codling moth (Cydia pomonella) phenology in North Carolina based on temperature and improved generation turnover estimates. Pest Manag. Sci., 71: 1425-1432. doi:10.1002/ps.3947
Chappell TM, Beaudoin AL, Kennedy GG (2013) Interacting Virus Abundance and Transmission Intensity Underlie Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Incidence: An Example Weather-Based Model for Cultivated Tobacco. PLOS ONE, 8(8), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073321
Chappell TM and Rausher MD (2011) Genetics of resistance to the rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae in three species of morning glory (Ipomoea). PLOS ONE, 6(12), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028875
Tools
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I like to be outside, but spend many days at a computer.
I make music and enjoy fixing things.