Thomas O. Powers

University of Nebraska–Lincoln — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Nematode management and characterization studies(63), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions(26), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis(14), Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control(12), Marine Biology and Ecology Research(11)

Publications88 total

Harnessing entomopathogenic nematodes for sustainable pest management: mechanisms, challenges, and innovations
Frontiers in Plant Science·2026Open Access
Molecular Diagnostics of Nematodes: Some Practical Considerations
CABI eBooks·2025Open Access
Effect of climate history on the genetic structure of an Antarctic soil nematode
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
<i>Diplolaimelloides woaabi</i> sp. n. (Nematoda: Monhysteridae): A Novel Species of Free-Living Nematode from the Great Salt Lake, Utah
Journal of Nematology·2025Open Access
The nature of microbial diversity and assembly in the Nebraska Sandhills depends on organismal identity and habitat type
Community Ecology·2024
Comparative mitochondrial genomics in Nematoda reveal astonishing variation in compositional biases and substitution rates indicative of multi-level selection
BMC Genomics·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
Taxonomy of Tobrilidae species from the Alkaline Lakes of the western Nebraska Sandhills
Journal of Nematology·2024Open Access
Effects of drought-induced stress on nematode communities in aquatic and terrestrial habitats of the Nebraska Sandhills
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Nematode mitochondrial metagenomics: A new tool for biodiversity analysis
Molecular Ecology Resources·2023· 24 cited
18S-NemaBase: Curated 18S rRNA Database of Nematode Sequences
Journal of Nematology·2023· 31 citedOpen Access
Context‐dependent role of abiotic and biotic factors structuring nematode communities along two environmental gradients
Molecular Ecology·2022· 17 cited
Nematodes
Elsevier eBooks·2022· 2 cited
Ecological and morphological differentiation among COI haplotype groups in the plant parasitic nematode species <i>Mesocriconema xenoplax</i>
Journal of Nematology·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
<i>Plectus</i> of the Prairie: A Case Study of Taxonomic Resolution from a Nematode Biodiversity Survey
Journal of Nematology·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
<i>Pratylenchus smoliki</i>, a new nematode species (Pratylenchidae: Tylenchomorpha) from the Great Plains region of North America
Journal of Nematology·2021· 16 citedOpen Access
Nematode biodiversity assessments need vouchered databases: A BOLD reference library for plant-parasitic nematodes in the superfamily Criconematoidea
Genome·2020· 24 cited
Nematode biodiversity assessments need vouchered databases: A BOLD reference library for plant-parasitic nematodes in the superfamily Criconematoidea. Additional supplementary data
2020· 1 cited
A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition
Scientific Data·2020· 105 citedOpen Access
Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale
Nature·2019· 1.2k citedOpen Access
Peer Review #3 of "Decoupled recovery of ecological communities after reclamation (v0.1)"
2019Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Timothy Harris(17), Peter Mullin(15), Kirsten Powers(10), Rebecca Higgins(10), Dorota L. Porazinska(6), Byron J. Adams(5), Laurie J. Sandall(5), Lisa Sutton(5), Bradley C. Hyman(4), K. P. Pruess(4), Howard Ferris(3), Bryan S. Griffiths(3), Mariette Marais(3), Robin M. Giblin-davis(3), T. C. Todd(3), Ann M. Burnell(3), Allen L. Szalanski(3), Johan van den Hoogen(2), Stefan Geisen(2), Devin Routh(2)