Department of Biological Sciences

Sue Hum

Sue Hum, Professor

Contact

Office: Waggoner Hall 352
Phone: (309) 298-1546
Email: SM-Hum@wiu.edu

Education

Ph.D. - University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 2002
M.S. - Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO, 1997
B.A. - Park College, Parkville, MO, 1992

Teaching

Plant-Insect-Microbe-Environment interactions, molecular biology

Courses Taught
  • BIOL 100 Biological Concepts
  • BOT 200 Introduction to Botany
  • BIOL 330 Cell and Molecular Biology
  • BOT/MICR 461/561 Plant Pathology
  • BIOL 502 Molecular Applications in Organismal Biology

Research Interests

Molecular biology of plant-insect-microbe-environment interactions

Publications

Afitlhile M, Duffield-Duncan K, Fry M, Workman S, Hum-Musser S, Hildebrand D. 2015. The toc132toc120 heterozygote mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana accumulates reduced levels of hexadecatrienoic acid. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 96:426–435.

Gog L, Vogel H, ;Hum-Musser S, Tuter J, Musser R. 2014. Larval Helicoverpa zea Transcriptional, Growth and Behavioral Responses to Nicotine and Nicotiana tabacum. Insects 5(3), 668-688; doi:10.3390/insects5030668.

Musser RO, Hum-Musser SM, Gallucci M, DesRochers B, Brown JK. 2014. Microarray analysis of tomato plants exposed to the nonviruliferous or viruliferous whitefly vector harboring Pepper golden mosaic virus. J Insect Sci. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/ieu092.

Noland JE, Breitenbach JE, Popham HJR, Hum-Musser SM, Vogel H, Musser RO. 2013. Gut Transcription in Helicoverpa zea is dynamically altered in response to baculovirus infection. Insects 4(3): 506-520.

Musser R, Hum-Musser SM, Lee H, DesRochers B, Williams S, Vogel H. 2012. Caterpillar labial saliva alters tomato plant gene expression. Journal of Chemical Ecology 38(11):1387-401.

Suzuki H, Dowd PF, Johnson ET, Hum-Musser SM, Musser RO. 2012. Effects of elevated peroxidase levels and corn earworm feeding on gene expression in tomato. Journal of Chemical Ecology 38(10):1247-63.

Rodriguez-Saona C, Musser RO, Vogel H, Hum-Musser SM, Thaler JS. 2010. Molecular, biochemical, and organismal analyses of tomato plants simultaneously attacked by herbivores from two feeding guilds. Journal of Chemical Ecology 36(10):1043-10578.

Musser RO, Cipollini D, Hum-Musser SM, Williams SA, Brown JK, Felton GW. 2005. Evidence that the caterpillar salivary enzyme glucose oxidase provides herbivore offense in Solanaceous plants. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 58(2):128-137.

Musser RO, Hum-Musser SM, Felton GW, Gergerich RC. 2003. Increased larval growth and preference for virus-infected leaves by the Mexican bean beetle, a plant virus vector. Journal of Insect Behavior 16(2):247-256.

Musser RO, Hum-Musser SM, Eichenseer H, Pfeiffer M, Ervin G, Murphy JB, Felton GW. 2002. Herbivory: Caterpillar saliva beats plant defences. Nature. 416(6881):599-600.

Musser RO, Hum-Musser SM, Slaten-Bickford SE, Felton GW, Gergerich RC. 2002. Evidence that ribonuclease activity present in beetle regurgitant is found to stimulate virus resistance in plants. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 28(8):1691-1696.

Hum-Musser SM, Morelock TE, Murphy JB. 1999. Relation of heat-shock proteins to thermotolerance during spinach seed germination. In: Horticultural Studies - 1998. Ark. Agri. Exp. Sta. Res. Ser., JR Clark & MD Richardson (eds.), 466:103-105.