RESEARCH
Emphasis on developing and
evaluating
ways to manage insect pests of field crops, especially cereal crops
Graduate Students:
- Zachary P. Eder.
- Camilo A. Garzon.
- Suhas Vyavhare.
- Tebkew Damte
Belete.
Using Phytochrome to Predict Sorghum Resistance to Sorghum Midge.
Ph.D., West Texas A&M University.
- Shivakumara
Bheemappa.
Growth and Development of Corn Leaf Aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis Fitch
(Hemiptera: Aphididae), at Different Temperatures on Sorghum.
M.S., West Texas A&M University.
- Nagendra Babu Earle.
Assessment of Wavyleaf Thistle Infestations and the Potential for
Biological Control in the Texas Panhandle. M.S., West Texas
A&M University.
- Madani Telly.
Resistance of Stored Sorghum to Maize Weevil (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae). M.S., West Texas A&M University.
- Murali Mohan
Ayyanath.
Effect
of Greenbugs (Homoptera: Aphididae) from Resistant Sorghum on the Life
Cycle of Convergent Lady Beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).
M.S.,
West Texas A&M University. August 2004.
- Edward Dean Brown.
Effects of
Systemic Seed Treatment Insecticides Cruiser and Gaucho on Germination,
Emergence, Damage by Aphids and Yield of Sorghum Hybrids. M.S.,
West
Texas A&M University. December 2001.
- Fernando Mureva
Chitio. Resistance of Stored Cowpea to Cowpea Weevil (Coleoptera:
Bruchidae) and Sorghum to Maize Weevil (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae). M.S., West Texas A&M University. August
2004.
- Terutaka Niide.
Morphometric,
Mating Compatibility, and Soybean Resistance Evaluations of Dectes
texanus texanus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). M.S., West Texas
A&M University. August 2004.
- Anastasia Leigh
Palousek. Effect
of Biotype and Temperature on the Fitness of Greenbug, Schizaphis
graminum
(Rondani), on Sorghum. M.S., West Texas A&M University.
May 2003.
- Kishan Rao
Sambaraju.
Fitness
of Greenbug (Homoptera: Aphididae) on Wild and Cultivated
Grasses.
M.S., West Texas A&M University. August 2003.
- Tiecoura Traore.
Distribution of
Greenbug (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Biotypes and Effect of Photoperiod on
Fitness of Greenbug Biotypes on Sorghum. M.S., West Texas A&M
University. May 2006.
- Suresh Veerabomma.
Effects of
Different Amounts of Soil Water and Nitrogen on the Fecundity and
Longevity
of Greenbug (Homoptera: Aphididae) on Sorghum. M.S., West Texas
A&M
University. August 2003.
Grant Proposals Funded:
- Evaluation of Banks Grass
Mite Response to the Miticides Propargite and Spiromesifen. Texas
Corn Producers Board. Funded for $21,676 for 2006-2008.
Jerry Michels and Bonnie Pendleton.
- Assessment of Wavyleaf
Thistle
Infestations and the Potential for Biological Control in the Texas
Panhandle. Joe Skeen Institute for Rangeland Restoration.
Funded for $54,500 for 2005-2006. G. J. Michels, B. B. Pendleton,
D. Nusser, and V. A. Carney.
- Sustainable Management
of Insect Pests
in West Africa and the United States. INTSORMIL Sorghum/Millet
Collaborative
Research Support Program. Funded for $315,000 for
2002-2006.
Bonnie B. Pendleton.
- Using Phytochrome to
Predict Sorghum
Resistance to Sorghum Midge. INTSORMIL Supplemental
Training.
Funded for $19,675 for 2004-2006. Bonnie B. Pendleton.
- Yields and Economic
Thresholds of Sorghum
Infested at Different Growth Stages with Greenbugs. INTSORMIL
Supplemental
Training. Funded for $14,750 for 2004-2006. Bonnie B.
Pendleton.
- Alternatives to
Organophosphates and
Carbamates for Managing Aphids in Wheat and Sorghum. U.S.
Department
of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service
Crops at Risk. Funded for $450,000 for 2003-2006. Bonnie B.
Pendleton, Roxanne A. Shufran, Gerald J. Michels, Jr., Mark D. Lazar,
and
Robert D. Bowling.
- Using DNA Diagnostics to
Forecast
Potentially Damaging Isolates of Greenbug. United States
Department of Agriculture Southern Region IPM Special Grants
Program. Funded for $39,767 for 2004-2005. Keyan
Zhu-Salzman and Bonnie B. Pendleton.
- Response of Western Bean
Cutworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to Transgenic Bt Corn in Field and
Laboratory Studies. Killgore Research Grant. Funded for
$3,000 for 2004-2005. Bonnie B. Pendleton, Robert Bowling, and G.
J. Michels, Jr.
- Biological Evaluations of
Western Bean
Cutworm and Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Herculex
Corn.
Texas Department of Agriculture Integrated Pest Management
Program.
Funded for $6,323.68 for 2003-2004. Robert Bowling, Bonnie
Pendleton,
and Roxanne Shufran.
- Assessment of Soybean
Cyst
Nematode-Resistant
Soybeans for Resistance to the Soybean Stem Borer (Coleoptera:
Cerambycidae).
Texas Soybean Checkoff Board. Funded for $4,591 for
2003-2004.
Robert Bowling, Bonnie Pendleton, and Roxanne Shufran.
- Field Studies to Identify
Factors Important
in Managing the Longhorn Sunflower Stalk Girdler, Dectes texanus
texanus
(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), in Sunflower. Texas Department of
Agriculture
Integrated Pest Management Grant Program. Funded for $14,960 for
2002. Robert Bowling, Bonnie Pendleton, and Carl Patrick.
- PROFIT – Productive
Rotations
On Farms
In Texas. Texas legislative initiative. Funded for $1.5
million
for two years (1999-2001). Gary C. Peterson, George L. Teetes,
Bonnie
B. Pendleton, and Travis Taylor.
- Development of
Methodology to
Evaluate
IPM Programs in Texas. Texas Pest Management Association/Texas
Department
of Agriculture IPM Grant. Funded for $19,659 for 1998-1999.
George L. Teetes, Thomas W. Fuchs, and Bonnie B. Pendleton.
- Developing a
Questionnaire
and Methodology
to Quantify IPM Use by Sorghum Growers. Texas Agricultural
Extension
Service Integrated Pest Management Minigrant. Funded for $6,048
for
1997. George L. Teetes, Roy D. Parker, and Bonnie B. Pendleton.
- Quantifying the Use of
IPM by
Sorghum
Growers. Texas Pest Management Association/Texas Department of
Agriculture
IPM Grant. Funded for $14,699 for 1997. George L. Teetes,
Roy
D. Parker, and Bonnie B. Pendleton.