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Graduate Research Assitantship Available
(Posted 6/22/2007 by Thomas P Kuhar)		 Competitive funding is avaliable for MS or PhD student to work on vegetable insect pest management under the direction of Dr. Thomas Kuhar at the Eastern Shore AREC in Painter, VA. Specific research projects can be geared toward the student's interests, but should focus on an important pest of vegetables or potatoes in Virginia. Research areas may involve applied ecology, biological control, integrated pest management or insecticide resistance management. Students will be expected to spend the summer months conducting field research on the Eastern Shore (free lodging is available at the station). Academic semesters will be spent on campus in Blacksburg. Please contact Tom Kuhar if interested >tkuhar@vt.edu< phone 757-414-0724. ext. 14
Three recently released multi-state extension publications provide growers in the mid-Atlantic states with color images and control recommendations for insect pests.
(Posted 7/23/2007 by Ames Herbert)		 Three new publications provide growers with color images and control recommendations for insect pests of corn, soybeans and small grains. "The Mid-Atlantic Guide to the Insect Pests and Beneficials of Corn, Soybean and Small Grains" is a 36 page pocket guide with high quality images and quick keys for separating easy-to-confuse caterpillars, adult beetles and stink bugs (VCE Publ. 444-360). “Barley Yellow Dwarf in Small Grains in the Southeast” provides images of the major grain aphid pests, common symptoms of the disease they transmit, barley yellow dwarf, and best management practices to avoid infection and crop losses (VCE Publ. 444-375). “Soybean Aphid and Look-alike Species” is a pocket tri-fold with color images of the soybean aphid, a recently introduced exotic pest of soybeans, and many of the other insect species commonly found on soybean leaves. Proper identification of insect pests is critical to developing and executing effective management programs.
Ph.D. Assistantship Available
(Posted 8/27/2007 by Scott M Salom)		 Ph.D. Assistantship available in Forest Entomology/Biological Control Show more...