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Entomology & Plant Pathology
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9775

TEL: (662) 325-2085
FAX: (662) 325-8837

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Entomologists

  • Gordon L. Andrews(DREC) -- Extension Professor -- Insect pests of rice, peanuts, wheat and sunflowers. (email)
  • Gerald T. Baker -- Professor -- Insect, mite, and spider morphology/ultrastrcuture of arthropod sensory receptors. (email)
  • Richard L. Brown -- Professor -- Systematics of the Tortricidae and insect taxonomy. (email)
  • Michael A. Caprio -- Professor -- Insect population genetics, gene flow, insecticide resistance and computer modeling. (email)
  • Angus L. Catchot, Jr. -- Assistant Extension Professor -- IPM of cotton and soybean pests. (email)
  • Howard W. Chambers-- Professor -- Insecticide chemistry and toxicology; neurotoxicity of certain organic phosphates.
  • Clarence H. Collison -- Professor and Head of Department -- Administration, apiculture, pollination and veterinary entomology with emphasis on poultry ectoparasites. (email)
  • Donald Cook (NMREC) -- Assistant Extension Professor -- IPM of agronomic crop and sweet potato pests, 4-H Entomology. (email)
  • Chris Daves(CMREC), -- Assistant Extension Professor -- IPM of agronomic crop and corn pests. (email)
  • Jerome Goddard -- Associate Extension Professor -- Medical and veterinary entomology, ecology of vector-borne diseases, tick-transmitted human and animal infections. (email)
  • M. Blake Layton, Jr. -- Extension Professor -- Management and control of insect pests of ornamental plants, vegetable insects, household and structural pests, and fire ants. (email)
  • Peter W. K. Ma -- Associate Professor -- Insect physiology, molecular biology, neuropeptides biosynthesis in arthropods. (email)
  • Fred R. Musser -- Assistant Professor -- Insect pests in row crops. (email)
  • T. Evan Nebeker -- Professor -- Forest insect pest management, population dynamics, host-insect-microorganism interactions.
  • Jack T. Reed -- Research Professor -- Chemical control, application technology. (email)
  • John J. Riggins - Assistant Professor - Forest insect pest management, GIS and remote sensing of the environment, disturbance ecology, and insect behavior. (email)
  • James T. Robbins (DREC) -- Assistant Research Professor -- Insect pests of rice, cotton and soybeans.(email)
  • John C. Schneider -- Professor -- Host-plant resistance, insect ecology and population dynamics. (email)
  • Jianzhong Sun(CMREC), -- Assistant Research Professor -- Urban Entomology, especially for the Formosan subterranean termite biology and control. (email)

Plant Pathologists

  • Tom W. Allen (DREC) -- Assistant Extension Professor -- Diseases of row crops.(email)
  • Richard E. Baird -- Professor -- Pathology, ecology and taxonomy of fungi which attack soybeans and corn. (email)
  • Clarissa Balbalian -- Nematology and Plant Disease Diagnostician -- Nematode and plant disease identification, forest pathology. (email)
  • Alan Henn -- Associate Extension Professor -- Diseases of fruit, home lawns, ornamentals and nematodes. (email)
  • Shien Lu -- Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology -- Plant bacterial diseases and biological control. (email)
  • David Ingram (CMREC) -- Associate Extension Professor -- Vegetables/greenhouse, fruits, nuts, cotton, soybeans, Christmas trees, urban ornamentals. (email)
  • Gary W. Lawrence -- Associate Professor -- Nematode identification, population dynamics, host-parasite interactions, and nematode management on agricultural crops. (email)
  • Sead Sabanadzovic -- Associate Professor -- Characterization, diagnosis and taxonomy of plant viruses and virus-like agents. (email)
  • Gabe L. Sciumbato(DREC) -- Research Professor -- Cotton seedling diseases, nematodes, soybean diseases, and rice diseases.(email)
  • Maria Tomaso-Peterson -- Assistant Research Professor -- Turfgrass diseases, disease management strategies and biological control. (email)

Adjunct Faculty

  • Craig A. Abel, Research Entomologist, USDA ARS, SIMRU, Stoneville, MS.
  • David W. Boyd, Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS Southern Horticultural Laboratory, Poplarville, MS.
  • Larry Eugene Claflin, Profesor of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
  • Frank M. Davis, Retired USDA ARS Research Entomologist, Boll Weevil Lab, Mississippi State, MS. (email)
  • Ronald W. Hodges, Retired Taxonomic Specialist, USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Eugene, OR.
  • Steven N. Jeffers, Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Entomology, Soils & Plant Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
  • Ted Leninger, Project Leader, US Forest Service, Stoneville, MS.
  • Michael R. McLaughlin, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS, Waste Management and Forage Research Unit, Crop Science Res Lab, Mississippi State, MS.
  • Joseph Mulrooney, Research Entomologist, USDA Forest Service, Starkville, MS.
  • Boyd Padgett, Northeast Experiment Station, Louisiana State University, Winnsboro, LA.
  • Omaththage P. Perera, Research Entomologist, US Forest Service, Starkville, MS.
  • John Christopher Peterson, Professor and Head, Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Schowalter, Timothy D, Professor and Head, Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Thomas G. Shelton, Research Entomologist, USDA Forest Service, Starkville, MS.
  • Barbara L. Smith, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA ARS, Small Fruit Research Center, Poplarville, MS.
  • Gordon L. Snodgrass, Research Entomologist, USDA ARS SIMRU, Stoneville, MS.
  • M. Alma Solis, Research Entomologist, USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC.
  • Scott D. Stewart, Cotton IPM Specialist, University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN.
  • Brian T. Sullivan, Research Entomologist, USDA Forest Service, Pineville, LA.
  • Keith Summerville, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Drake University, Des Moines, IA.
  • James T. Vogt, Research Entomologist, USDA ARS Biol. Control of Pests, Stoneville, MS.
  • Terence L. Wagner, Research Entomologist, USDA Forest Service, Starkville, MS.
  • Ronald W. Weeks, Entomologist, USDA APHIS Soil Inhabiting Pests Laboratory, Gulfport, MS.
  • Jefferey L. Willers, Research Entomologist, USDA ARS, Mississippi State, MS.
  • Gary L. Windham, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA ARS, Mississippi State, MS.
  • Yu Zhu, Research Entomologist, USDA ARS SIMRU, Stoneville, MS.