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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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Gary Lawrence

Associate Professor of Nematology
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9775

TEL: (662) 325-2085
FAX: (662) 325-8837
Email: glawrence@entomology.msstate.edu

B.S., Biology, 1976, Greensboro College
M.S., Plant Pathology, 1979, North Carolina State University
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, 1984, Louisiana State University

I am a plant nematologist in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Mississippi State University. My research involves studies on the root-knot and reniform nematodes associated with cotton and kenaf. Research areas include population dynamics, host plant resistance and nematode management. I currently teach the course, Introductory Plant Nematology, offered at MSU.

Membership in Professional Societies:

American Phytopathological Society
Gamma Sigma Delta
Sigma Xi
Mississippi Association of Plant Pathologists and Nematologists
Organization of Tropical American Nematologists
Southern Soybean Disease Workers
Society of Nematologists
Southern Region Nematology Project S-253

Selected Recent Publications

Lawrence, G.W., C.L. Webber, and K.S. McLean. 1994. Host response of kenaf (Hisiscus cannabinus) plant introductions to Meloidogyne incognita race 3 Nematropica 24: 95-101.

Gothama, A.A.A., P.P. Sikorowski, and G.W. Lawrence 1995. Interactive effects of Steinernema carpocapsae and Spodoptera exigua nuclear polyhedrosis virus on Spodoptera exigua larvae. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 66: 270-276.