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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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GERALD T. BAKER
Professor of Entomology
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
TEL: (662) 325-2085
FAX: (662) 325-8837
Email: gbaker@entomology.msstate.edu
B.Sc. Biology, 1975, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
M.Sc. Biology, 1978, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ph.D. Entomology, 1982, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
I am involved in teaching and research in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology. My research interests deal with (1) ultrastructure and distribution of sensilla on mites, insects and other arthropods; (2) fine structure and morphology of insect and mite eggs; and (3) anatomy and development of mite and insect induced galls of various kinds of plants.
I currently teach Transmission Electron Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy and undergraduate courses such as General Entomology and Ornamental and Turfgrass Insects.
I am a member in the following professional societies: Acarology Society of America, Alabama E.M. Society, American Inst. Biol. Sciences, American Microscopical Society, Canacoll Foundation, Electron Microscope Soc. Amer., Entomological Society of America, Entomological Society of Washington, Sigma Xi, Southeastern E.M. Society
Selected Recent Publications:
Baker, G.T., Davis, J., Monroe, W. and Chandrapatya, A. 2000. Cuticular sensory receptors on the antennae and maxillary palp of fly larva, Nephrotoma suturalis (Diptera: Tipulidae) Invertebr. Biol. 119: 342-348.
Baker, G.T. 2001. Morphology and distribution of atntennal sensory receptors of Omoglymnius americanus (Coleoptera: Rhysodidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 103: 135-142.
Thongtab, T., Chandrapatya, A. and Baker, G.T. 2001. Bionomics of Eotetranychus cendanai, the citrus yellow mite, and the efficacy of the predatory mite Amblyseius longispinosus as a biological control agent. J. App. Entomol. 125: 543-549.
Baker, G.T. & Chandrapatya, A. 2001. Morphology of the chorion of Diapheromera femorata (Say) (Phasmida: Heteronemiidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 103: 840-853.
Baker, G.T. 2001. Distribution patterns and morphology of sensilla on the apical segment of the antennae and palpi of Hydradephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) Microscopy Research and technique 55: 330-338.
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