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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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Current Students
- Cheri Abraham, M.S. student in Entomology.
- Mark Alexander, M.S. student in Planth Pathology.
- Timothy Arquette, Ph.D student in Entomology.
- Sonya Baird, Ph.D student in Entomology.
- James Blessitt
- Kristine Edwards, Ph.D student in Entomology.
- Daniel Fleming, M.S. student in Entomology.
- Gu Ganyu, Ph.D student in Plant Pathology.
- Rajesh Garlapati, Ph.D student in Entomology.
- Bradley Gibson, M.S. student in Entomology.
- JoVonn Hill
- Sean Jones, Ph.D student in Plant Pathology.
- Ankit Kumar, M.S. student in Entomology.
- Edda Martinez, Ph.D student in Entomology.
- Andrew McCaskill, M.S. student in Entomology.
- David McNeill, M.S. student in Plant Pathology.
- Paul Scott, Ph.D student in Plant Pathology.
- Sarah Self, Ph.D student in Entomology.
- Kurt Showmaker
- John Smith, Ph.D student in Entomology.
- William Starrett, M.S. student in Plant Pathology.
- Ronald Stephenson, Ph.D student in Entomology.
- Ishakh Pulakkatu Thodi
- Satya Ravi Vemula, Ph.D student in Entomology.
- Bonnie Wells, M.S. student in Plant Pathology.
- Sandra Woolfolk, Ph.D student in Plant Pathology.
- Joseph Young, M.S. student in Plant Pathology.
Ph.D. Graduates 1995 - 2005
- Zeledon, Johnson J. - Ph.D. ENPP (Entomology) - August 2004
- Methods of infestation, damage and economic injury level for fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), in Mississippi grain sorghum
- Major Professor: Henry N. Pitre
- Employment: Visiting Researcher, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
- Akin, David Scott - Ph.D. ENPP (Entomology) - May 2004
- Efficacy and resistance management implications of cotton expressing two insecticidal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki
- Major Professor: Scott D. Stewart
- Employment: TDM/ARM Trainee, Monsanto Company, Stoneville, MS
- Lee, Hee-Kyung - Ph.D. (Plant Pathology) - May 2004
- Spatial distribution, dispersion, and migration of Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford and Oliveira
- Major Professor: Gary W. Lawrence
- Employment: The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. Ardmore, OK
- Shi, Gensheng - Ph.D. (Entomology) - December 2003
- Investigating cottonwood leaf beetle, Chrysomela scripta F., defoliation in cottonwood plantations utilizing remote sensing and geostatistical techniques
- Major Professor: T. Evan Nebeker
- Employment: University of Washington, St. Louis, MO
- Tomaso-Peterson, Maria - Ph.D. (Plant Pathology) - December 2003
- Characterization of Rhizoctonia-like fungi isolated from agronomic crops and turfgrasses in Mississippi
- Major Professor: Larry E. Trevathan
- Employment: Assistant Research Professor, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Main Campus
- Catchot, Angus L. Jr. - Ph.D. (Entomology) - May 2002
- Occurrence of Heliothine pests (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in ultra-narrow row and wide-row cotton cropping systems as affected by insecticide applications
- Major Professor: Jack T. Reed
- Employment: Assistant Extension Professor, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Main Campus
- Parker, C. Donald (Don) - Ph.D. (Entomology) - May 2000
- Temporal distribution of Heliothines in corn-cotton cropping systems of the Mississippi Delta and the relationships to yield and population growth.
- Major Professor: Aubrey Harris and Randy Luttrell
- Employment: Assistant Extension Professor, Mississippi State University, Central Research and Extension Center, Raymond, MS
- Diaz Quintana, Asdrubal - Ph.D. (Plant Pathology) - May 2000
- Concomitant interaction of Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood and Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford and Oliveira on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
- Major Professor: Gary Lawrence
- Employment: Investigador III, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA-Monagas, San Agustin de la Pica-Maturin, Estado Monagas-Venezuela
- Han, Qifa - Ph.D. (Entomology) - August 1999
- Temporal and spatial genetic differentiation among natural populations of tobacco budworm and cotton bollworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
- Major Professor: Michael A. Caprio
- Employment: Postdoctoral Researcher, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
- Gonzalez, Maria Suleim - Ph.D. (Plant Pathology) - May 1999
- Identify, pathogenicity, and control of fungi associated with crown and root rot of soft red winter wheat grown on the upper coastal plain land resource area of Mississippi
- Major Professor: Larry E. Trevathan
- Employment: Researcher, FONAIAP, CENIAP, Maracay, Venezuela
- Punnee Soonthornpoct - Ph.D. (Plant Pathology) - August 1998
- Seedling disease of corn: effect of planting dates and tillage on incidence and pathogenicity of Pythium spp. and Rhizoctonia spp.
- Major Professor: Larry E. Trevathan
- Employment: Instructor, Blinn College, Bryan, TX
- Park, Yong - Ph.D. (Entomology) - December 1997
- Regulation of egg maturation and oviposition behavior in Heliothis virescens: involvement of the ventral nerve cord, the corpora cardiaca-corpora allata complex, and secretions of the male accessory sex glands
- Major Professor: Sonny B. Ramaswamy
- Employment: Research Entomologist, USDA, ARS, Formosan Subterranean Termite Research Unit, New Orleans, LA
- Gothama, Anak Agung Agra - Ph.D. (Entomology) - December 1997
- Nonoccluded baculovirus pathogenic to the parasitoid microplitis croceipes : replication, histopathology, and effect on Heliothis virenscens and Heliocoverpa
- Major Professor: Peter P. Sikorowski
- Employment: unknown
- Hamadain, Elgenaid Ibrahim - Ph.D. (Entomology) - December 1997
- Susceptibility and the mechanisms underlying the relative tolerance to five organophosphorus insecticides in the heliothines
- Major Professor: Howard W. Chambers
- Employment: Biostatistician and Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
- Jost, Douglas James - Ph.D. (Entomology) - August 1997
- Soybean looper (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae) ovipositional preference, colonization, and dispersal behavior related to cotton and soybean crop phenology
- Major Professor: Henry N. Pitre
- Employment: Monsanto Inc., College Station, TX
- Chinta, Srinivas - Ph.D. (Entomology) - December 1996
- Ultrastructure and physiology of sense organs in the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) (Heteroptera : Miridae)
- Major Professor: Gerald T. Baker
- Employment: unknown
- Tisdale, Robert Allen - Ph.D. (Entomology) - May 1996
- Interaction between Nantucket pine tip moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and loblolly pine affected by differential availability of nutrients and water
- Major Professor: T. Evan Nebeker
- deceased
- Yuan, Jingzhen - Ph.D. (Entomology) - May 1996
- Toxicology and biochemistry of aliesterase inhibitors as synergists of organophosphorus, carbamate and pyrethroid insecticides in the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boheman)
- Major Professor: Howard W. Chambers
- Employment: University of Southern California, Arcadia, CA
- Mohamed, Rose Anne Ndanshau - Ph.D. (Plant Pathology) - December 1995
- Effects of Fusarium moniliforme, Tylenchorhynchus martini, and Pratylenchus scribneri alone and in combination on growth of grain sorghum
- Major Professor: Larry E. Trevathan
- Employment: unknown
- Moghal, Muhammad Saleem - Ph.D. (Entomology) - May 1995
- Temperature and host plant phenology effects on the development of Heliothis virescens (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) in field and laboratory
- Major Professor: John C. Schneider
- Employment: returned to Pakistan