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Education:
Ph.D. University of California, Davis; M.S., University of
California, Davis; B.S., University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez.
Areas of expertise include international agricultural development
and tropical agriculture
Research:
Conducts research on host plant resistance to insects, insect
vectors of plant pathogens, insect-host plant interactions,
and integration of host plant resistance and biological control.
Research activities also include the effects of crop, genotype,
and management practices on arthropod communities in agroecosystems.
Research in this area in Idaho includes effects of tillage
practices on ground-dwelling insect predators in wheat, barley
and pea fields, and in the surrounding landscape. Similar
questions will be addressed concerning arthropod communities
in tropical agroecosystems in Costa Rica. These last two emphasis
areas are part of a larger education and research project
funded by NSF IGERT at the University of Idaho and CATIE in
Costa Rica
Teaching:
Host plant resistance, Interdisciplinary research in biodiversity
conservation and sustainability
Advising:
Graduate major professor and graduate committee member
Adminstration:
Project Director, NSF IGERT Project
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