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Hooks Lab Published In Crop Protection

10/31/2018

 
​Hooks Lab has a new publication out in Crop Protection titled, “Can winter cover crop termination practices impact weed suppression, soil moisture, and yield in no-till soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]?” 
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View full paper at https://www.sciencedirect.com/…/artic…/pii/S0261219418303211

Rebecca Wilson-Ounekeo Successfully Defends Thesis

10/31/2018

 
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Congratulations Dr. Rebecca Wilson-Ounekeo (Lamp Lab), UMD ENTM Grad Program's newest Ph.D. graduate, for successfully defending her doctoral dissertation: "Spatial Distribution, Habitat Preference, and Societal Impact of the Nuisance Black Fly, Simulium jenningsi"

Check out a recent Entomology Seminar Blog post about her research. https://entomology.umd.edu/…/the-relationship-between-human…

Congratulations again & best of luck in all your future endeavors, wherever these may take you!

Paula Shrewsbury Published in Forests

10/31/2018

 
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Professor Dr. Paula M. Shrewsbury has a paper out in Forest. Her research compares methods for monitoring establishment of the Emerald Ash Borer.

Check out full article, "Comparing Methods for Monitoring Establishment of the Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis, Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Egg Parasitoid Oobius agrili (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in Maryland, USA" at
https://doi.org/10.3390/f9100659

Karin Burghardt Quoted In Popular Science

10/31/2018

 
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​UMD Assistant Professor, Karin Burghardt quoted in Popular Science. She comments on a new study out from the University of Delaware that researched the effects of native plant species on a specific species of bird.

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“We think about birds [in human landscapes] as mostly needing birdseed,” Burghardt says. But work over the past decade paints a different picture, one that points to the importance of insects for many. However, the vast majority of plant-eating insects are evolved to only eat a small number of native plants, which means that in gardens without the foliage of choice, they’re not around.

For human gardeners, as well, introducing native plants and seeing the wildlife—from caterpillars and other insects to birds—they attract can be “a pretty rewarding process,” Burghardt says.​

Read full article here.

Spotted Lanternfly Spotted in MD!

10/31/2018

 
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​Confirma
tion of the spotted lanternfly in MD has Farms asking what this means for MD crops. For answers, they turn to, UMD Assistant Professor, Kelly Hamby. 

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“This insect seems to cluster in big groups,” Hamby told Farms.com. “They pierce the plant tissue and sucks out the juices of the plant and filters the good stuff for themselves. While that’s going on, the insects also getting rid of the juices they don’t want.
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“The excreted substance is called honeydew, and that can cause a lot of secondary problems because it can promote mold growth.”
Read full article here.



Anahí Espíndola Published in Annals of the Entomological Society of America

10/31/2018

 
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​Professor Dr. Anahí Espíndola has a  paper out in Annals of the Entomological Society of America.  

Check out full article, "The Relationship Between Pollinator Visits and Climatic Suitabilities in Specialized Pollination Interactions" at
https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/say042

Alina Avanesyan Published in Plants

10/31/2018

 
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​ENTM Postdoc, Dr. Alina Avanesyan has a review paper out in Plants.  This review looks into the feeding preferences of acridid grasshoppers on native vs. introduced plants.

Check out full article, "Should I Eat or Should I Go? Acridid Grasshoppers and Their Novel Host Plants: Potential for Biotic Resistance" at
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants7040083. 

Megan Fritz Published in Insect Systematics and Diversity

10/30/2018

 
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​Dr. Megan Fritz has a new publication out in Insect Systematics and Diversity.

Check out full article, “Opening the Door to the Past: Accessing Phylogenetic, Pathogen, and Population Data From Museum Curated Bees” at
​​https://academic.oup.com/isd/article-abstract/2/5/4/5133258?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Pick Lab Contributes to Paper Published in the New England Journal of Medicine

10/16/2018

 
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The Pick Lab contributed to a new paper published on October 10th in the New England Journal of Medicine (link below), specifically to disease testing in the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. Contributing authors from Pick Lab: Leslie Pick (professor & Chair), Alys Jarvela (postdoc ENTM) & Bijal Kikani (Undergraduate Biological Sciences Major). The paper was covered by the Associated Press.

Publication: "Effect of Genetic Diagnosis on Patients with Previously Undiagnosed Disease"

Galen Dively Shared Recommendations on Fall Armyworm with United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization - U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome

10/8/2018

 
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​Fall Armyworms are spreading fast across Africa, devastating crops. The U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food & Agriculture is looking for ways to help control the pest. This Sept, they invited Dr. Galen Dively to share his expertise in pest management. After traveling to observe the spread of the Fall Armyworm in Malawi & Ghana, Dively shared his recommendations at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome. 

Read the full USUN news release 
here. 

Hitting the Weak Spot: Biologically based pest management of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

10/8/2018

 
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Written by: Maggie Lewis. Maggie is a second year PhD student in the Hamby lab who is currently studying the interactions between spotted wing drosophila and yeast and fungal microbes. 

In agriculture, understanding an insect’s biology is a crucial aspect for developing and improving sustainable agricultural pest management programs. Knowledge of basic aspects of an insect’s life history, including its phenology, its behavioral ecology, and its interactions with the environment, provide clues that can help growers identify and exploit that pest’s weakness. Dr. Anne Nielsen, an associate professor in the Department of Entomology at Rutgers University, is currently studying how we can use this biologically based approach to improve management of Halyomorpha halys, more commonly known as the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB).


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New Publication Featuring Fossils from Calvert Cliffs

10/1/2018

 
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Congratulations to Brett Kent on his latest publication, “The Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA”, published on Sept. 25th in Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.

Over 100 years have passed since the last comprehensive review of fossils from Calvert Cliffs was published.  This new publication updates us on the new discoveries found among the cliffs.  Within this multi-authored volume, “Bretton W. Kent describes the cartilaginous fish fauna, consisting of 54 species—3 ratfishes, 39 sharks, and 12 skates and rays—a fauna rich in large predatory sharks and large neritic rays. In an addendum to Kent’s chapter, he and David J. Ward describe a new species of giant thresher shark with serrated teeth.”
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Read the full release here.

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