Extension Entomology

Extension Entomology

PersonnelPrograms

Future Plans

Objectives• Provide training opportunities for county agents that

will allow them to respond to entomological and pest management topics in their counties

• Develop creative high quality educational programs and materials that address the needs of Kentuckians

• Use innovative and traditional techniques to deliver the information

• Use well-designed applied research to provide answers to pest management

• To maintain high quality programs that stimulate interest in science and entomology among Kentucky youth

Ric Bessin

• Corn, vegetables, fruit• Biotechnology education• IR-4 Coordinator

Doug JohnsonPrinceton

• Soybean, small grains, stored grain • Insect identification – w Ky• State IPM Coordinator

Mike Potter

• Urban and structural pest control

Lee Townsend

• Alfalfa & forages, livestock, tobacco, turf & ornamentals

• Insect identification e and central Ky• State pesticide safety education coordinator

Specialists

Blake Newton 4H & Youth

Patty Lucas IPM

Bed bugs

• Management strategies – insecticides and non-chemical control (heat)

• Insecticide resistance in bed bugs• Differing sensitivities to bites among

individuals

Forages

• Sporadic black legume aphid infestations

• Greenbug – orchardgrass winter mortality

• Blister beetle – horse hay

Invasive InsectsForests and Landscapes

• Emerald ash borer

• Hemlock woolly adelgid

Pesticide Safety Education

• Private applicators – illegal uses of pesticides

• Commercial applicators – continuing education programs by self study

• Furadan-baited wildlife “control”

Small grains

• Aphids – barley yellow dwarf in wheat – insect control, aphid trapping

• Hessian fly management – fly free planting dates, insecticide treated seed for management, HF biotypes present in Ky

Soybean

• Impact of planting date and maturity group on soybean aphid

• $ return from insecticide applications

• Root mealybug

Ticks

• Spread of lone star tick• Management • Disease implications

Tobacco

• Insecticide residues – endosulfan• New insecticide groups• Systemic insecticides for aphid control –

potential for resistance• “Worm” control in tobacco