These individuals are willing to respond to specific questions in their area of expertise, or to provide referral to others in the pest management field. Please respect their schedules and limited ability to respond. Consider visiting their websites before contacting them directly.
One important source of information is your local Cooperative Extension Service office. Each U.S. state and territory has a state office at its land-grant university and a network of local or regional offices. See https://nifa.usda.gov/Extension for a listing of all offices.
Northeast Region
Mary Barbercheck
Department of Entomology 516 ASI Building
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-2982
meb34@psu.edu
Soil quality and arthropod diversity as it relates to management of insect pests. Biology and ecology of entomopathogenic (insect-parasitic) nematodes for management of soil-dwelling insect pests.
Brian Caldwell
Department of Horticulture
162 Plant Science
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Bac11@cornell.edu
607-254-8209
607-280-3652 – cell
Organic pest management for vegetables and fruit.
Ruth V. Hazzard
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Extension Agriculture and Landscape Program, Vegetable Team
Alternatives to insecticides for managing vegetable insects
North Central Region
Doug Landis
Michigan State University
Center for Integrated Plant Systems Lab
578 Wilson Road, Room 204
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 353-1829
landisd@msu.edu
Dale R. Mutch
Michigan State University
Mutchd@msue.msu.edu
Pest management in farming systems utilizing cover crops
Southern Region
David B. Orr
Dept. of Entomology
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7613
david_orr@ncsu.edu
Biological control of insects in field crops and organic production systems
Sharad C. Phatak, Ph.D.
Professor of Horticulture
100 Horticulture Building
4604 Research Way
University of Georgia
Tifton, GA 31793
(229) 386-3901
phatak@uga.edu
Sustainable farming systems, cropping systems, cover crops, conservation tillage and pest management, soil quality and pest management, non-chemical weed management.
