Crops Studied

- Corn

- Sorghum

- Soybeans

- Sunflowers

 -Wheat

Insects Studied

Dectes texanus stem borer

Greenbug

Lady beetles

Russian wheat aphid

Spider mites

Sunflower moth

Sunflower stem weevil

Current Research Topics

Larry Buschman:      soybean resistance to Dectes texanus

                                    chemical control of Dectes texanus on soybean

                                    control of spider mites on corn

J.P. Michaud:            biological control of aphids

                                    behavior and life history of ladybeetles

                                    cultural control of Dectes texanus on sunflowers