Biocontrol and Insect Pathology
Two of the current research projects in this area include those of Dr. Consuelo De Moraes, who is searching for the critical role of chemical communication in ecological interactions across trophic levels, and Dr. Jim Tumlinson, who is investigating the interactions among herbivorous insects, their host plants, and their natural enemies.
People specializing in this area
Faculty
Kelli Hoover, Ph.D.
Physiological mechanisms of resistance in gypsy moth to its host specific baculovirus; functions of key viral genes in pathogenesis and transmission of the gypsy moth baculovirus; biological control of hemlock woolly adelgid
