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.

Faculty

Mary Barbercheck, Ph.D.

Professor of Entomology

meb34@psu.edu
814-863-2982

Entomopathogenic nematodes and fungi; conservation biological control

Consuelo De Moraes, Ph.D.

Professor of Entomology

czd10@psu.edu
814-863-2867

Kelli Hoover, Ph.D.

Professor of Entomology

kxh25@psu.edu
814-863-6369

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