Wilma Vanessa Aponte-Cordero
- Graduate Student
University Park, PA 16802
Education:
- B.S. Pest Management, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
- M.S. Entomology, Pennsylvania State University
- Ph.D. degree candidate in Entomology
Biography:
Ph.D. project at Penn State:
I work on understanding the role of elicitors in field agricultural systems and how salicylic acid and methyl jasmonate hormones induction benefit or affect field crops.
Advisers : Dr. Gary Felton & Dr. Shelby Fleischer
Study Abroad SUSPROT Program: Fall 2007
I worked with Drs. Nina E. Fatouros and Joop van Loon at Wageningen University and tested the parasitoid, Trichogramma brassicae, response to Brussels sprout leaf samples that had defensive chemicals activated by egg laying of the white cabbage butterfly at different time periods.
Research Interests:
My research interests are Insect Plant Interactions, Integrated Pest Management.
Selected Awards:
Asa Fitch Memorial Award - March 2007
Sloan Scholar Award - August 2005
Outstanding Graduate Student Award - March 2005
