Entomology: Personnel
Entomology Faculty
Michael D. Toews (CV)Assistant Professor of Entomology Contact InformationAddress: Department of Entomology Phone: 229-386-3149 |
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Research Overview
I direct an applied research program based on developing ecologically based strategies for sustainable pest management of cotton insect pests. Our primary model system is the southern green stink bug, but we also work with other stink bugs, thrips, whiteflies, and the bollworm/tobacco budworm complex. Current research projects include aspects of insect behavior, sampling, monitoring, population ecology, basic biology, and movement within the farmscape.
Extension Overview
I also have an Extension appointment to address grain and legume storage issues and insect management in food processing facilities.
Teaching Overview
Dr. Darold Batzer and I co-teach Insect Ecology (ENTO 8500-8500L), offered during the fall semester of odd-numbered years. This class covers ecology of insects in natural and managed ecosystems. The prerequisite is ENTO 4000/6000-4000/6000L or permission of department.
Stored Product Extension
Stored Product Pesticide Recommendations
Personnel
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Summer 2011 |
Post Docs
Graduate Student Committees
Ta-I Huang (dai7030@uga.edu)
Grant Pilkay (gpilkay@clemson.edu)
Ishakh Pulakkatu thodi (ishakpt@uga.edu)
Lab Personnel
J. David Griffin, Research Technician II (dlk@uga.edu)
Barry Luke, Biological Technician (bluke3@stallions.abac.edu)
Annie Horak, Biological Technician (horak.annie@yahoo.com)
Jamal Hunter, Biological Technician (jhunter7@stallions.abac.edu)
Former Lab Members
Miguel Ferreira Soria, 2011, Visiting Graduate Student
John Herbert, 2009-2011, Post Doc
Wesley Stephens, 2010-2011, Research Technician III
Breanna Daniel, 2011, Student Worker
Kevin Frizzel, 2010, Student Worker
Jessica Corbett, 2007-2009, Student Worker
Blake Crabtree, 2007-2009, Student Worker
Anna Perrin, 2009, GIFT Teaching Fellow
Alton Hudgins, 2007-2008, Research Technician
Seth Hamer, 2008, Student Worker
Rebecca Luke, 2007, Student Worker
Publications
Peer Reviewed Research Publications (last five years)
Asterisks (*) designate manuscripts written by graduate students or post docs in my lab
Edde, P.A., M.D. Toews, and T.W. Phillips. 2011. Effects of various semiochemicals on the responses of Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) to pheromone traps in the field. Annals of the Entomology Society of America 104: 1297-1302.
Xia, J., A. Mustafic, M. D. Toews, and M. A. Haidekker. 2011. Sink bug feeding induces fluorescence in developing cotton bolls. Journal of Biological Engineering 5:11, available online http://www.jbioleng.org.content/5/1/11.
*Herbert, J.J and M.D. Toews. 2011. Seasonal abundance and population structure of the brown stink bug in farmscapes containing corn, cotton, peanut and soybean. Annals of the Entomological Association of America 104: 909-918.
Adedoyin, A., C. Li and M.D. Toews. 2010. Characterization of single cotton fibers using a laser diffraction system. Textile Research Journal 81: 355-367.
Toews, M.D., R.S. Tubbs, D.Q. Wann, and D. Sullivan. 2010. Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) mitigation in seedling cotton using strip tillage and winter cover crops. Pest Management Science 66: 1089-1095.
Toews, M.D., J.F. Campbell, and F.H. Arthur. 2010. The presence of flour affects the efficacy of aerosolized insecticides used to treat the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Journal of Insect Science 10:196 available online: www.insectscience.org/10.196.
Reeves, R. B. J. K. Greene, F.P.F. Reay-Jones, M. D. Toews, and P. D. Gerard. 2010. Effects of adjacent habitat on populations of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in cotton as part of a variable agricultural landscape in South Carolina. Environmental Entomology 39:1420-1427.
Reay-Jones, F.P.F., M. D. Toews, J. K. Greene, and R. B. Reeves. 2010. Spatial dynamics of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and associated boll injury in southeastern cotton fields. Environmental Entomology 39:956-969.
Campbell, J.F., M.D. Toews, F.H. Arthur, and R.T. Arbogast. 2010. Long term monitoring of Tribolium castaneum in two flour mills: seasonal patterns and impact of fumigation. Journal of Economic Entomology 103:991-1001.
Campbell, J.F., M.D. Toews, F.H. Arthur, and R.T. Arbogast. 2010. Long term monitoring of Tribolium castaneum populations in two flour mills: rebound after fumigation. Journal of Economic Entomology 103:525-532.
Reay-Jones, F.P.F., M. D. Toews, J. K. Greene, and R. B. Reeves. 2010. Development of sampling plans for cotton bolls injured by stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 103: 252-532.
Reay-Jones, F.P.F., J. K. Greene, M. D. Toews, and R. B. Reeves. 2009. Sampling stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) for population estimation and pest management in southeastern cotton production. Journal of Economic Entomology 102:2360-2370.
Nansen, C., P. Flinn, D. Hagstrum, M. D. Toews, and W. G. Meikle. 2009. Interspecific associations among stored grain beetles. Journal of Stored Products Research 45:254-260.
Toews, M. D. and W. D. Shurley. 2009. Crop juxtaposition affects cotton fiber quality in Georgia farmscapes. Journal of Economic Entomology 102:1515-1522.
Toews, M. D., E. L. Blinka, J. W. Van Duyn, D. A. Herbert Jr., J. S. Bacheler, P. M. Roberts and J. K. Greene. 2009. Fidelity of external boll feeding lesions to internal damage for assessing stink bug damage in cotton. Journal of Economic Entomology 102:1344-1351.
Toews, M. D., F. H. Arthur, and J. F. Campbell. 2009. Monitoring flour beetles in pilot-scale warehouses treated with ?-cyfluthrin: are residual insecticides and trapping compatible? Bulletin of Entomological Research. 99: 121-129.
Jia, F., M. D. Toews, J. F. Campbell, and S. B. Ramaswamy. 2008. Survival and reproduction of the lesser grain borer, Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) on flora associated with native habitats in Kansas. Journal of Stored Products Research. 44: 366-372.
Toews, M. D., J. Perez-Mendoza, J. E. Throne, F. E. Dowell, E. B. Maghirang, F. H. Arthur and J. F. Campbell. 2007. Rapid assessment of insect fragments in flour milled from wheat infested with known densities of immature and adult Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 100: 1714-1723.
Subramanyam, Bh., M. D. Toews, K. E. Ileleji, D. E. Maier, G. D. Thompson, and T. J. Pitts. 2007. Evaluation of spinosad as a grain protectant on three Kansas farms. Crop Protection. 26: 1021-1030.
Patents
Haidekker, M. A., M. D. Toews, and J. Xia. 2010. Non-invasive methods and apparatus for detecting insect-induced damage in a plant. Full patent application to United States Patent and Trademark Office, serial no. 61/206,484 (January 30).