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  • Mile-a-Minute Weed
  For More Information:
Dr. Judy Hough-Goldstein,
Dept. Entomology & Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware
email: jhough@udel.edu
 


People

LAB GROUP PHOTO (2008) - pdf

Director
Dr. Judy Hough-Goldstein

Staff
Kimberly Shropshire
(part-time with this lab)

Kiri Joy Cutting
(lab manager)


Graduate Student Researchers:

Current:

Scott Berg, MS in progress
e-mail: shberg@udel.edu

Former:

Lake, Ellen C. (PhD, 2011). Biological control of mile-a-minute weed, Persicaria perfoliata, and integrating weed management techniques to restore invaded sites.

Cutting, Kiri J. (MS, 2011). An integrated approach to the restoration of areas invaded by mile-a-minute weed (Persicaria perfoliata) using biological control and herbaceous native seeding.

Frye, Matthew J. (PhD, 2010). Response of kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) to different types and levels of simulated insect herbivore damage.

Ellen C. Lake (MS, 2007). Dispersal, establishment, and impact of the mile-a-minute weevil, Rhinoncomimus latipes Korotyaev (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): a two-year study in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Frye, Matthew J. (MS, 2006). Biology and host specificity of Gonioctena tredecimmaculata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a potential biological control agent for kudzu.

Ballard, Meg (MS, 2006). Differences in insect populations on native and alien plants in an early successional community.

Colpetzer, Keith E. (MS, 2003). An evaluation of the Asian weevil, Homorosoma Chinese Wagner (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a potential biological control agent of mile-a-minute weed, Polygonum perfoliatum L. (Polygonales: Polygonaceae).

Price, Dana L. (MS, 2001). Biology and host specificity of Timandra griseata Peterson (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and Homorosoma chinensis Wagner (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), candidate biological control agents for mile-a-minute weed, Polygonum perfoliatum L. (Polygonaceae).

Undergraduates

Current:

Jeffery Smith

Former:

Joseph Thomas

Liz Drummond

Kelsey Paras

Shane LaCoss

Rachel Schnaitman

Brian Butterworth
Jason Graham
Jamie Pool