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Responsibilities
Research (50%) and Extension (50%): Pest management
of arthropod pests on tree fruits and vegetables.
Major research and extension programs include:
- Development and implementation of IPM programs
for selected fruits (apples and peaches) and vegetable
crops (fruiting vegetables and cucurbits).
- Mating disruption of Lepidopteran pests of apples.
- Resistance management of tortricid pests of apples.
- Population dynamics and resistance management
of spider mites on vegetables.
- Population dynamics and management of thrips
in relation to the epidemiology of tomato spotted
wilt virus.
- Evaluation of pesticides against pest and beneficial
arthropods.
Professional Experience
- Professor & Extension Specialist, NC State
Univ., 1997-present
- Associate Professor & Extension Specialist,
NC State Univ., 1992-97
- Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist,
NC State Univ., 1986-92
- Graduate Asst., Post-doctoral Res. Assoc., Univ.
Wisconsin, 1980-86
Education
- B.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison (Plant
Pathology), 1979
- M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison (Entomology),
1982
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison (Entomology),
1984
Link
Entomology section of the Apple
Production website: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/programs/apple/entomology/index.html
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
Phone: 828.684.3562 ~ Fax: 828.684.8715
Email: jim_walgenbach@ncsu.edu
Web Crafter: Anne S. Napier ~ Email: anne_napier@ncsu.edu
Updated June 9, 2009
