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Paul J. McLeod
Professor
Vegetable Entomology |
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| CONTACT
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| ADDRESS: |
Department
of Entomology
319 Agriculture Building
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701 |
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| PHONE: |
479.575.3397
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| FAX: |
479.575.3348 |
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pjmcleod@uark.edu |
| WEBSITE: |
http://comp.uark.edu/~pjmcleod/
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EDUCATION:
- B. S.,
Zoology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 1973
- M. S.,
Entomology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 1976
- Ph.D.,
Entomology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 1984
GENERAL
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Vegetable
and Field Corn Entomology
SPECIFIC
AREAS OF RESEARCH:
- Development
of an IPM program for green peach aphid in spinach.
- Refinement
and implementation of an IPM program for managing corn earworm
on snap bean.
- Elucidation
of the epidemiology of potyviruses in cucurbits.
- Research
on field corn insects.
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS:
- McLeod,
P.J. 2000. Comparison of insect sampling techniques in snap
bean. J. of Vegetable Crop Production 6: 37-43.
- Rafie,
A., J. Diaz and P.J. McLeod. 2000. Effects of forage groundnut,
Arachis pintoi, used as a ground cover in reducing the
sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci , and associated
gemini virus disease in bell pepper in Honduras. Tropical Agri.
76: 208-211.
- McLeod,
P.J., and D.C. Steinkraus. 1999. Influence of irrigation and
fungicide sprays on prevalence of Erynia neopahidis infections
of green peach aphids on spinach. J. Agri. and Urban Entomol.
16: 279-284.
- McLeod,
P.J., D. C. Steinkraus,, J. C. Correll, and T. E. Morelock.
1998. Prevalence of Erynia neoaphidis infections of green
peach aphid on spinach in the Arkansas River Valley. Environ.
Entomol. 27: 796-800.
- Sweeden,
M. B., and P. J. McLeod. 1997. Systemic toxicity and field efficacy
of imidacloprid, pymetrozine, and triazamate against Myzus
persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae) on spinach. J.
Agri. Entomol. 14: 421-433.
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