Please donβt reach out to me on this platform as Iβm done using it for the foreseeable future. Professor of Entomology for the University of Nebraska.
Massive thanks to @true_bug for having me out last week to visit with @UNL_IANR's Doctor of Plant Health program students and catch up with old friends. Jeff and I go way back to our @iastate_cals days, and @JodyBugsMeUNL and I have been in Extension circles for YEARS.
Dr. David Coyle's presentation was fun to learn more about invasive species in tree. Climate change is real!π₯ Invited by the Doctor of Plant Health Program @true_bug@UNLdph@UNL_PlantPath
Just wrapped up an incredible @EntsocAmerica 24 Annual Meeting in AZ. Feeling excited to be organizing the @ncbesa. See you in Lincoln, NE! π½ππ
Finally published a project with @PetersonInsects , @BobWrightUNL , and several other wonderful people. In summary: maintaining a miniature wasp colony for deployment toward the biological control of western bean cutworm in western Nebraska was difficult. academic.oup.com/ee/advance-β¦
Congratulations to all of our students at the ESA convention!
1st Place: Natasha Umezu, Kristin Stark, Sanket Shinde, Bhawana Regmi, Ricardo Fuchs de Pinho, Xixian Ng, Nikhitha Gangavarapu
2nd Place: Natalie M. Johnston, Emile Dayara Rabelo Santana, Hannah Stowe, Kashish Verma
Stick around #EntSoc24 and attend our member symposium at the @EntsocAmerica Annual Meeting! Join us November 13 in Phoenix, AZ to learn and discuss western bean cutworm management. Graphical notes taken by Justine LaViolette, linkedin.com/in/justine-a-la⦠AND maybe win a tumbler!
Climate issues abound to be sure and plant breeding research in that realm is needed. Also, pesticide safety education and the means to afford PPE for pesticide users! apnews.com/article/climate-cβ¦
βIf it has a glamorous aura, if its practitioners are prizewinners who receive large grants, stay away from that subject.β β E.O. Wilson. I should be set for the rest of my career if I stick with insect management in semi-arid cropping systems. π
PSA: The face of a cudgel. @Apple store βhelpβ wants me to send this off old watch to PAY their tech service to upgrade it. No. Your βupgradeβ rendered it useless.
Peer review is known to be flawed. Now, one of its major weaknesses - sheer bad manners on the part of the reviewer - has been highlighted by a UK-based publisher go.nature.com/4ewsVp9