Arthropod Management and Landscape Considerations in Large-Scale Agroecosystems

Contributors
Foreword by George G. Kennedy
Foreword by Sanford D. Eigenbrode
Foreword by Silvia I. Rondon
Introduction

Section 1: concepts, opportunities, and challenges of arthropod management in large-scale agroecosystems
1) Influence of Spatial Scale on Landscape Effects Important to Arthropod Management --Gary L. Hein, Thomas W. Sappington, Ian MacRae
2) Pest Management for Spatially Variable Arthropod Pests in Large-scale Agroecosystems--Michael J. Brewer, Paul A. Umina, Norman C. Elliott

Section 2 case studies of arthropod management in context of spatial scale dynamics and ecological, agricultural, and socio-economic considerations
3) Landscape Considerations in Pest Management: Case Study of the Arizona Cotton IPM System--Steven E. Naranjo, Peter C. Ellsworth
4) Managing the Invasive Fall Armyworm in the Large- and Small-scale Maize Farming Landscapes of East and Southern Africa--Johnnie van den Berg, Hannalene du Plessis
5) Aphid Biological Control by Parasitoids in Winter Wheat and Canola in Heterogeneous Agricultural Landscapes--Norman C. Elliott, Kristopher Giles, Kristen Baum, Michael J. Brewer, Sarah Elzay, Tom Royer
6) Ecology of Aphid Parasitoids in Winter Wheat Habitats of the Southern Plains: How Latitude and Crop Diversity Influence Pest Management--Kristopher Giles, Norman C. Elliott, Tom Royer, Haley Butler, Nina Rudin
7) Cereal Aphids and Yellow Dwarf Viruses Among Wheat and Other Large-scale Agroecosystems of Central North America--Louis S. Hesler, Shannon L. Osborne
8) Natural Enemy Suppression Supplemented by Regional Pest Management for the Invasive Melanaphis sorghi, Sorghum Aphid, on Sorghum--Ashleigh M. Faris, Michael J. Brewer, Norman C. Elliott
9) Western Corn Rootworm Resistance to Bt Maize within the Midwestern Agricultural Landscape--Aaron J. Gassmann, Lance J. Meinke
10) Linking Corn Earworm Populations and Management to Landscapes Across North America--Anders S. Huseth, Dominic D. Reisig, William D. Hutchison
11) Nature’s Workforce: Understanding the Role of Wild Bees in Agroecosystems--Isaac L. Esquivel, Katherine A. Parys
12) Honey Beekeeping in Agricultural Landscapes: Addressing the Stresses of Pesticide Exposure and Limited Forage--Matthew E. O’Neal, Maura Hall

Section 3 information systems and molecular tools to advance arthropod management in large-scale agroecosystems
13) Future of Information Systems for Pest Management: Data Acquisition and Integration to Guiding Management Decisions--Mahendra Bhandari, Pankaj Pal, Michael J. Brewer
14) Past, Present, and Future Applications of Molecular Tools in Landscape-scale IPM: Fall Armyworm as a Case Study--Robert L. Meagher, Jr, Ashley E. Tessnow, Gregory A. Sword
Index

Michael J. Brewer

Michael J. Brewer, Ph.D. is Professor of Entomology. His research, outreach and teaching interests bridge across field crops entomology, applied ecology, and integrated pest management. His focus is on transforming research findings undergirded by population, landscape, and pest and invasive species ecology to arthropod pest management approaches suited to large scale agroecosystems. Dr. Brewer has published 140 articles and 10 book chapters. He is co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Economic Entomology.

Gary L. Hein

Gary L. Hein, Ph.D is Professor of Entomology and Director of the Doctor of Plant Health (DPH) Program. He has extensive experience in research and extension efforts across a diverse set of entomological problems in multiple crops. He now teaches and administers the DPH Program, an interdisciplinary professional program. His current research efforts focus on aspects of the biology and ecology of the wheat curl mite that impact the epidemiology of the three serious viruses that the mite transmits to wheat. Dr. Hein has published over 100 refereed articles, 8 book chapters, and over 100 Extension publications.