Dr. Eric B. Jang –
Supervisory Research Entomologist and Research Leader with USDA-ARS, U.S.
Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center. The Entomological Foundation's 2004 Awards:
Integrated Pest Management Team Award
(sponsored by
Dow AgroSciences)
This annual award recognizes the successful efforts of a team approach to pest control of any number of individuals but must include one entomologist from the private sector and one from the public sector. The focus of the award is teamwork and project success. The award, which will be given to each team member, will consist of an inscribed award.
The Hawaii Fruit Fly Area-wide Pest Management team has developed the first successful area-wide control program for four exotic fruit fly species in Hawaii. The program components include grower education and extension, field sanitation, species specific traps, baits and lures, male annihilation, and releases of parasitic wasps and sterile flies rather than depending on conventional widespread chemical pesticide use.
The team consists of nine members:
Dr. Eric B. Jang –
Supervisory Research Entomologist and Research Leader with USDA-ARS, U.S.
Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center.
Dr.
Robert M. Faust – Senior National Program Leader with USDA-ARS, National Program
Staff.
Dr. Ronald F. L.
Mau – Professor and Extension Specialist in Entomology with the University of
Hawaii at Manoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Department
of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences.
Dr.
Gary D. Thompson – Technical Expert- Insect Traits with Dow AgroSciences.
Dr. Roger I.
Vargas – Research Entomologist and Areawide Coordinator with USDA-ARS, U. S.
Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center.
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Dr.
Lyle Wong – Plant Industry Administrator with the Plant Industry Division,
Hawaii Department of Agriculture.
Dr.
Carroll Calkins – Retired (USDA-ARS)
Dr. Dennis Gonsalves – Director,
USDA-ARS Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center
Mr. Stuart Stein – Director, USDA-APHIS Hawaii fruit fly
production facility, Waimanalo, HI
Previous IPM Team Award winners 2003
The Texas Imported Fire Ant Research and Management
Team
Ray Frisbie, Brad Vinson, Harlan Thorvilson, Larry Gilbert,
Bart Drees, David Kostroun, Mark Forgason and Doug VanGundy
Forward to The Larry Larson Graduate Student Award for Leadership in Applied Entomology
Back to main 2004 Entomological Foundation Awards page