## Tracy Christine Leskey

# Education and Degrees

2000. **Ph.D. Entomology.** The University of Massachusetts at Amherst,
      Amherst MA 01003. Dissertation: Olfactory and Visual Stimuli
      Guiding Adult Plum Curculios, *Conotrachelus nenuphar* (Herbst)
      (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), to Host Plants.

1992-1995 **M.S. Ecology.** The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park PA

> 16802\. Thesis: Influence of flowering of *Acer saccharum* Marsh. on
>
> reproduction of *Taeniothrips inconsequens* (Uzel) (Thysanoptera:
>
> Thripidae).

1986-1990 **B.S. Biology.** Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA. 17201.

> Honors Project: Concretions in Malphigian tubules in an
>
> unidentified species of cranefly (Diptera: Tipulidae): light and
> transmission electron microscopy studies.

# Research Experience

2000-Present **Research Entomologist.** USDA-ARS. Appalachian Fruit
Research

> Station. Kearneysville, WV 25430. Duties include conducting research
> concerning behavioral and chemical ecology of key insect pests
> associated with deciduous tree fruit production.

1995-2000 **Research Assistant.** University of Massachusetts at
Amherst, Amherst

> MA 01003. Cooperated on numerous behavioral ecology-based research
> projects as a graduate student.

1994 **Pennsylvania State Project Coordinator.** North American Maple

> Decline Project. Collaborative project among researchers from
> northeastern and northern central United States and Canada assessing
> long term sugar maple health. Conducted and supervised extensive field
> surveys in forested plots throughout Pennsylvania and New York.

1992-1995 **Research Assistant.** The Pennsylvania State University
16802. Cooperated on field-based ecological research projects associated
as a graduate student.

1990-1992 **Environmental Consultant.** Cumberland Analytical
Laboratories,

> Chambersburg, PA 17201. Collected and analyzed air samples for
> airborne particulates. Conducted on-site inspections for compliance
> with environmental codes.

# Teaching Experience

2007 **Instructor**. Potomac Valley Audubon Society. Provided lecture
and field activity on insects and other arthropods to West Virginia
Master Naturalist Class participants.

2002-Present **Adjunct Faculty.** Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, Department of Entomology, Blacksburg VA 24061.
Currently serve as co-supervisor for one and have served as a committee
member for several graduate students.

2001-Present **Guest Lecturer and Internship Supervisor.** Shepherd
University, Shepherdstown WV 25430. Presented lecture and laboratory
material on subject of behavioral ecology to students in the
Environmental Science program and served as Internship Supervisor for
students in Biology and Environmental Science programs.

1999-2000 **Adjunct Lecturer**. Curry College, Milton, MA 02186.
Environmental

> Science. Taught introductory environmental science course to students
> in
>
> the Continuing Education Program (4 semesters).

1997-1999 **Lecturer.** University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst,
MA

> 01003\. Insects and Human Society. Taught over 100 non-science major
>
> undergraduates required general education course (2 semesters).

1996-1999 **Guest Lecturer.** University of Massachusetts at Amherst,
Amherst, MA 01003. Integrated Pest Management. Lectured on the topic of
integrated pest management in the urban environment (4 semesters).

1995-2000 **Research Supervisor.** University of Massachusetts at
Amherst, Amherst

> MA 01003. Trained undergraduate research technicians to conduct
> numerous laboratory and field experiments.

1994-1995 **Teaching Assistant.** The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park,

> PA 16802. Forest Pest Management. Responsible for all laboratory
> presentations and activities. Presented lectures. Prepared and graded
> quizzes, lab practicals and portions of lecture exams (2 semesters).

1988-1990 **Peer Tutor.** Learning Resources Center, Wilson College,
Chambersburg,

> PA 17201. Tutored students in biology, chemistry, and mathematics
> courses (4 semesters).

# Refereed Publications

1\. **Leskey, T.C.,** D.A.J. Teulon and E.A. Cameron. 1997. Effects of
temperature and pollen on fecundity and longevity of *Taeniothrips
inconsequens* (Uzel). **Environnemental** **Entomology**. 26(3):
566-571.

2\. Teulon, D.A.J., **T.C. Leskey** and E.A. Cameron. 1998. Pear thrips
(Thysanoptera: Thripidae) life history and population dynamics in sugar
maple in Pennsylvania. **Bulletin of Entomological Research**. 88:
83-92.

3\. Prokopy, R.J., M. Marsello, **T.C. Leskey**, & S.E. Wright. 1999.
Evaluation of pyramid traps for monitoring plum curculio adults in apple
orchards. **Journal of Entomological Science**. 34: 144-153.

4\. Prokopy, R.J., C.B. Wirth and **T.C. Leskey**. 1999. Movement of
plum curculio adults toward host trees and traps: flight versus
crawling. **Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata.** 91: 385-392.

5\. **Leskey, T.C.** and R.J. Prokopy. 2000. Sources of apple odor
attractive to adult plum

curculios. **Journal of Chemical Ecology.** 26: 639-653.

6\. Prokopy, R.J., **Leskey, T.C**., J. Piñero, and J. Rull. 2000.
Managing agricultural pests. **Issues Science and Technology**. 16:
11-12.

7\. Mayer, D., L. Long, T. Smith, J. Olsen, H. Riedl, R. Heath, **T.
Leskey**, and R. Prokopy. 2000. Attraction of adult *Rhagoletis
indifferens* to unbaited and odor-baited red spheres and yellow
rectangles. **Journal of Economic Entomology**. 93:347-351.

8\. Prokopy, R.J., B.W. Chandler, **T.C. Leskey**, and S.E. Wright.
2000. Comparison of traps for monitoring plum curculio adults
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in apple orchards. **Journal of
Entomological Science**. 35(4): 411-420.

9.**Leskey, T.C.,** R.J. Prokopy, S.E. Wright, P.L Phelan. L.W. Haynes.
2001. Evaluation of individual components of plum odor as potential
attractants for adult plum curculios. **Journal of Chemical Ecology**.
27(1): 1-17.

10\. **Leskey, T.C.** and R.J. Prokopy. 2001. Adult plum curculio
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) attraction to fruit and conspecific odors.
**Annals of the Entomological Society of America.** 94(2): 275-288.

11\. Prokopy, R.J., P.L. Phelan, S.E. Wright, A. Minalga, R. Barger and
**T.C. Leskey**. 2001. Compounds from host fruit odor attractive to plum
curculio adults (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). **Journal of Entomological
Science**. 36(2): 122-134.

12\. **Leskey, T.C.** and R.J. Prokopy. 2002. A branch-mimicking trap
for capturing adult plum curculios (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
**Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata**. 102: 253-259.

13\. **Leskey, T.C.** and J. C. Bergh. 2003. A simple character for sex
differentiation of pupae and pupal exuvia of the dogwood borer,
*Synanthedon scitula* (Harris). Florida **Entomologist**. 86: 379-381.

14\. **Leskey, T.C.** and R.J. Prokopy. 2003. Influence of barometric
pressure on plum curculio olfactory discrimination and oviposition
behavior. **European Journal of Entomology**. 100: 517-520.

15\. Bergh, J. C. and **T. C. Leskey**. 2003. Biology, ecology and
management of dogwood borer, *Synanthedon scitula* (Harris) in eastern
apple orchards. **The Canadian Entomologist**. 135: 1-21.

16\. **Leskey, T. C.** and S. E. Wright. 2004. Monitoring plum curculio
populations in apple and peach orchards in the mid-Atlantic. **Journal
of Economic Entomology**. 97: 79-88.

17\. Bergh, J.C, **T. C. Leskey** and A. Zhang. 2004. Discrimination by
male dogwood borer, *Synanthedon scitula* (Harris) among traps baited
with commercially available pheromone lures in apple orchards. **Journal
of Economic Entomology**. 97: 344-352.

18\. **Leskey, T. C**. and S. E. Wright. 2004. Influence of host tree
proximity on adult plum curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) responses
to monitoring traps. **Environmental Entomology**. 33: 389-396.

19\. **Leskey, T. C.** and H. W. Hogmire. 2005. Monitoring stink bugs in
mid-Atlantic apple and peach orchards. **Journal of Economic
Entomology.** 98: 143-153.

20\. **Leskey, T.C**., A. Zhang, and M. Herzog. 2005. Non-fruiting Host
Tree Volatile Blends: Novel Attractants for the Plum Curculio
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae). **Environmental Entomology**. 34: 785-793.

21\. **Leskey, T. C.** and J. C. Bergh. 2005. Factors promoting
infestation in newly planted, non-bearing apple orchards by dogwood
borer, *Synanthedon scitula* (Harris) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). **Journal
of Economic Entomology.** 98: 2121-2132.

22\. Zhang, A., **T.C. Leskey**, J.C. Bergh and J.F. Walgenbach. 2005.
Sex pheromone of the dogwood borer, *Synanthedon scitula* (Harris).
**Journal of Chemical Ecology**. 31: 2463-2479.

23\. **Leskey, T. C**. 2006. Visual cues and capture mechanisms
associated with traps for plum curculios (Coleoptera Curculionidae).
**Journal of Entomological Science**. 41: 97-106.

24\. Hogmire, H.W. and **T.C. Leskey**. 2006. An improved trap for
monitoring stink bugs in apple and peach orchards. **Journal of
Entomological Scienc**e. 41: 9-21.

25\. Bergh, J. C., **T. C. Leskey**, J.M. Sousa, and A. Zhang. 2006.
Diel periodicity of emergence and premating reproductive behaviors of
adult dogwood borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). **Environmental
Entomology**. 35: 435-442

26\. **Leskey, T. C**., J.C. Bergh, J.F. Walgenbach, and A. Zhang. 2006.
Attractiveness and specificity of pheromone-baited traps for male
dogwood borer, *Synanthedon scitula* (Harris) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae).
**Environmental Entomology.** 35: 268-275.

27\. **Leskey, T.C**. and S.E. Wright. 2007. Host preference of the plum
curculio. **Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata**. 123: 217-227

28\. **Leskey, T.C.** and A. Zhang. 2007. Impact of Temperature on Plum
Curculio, *Conotrachelus nenuphar* (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Responses to Odor-Baited Traps. **Journal of Economic Entomology**. 100:
343-349.

29\. Myers, C.T., **T.C. Leskey**, and P.L. Forsline. 2007.
Susceptibility of fruit from diverse apple and crabapple germplasm to
attack from plum curculio, *Conotrachelus nenuphar* (Herbst). **Journal
of Economic Entomology.** 100: 1663-1671.

30\. **Leskey, T.C**. and H.W. Hogmire. 2007. Response of the Brown
Stink Bug, *Euschistus servus* (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) to the
Aggregation Pheromone, Methyl (2E,4Z)-Decadienoate. **Journal of
Entomological Science**. (in press).

31\. **Leskey, T.C.** 2008. Phenology of ovarian development of female
plum curculio: presence of multivoltine populations. **Journal of
Entomological Science.** 43: 208-216.

32\. **Leskey, T.C**., J.C. Piñero, S. Wood, and R.J. Prokopy. 2008.
Odor baited trap trees: a potential management tool for the plum
curculio. **Journal of Economic Entomology.** 101: 1302-1309..

33\. **Leskey,** T.C., J.C. Bergh, J.F. Walgenbach, A. Zhang.
Pheromone-based management strategies for the dogwood borer, Synanthedon
scitula (Harris). **Environmental Entomology** (accepted)

**Patent**

2005 Female Sex Pheromone Of The Dogwood Borer (DWB), *Synanthedon
scitula*,

> and Attraction Inhibitor (Antagonist). A. Zhang, **T.C. Leskey**, and
> J.C. Bergh.
>
> Status: Patent Application Filed

# Book Chapters

1\. **Leskey, T.C**., D.A.J. Teulon & E.A. Cameron. 1995. Position and
abundance of pear thrips

eggs in sugar maple flowering and vegetative buds. pp. 93-95. *In*:
**Thrips Biology and**

**Management**, Parker, B.L., M. Skinner & T. Lewis (eds.). NATO ASI
Series A, Life

Sciences, Vol. 276. Plenum Press, New York.

2\. **Leskey, T. C**. 2003. Insects and Mites*. In*: **Concise
Encyclopedia of Temperate Zone Tree Fruits**. Baugher, T. and S. Singha,
eds. Haworth Press, Inc.

3\. **Leskey, T. C**. 2003. Sustainable Orcharding. *In*: **Concise
Encyclopedia of Temperate Zone Tree Fruits**. Baugher, T. and S. Singha,
eds. Haworth Press, Inc.

4\. **Leskey, T. C**. 2003. Plant-Pest Relationships and the Orchard
Ecosystem. In: **Concise Encyclopedia of Temperate Zone Tree Fruits**.
Baugher, T. and S. Singha, eds. Haworth Press, Inc.

5\. Vincent, C., Chouinard, G. and **T. C. Leskey.** 2004. The plum
curculio, *Conotrachelus*

*nenuphar* Herbst. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). In: **Encyclopedia of
Entomology**, J. L.

Capinera ed. Kluwer Press, Inc.

6\. **Leskey, T.C**., G. Chouinard, and C. Vincent. 2009. In:
**Biorational Tree Fruit Management**. M. Aluja, T.C. Leskey and C.
Vincent, eds. CABI Press. (submitted).

# Extension and Proceedings Publications

1\. **Leskey, T**., C. Bramlage, L. Phelan & R. Prokopy. 1996. Can
sprays of fatty acids repel

plum curculios? **Fruit Notes.** 61(1):8.

2**. Leskey, T**., C. Bramlage, L. Phelan & R. Prokopy. 1996. Attraction
of plum curculio to host

plant and pheromonal extracts. **Fruit Notes.** 61(1): 5-7.

3\. Prokopy, R., K. Leahy, **T. Leskey** & C. Bramlage. 1996. Plum
curculio responses to

unbaited Tedders traps. **Fruit Notes**. 61(1): 1-3.

4\. **Leskey, T.**, M. Bakis, H. Gagne, L. Phelan and R. Prokopy. 1997.
Petal fall is the most attractive development stage of McIntosh trees to
plum curculio adults. **Fruit Notes.** 62: 13-15.

5\. Prokopy, R. and **T. Leskey**. 1997. Do natural sources of odor
enhance plum curculio attraction to traps? **Fruit Notes**. 62: 9-12.

6\. Prokopy, R.J., S.E. Wright, **T.C. Leskey**, and P.L. Phelan. 1997.
Toward development of an effective trap to monitor plum curculio: 1996
Results. In: **Proceedings of the 1997 New England Fruit Meetings.**
103: 105-109.

7\. **Leskey, T**., A. Weibe, S. Nixon and R. Prokopy. 1998. Plum
curculio attraction to host fruit and conspecific odors. **Fruit
Notes**. 63: 5-7.

8\. Prokopy, R, M. Marsello, **T. Leskey** and S. Wright. 1998.
Evaluation of pyramid traps for monitoring plum curculio adults in apple
orchards. **Fruit Notes**. 63: 8-10.

9\. Prokopy, R., B. Dixon and **T. Leskey**. 1998. Toward traps
alternative to black pyramids for

capturing plum curculios. **Fruit Notes.** 63: 14-15.

10\. Prokopy, R.J., S.E. Wright, **T.C. Leskey**, and P.L. Phelan. 1998.
Toward development of an

effective trap to monitor plum curculio: 1997 Results. In: **Proceedings
of the 1998 New**

**England Fruit Meetings**. 104: 73-76.

11\. **Leskey, T**., M. Prokopy, A. Yannopoulos, M. Young, B. Hogg, F.
Boyd, L. Phelan, and R. Prokopy. 1998. Two compounds in plum odor hold
promise for increasing trap effectiveness for plum curculio. **Fruit
Notes**. 63: 15-17.

12\. Prokopy, R., S. McIntire, J. Black, M. Prokopy and **T. Leskey**.
1998. Comparison of six different types of unbaited traps for monitoring
plum curculios in orchards. **Fruit Notes**. 63: 12-14.

13\. Prokopy, R.J., S.E. Wright, **T.C. Leskey**, and P.L. Phelan. 1999.
Toward development of an effective trap to monitor plum curculio: 1998
Results. In: **Proceedings of the 1999 New England Fruit Meetings**.
105: 130-133.

14\. Wright, S., **T. Leskey**, L. Phelan and R. Prokopy. 1999.
Development of an effective trap for monitoring plum curculio in
commercial orchards. In: **Proceedings of Cornell In-Depth Fruit
School**. 30: 1-9.

15\. Wright, S., **T. Leskey**, L. Phelan and R. Prokopy. 1999. Advanced
IPM research in Massachusetts: plum curculio and apple maggot. In:
**Proceedings of the Ontario Tree Fruit IPM School**. 1: 8-22.

16\. Prokopy, R., S. Wright, A. Minalga, B. Chandler, **T. Leskey**,
P.L. Phelan, and R. Barger. 1999. Several host-odor compounds are
attractive to plum curculios. **Fruit Notes**.

64: 9-10.

17\. Prokopy, R., B. Chandler, **T. Leskey**, S. Wright, and J. Black.
1999. Comparison of baited and unbaited traps for monitoring plum
curculios in apple orchards. **Fruit Notes**. 64: 1-3.

18\. R. Prokopy and **T. Leskey**. 1999. Evaluation of kaolin clay
(Surround™) for control of plum curculio. **Fruit Notes**. 64: 11-12.

19\. **Leskey, T.**, M. Elmore, A. Minalga, B. Rzasa, E.F. Boyd, and R.
Prokopy. 1999. Fruit

odors are more attractive than conspecific odors to adult plum
curculios. **Fruit Notes**. 64: 4-8.

20\. Prokopy, R., S. Wright, B. Chandler, J. Black, A. Minalga**, T.
Leskey**, L. Phelan and R. Barger. 2000. The elusive plum curculio: 1999
studies of traps and odors for attractiveness to adults. In:
**Proceedings of the 1999 New England Fruit Meetings**.

21\. **Leskey, T.C.** and R. J. Prokopy. 2001. A branch-mimicking trap
for adult plum curculios.

p\. 113 In: **Proceedings of the 76th Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings.**

22\. **Leskey, T.C.** 2002. Influence of competition from host trees on
plum curculio responses to baited traps. pp. 44-52. In: **Proceedings of
the 77th Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Worker Meetings.**

23\. **Leskey, T.C.** and J. C. Bergh. 2002. Rearing methods for the
dogwood borer. pp. 31-32. In: **Proceedings of the 77th Annual
Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Worker Meetings.**

24\. Bergh, J. C. and **Leskey T.C.** 2002. Dogwood borer field studies:
preliminary data on

seasonal phenology, monitoring and voltinism in Virginia and West
Virginia. pp. 23-31. In:

**Proceedings of the 77th Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Worker
Meetings.**

25\. **Leskey, T.C**. and S. E. Wright. 2003. Monitoring plum curculio
populations in apple and peach orchards in the mid-Atlantic. pp. 88-98.
In: **Proceedings of the 78th Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Worker
Meetings**. J.C. Bergh (ed.), 5-6 December 2002, Winchester VA.

26\. Hogmire, H., **T. C. Leskey**, and S. E. Wright. 2003. Response of
stink bugs to two trap types and common mullein in apples and peaches.
pp. 76-87. In: **Proceedings of the 78th Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah
Fruit Worker Meetings**. J.C. Bergh (ed.), 5-6 December 2002, Winchester
VA.

27\. Bergh, J. C. and **Leskey T.C**. 2003. Refining the pheromone based
monitoring system for dogwood borer. pp. 69-75. In: **Proceedings of the
78th Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Worker Meetings**. J.C. Bergh
(ed.), 5-6 December 2002, Winchester VA.

28\. **Leskey, T. C.** 2003. Behaviorally-based monitoring for the plum
curculio. **The Mountaineer Grower**. 571: 5-11.

29\. **Leskey, T.C**. and S. E. Wright. 2004. Assessing individual
components of a monitoring system for plum curculio. In: **Proceedings
of the 79th Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Worker Meetings.** C.
Walsh (ed.), 20-21 November 2003, Winchester VA.

30\. Hogmire, H.W. and **T. C. Leskey.** 2004. Stink bug response to
five trap types in apple and peach orchards. In: **Proceedings of the
79th Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Worker Meetings.** C. Walsh
(ed.), 20-21 November 2003, Winchester VA.

31\. **Leskey, T.C and A. Zhang**. 2006. Impact of temperature on
captures of plum curculio in odor-baited traps. p. 56. In: **Proceedings
of the 81st Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Worker Meetings. T.
Leskey (ed.), 17-18 November 2005. Winchester VA.**

32\. Bergh, J.C, **T.C. Leskey**, J. Walgenbach, W. Klingeman, D. Kain,
and A. Zhang. 2006. Capture of dogwood borer in pheromone traps deployed
in managed and native habitats in five eastern states. pp. 46-50. In:
**Proceedings of the 81st Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Worker
Meetings. T. Leskey (ed.), 17-18 November 2005. Winchester VA.**

33\. Myers, C.T., **T.C. Leskey,** and W.H. Reissig. Fruit
susceptibility of *Malus* germplasm to attack from fruit feeding pests:
searching for potential host-plant resistance mechanisms in apple.
**Proceedings of the 2006 Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit Workers
Conference**. Winchester VA

# Grants Received

2008-2010 **Pest Management Alternatives Program. USDA-CSREES.** A
comprehensive approach for behavioral control of the apple maggot fly.
(Project Director). \$228,540.

2008 **Northeast IPM Center.** USDA-CSREES. Behaviorally-based
management strategies for the plum curculio and apple maggot fly in
northeasten apple orchards. (Project Director). \$7,222

2007 **New England Tree Fruit Research Commission.** Evaluation of
Attracticidal Spheres for Apple Maggot Fly in New England Apple
Orchards. \$800.

2007-2009 **Pest Management Alternatives Program. USDA-CSREES.**
Development of an effective mating disruption formulation for the
dogwood borer to reduce reliance on organophosphate insecticides in
apple orchards. (Co-PI and Project Director). \$262,587.

2007-2009 **State Horticulture Association of Pennsylvania.**
Horticultural impact of dogwood borer infestation on establishment and
growth of newly planted apple orchards. (PI and Project Director)
\$20,626.

2006 **New Hampshire Department of Agriculture.** Evaluation of
odor-baited trap trees ("Bomb Trees") for direct control of the plum
curculio. (Co-PI and Project Director). \$4990.

2006 **New England Tree Fruit Research Commission.** Evaluation of
odor-baited trap trees ("Bomb Trees") for direct control of the plum
curculio. (Co-PI and Project Director). \$1485.

2005-2007 **Southern Region IPM. USDA-CSREES.** Pheromone-Based
Management of Dogwood Borer, *Synanthedon scitula* Harris, in Southern
Apple Orchards (Co-PI and Project Director ). \$151,827

2005 **Entomological Society of America.** Travel money for participants
in a Program Symposium entitled "Bridging the gap between basic
behavioral research and crop protection applications for tree fruit
agroecosystems: honoring the life and work of Ronald J. Prokopy".
\$2000.

2004 **Northeast Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education
Partnership Grants**. Use of a baited trap crop for stink bug management
in peaches. (Project Cooperator). \$11,000

2003-2005 **Southern Region IPM. USDA-CSREES.** Improved Monitoring
Techniques and Decision Tools for the Dogwood Borer, *Synanthedon
scitula* Harris, in Southern Apple Orchards (Co-PI and Project Director
). \$\$82,460.

2002-2003 **Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Agricultural Council.** Insect-Plant Interactions and Biology of Dogwood
Borer, *Synanthedon scitula* (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) Harris, In Apple.
(Co-PI). \$6000.

2001-2002 **Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Agricultural Council.** Sources of olfactory stimuli for female dogwood
borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). (Co-PI). \$4000.

# 

# Honors and Awards

2007 **NAA-ARS Early Career Scientist of the Year**. North Atlantic
Area.

2007 **Outstanding Yearly Performance Award**. USDA-ARS, Appalachian
Fruit

Research Station

2006 **Outstanding Yearly Performance Award**. USDA-ARS, Appalachian
Fruit

Research Station.

2005 **Superior Yearly Performance Award**. USDA-ARS, Appalachian Fruit

Research Station.

2004 **Superior Yearly Performance Award**. USDA-ARS, Appalachian Fruit

Research Station.

2003 **Outstanding Young Alumna Award**, Wilson College.

2002 **Outstanding Yearly Performance Award.** USDA-ARS, Appalachian
Fruit

Research Station.

2001 **John Henry Comstock Award,** Eastern Branch, Entomological
Society

of America.

2000. **Harry A. Rosenfeld Award in Applied Entomology**, Department of
      Entomology. University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

1999-2000 **University Fellowship Recipient**, University of
Massachusetts at Amherst.

1998. **Symposium Winner**, University of Massachusetts Graduate
      Research Symposium. First Place. College of Food and Natural
      Resources.

1998 **Lorena Martin Spillers Scholarship**, National Council of State
Garden

Clubs.

1998. **Violet E. MacLaren Conservation Scholarship**, Garden Club
      Federation of

> Massachusetts.

1997 **Sarah Bradley Tyson Memorial Fellowship**, Women's National Farm
and

> Garden Association.

1995-2000 **Research Assistantship.** Department of Entomology,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

1994 **Gamma Sigma Delta inductee**, The Pennsylvania State University
Chapter.

1993-1995 **Departmental Assistantship**. Department of Entomology. The
Pennsylvania State University.

1990 **Magna Cum Laude Graduate**, Wilson College.

1989 **National Collegiate Student Government Award**.

1988-1989 **Who's Who Among American College Students**®.

1988. **Scheffield Scholarship**, The Pennsylvania Easter Seal Society,
      Department of Camping and Recreation, Camp Counselor Award.

1987-1990 **Wilson College Academic Achievement Award**.

**Educational Outreach Activities**

2005-Present **Science Olympiad Activity Leader.** National Conservation
Training Center, Shepherdstown WV 25443. Provided activity designed to
teach middle school age children about the principles of
ecologically-based mark-release-recapture experiments.

2005 **Activity Leader.** Summer Science Institute for Girls, Wilson
College, Chambersburg PA 17201. Presented program on behavioral and
chemical ecology of tree fruit insects and behaviorally-based mechanisms
for their control in orchards and provided hands-on exercises designed
to teach students how to conduct laboratory and field-based ecological
experiments.

2004 **Apple Harvest Festival Coordinator.** USDA-ARS, Appalachian Fruit
Research Station, Kearneysville WV 25430. Organized events, activities,
and tours for the public at AFRS during annual local festival.

2002 **Activity Leader.** Summer Science Institute for Girls, Wilson
College, Chambersburg PA 17201. Presented program on behavioral and
chemical ecology of tree fruit insects and provided hands-on exercises
designed to teach students how to conduct laboratory and field-based
ecological experiments.

2002 **Activity Leader.** Families at the Center, Hagerstown Community
College, Hagerstown MD. Presented a hands-on program entitled, 'Going
Buggy' to elementary school children.

2001-Present **Tour Program Leader.** USDA-ARS, Appalachian Fruit
Research Station, Kearneysville WV 25430. Presented program on
behavioral and chemical ecology of tree fruit insects and
behaviorally-based mechanisms for their control in orchards to
elementary, middle, and high school students, college students, girl and
boy scout troops, master gardener students, visitors from EPA and other
government agencies, fruit growers from United States, Israel,
Australia, and South Africa, and the general public.

2001 **Green Ribbon Day Coordinator**. USDA-ARS, Appalachian Fruit
Research Station, Kearneysville WV 25430. Organized events, activities,
and tours for winners of scholastic science fairs held throughout West
Virginia.

1997 **Workshop Leader.** Earth Connections, University of Massachusetts
at

> Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003. Participated in outreach program designed
> to educate teenagers about the value of sustainable agriculture and
> integrated pest management.

1996-1999 **Outreach Volunteer.** University of Massachusetts at
Amherst, Amherst,

> MA 01003. Prepared and participated in outreach activities designed
> for
>
> elementary school children to teach them about the subject of
> entomology
>
> using demonstrations, displays, and live insects.

1993-1995 **Outreach Volunteer.** The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802 Prepared and participated in outreach
activities designed for elementary school children including 'The Great
Insect Fair' to teach them about the subject of entomology using
demonstrations, displays, and live insects.

# Invited Presentations

2007 **In-Depth Grower Meetings.** Agriculture Research and

> Extension Center, Virginia Tech. Advances in monitoring and management
> of stink bugs in mid-Atlantic fruit orchards. Winchester, VA

2007 **Entomological Society of America, Eastern Branch Meeting.** New
Approaches for identification and application of attractants for the
plum curculio. Harrisburg, PA

2007 **New Hampshire Fruit Growers Association Annual Meeting.**
Odor-baited trap trees: a potential management tool for the plum
curculio. Concord, NH.

2007 **New Hampshire Fruit Growers Association Annual Meeting.**
Monitoring and management of dogwood borer in eastern apple orchards.
Concord, NH.

2007 **University of Massachusetts Winter Fruit Meeting.** Odor-baited
trap trees: a potential management tool for the plum curculio. Amherst,
MA

2007 **University of Massachusetts Winter Fruit Meeting.** Toward
development of effective attractants for the plum curculio. Amherst, MA.

2007 **Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention.** Advances in
monitoring and management of stink bugs in mid-Atlantic fruit orchards.
Hershey, PA

2007 **Michigan State University Tree Fruit IPM School.** Toward
development of effective attractants for the plum curculio. Hickory
Corners, MI.

2007 **Michigan State University Tree Fruit IPM School.** Odor-baited
trap trees: a potential management tool for the plum curculio. Hickory
Corners, MI.

2007 **West Virginia University Winter Tree Fruit School**. Advances in
monitoring and management of stink bugs in mid-Atlantic fruit orchards.
Kearneysville, WV.

2007 **West Virginia University Winter Tree Fruit School**. Advances in
monitoring and management of stink bugs in mid-Atlantic fruit orchards.
Kearneysville, WV.

2006 **IRDA, Research and Development Institute for the
Agri-Environment.** Annual Conference on Research and Innovative
Technology for the Protection of Pome Fruit. Behaviorally based
monitoring and management of the dogwood borer. Quebec, Canada.

2006 **IRDA, Research and Development Institute for the
Agri-Environment.** Annual Conference on Research and Innovative
Technology for the Protection of Pome Fruit. Toward development of a
behaviorally-based monitoring strategy for the plum curculio. Quebec,
Canada.

2006 **Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention.** Behaviorally based
monitoring and management of the dogwood borer. Hershey, PA

2005 **Yakima Agriculture Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS.** Developing a
behaviorally based monitoring system for the plum curculio. Wapato, WA.

2005 **The Pennsylvania State University**. Toward development of
behaviorally based monitoring and management of dogwood borer in apple
orchards. University Park, PA.

2004 **International Congress of Entomology.** Key Components of
behaviorally based monitoring and management of flying and walking tree
fruit pests. As part of a symposium entitled "Insect behavior for future
IPM systems". Brisbane, Australia.

2004 **Shenandoah Garden Club**. Behaviorally based monitoring and
management strategies for tree fruit pests. Shepherdstown, WV.

2004 **West Virginia University Winter Tree Fruit School**. Progress
Toward Behaviorally-Based Monitoring Strategies for Dogwood Borer and
Stink Bugs. Kearneysville, WV.

2004 **West Virginia University Winter Tree Fruit School**. West
Virginia University. Progress Toward Behaviorally Based Monitoring
Strategies for Dogwood Borer and Stink Bugs. Romney, WV.

2003 **Virginia Grown Conference and Trade Show.** Virginia/West
Virginia State

> Horticultural Societies. Behaviorally based strategies for monitoring
> and
>
> management of plum curculio. Richmond, VA.

2002 **Rutgers University.** Department of Entomology. Behaviorally

> Based Monitoring Strategies for Plum Curculio. New Brunswick, NJ.

2002 **In-Depth Grower Meetings.** Agriculture Research and

> Extension Center, Virginia Tech. New Developments in Plum Curculio
>
> Monitoring and Management. Winchester, VA.

2001 **Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.** Department

> of Entomology. Identification of attractive cues used in host finding:
> behaviorally
>
> based monitoring and management for the plum curculio. Blacksburg, VA.

2001 **University of Maryland.** Department of Entomology.

> Identification of attractive cues used in host finding: behaviorally
> based
>
> monitoring and management for the plum curculio. College Park, MD.

2001 **Entomological Society of America, Eastern Branch**. Olfactory and
visual cues

guiding plum curculios to host plants. Harrisburg, PA.

2000 **Entomological Society of America.** Leskey, T.C. and R. J.
Prokopy. Visual

ecology of the plum curculio. Montreal, Quebec. Canada.

# Professional Presentations

2007 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America. An
electroantennogram technique for the plum curculio. Leskey, T.C., and A.
Zhang. San Diego, CA.

2007 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America.
Electrophysiological response of the dogwood borer, *Synanthedon
scitula* (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), to apple tissue volatiles Frank,
D.L\*, A. Zhang, .T. C. Leskey, J.C. Bergh. San Diego, CA. \*Individual
who made the presentation.

2007 **Paper Presentation.** 83rd Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Disruption of dogwood borer mate finding using a
behavioral antagonist. Leskey, T.C., Bergh, J.C. Bergh, J.F. Walgenbach,
and A. Zhang. Winchester VA.

2007 **Paper Presentation.** 83rd Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Optimizing pheromone trapping for dogwood borer. Bergh,
J.C\*, T.C. Leskey, and A. Zhang. Winchester VA. \*Individual who made
the presentation.

2006 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America. Baited
trap trees: a potential management tool for the plum curculio. Leskey,
T.C., S. Wood, and J. C. Piñero. Indianapolis, IN.

2006 **Paper Presentation**. Entomological Society of America. Behavior
of mated female dogwood borer in apple planted on size-controlling
rootstock. Frank, D.L\*, J.C. Bergh, and T.C. Leskey. Indianapolis, IN.
\*Individual who made the presentation.

2006 **Poster Presentation**. 15^th^ Annual Ornamental Workshop. A novel
pheromone lure for monitoring dogwood borer season flight activity and
relative abundance in eastern U.S. landscapes, apple orchards, and
woodlands. Bergh, J.C\*., W. Klingemann, T.C. Leskey, A. Zhang, and J.
Walgenbach. Hendersonville, NC. \*Individual who made the presentation.

2006 **Paper Presentation.** 82nd Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Response of *Euschistus servus* (Say), the brown stink
bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) to the aggregation pheromone, methyl
(2E,4Z)-decadieonate. T.C. Leskey, and H.W. Hogmire. Winchester VA.

2006 **Paper Presentation.** 82nd Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Toward development of an attractant for female dogwood
borer. Frank, D\*, C. Bergh, T.C. Leskey, and A. Zhang. Winchester VA.
\*Individual who made the presentation.

2006 **Paper Presentation.** 82nd Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Fruit susceptibility of selected *Malus* germplasm to
attract from fruit feeding pests. Myers C.\*, T.C. Leskey, and W.H.
Reissig. Winchester VA. \*Individual who made the presentation.

2006 **Paper Presentation.** 82nd Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Refinement in a trapping system for monitoring stink
bugs in orchards. Hogmire, H.W.\* and T.C. Leskey. Winchester VA.
\*Individual who made the presentation.

2006 **Paper Presentation.** 82nd Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Two years of mass-trapping male dogwood borer in
commercial apple orchards, in VA, WV, and NC.. Bergh, J.C\*, T.C.
Leskey, J.F. Walgenbach, and A. Zhang. Winchester VA. \*Individual who
made the presentation.

2005 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America. On
managing the plum curculio: the last and unfinished challenge of Ron
Prokopy. C. Vincent, G. Chouinard, and T. C. Leskey. Fort Lauderdale FL.

2005 **Paper Presentation**. Entomological Society of America. The life
and work of Ronald J. Prokopy. T. C. Leskey. Fort Lauderdale FL.

2005 **Poster Presentation.** Entomological Society of America. Seasonal
flight activity and relative abundance of dogwood borer (Lepidoptera:
Sesiidae) in apple orchards, urban landscapes and woodlands. J. C.
Bergh, T. C. Leskey, J. Walgenbach, W. Klingeman, D. Kain, and A. Zhang.
Fort Lauderdale FL.

2005 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America. Chemical
composition and biological activity of the sex pheromone of dogwood
borer. A. Zhang\*, T. Leskey, J. C. Bergh, and J. Walgenbach. Fort
Lauderdale FL. \*Individual who made the presentation.

2005 **Paper Presentation.** 81st Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Searching for insect resistance traits in *Malus*
germplasm: preliminary observations. C. Meyers\*, H. Reissig, and T.C.
Leskey. Winchester VA. \*Individual who made the presentation.

2005 **Paper Presentation**. 81st Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Capture of dogwood borer in pheromone traps deployed in
managed and native habitats in five eastern states. J. C. Bergh\*, T.C.
Leskey, J. Walgenbach, W. Klingeman, D. Kain, and A. Zhang. Winchester
VA. \*Individual who made the presentation.

2005 **Paper Presentation**. 81st Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Impact of temperature on capture of plum curculio in
odor-baited traps. Winchester VA.

2005 **Paper Presentation.** International Society of Chemical Ecology.
Female sex pheromone of the dogwood borer. A. Zhang\*, T.C. Leskey, J.C.
Bergh, and J. W. Walgenbach. Washington, DC. \*Individual who made the
presentation.

2005 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America, Eastern
Branch

Meeting. Attractants for the plum curculio: isolating key olfactory
cues. T. C. Leskey. Harrisburg, PA.

2005 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America, Eastern
Branch

Meeting. The ying and yang of sesiid sex pheromones: can we use
behavioral antagonists as management tools? J. C Bergh\* and T.C.
Leskey. Harrisburg, PA. \*Individual who made the presentation.

2005 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America, Eastern
Branch

Meeting. Progress in trap development for monitoring stink bugs in
mid-Atlantic apple and peach orchards. H.W. Hogmire\* and T.C. Leskey.
Harrisburg, PA. \*Individual who made the presentation.

2004 **Paper Presentation.** 66^th^ Annual Meeting of the New England,
New York, Canadian Fruit Pest Management Workshop. Dogwood borer:
Cultural factors promoting infestation in apple orchards and new
pheromone blends Leskey, T. C., J.C. Bergh, A. Zhang, and J.
Walgenbach.  2004. Oct. 26-27.  Bishop Booth Conference Center,
Burlington, Vermont.

2003 **Paper Presentation**. Entomological Society of America, Annual
Meeting. Mating behavior of the dogwood borer: rearing methods and
potential control options. T.C. Leskey and J. C. Bergh. Cincinnati, OH.

2003 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America, Annual
Meeting Refinement of the pheromone-based monitoring system for dogwood
borer, *Synanthedon scitula.* J. C. Bergh\*, T. C. Leskey, A. Zhang, and
J. F. Walgenbach. Cincinnati, OH. \*Individual who made the
presentation.

2003 **Paper Presentation**. Entomological Society of America, Annual
Meeting Effect of pheromone trap elevation on capture of dogwood borer,
Synanthedon scitula Harris, in apple orchards. J.M. Sousa\*, J.C. Bergh,
and T.C. Leskey. Cincinnati OH. \*Individual who made the presentation.

2003 **Paper Presentation.** 79^th^ Annual Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Assessing individual components of a monitoring system
for plum curculio. Winchester VA.

2003 **Paper Presentation.** 79^th^ Annual Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Stink bug response to five trap types in apple and
peach orchards. H.W. Hogmire\* and T. C. Leskey. Winchester VA.
\*Individual who made the presentation.

2003 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America, Eastern
Branch

> Meeting. Mating behavior of the dogwood borer: implications for
> rearing. T. C. Leskey and J. C Bergh. Harrisburg, PA.

2003. **Paper Presentation**. Entomological Society of America, Eastern
      Branch

> Meeting. Behavioral Manipulation as the basis for future management
> strategies
>
> for the dogwood borer. J. C. Bergh\* and T. C. Leskey. Harrisburg, PA.
> \* Individual who made the presentation.

2003 **Poster Presentation**. Entomological Society of America, Eastern
Branch Meeting. Trap evaluation for monitoring stink bugs in apple and
peach orchards. H. W. Hogmire. And T. C. Leskey. Harrisburg, PA.

2003. **Paper Presentation**. Entomological Society of America, Eastern
      Branch

> Meeting. Possible suppression of potato leafhopper feeding by Apogee:
>
> implications for fire blight control on apple. K. P. Leahy\*, D. W.
> Greene, W. R.
>
> Auto, J. N. Norelli and T. C. Leskey. Harrisburg, PA. \* Individual
> who made the presentation.

2002 **Paper Presentation.** 78^th^ Annual Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Comparison of two trap types for stink bug monitoring
in apples and peaches. Hogmire, H.\*, T. C. Leskey and S. E. Wright.
Winchester, VA. \*Individual who made the presentation.

2002 **Paper Presentation.** 78^th^ Annual Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Monitoring plum curculio in apple and peach orchards in
the mid-Atlantic. Leskey, T.C.\* and S. E. Wright Winchester, VA.

2002 **Paper Presentation.** 78^th^ Annual Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Refining the pheromone-based monitoring system for
dogwood borer. Bergh, J. C.\* and T. C. Leskey. Winchester VA. \*
Individual who made the presentation

2002 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America, Annual
Meeting. Life

History of Dogwood Borer in Apple. Bergh, J.C \*, and T. C. Leskey. Ft.

> Lauderdale, FL \*Individual who made the presentation.

2002 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America, Annual
Meeting,

> Initiation of Dogwood Borer Infestation in Apple Orchards. T. C.
> Leskey and J.
>
> C. Bergh. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

2002 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America, Eastern
Branch

> Meeting. Preliminary Evidence for bivoltinism for dogwood borer in
> apple in the
>
> mid-Atlantic region. Bergh, J.C \*, T. C. Leskey and S. E. Wright.
> Ocean City,
>
> MD\. \*Individual who made the presentation.

2001 **Paper Presentation**. Entomological Society of America, Annual
Meeting.

> Influence of olfactory and visual competition on plum curculio
> responses to traps
>
> baited with synthetic fruit volatiles and pheromone. San Diego, CA.

2001 **Poster Presentation.** Entomological Society of America, Annual
Meeting.

> Seasonal phenology of the dogwood borer in Virginia and West Virginia,
> Bergh,
>
> J.C \*, T. C. Leskey and S. E. Wright. San Diego, CA. \* Individual
> who made
>
> the presentation

2001 **Paper Presentation.** 77^th^ Annual Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Influence of competition from host trees on plum
curculio responses to baited **t**raps. Winchester VA.

2001 **Paper Presentation**. 77^th^ Annual Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Rearing methods for the dogwood borer. Leskey, T. C.
and J. C. Bergh. Winchester VA.

2001 **Paper Presentation.** 77^th^ Annual Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit
Worker Meetings. Dogwood borer field studies: preliminary data on
seasonal phenology, monitoring and voltinism in Virginia and West
Virginia. Bergh, J. C.\* and T. C. Leskey. Winchester VA. \* Individual
who made the presentation

1999. **Departmental Seminar.** Department of Entomology, University of

> Massachusetts at Amherst. Olfactory and visual cues guiding plum
> curculios to
>
> host plants. Amherst, MA.

1999. **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America, Annual
      Meeting. Leskey, T.C and R.J. Prokopy. Fruit odors are more
      attractive than conspecific odors to adult plum curculios.
      Atlanta, GA.

1998 **Paper Presentation.** University of Massachusetts Graduate
Research Symposium, College of Food and Natural Resources Leskey, T.C,
R.J. Prokopy and P.L. Phelan. Odor attractants and visual cues important
to the plum curculio. Amherst, MA.

1998. **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America, Annual
      Meeting. Leskey, T.C, R.J. Prokopy and P.L. Phelan. Odor
      attractants and visual cues important to the plum curculio. Las
      Vegas, NV.

1997 **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America, Annual
Meeting.

> Leskey, T.C. and R.J. Prokopy. Attraction of plum curculio adults to
> host fruit
>
> and conspecific odors. Nashville, TN.

1996 **Paper Presentation**. Entomological Society of America, Annual
Meeting.

> Leskey, T.C. and R.J. Prokopy. Attraction of plum curculio adults to
> host plant
>
> extracts. Louisville, KY.

1995 **Departmental Seminar.** Interdisciplinary Degree Program in
Ecology, The Pennsylvania State University. Effects of flowering of
sugar maple on reproduction of pear thrips. University Park, PA.

1994. **Paper Presentation.** Entomological Society of America, Annual
      Meeting. Leskey, T.C., D. A. J. Teulon and E. A. Cameron\*.
      Effects of *Acer saccharum* Marsh pollen and temperature on
      fecundity of *Taeniothrips inconsequens* (Uzel). Dallas, TX.
      \*Individual who made the presentation.

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1994. **Grant Proposal Presentation.** Pennsylvania Department of
      Agriculture. Exploration for, Collection and Development of
      Parasites for Control of Pear Thrips Population. For Non-Animal
      Health Related Agriculture Research Programs. Harrisburg, PA.

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1994. **Poster Presentation.** The Pennsylvania State Graduate Student
      Research

> Exhibition. Leskey, T.C., D.A.J. Teulon & E.A. Cameron. Position and
> Abundance of *Taeniothrips inconsequens* (Uzel) eggs in Flowering and
> Vegetative Buds of *Acer saccharum* Marsh. University Park, PA.

1993. **Poster Presentation.** International Conference on Thysanoptera.
      Leskey, T.C., D.A.J. Teulon & E.A. Cameron. Position and Abundance
      of *Taeniothrips inconsequens* (Uzel) eggs in Flowering and
      Vegetative Buds of *Acer saccharum* Marsh. Burlington, VT.

**Meetings and Symposiums Organized**

2005 **Program Symposium.** Entomological Society of America. Bridging
the gap between basic behavioral research and crop protection
applications for tree fruit agroecosystems: Honoring the life and work
of Ronald J. Prokopy. T. C. Leskey, C. Vincent, and M. Aluja,
organizers. Presentations made by 19 speakers from 4 countries. Fort
Lauderdale FL.

2005 **81^st^ Annual Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Workers Conference.**
Program Chairperson. 17-18 November 2005. Over 40 presentations made by
entomology, plant pathology and horticulture researchers. Discussion
panel that included growers, consultants, and industry representatives
held. Winchester VA

2003 **Symposium.** Entomological Society of America. Ecology and
management of sesiid pests. T. C. Leskey and J.C. Bergh, organizers.
Presentations made by 14 speakers representing 2 countries. Cincinnati
OH.

# Membership in Professional Organizations

> Entomological Society of America
>
> International Society of Chemical Ecology
>
> International Society of Horticultural Science
>
> West Virginia Horticultural Society

# Service Activities

2007-2008 **Chair**. Alumnae Development Advisory Committee, Wilson
College Alumnae Association Board of Alumnae Directors.

2006-2008 **Combined Federal Campaign Coordinator**. Appalachian Fruit
Research Station, Kearneysville, WV.

2006-2008 **Local Federal Coordinating Committee Member.** Combined
Federal Campaign of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

2006-Present **Advisory Board**. Eco-Apple Research Project, University
of Massachusetts, Cornell University, The IPM Institute of North America
and Red Tomato.

2006 **Moderator**. Student Competition.. Entomological Society of
America. National Meetings, Indianapolis, IN. Section Cd. Insect
Behavior and Ecology.

2005-Present **Advisory Board.** Women and Girls in Science,
Mathematics, and

Engineering. Wilson College, Chambersburg PA.

2005 **PMAP Relevancy Proposal Review Committee**. NE Regional Pest

Management Alternatives Research, USDA-CSREES.

2005-Present **Alumnae Association Board of Directors**. Wilson College,
Chambersburg PA.

2004-2005 **Chair.** Section Cd. Insect Behavior and Ecology.
Entomological Society of America.

2005 **Paper Judge.** Student Competition.. Entomological Society of
America. National Meetings, Salt Lake City, UT. Section Cd. Insect
Behavior and Ecology.

2004 **Moderator.** Entomological Society of America. National Meetings,

> Salt Lake City, UT. Section Cd. Insect Behavior and Ecology.

2003-2004 **Vice-Chair**. Section Cd. Insect Behavior and Ecology.
Entomological

> Society of America.

2003-2007 **Awards Screening Committee**. Eastern Branch. Entomological
Society

> of America. Committee chairperson.

2002-2003 **Secretary.** Section Cd. Insect Behavior and Ecology.
Entomological

> Society of America.

2002-2003 **Awards Screening Committee**. Eastern Branch. Entomological
Society of America. Committee member.

2001-2004 **IPM** **Working Group Member (Fruit)**, Northeast Pest
Management Center.

2001-2004 **Advisory Council Member**, Northeast Pest Management Center.

2000-present **Reviewer**. Journal of Economic Entomology, Environmental
Entomology, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Crop
Protection, Great Lakes Entomologist, Journal of Agricultural and Food
Chemistry, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Agriculture,
Ecosystems and the Environment.

2000-Present **Reunion Chairperson.** Wilson College Alumnae Class of
1990.

1999 **Moderator.** Entomological Society of America. National Meetings,

> Atlanta, GA. Section Cd. Insect Behavior and Ecology.

1998 **Moderator.** Entomological Society of America. National Meetings,
Las

> Vegas, NV. Section Cd. Insect Behavior and Ecology.

1990-2000 **President.** Wilson College Alumnae Class of 1990.