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- Dan Brabec
- James Campbell (CD)
- Alison Gerken
- Rob Morrison
- Brenda Oppert
- Lester Pordesimo
- Deanna Scheff
- Erin Scully (RL)
- Paul Armstrong
- Frank Arthur
- Mark Casada

William Robert Morrison

(Rob)    Research Entomologist  **Dr. Rob MorrisonResearch Entomologist**
USDA-ARS-CGAHR-SPIERUATTN: Rob Morrison1515 College AvenueManhattan, KS  66502william.morrison@usda.govTelephone: 785.776.2796www.ars.usda.gov/pa/cgahr/spieru/morrison

/ARSUserFiles/53011/Rob Morrison.jpg**EDUCATION**B.A., Biology Cum Laude, Kalamazoo CollegeM.S., Ecology, Evolution, and Systematic, University of MunichPh.D., Entomology, Michigan State University**RESEARCH INTERESTS**Dr. Rob Morrison is a Research Entomologist with the USDA-ARS Center for Animal Health and Grain Research in Manhattan, KS. From 2014-2016, Rob was a post-doctoral researcher with the USDA-ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station in West Virginia, where he worked on the biological control, behavioral ecology, chemical ecology, and integrated pest management of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug. The overarching goal for Rob’s research program is to increase the sustainability of agriculture by reducing insecticide inputs. The current focus for his program includes developing integrated pest management programs for stored product insects by exploiting their behavioral and chemical ecology. Specific techniques being pursued are attract-and-kill, improving trap designs for monitoring, and habitat manipulation.
More Information     ORCID**ALL PUBLICATIONS** via ARIS System     via Google Scholar**RECENT PUBLICATIONS**
• uafR: An open-source R package that automates mass spectrometry data processing - (Peer Reviewed Journal)• Density-mediated foraging behavioral responses of Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)Ponce Jr, M.A., Ranabhat, S., Bruce, A., Van Winkle, T., Campbell, J.F., Morrison III, W.R. 2024. Density-mediated foraging behavioral responses of Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Scientific Reports. 14:12259. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62277-8.• Microbial vectoring capacity by internal- and external-infesting stored product insects after varying dispersal periods between novel food patches: An underestimated risk - (Peer Reviewed Journal)• Flight capacity and behavior of Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in response to kairomonal and pheromonal stimuli - (Peer Reviewed Journal)• Predicted range expansion of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), under projected climate change scenarios - (Peer Reviewed Journal)• Population growth of native and invasive strains of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus on three maize hybrids - (Peer Reviewed Journal)Quellhorst, H.E., Sakka, M., Athanassiou, C.G., Morrison Iii, W.R., Zhu, K. 2024. Population growth of native and invasive strains of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus on three maize hybrids. Crop Protection. 183: 106752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2024.106752.• Disruption of semiochemical-mediated movement by the immature Trogoderma variabile Baillon and Trogoderma inclusum Le Conte (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) after exposure to long-lasting insecticide netting - (Peer Reviewed Journal)Ranabhat, S., Domingue, M.J., Lebar, L., Bingham, G.V., Zhu, K., Morrison III, W.R. 2023. Disruption of semiochemical-mediated movement by the immature Trogoderma variabile Baillon and Trogoderma inclusum Le Conte (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) after exposure to long-lasting insecticide netting. Pest Management Science. 80(4):1702-1716. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7903.• Short-term spatial niche partitioning between the larger grain borer and the maize weevil in grain columns with implications for management of stored maize - (Peer Reviewed Journal)Quellhorst, H.E., Kim, T.N., Zhu, K., Morrison III, W.R. 2024. Short-term spatial niche partitioning between the larger grain borer and the maize weevil in grain columns with implications for management of stored maize. Ecological Entomology. Vol 53/Pg 127-142. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad111.• Landscape-scale spatiotemporal dynamics of Halyomorpha halys (Stal) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) populations: implications for spatially-based pest management - (Peer Reviewed Journal)Park, Y., Choi, K., Cullum, J.P., Hoelmer, K.A., Weber, D.C., Morrison Iii, W.R., Rice, K.B., Krawczyk, G., Fleischer, S.J., Hamilton, G., Ludwick, D., Nielsen, A.L., Kaser, J.M., Polk, D., Shrewsbury, P.M., Bergh, J., Kuhar, T.P., Leskey, T.C. 2024. Landscape-scale spatiotemporal dynamics of Halyomorpha halys (Stal) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) populations: implications for spatially-based pest management. Pest Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7772.• The behavioral response to the putative necromones from dead Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in traps by conspecifics as a function of density and time since capture - (Peer Reviewed Journal)Harman, R.H., Morrison III, W.R., Bruce, A., Ranabhat, S., Quellhorst, H.E., Wilkins, R.V., Campbell, J.F., Gerken, A.R. 2023. The behavioral response to the putative necromones from dead Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in traps by conspecifics as a function of density and time since capture. Environmental Entomology. 52(6):1020-1032. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad098.


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