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Leslie Elbersonheadline bar  Contact Information
E-mail:    elberson@wsu.eduPhone:  509-335-3609Fax:  509-335-6654 Address:     59 Johnson Hall, WSU     Pullman, WA 99164-6402
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Education
1992 -
M.S. Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological SciencesUniversity of Idaho, Moscow, IDThesis: Studies of the Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov), (Homoptera: Aphididae) and its natural enemies in Northern Idaho.1988 -
B.S. AgricultureB.S. Integrated Pest ManagementWashington State University, Pullman, WA
Professional Experience
1996 - Present
Biological Science Technician, EntomologyUSDA-ARS Western Regional Plant Introduction Station (WRPIS)Pullman WA1993 - 1996
Research Support ScientistDepartment of Plant, Soils and Entomological SciencesUniversity of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Research and Interests
Laboratory, greenhouse, growth chamber and field research involving pest and beneficial insects and plants. Evaluation of plant germplasm for resistance to insect pests. Biological control of insect pests and weeds. Entomology outreach and extension programs for young children, students, growers and consultants. Insect photography.
Selected Publications
Clement, S.L., L.R. Elberson, N.A. Bosque-P?rez & D. J. Schotzko. Detrimental and neutral effects of wild barley-*Neotyphodium fungal* endophyte associations on insect survival. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. (In press).
Clement, S.L., L.R. Elberson, N. Youssef, F.L. Young, and M.A. Evans. 2004. Cereal Aphid and Natural Enemy Populations in Cereal Production Systems in Eastern Washington. Journal off the Kansas Entomological Society 77:165-173.
Clement, S.L., L.R. Elberson, F.L. Young, J. R. Alldredge, R.H. Ratcliffe, and C. Hennings. 2003. Variable Hessian Fly Populations in Cereal Production Systems in Eastern Washington. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76:567-577.
Clement, S.L., D.C. Hardie, and L.R. Elberson. 2002. Variation Among Accessions of *Pisum fulvum* for Resistance to Pea Weevil. Crop Science 42:2167-2173.
Clement, S.L., L.R. Elberson, N.N. Youssef, C.M. Davitt, and R.P. Doss. 2001. Incidence and diversity of *Neotyphodium fungal* endophytes in tall fescue from Morocco, Tunisia, and Sardinia. Crop Science 41:570-576.
Halbert, S.E., L.R. Elberson, M.-G. Feng, T.J. Poprawski, S. Wraight, J.B. Johnson, and S.S. Quisenberry. 1998. Suction trap data: Implications for crop protection forecasting. In A Response Model for an Introduced Pest - The Russian Wheat Aphid. Thomas Say Publication Series, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD.
Elberson, L.R., J.P. McCaffrey, and R.R. Tripepi. 1997. Use of rapeseed meal to control black vine weevil larvae infesting potted rhododendron. Journal of Environmental Horticulture 15:173-176.
Borek, V., L.R. Elberson, JP. McCaffrey and M.J. Morra. 1997. Toxicity of rapeseed meal and methyl isothiocyanate to larvae of the black vine weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 90:109-112.
Elberson, LR., V. Borek, J.P. McCaffrey, and M.J. Morra. 1996. Toxicity of rapeseed meal-amended soil to *Limonius californicus* (Coleoptera: Elateridae) wireworms. Journal of Agricultural Entomology 13:323-330.
Elberson, L.R. and J.B. Johnson. 1995. Population trends and comparison of sampling methods for *Diuraphis noxia* and other cereal aphids (*Homoptera: Aphididae*) in Northern Idaho. Environmental Entomology 24: 538-549.


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