Research interests include laboratory culture and biology of parasites attacking stalk borers.
Research quantifies biological control agent diversity, temporal phenology, and control impact.
Results are used to explore tactics for manipulating the biological control agents by manipulating the agroecosystem to favor the agents, and by colonizing new exotic agents. Action programs and public information delivery on biological control of weeds, emphasizing relocation of established biological control agents for rangeland weeds, e.g., thistle head weevil for controlling musk thistle, and aquatic weeds. Research interests include biological control in cotton and grain sorghum. M. Rose , Research Scientist. Biological control of Homoptera, systematics and taxonomy of certain Aphelinidae, international exchange of natural enemy species, and public education regarding biological control.