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Keith S. Pike
Professor, Entomologist
Washington State University
Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center
24106 N. Bunn Rd,
Prosser, WA 99350
Phone. 509-786-9269
Email: kpike@tricity.wsu.edu
Web Site: http://potato.wsu.edu
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Specialization and Areas of Particular Interest:
Enhanced Integrated Pest Management approaches in grains and vegetable
crops, especially wheat and potato
Biological control with particular emphasis on aphid and cereal leaf beetle
parasitic biological control
Seed-applied insecticides for root and foliar feeding insect pests
Aphid systematics
Aphid-parasitoid systematics
Pacific Basin aphid ecology, biology, and ant relationships
Release of Plant Material (joint release with WSU wheat breeders, others):
var. Wakanz & Wawawai; soft white spring wheat with Hessian fly resistance,
specifically developed for the Pacific Northwest production areas.
Education:
BS (1971), Utah State Univ; MS (1973) & PhD (1974), Univ. of Wyo.-Entomology
Publications:
Miller, R. H., and K. S. Pike. 2001. [Book Chapter]. Insects in wheat-based
systems. In B. Curtis, World Wheat Review. FAO, Rome. (in press).
Pike, K. S., P. Starý, T. Miller, G. Graf, D. Allison, L. Boydston,
and R. Miller. 2000. Aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae)
of Northwest USA. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 102: 688-740.
Pike, K. S., R. H. Miller, and P. Starý. 2000. Aphid fauna (Hemiptera:
Aphididae) and associated flora of Guam. Micronesica 33(1/2): 181-209.
Pike, K. S., P. Starý, T. Miller, D. Allison, L. Boydston, and
G. Graf. 1999. Host range and habitats of the aphid-parasitoid Diaeretiella
rapae (M'Intosh) (Hym.: Aphidiidae) in Washington State. Environ.
Entomol. 28: 61-71.
Pike, K. S., P. Starý, T. Miller, D. Allison, L. Boydston, G. Graf
, and R. Gillespie. 1997. Small grain aphid parasitoids of Wash.: distribution,
relative abundance, and seasonal occurrence; and key to North Amer. species.
Environ. Entomol. 26: 1299-1311.
Awards:
President, ESA-Pacific Branch, 2000-2001; awarded ESA's 1999 Recognition
Award for Outstanding Contributions to Agriculture; awarded FAO Consultancy,
biocontrol, Chile; elected to Governing Board, ESA; awarded Nat. Assoc.
of Wheat Growers Excellence in Ext. Award; awarded Friend of the Mint
Industry Award; recognized by NARC for Regional System on Aphid Monitoring'
for program justification, USDA, OMB & Congress; awarded ESA Student
Award, Northcentral Branch; awarded Academic Scholarship.
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