Corn Earworm Integrated Pest Management Updates for Sweet Corn
Recorded February 11, 2025
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Description
Corn earworm currently is one of the most challenging ear feeding insect pests to manage in sweet corn and a regional team has formed to help develop IPM solutions (more information at CEWIPM.org). This webinar includes two update talks. The first discusses effectively using baited traps for monitoring adult moths and the second discusses the benefits of using these traps for managing corn earworm in a Virginia case study.
Presentations
Effective monitoring strategies for corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) management in sweet corn – John Mahas, Christophe Duplais, David Owens, Kelly Hamby, Galen Dively, Anders Huseth, Thomas Kuhar, Helene Doughtry, Brian Currin, and Brian Nault
Evaluating an IPM approach in sweet corn in Virginia – Tom Kuhar and Brian Currin
Presenters
John Mahas
John Mahas is a postdoctoral research associate in Dr. Brian Nault’s vegetable entomology lab at Cornell AgriTech. He earned his BS in Biology from the College of Coastal Georgia and his MS and PhD in Entomology from Auburn University. His research focuses on developing sustainable crop pest management strategies, with expertise in vector-borne plant pathogens, GIS applications, and crop pest ecology. At Cornell, his work centers on improving management practices for corn earworm in sweet corn through improving pest monitoring, ecological studies, and evaluating management tools.
Tom Kuhar
Tom Kuhar is a Professor in the Department of Entomology at Virginia Tech where his research focuses on the integrated pest management of pests of vegetable crops including sweet corn. He has trained over 40 graduate students and has published ~ 160 peer-reviewed papers and six book chapters on insect pest management in agricultural crops. A native of Baltimore, MD, he received his BS degree in biology from Towson University, Towson, MD, in 1992 and his Master’s (1996) and PhD (2000) degrees in entomology from Virginia Tech.
Brian Currin
Brian Currin is a graduate student at Virginia Tech working on sweet corn IPM. He received his BS in Biology from Radford University.
Project Director
Kelly Hamby
Kelly Hamby is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Entomology at the University of Maryland. Her research and extension program addresses invasive and emerging insect pest issues, evaluating and optimizing pest management programs, and development of sustainable alternative management tactics, primarily in mid-Atlantic small fruit, sweet corn, and grain crop systems. She received her BS in Environmental Toxicology, MS in Entomology, and PhD in Entomology at the University of California Davis.