Dale W. Spurgeon, Research Entomologist

Phone: 979-260-9217

Fax: 979-260-9386

  spurgeon@usda-apmru.tamu.edu

• Evaluation of boll weevil pheromone lure component ratios

• Influence of boll weevil age and physiological condition on pheromone production.

• Temperature-dependence of host-free survival.

• Correlation of host-free survival with diapause characters.

• Examination of factors controlling diapause/reproductive dormancy in temperate boll weevils

• Influence of flight activity on fat body condition and diapause termination of boll weevils.

• Influence of corn rootworm semiochemical-baited trap placement on trap captures.

Biographical Information

Education:

• 1974-1979 University of Missouri-Columbia; major, Pest Management; B.S. 1979
• 1979-1981 University of Missouri-Columbia; major, Entomology; M.S. 1981
• 1986-1992 University of Arkansas; major, Entomology; Ph.D. 1992

Employment:

• 1982-1985, Extension Agent - Entomology (Pest Management), Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Crosbyton, TX
• 1985-1986, Research Associate, Department of Zoology-Entomology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
• 1986-1992, Research Assistant/Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
• 1992-1994, Research Entomologist, Crop Insect Pests Management Research Unit, USDA-ARS, College Station, TX
• 1994-1997, Research Entomologist, Crop Insects Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX
• 1997-1998, Research Entomologist and Lead Scientist, Integrated Farming and Natural Resources Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX
• 1998-Present, Research Entomologist and Lead Scientist, Areawide Pest Management Research Unit, USDA-ARS, College Station, TX

Professional Society Memberships, Offices and Appointments:

• Entomological Society of America (ESA)
• Southwestern Entomological Society
• Georgia Entomological Society
• Chair, SWB-ESA Membership Committee
• LaFage Award Committee SWB-ESA representative
• Alternate Editor for Arthropod Management, Journal of Cotton Science

Honors and Awards:

• Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta
• ESA President’s Prize (1989)
• Baerg Award, Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas (1990)
  • USDA Certificate of Merit, 1992, 1995-98
  • USDA-ARS & TAMU ‘FIRST STEP’ award (1998)