Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management

Faculty

 

Research Interests

Currently, my main focus is teaching.  One of my research goals is to develop (and later implement) methods that bring hands-on science experiments/demonstrations to high enrollment (150 + student) classes at CSU.  This includes both traditionally taught and online course development.

I have broad research interests with respect to pest insect species in Colorado.  My main focus over the past 10 years has been on insect pests of horticultural commodity crops.  However, with the recent explosion in bed bugs around the state some of my focus has shifted toward urban entomology and the Cimex species pest complex.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

I am the primary contact for insect identifications that come to the Center for Sustainable Integrated Pest Management’s Plant Diagnostic Clinic.  I work with businesses, homeowners, and other members of the public to identify their pest problems and/or create management plans to deal with pest infestations.        

I also serve as a resource person in the department of BSPM’s outreach/engagement programs.

 

COURSES I TEACH

AGRI/IE 116:  Plants and Civilization (Fall)
BSPM102:  Insects, Science and Society (Spring)

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Cranshaw, W. and M. Camper 2010.  Pest Control Industry: An Assessment of Current Concerns and Needs in Colorado and Wyoming.  Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station Bull. No. TB10-01. pp. 1-5.

Schwartz, H. F., Gent, D. H., Fichtner, S. M., Khosla, R., Mahaffey, L. A., Camper, M. A., and Cranshaw, W. S. 2010. Spatial and temporal distribution of Iris yellow spot virus and thrips in Colorado onion fields. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2010-0820-01-RS.

Camper, M..  2007. Individual potato cultivar response to natural infestations of Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc) including studies on yield fluctuations produced by differing treatment schedules. M.S. Thesis. Colorado State University.

Cranshaw, W. and M. Camper.  2007. Management of poplar twiggall fly on nursery-grown aspen.  J. Env. Hort. 25(1): 33-35.

Co-Author of 10 articles published in Arthropod Management Tests

Coordinated publication of 5 fact sheets on exotic Insects of concern to the Colorado Department of Agriculture:

• Asian Longhorned Beetle
• Emerald Ash Borer
• European Wood Wasp
• Gypsy Moth
• Light Brown Apple Moth