Department of Entomology

Extension

Services and programs

Albert J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection

Associate professor Rufus Isaacs and doctoral student Julianna Tuell discuss bees and pollination at an Extension field day.

Diagnostic Services: A lab offering plant health and pest diagnostics.
Enviro-weather: Weather-based pest, natural resource and production management tools.
Integrated Pest Management. (IPM)
Invasive Species Initiative.
MSU Extension: Branch of MSU extending knowledge on wide range of diverse topics.
MSU Extension educational materials office: Order bulletins and other resources on-line.
Pesticide Safety Education Program: Resources for pesticide applicators.
Resistance Pest Management.

Insect-specific Web sites
Bees
Emerald ash borer
Gypsy moth and exotic forest pests

This scouting dvd along with publications and other resources can be order on-line at: http://www.emdc.msue.msu.edu/
Multicolored Asian lady beetles

Home and yard
IPM at your house: What can you do?
Landscape Alert Newsletter.
Lawn Grubs: What works and what doesn't.
What's Bugging You? Easy and entertaining reading regarding common home insect pests and problems.

Insects and crops
Blueberries: Blueberry IPM, Michigan blueberry facts.
Grapes: Integrated vineyard management.
Orchard Functional Ecology: Developing measures of sustainability from IPM.
Organic Fruit Research and Extension.
Small Fruit Entomology.
Tart Cherry Integrated Orchard Management Project.
Tree Fruit Entomology Program.
Newsletter: Crop Advisory Team (CAT) Alert Newsletters

Read the Landscape Alert newsletter on the Internet.

Biological control
Biological control of Purple Loosestrife.
Enhancing Biological Control and Pollination by growing native plants.

Other Web sites of interest by MSU entomologists
Center for Global Change and Earth Observations.
Computational Ecology and Visualization Laboratory.
Garlic mustard: Managing this invasive weed.
Organic Agriculture: The New Agriculture Network.