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Dr. Rob Morrison
Research Entomologist
USDA-ARS-CGAHR-SPIERU
ATTN: Rob Morrison
1515 College Avenue
Manhattan, KS 66502
william.morrison@usda.gov
Telephone: 785.776.2796
www.ars.usda.gov/pa/cgahr/spieru/morrison
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EDUCATION
B.A., Biology Cum Laude, Kalamazoo College
M.S., Ecology, Evolution, and Systematic, University of Munich
Ph.D., Entomology, Michigan State University |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr. Rob Morrison is a Research Entomologist with the USDA-ARS Center for Animal Health and Grain Research in Manhattan, KS. From 2014-2016, Rob was a post-doctoral researcher with the USDA-ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station in West Virginia, where he worked on the biological control, behavioral ecology, chemical ecology, and integrated pest management of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug. The overarching goal for Rob’s research program is to increase the sustainability of agriculture by reducing insecticide inputs. The current focus for his program includes developing integrated pest management programs for stored product insects by exploiting their behavioral and chemical ecology. Specific techniques being pursued are attract-and-kill, improving trap designs for monitoring, and habitat manipulation.
More Information ORCID |
ALL PUBLICATIONS
via ARIS System via Google Scholar |
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
| • Sex-linked differences in semiochemical-mediated movement by Trogoderma variabile Baillon and Trogoderma inclusum Le Conte (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) after exposure to long-lasting insecticide netting - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| • Leveraging insecticide-treated netting to improve fumigation efficacy for the protection of bulk storage of commodities - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| • Challenges in assessing repellency as an integrated pest management tool to protect stored grains, using the global pest Tribolium castaneum - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| • Effects of nutrition on recovery, mortality, and mobility of adult Tribolium castaneum after exposure to long-lasting insecticide-incorporated netting - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| • Modeling long-term, stage-structured dynamics of Tribolium castaneum at food facilities with and without two types of long-lasting insecticide netting - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| • uafR: An open-source R package that automates mass spectrometry data processing - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Stratton, C.A., Hansen, P., Thompson, Y., Sio, K., Morrison Iii, W.R., Murrell, E.G. 2024. uafR: An open-source R package that automates mass spectrometry data processing. PLOS ONE. 19(7). Article e0306202. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306202. |
| • Density-mediated foraging behavioral responses of Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Ponce Jr, M.A., Ranabhat, S., Bruce, A., Van Winkle, T., Campbell, J.F., Morrison III, W.R. 2024. Density-mediated foraging behavioral responses of Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Scientific Reports. 14. Article 12259. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62277-8. |
| • Microbial vectoring capacity by internal- and external-infesting stored product insects after varying dispersal periods between novel food patches: An underestimated risk - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Ponce, M.A., Maille, J.M., James, A., Bruce, A., Kim, T.N., Scully, E.D., Morrison Iii, W.R. 2024. Microbial vectoring capacity by internal- and external-infesting stored product insects after varying dispersal periods between novel food patches: An underestimated risk. Ecology and Evolution. 14(6). Article e11368. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11368. |
| • Flight capacity and behavior of Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in response to kairomonal and pheromonal stimuli - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| • Predicted range expansion of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), under projected climate change scenarios - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
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