Area(s) of Expertise

Forest entomology

Dr. Hain is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and is associate member in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources faculty.

Publications

• Invasive Tree Pests Devastate Ecosystems-A Proposed New Response Framework (2020)
• Physico-chemical responses of Fraser fir induced by balsam woolly adelgid (Homoptera: Adelgidae) infestation (2016)
• Assessment of environmental conditions and preferences for rearing the balsam woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) on host material (2015)
• Stylet bundle morphology and trophically related enzymes of the hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) (2014)
• Seasonal occurrence of Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in North Carolina Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri [Pursh] Poiret) Christmas tree plantations (2013)
• Influence of four ground cover vegetation types used in North Carolina fraser fir Christmas tree plantations on abundance and species composition of Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) (2011)
• Laboratory studies of feeding and oviposition preference, developmental performance, and survival of the predatory beetle, Sasajiscymnus tsugae on diets of the woolly adelgids, Adelges tsugae and Adelges piceae (2011)
• Predicting county-level southern pine beetle outbreaks from neighborhood patterns (2011)
• Southern pine beetle regional outbreaks modeled on landscape, climate and infestation history (2011)
• Two novel techniques to screen Abies seedlings for resistance to the balsam woolly adelgid, Adelges piceae (2011)

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