Anders uses geospatial analytics to understand how crop production patterns affect insect pest populations. He applies spatio-temporal models to understand how agricultural pests respond to agroecosystem structure and whether this knowledge can be leveraged to reduce pesticide use. Results of his research defines crop infestation risk and damage mitigation strategies for crops in North Carolina. Other interests include pesticide resistance evolution, predator-prey interactions within managed landscapes and remote sensing for agriculture.

Roles

• Fellows

Publications

• A Symmetrical Diester as the Sex Attractant Pheromone of the North American Click Beetle Parallelostethus attenuatus (Say) (Coleoptera: Elateridae) (2022)
• Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) feeding incidence and survival on Bt maize in relation to maize in the landscape (2022)
• Sampling Optimization and Crop Interface Effects on Lygus lineolaris Populations in Southeastern USA Cotton (2022)
• Spatial and temporal patterns of Frankliniella fusca (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in wheat agroecosystems (2022)
• Temperature-driven differences in phenology and habitat suitability for brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, in two ecoregions of North Carolina (2022)
• Computer vision for detecting field-evolved lepidopteran resistance to Bt maize (2021)
• Current Distribution and Population Persistence of Five Lepidopteran Pests in US Soybean (2021)
• Effectiveness of the natural resistance management refuge for Bt-cotton is dominated by local abundance of soybean and maize (2021)
• Evaluation of 13-Tetradecenyl Acetate Pheromone for Melanotus communis (Coleoptera: Elateridae) Detection in North Carolina Row Crop Agroecosystems (2021)
• Impact of foliar insecticide sprays on Melanaphis sacchari (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and natural enemy populations in grain sorghum (2021)

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