Biography

Dr. Allan T. Showler

Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center, USA


Email: allan.showler@ars.usda.gov


Qualifications

1987 Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Entomology, experimental statistics andnuclear science

1981 M.S., University of California at Davis, Plant protection and pest management
1979
B.S., University of California at Davis, Entomology


Publications (Selected)

  1. A. T. Showler, J. Beuzelin, and T. E. Reagan, 2011. Alternate crop and weed host plant oviposition preferences by the Mexican rice borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Crop Protection 30: 895-901.
  2. A. T. Showler, J. R. Anciso, and B. A. Castro, 2011. Effect of garlic extract on injury by cowpea curculio, Chalcodermes aenus Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and other pests, to cowpea,Vigna unguiculata L. Walp. Biopesticides International 6: 112-120.
  3. A. T. Showler, 2011. The conundrum of chemical boll weevil control in subtropical regions. Invitedbook chapter for Insecticides, InTech Publishing (accepted).
  4. A. T. Showler, 2011. Drought and arthropod pests of crops. Invited book chapter for Droughts, Nova Science Publishers (submitted).
  5. Beuzelin, J. M., T. E. Reagan, A. Meszaros, L. T. Wilson, M. O. Way, D. Blouin, and A. T. Showler, 2011. Seasonal infestations of two stem borers (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in non-crop grasses of Gulf Coast rice agroecosystems. Environmental Entomology (in press).
  6. Wilson, B., A. T. Showler, T. E. Reagan, and J. M. Beuzelin, 2011. Targeting exposed Mexican rice borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) neonates in sugarcane. Journal of Economic Entomology(submitted).
  7. Zibilske, L. M., and A. T. Showler, 2011. Residue management effects on sugarcane leaf tissue decomposition and microbiological properties. Biology & Fertility of Soils (submitted).
  8. Neves, R. C. S., A. T. Showler, E. S. Pinto, C. S. Bastos, and J. B. Torres, 2011. Selected cultural practices for reducing boll weevil populations in cotton in semi-arid Brazil. Agricultural Systems(submitted).
  9. Akbar, W., A. T. Showler, T. E. Reagan, and J. Davis, 2011. A biochemical basis for sugarcane resistance to the sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari Zehntner (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (submitted).
  10. Akbar, W., A. T. Showler, J. M. Beuzelin, T. E. Reagan, and K. A. Gravois, 2011. Field evaluation of aphid resistance among sugarcane cultivars in Louisiana. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104: 699-704.
  11. A. T. Showler and B. A. Castro, 2010. Influence of drought stress on Mexican rice borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) oviposition preference in sugarcane. Crop Protection 29: 415-421.
  12. A. T. Showler and B. A. Castro, 2010. Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), oviposition site selection stimuli on sugarcane, and potential field applications. Journal of Economic Entomology 103: 1180-1186.
  13. Akbar, W., A. T. Showler, W. H. White, and T. E. Reagan, 2010. Categorizing Sugarcane cultivar resistance to the sugarcane aphid and yellow sugarcane aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Journal of Economic Entomology 103: 1431-1437.
  14. A. T. Showler, 2010. Do boll weevils really diapause? American Entomologist 56: 100-105.
  15. A. T. Showler, 2009. Efficiency of tank-mixing insecticide with defoliant against adult boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) populations as determined by late-season field disturbance trapping. Subtropical Plant Science 60: 58-65.
  16. A. T. Showler, 2009. Three boll weevil diapause myths in perspective. American Entomologist 55: 42-50.
  17. A. T. Showler, 2009. Roles of host plants in boll weevil range expansion beyond tropical Mesoamerica. American Entomologist 55: 228-236.
  18. A. T. Showler, 2009. Free amino acid profiles in reproductive and rind portions of cotton fruiting bodies. Subtropical Plant Science 61: 37-48.
  19. Reagan, T. E., W. Akbar, and A. T. Showler. 2009. A nutritional perspective of sugarcane resistance to stalk borers and sap feeders. International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, Vera Cruz, Mexico 27: 792-798.
  20. A. T. Showler and J. R. C. Robinson, 2008. Relationships of abscised cotton fruit to boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) feeding, oviposition, and development. Journal of Economic Entomology101: 68-73.

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