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Joe Black

PhD Student

Contact Information:

Email: jlb021@tamu.edu
Phone: 501-581-1356

Education:

M.S. Entomology, University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Thesis: Horizontal transmission of Helicoverpa armigeraNucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) in
soybean fields infested with Helicoverpa zea (Boddie).

B.S. Environmental, Soil, and Water Science, University of Arkansas Fayetteville

Professional Experience:

March 2018 – Aug. 2018: Sales Intern, AgBiTech LLC.
Jan. 2015 – March 2018: Entomology Program Technician, University of Arkansas Extension Service.

Research Interests:

I am primarily interested in studying entomopathogens, and their potential use in row crop agriculture. This comprises better understanding plant-insect-pathogen interactions that could contribute to more efficacious use. Also, I am interested in better understanding the transmission and induction of epizootics by identifying influential factors in inducing epizootics in field conditions and determining thresholds that account for the transmission potential of each pathogen.

 

Recent Posts

  • New paper in Science changes the way we think about locust swarming
  • Sword Lab students win big at 2025 Beltwide Cotton Conference
  • Sword lab students win again at 2024 Entomological Society of America meeting!
  • Sword lab students win big at 2023 Entomological Society of America meeting!
  • Cotton gene-editing project paves a new path for plant protection
  • New PNAS paper about density-dependent warning coloration in adult locusts

Lab contact information

Gregory Sword

Professor & Charles R. Parencia Chair in Cotton Entomology

Department of Entomology,
Interdisciplinary Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Degree Program, and
Molecular & Environmental Plant Sciences Program
Texas A&M University
TAMU 2475
College Station, TX, 77843, USA

Directions to lab: (Google map)
Entomology Research Lab Rm. 112-120

Email: gasword[at]tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 862-1702
Fax: (979) 845-6305

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