Helen Spafford, Ph.D. BACK
Assistant Professor of Entomology



Research: Conservation of biological control agents, IPM in horticultural systems, ecology and establishment of weed biological control agents
Office: Gilmore 612A
Phone: 808-956-2452
FAX: 808-956-2428
E-mail: hspaffor@hawaii.edu 


Address:

Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
3050 Maile Way, Room 310
Honolulu, HI  96822


Education: 1989 B.S. Zoology Composite Teaching, Brigham Young University
1993 MS Zoology (Biological Science Education), Brigham Young University
2000 Ph.D. Biology, Utah State University
Teaching Program: I teach the World of Insects (PEPS 250), Entomology (PEPS 363), Entomology Laboratory (PEPS 363L) and Foundations of Pest Management (PEPS 421).

Recent Publications:

  1. Voss, SC, Spafford H. and Dadour IR. Temperature-dependant development of Nasonia vitripennis Walker (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), on five forensically important carrion fly species.  Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. In press
  1. Voss, SC, Spafford H. and Dadour IR. Annual and seasonal patterns of insect succession on decomposing remains at two habitats in Western Australia .  Forensic Science International. Accepted
  1. Carver, S., Spafford, H., Storey, A. and Weinstein, P.  2009. Dryland salinity and the ecology of Ross River virus: the ecological underpinnings of the potential for transmission.  Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases In press
  1. Carver, S., Spafford, H., Storey, A. and Weinstein, P.  Colonisation of ephemeral water bodies in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia by assemblages of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae): role of environmental factors, habitat and disturbance. Environmental Entomology  In press
  1. van Schie, C., Spafford, H., Carver, S., and Weinstein, P. 2009. The salinity tolerance of Aedes camptorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae) from two regions in southwest Western Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology  48(4): In press
  1. Voss , SC , Spafford H. and Dadour IR.  2009.  Hymenopteran parasitoids of forensic importance in Western Australia : host associations, seasonality and prevalence of parasitoids of carrion flies. Journal of Medical Entomology 46(5): 1210-1219.
  1. Voss , S.C. , Spafford H. and Dadour I.R. 2009. Host location and behavioural response patterns of the parasitoid, Tachinaephagus zealandicus Ashmead (Hymenotpera: Encyrtidae), to host and host-habitat odours. Ecological Entomology 34: 204-213. 
  1. Carver, S., Storey, A., Spafford, H., Lynas, J., Chandler , L., and Weinstein, P.      2009. Salinity as a driver of aquatic invertebrate colonization behaviour and distribution in the wheatbelt of Western Australia .  Hydrobiologia 617(1):75-90.
  1. Furlong, M.J., Spafford, H., Ridland, P.M., Endersby , N.M. , Edwards, O., Baker, G.J., Keller, M.A. and Paull, C.  2008. Ecology of diamondback moth in Australian canola: a landscape perspective and implications for management. Invited Paper for Special Issue of Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48:1494-1505.
  1. Turner, P., Scott, J.K. and Spafford, H.  2008. The ecological barriers to the recovery of bridal creeper (Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce) infested sites: Impacts on vegetation and the potential increase in other exotic species.  Austral Ecology 33(6):713- 722.
  1. Grice, A.C., Clarkson, J. and Spafford, H. 2008. Addressing the challenges of commercial weeds. Plant Protection Quarterly 23(2):58-64.
  1. Yates, L., Spafford, H. and Learmonth, S.  2007. Apple weevil (Otiorhynchus cribricollis) management and monitoring in Pink Lady™ apple orchards of southwest Australia .  Plant Protection Quarterly 22(4): 155-159.
  1. Spafford, H. Strickland, G. and Fairhead, J.  2007. A whole leaf bioassay to determine the efficacy of two Bollgard II® cotton varieties against cluster caterpillar, Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Plant Protection Quarterly 22(3): 92-95.
  1. Spafford, H., Jardine, A., Carver, S., Tarala, K., van Wees, M. Weinstein, P.  2007. Laboratory determination of efficacy of a Santalum spicatum extract for mosquito control. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 23(3): 304-311
  1. Taylor , D.B.J., Heard, T. A., Paynter, Q, Spafford, H.  2007. Non-target impact of a weed biological control agent on a native plant in northern Australia . Biological Control 42: 25-33.
  1. Spafford Jacob, H., Reilly, T. and Batchelor, K. 2007. The presence of Zygina sp. and Puccinia myrsiphylli reduce survival and influence oviposition of Crioceris sp. BioControl 52(1):113-127.
  1. Spafford Jacob, H., Joder, A., Batchelor, K. 2006. Biology of Stethynium sp. (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), a native parasitoid of an introduced weed biological control agent. Environmental Entomology 35(3): 630-636.
  1. Spafford Jacob, H. and Randall, R. Invited Paper 2006. An evaluation of National and State policy and procedures for the prevention of the importation of weeds into Australian rangelands.  Special Issue of The Rangeland Journal 28(1): 55-62.
  1. King, C., Spafford Jacob, H., and Berlandier, F. 2006. The influence of water deficiency on the relationship between canola, Brassica napus (L.), and two aphid species (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) and Brevicoryne brassicae (L.).  Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57(4): 439-455.
  1. Spafford Jacob, H., Minkey, D., Gallagher, R. and Borger , C.  2006. Variation in post-dispersal weed seed predation in a cropping field.  Weed Science 54(1): 148-155.
  1. Klingler, J., Creasy, R., Gao, L., Nair, R. Calix, A.S., Spafford Jacob, H., Edwards, O. and Singh, K.  2005. Aphid resistance in Medicago truncatula involves antixenosis and phloem specific, inducible antibiosis, and maps to a single locus flanked by NBS-LRR resistance gene analogs.  Plant Physiology 137(4)1435-1455.
  1. Spafford Jacob, H. and Evans, E.W. 2004. The influence of sugars on longevity of Bathyplectes curculionis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Journal of Applied Entomology 128: 316-320.
  1. Jacob, H.S. and Evans, E.W. 2001. The influence of food deprivation on foraging decisions of the parasitoid Bathyplectes curculionis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae).   Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94(4): 605-611.
  1. Jacob, H.S. and Evans, E.W. 2000.The influence of plant foods and mating on the longevity of the parasitoid Bathyplectes curculionis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Environmental Entomology  29(5): 1088-1095.
  1. Jacob, H.S. and Evans, E.W.   2000. Influence of experience on the response of Bathyplectes curculionis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a non-aphidophagous parasitoid, to aphid odor.  Biological Control 19 (3): 237-244.
  1. Jacob, H.S. and Evans, E.W.  1998.  Effects of sugar spray and aphid honeydew on field populations of the parasitoid Bathyplectes curculionis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Environmental Entomology 27(6): 1563-1568. 


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