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Insect Ecology and Integrated Pest Management Lab, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Mark G. Wright Ph.D., University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
Associate Professor / Extension Spec.

Caitlin and Mark, Lake St. Lucia, South Africa

Current projects include:
Varroa mite management (with Ethel Villalobos & co.)
Origin and biological control of Erythrina gall wasp (Quadrastichus erythrinae) (with Russ Messing, Dan Rubinoff & HDoA);
Development of probabilistic risk assessment procedures for biological control introductions (with Leyla Kaufman);
Feeding behavior and monitoring of southern green stink bug in macadamia orchards (with Peter Follett, Mary Golden);
Augmentative biological control of southern green stink bug in macadamia orchards (with Jo Diez);
Phenology of tropical nut borer and associated predators in macadamia orchards (with Jo Diez);
Ecology and control of black twig borer in coffee (with Virginia Easton-Smith and Elsie Burbano);
Ecology and biocontrol of papaya mealybug in papaya (with Leyla Kaufman);
Management of banana bunchy top virus (with Rodrigo Almeida, Cerutti Hooks);
Behavioral and genetic changes in a biological control agent introduced to a new environment (with Russ Messing, Ania Wieczorek, Adam Vorsino);
Development of economic injury levels for tropic fruit and nut crops;
Implementation of a digital distance diagnostics service for the Pacific (with Jim Hollyer, ADAP);
Identification of indigenous aquatic insect species as indicator species of stream condition (with Ron Englund).

The Wright Centre for Psuedoscience

Lab Publications: Click here. All M.G. Wright publications: Click here.

Full CV here, for really bored visitors.........

Courses I teach, click here.

Email: markwrig@hawaii.edu

MW in Arizona, academic mode........ And in the lab......