As of 2008, the biological control of noxious weeds project has been going on in Colorado for twelve years at Ft. Carson Military Post, nine years at Air Force Academy, eight years at Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, six years at Buckley Air Force Base, and five years at F. E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. The goal of the program is to establish approved insects and mites for control of various federal- and state-listed noxious weeds at multiple sites within the five locations mentioned below. In addition to establishing sites, we redistribute established insects and mites to additional weed infestations and monitor the reduction in weed infestations through GPS mapping of infestation perimeters and plant measurements that include density, height, and other variables. A report detailing each summer’s findings is generated annually and can be found in PDF format through the links below. For more information please contact us via phone or email.
Colorado Noxious Weed Biocontrol
- Welcome
- About
- Faculty/Staff
- John M. Sweeten, Ph.D.
- Danny Nusser, M.S.
- Galen Chandler, Ed.D.
- Angela Burkham, Ed.D.
- Steve Amosson, Ph.D.
- Brent Auvermann, Ph.D.
- Brent Bean, Ph.D.
- Cheryl Brewer, M.Ed., CFCS
- Ed Bynum, Ph.D.
- Kenneth Casey, Ph.D.
- Ken Cearley, M.S., CWB
- Andrew Crocker, M.S.
- Brandon Dukes, M.S.
- Ronald French, Ph.D.
- DeDe Jones, MBA
- Nicholas Kenny
- Kay Ledbetter
- Shuyu Liu, Ph.D.
- James MacDonald, Ph.D., PAS
- Animal Science Research Personnel
- Undergraduate Student Workers
- Animal Science Research Facilities
- Animal Science Research Metabolism Laboratory
- Animal Science Research Feedyard
- Animal Science Research Distiller’s Grains
- Animal Science Research Education
- Animal Science Research Distiller’s Grains Initiative
- Thomas Marek, MS, PE
- Ted McCollum, III, Ph.D.
- Jerry Michels, Ph.D.
- Johnny Bible
- Erin Jones
- Rachel Lange
- Colorado Noxious Weed Biocontrol
- Entomology Research US Army Pinon Canyon
- Biological Control of Saltcedar
- Entomology Research Ground Beetle Biodiversity Research
- Corn Pest Management Research
- Colony Establishment and Maintenance of the Wheat Curl Mite
- Grassland Cropping Systems
- Sugarbeet Root Aphid Resistance Screening Trials
- Small Grain Aphid Management and Ecology
- Pablo Pinedo, Ph.D.
- Jackie C. Rudd, Ph.D.
- Charles Rush, Ph.D., Regents Fellow
- Fekede Workneh, Ph.D.
- Madeleine Smith, Ph.D.
- Arash Rashed, Ph.D.
- Jacob Price
- Li Paetzold
- Jewel Arthur
- Jimmy Gray
- Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus
- Fungal Vectored Virus Diseases of Sugar Beet – Rhizomania
- Plant Pathology Programs and Staff
- Plant Diagnostics
- Determine the effects of WSMV on root development and water use efficiency of infected wheat
- Measure the effects of planting date on yield loss due to WSMV
- Create a statistical model to predict wheat streak severity along a diseases gradient in relation to yield and water use efficiency
- The Zebra Chip Project
- To create methods for detection of wheat curl mite populations within native grasslands and CRP pastures
- Zebra Chip Project Continued
- International Working Group for Plant Viruses with Fungal Vectors
- To determine differences in host/vector transmissibility of WSMV and TriMV
- To compare diseases severity and yield losses due to single and multiple infections of WSMV and TriMV
- Qingwu Xue, Ph.D.
- Programs
- AgriLife Communications
- Agricultural Economics
- AgriPartners
- Agronomy
- Air Quality Engineering
- Animal Health Ruminant
- Animal Science Extension
- Animal Science Research
- Crop Physiology
- Entomology/Extension
- Entomology Research
- Environmental Quality
- Environmental Quality Conference Proceedings
- Environmental Quality Extension Bulletins
- Environmental Quality Guest Lectures
- Environmental Quality Popular Press Articles
- Environmental Quality Presentations and Slide Sets
- Environmental Quality Published Reports
- Environmental Quality Refereed and Edited Publications
- Gary Marek
- Jack Bush
- Jerri Hamar
- Kevin Heflin
- Sharon Sakirkin
- Brad Wilhite
- Families and Consumer Sciences
- Gerontology
- Irrigation Water Management/Extension
- Irrigation Water Management Research
- Plant Pathology Extension
- Plant Pathology-Research
- Renewable Energy
- Risk Management
- Small Grain Genetics
- Wheat Improvement and Genetics
- Wildlife and Fisheries/Extension
- Commodity Strategic Plans
- Research At A Glance Publications
- Employee Resources

