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Russel L. Groves
Vegetable Extenion Specialist & Assistant Professor
Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin
537 Russell Laboratories, 1630 Linden Drive
(608) 262-3229 (office), (608) 262-3322 FAX
groves@entomology.wisc.edu

EDUCATION

Institution Degree Major Date

Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50010

B.S. Forestry 1989
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
M.S. Entomology 1992
N.C. State Universiy
Raleigh, NC 27695
Ph.D. Entomology 2001

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Title Institution Dates
Graduate Assistant University of Arkansas 1989-92
Research Specialist University of Arkansas 1992-96
Research Specialist North Carolina State Univ. 1996-98
Graduate Assistant North Carolina State Univ. 1998-2001
Research Associate Cornell University 2001-2003
Adjunct Asst. Professor University of Main 2001-2003
Research Entomologist USDA-ARS, SJVASC 2003-2006
Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin 2006-Present

HONORS AND AWARDS

(1) Gamma Sigma Delta National Honor Society, (2) Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, (3) John Henry Comstock Award Nomination, (4) Kenneth R. Keller Doctoral Research Award

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY AND RESEACH PRESENTATIONS

(1) >75 results presentations at regional, state, and national meetings, (2) 18 invited results presentations, (3) Ad hoc reviewer for ESA & APS, UC PD grant review, (4) USDA-CSREES-TSTAR grant panel, (5) Technical Advisory Board Representative, Frito-Lay North America.

SERVICE

(1) Museum Committee, University of Arkansas, (2) Assistant Secretary, University of Arkansas Teaching Academy, (3) ADODR, Specific Cooperative Research Agreement, USDA-ARS & UCR.

PUBLICATIONS

Groves, R. L., G. G. Kennedy and J. F. Walgenbach. 1998. Inoculation of tomato spotted wilt virus into cotton. Plant Dis. 82:959.

Groves, R. L., C. E. Sorenson, J. F. Walgenbach and G. G. Kennedy. 2001. Field and greenhouse assessment of imidacloprid to reduce the spread of tomato spotted wilt tospovirus in tomato, pepper and tobacco with electronic penetration graph techniques incorporated in laboratory investigations. Crop Prot. 20:439-445.

Groves, R. L., J. F. Walgenbach, J. W. Moyer and G. G. Kennedy. 2001. Overwintering of Frankliniella fusca Hinds (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on winter annual weeds infected with Tomato spotted wilt virus and patterns of movement of TSWV into susceptible hosts. Phytopathology 91:891-899.

Faircloth, J. C., J. R. Bradley, Jr., J. W. Van Duyn, and R. L. Groves. 2001. Reproductive success and damage potential of tobacco thrips and western flower thrips on cotton seedlings in a greenhouse environment. J. Agric. Urban Entomol. 18:179-185.

Groves, R. L., J. F. Walgenbach, J. W. Moyer and G. G. Kennedy. 2002. The role of weed hosts and tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca, in the epidemiology of Tomato spotted wilt virus. Plant Dis. 86:573-582.

Groves, R. L., J. F. Walgenbach, J. W. Moyer and G. G. Kennedy. 2003. Seasonal dispersal patterns of Frankliniella fusca (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and tomato spotted wilt virus occurrence in central and eastern North Carolina. J. Econ. Entomol. 96:1-11.

Nault, B. A., J. Speese III, D. Jolly and R. L. Groves. 2003. Seasonal patterns of adult thrips dispersal and implications for management in eastern Virginia tomato fields. Crop Prot. 22:505-512.

Groves, R. L. and J. I. Chen. 2004. Epidemiology of Pierce’s Disease in the central San Joaquin Valley of California: factors affecting pathogen distribution and movement., pp.109-111, In Proceedings, Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, M. Tariq, S. Oswalt, P. Blincoe, R. Spencer, L. Houser, A. Ba, and T. Esser (eds.), 7-10 December, California Department of Food and Agriculture, San Diego, CA.

Groves, R. L., J. I. Chen, E. L. Civerolo, M. W. Freeman, and M. A. Viveros. 2005. Spatial analysis of almond leaf scorch disease in the San Joaquin Valley of California: factors affecting pathogen distribution and spread. Plant Dis. 89:581-589.

Chen, J., Groves, R., Civerolo, E.L., Viveros, M., Freeman, M., and Zheng, Y. 2005. Two Xylella fastidiosa genotypes associated with almond leaf scorch disease on the same location in California . Phytopathology 95:708-714.

Fournier, V., Hagler, J., Daane, K., de Leon, J., Groves , R. , Costa, H., and Henneberry, T. 2005. Monoclonal antibodies specific to glassy-winged and smoketree sharpshooter egg protein: diagnostic tools for predator gut analysis. J. Biol. Control 37:108-118.

Chen, J., Groves , R.L., Civerolo, E.L., Zheng, Y., Viveros, M., and Freeman, M. 2006. “Colony Morphology of Almond Leaf Scorch Strains of Xylella fastidiosa and its epidemiological application.” Euro. J. Plant Pathol. (in press).