My research activities deal primarily with different aspects of integrated pest management (IPM). IPM is an ecological approach to managing agricultural pest problems using multiple compatible tactics, including sanitation, survey and detection, biological control, trap cropping and chemical control. Chemical pesticides are used as a last resort, when other options fail to maintain pests below economically damaging levels.
Margaret Skinner
Publications
Daher, S., Y. Abou Jawdeh, M. Haider, A. Abou Haidar, B. Parker, M. Skinner & I. P. Saoud. 2019. Integrating Agriculture with Aquaculture and Biological Pest Management- Does it Work? World Aquaculture, December: 58-61.
Trissi, A.N., M. El-Bouhssini, M. Skinner & B.L. Parker. 2019. Sublethal effect of Beauveria bassiana on feeding and fecundity of the sunn pest, Eurygaster integriceps Puton (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae). Bulletin OEPP/EPPO 8 pp.
Skinner, M., B.L. Parker & C.F. Sullivan. 2019. Chapter 31. Integrated Pest Management in Greenhouse and Other Protected Cultivation Systems. In: Current and Future Developments in IPM; Eds: M. Kogan & L. Higley, Burleigh Dodds Science Publ. Cambridge, UK.
Skinner, M., J. Rubin, J. Gorres & B.L. Parker. 2018. Do invasive worms threaten Northeast Maple Forests? Maple Syrup Digest. Vol. 57.
Awards and Recognition
Leadership Award for Service to our Urban Forest
Finalist for the Green Mountain Environmental Leadership Award in the category “What a Great Idea”
Associations and Affiliations
National Science Advisory Committee for Asian Longhorned Beetle
Adjunct Faculty, Biology Department, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
UVM Plant Diagnostic Laboratory
UVM Extension Master Gardener Program
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
Integrated Pest Management, Biological Control, Saffron Production, Insect Pest Identification
Education
- Ph.D. Entomology, University of Vermont 1993
- M.S. Entomology, University of Vermont 1987
- B.A. Sociology, Ohio Wesleyan University 1972
Contact
Email:
Phone:
- (802) 656-5440
Office Location:
661 Spear Street, Burlington VT 05405
Office Hours:
By appointment