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Andrea Bixby-Brosi
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
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Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
1100 N Western Ave. Wenatchee, WA
Phone: 509-663-8181 ext. 288
Fax: 509-663-8714
E-mail: andrea.bixby-brosi@wsu.edu
Research/Professional Interests
- Monitoring and manipulating natural enemies to enhance conservation bio-control;
- Multitrophic interactions involving arthropods, plants, and natural enemies;
- Education and outreach.
Education
- Ph.D., Entomology - University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
- M.Sc., Entomology - University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
- B.A., Soil Science and Hydrology, minor: Chemistry -
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Publications
Scientific
- Bixby-Brosi AJ & DA Potter. 2011. Can a chitin-synthesis-inhibiting turfgrass fungicide enhance black cutworm susceptibility to a baculovirus? Pest Management Science. (102KB pdf)
- Bixby-Brosi AJ & DA Potter. 2011. Endophyte-mediated tritrophic interactions between a grass-feeding caterpillar and two parasitoid species with different life histories. Arthropod Plant Interactions. (250KB pdf)
- Bixby-Brosi, AJ & DA Potter. 2010. Evaluating a Naturally-Occurring Baculovirus for Extended Biological Control of the Black Cutworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Golf Course Habitats. J. Economic Entomology. 103: 1555-1563.
- Bixby, AJ & DA Potter. 2010. Influence of endophyte (Neotyphodium lolii) infection of perennial ryegrass on susceptibility of the black cutworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to a baculovirus. Biological Control. 54: 141-146.
- Bixby, AJ, SR Alm, K. Power, P. Grewal, and S. Swier. 2007. Susceptibility of four species of turfgrass-infesting scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) to Bacillus thuringiensis Serovar japonensis Strain Buibui. J. Economic Entomology. 100: 1604-1610.
Semi-technical
- Bixby, AJ & DA Potter. 2011. Evaluating a Naturally-Occurring Baculovirous for Extended Biological Control of Black Cutworms in Golf Course habitats. USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online. 10(4): 1-15.
- Bixby, AJ & DA Potter. 2010. Biological Control of Black Cutworms using a Virus. USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online. 9(13): 1-6.
- Potter, DA & AJ Bixby. 2008. Season-long biological control of black cutworms. USGA Green Section Record. 46(2): 11-13.
Book Chapter
- Bixby-Brosi, AJ & DA Potter. 2011. “Beneficial and Innocuous Invertebrates in Turfgrass” In: Handbook of Turfgrass Insects. 2nd edition. Entomology Society of America, Lanham, MD. Invited book chapter, in press.
Presentations (2010 - 2011 only)
Invited
- Bixby, AJ & DA Potter. Tritrophic Interactions of Endophyte, Neotyphodium lolii Infecting Perennial Ryegrass and Two Parasitoids of the Black Cutworm (Agroti ipsilon). 2010 Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), San Diego, CA.
- Bixby, AJ & DA Potter. Prospects for Managing Turfgrass Insect Pests with Baculoviruses, 2010 International Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology,Trabzon, Turkey
Offered
- Bixby-Brosi, AJ & DA Potter, Biological Control of a Grass Feeding Caterpillar and Endophyte Mediated Tritrophic Interactions in Turfgrass. 2010, University of Kentucky PhD Exit Seminar. Lexington, KY
- Bixby, AJ & DA Potter. Influence of Endophyte (Neotyphodium lolii) Infection of Perennial Ryegrass on Susceptibility of the Black Cutworm to a Baculovirus. 2010, North Central Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Louisville, KY
Extension
- Bixby-Brosi, AJ & CT Redmond. Turf and Ornamental Insects and Control, Kentucky Turfgrass Council – Short course, Louisville, KY 2011
- Bixby, AJ. Know Natural Enemies in Turfgrass. Turfgrass Field Day, University of KY Spindletop Research Farm, Lexington, KY 2010
- Bixby, AJ & CT Redmond. Controlling Turfgrass Insects, Kentucky Turfgrass Council - Short course, Louisville, KY, February, 2009 and 2010
Symposia Organized
- “Entodiversity in Turfgrass and Ornamental Pest Management.” ESA National Meeting 2010, San Diego, CA. Co-organized with Joseph Doskocil.
- “Building Sustainable Urban Landscapes.” ESA National Meeting 2009, Indianapolis, IN. Co-organized with Sarah Vanek.
Affiliated Projects:
Andrea is working on a project funded by the WA Tree Fruit Research Commission studying natural enemy attractants and their use for monitoring and promoting colonization into orchards.
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