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Ute (Kührt) Chambers
DAS Manager/Educator
Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
1100 N Western Ave. Wenatchee, WA
Phone: 509-663-8181 ext. 278
Fax: 509-663-8714
E-mail: uchambers@wsu.edu
Research/Professional Interests
- Development of monitoring tools and IPM strategies for orchard pests
- Ecological, physiological and behavioral aspects of insects, focusing on impacts of microhabitat and thermoregulation behavior on insect development
- Insect phenology modeling
- Education and outreach
Education
- Ph.D., Applied Entomology - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
- M.Sc., Ecology and Zoology - Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany
- B.Sc., Biology, - Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany
Recent Publications
Chambers, U., Bruck, D. J., Olsen, J. & V. M. Walton. Behavior of over-wintering filbertworm (Cydia latiferreana) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) larvae and their control with Steinernema carpocapsae. Journal of Economic Entomology. Submitted..
Walton, V. M., Dreves, A. J., Gent, D. H., James, D. G., Martin, R. R., Chambers, U., & P. A. Skinkis, 2007. Relationship between rust mites Calepitrimerus vitis (Nalepa), bud mites Colomerus vitis (Pagenstecher) (Acari: Eriophyidae) and short shoot syndrome in Oregon vineyards. International Journal of Acarology 33: 307-318. download PDF
Kührt, U., Samietz, J. & S. Dorn, 2006. Thermal response in adult codling moths. Physiological Entomology 31: 80-88. view article
Kührt, U., Samietz, J. & S. Dorn, 2006. Effect of plant architecture and hail nets on temperature of codling moth habitats in apple orchards. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 118: 245-259. view article
Kührt, U., Samietz, J., Höhn, H. & S. Dorn, 2006. Modelling the phenology of codling moth: influence of habitat and thermoregulation. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 117: 29-38. view article download PDF
Kührt, U., Samietz, J. & S. Dorn, 2006. Plant architecture, hail nets and thermal behaviour influencing developmental rate and modelling of the codling moth. Acta Horticulturae 707: 197-203. download PDF
Kührt, U., Samietz, J. & S. Dorn, 2005. Thermoregulation behaviour in codling moth larvae. Physiological Entomology 30: 54-61. view article
Tschudi-Rein, K., Brand, N., Kührt, U. & S. Dorn, 2004. First record of Hyssopus pallidus (Askew, 1964) for Switzerland (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 111: 671-672.
Extension Publications
Walton, V., Chambers, U. & J. Olsen, 2009. Hazelnut pest and beneficial insects – An identification guide, Oregon State Extension Service EM 8979-E. download PDF
Walton, V. M., Chambers, U., Olsen, J. & M. Reitmajer, 2008. Hazelnut pest management news. Oregon State Extension Service Newsletter.
Reitmajer, M., Walton V. M., Skinkis, P., & U. Chambers, 2007. Seasonal Phenology and Symptoms of Rust mite infestations in Oregon vineyards. Pacific Entomology Branch Meeting, Portland, Oregon.
Walton, V. M., Chambers, U., Dreves, A. J., Bruck, D. J. & J. Olsen, 2007. Identification of Invasive and Reemerging Pests on Hazelnuts. Oregon State Extension Service. download PDF
Presentations & Outreach
August 2009 – Nut Growers’ Summer Tour, Corvallis, OR.
May 2009 – OSU Extension Service Hazelnut Short Course on IPM, Roseburg, OR.
February 2009. Chambers, U., Walton, V. M. & D. J. Bruck, Entomology Program Seminar, OSU Corvallis, OR. IPM of filbertworm in hazelnuts.
August 2008 – Nut Growers’ Summer Tour, Salem and Mt.Angel, OR.
June 2008 – OSU Extension Service Hazelnut Short Course on IPM, Amity and McMinneville, OR.
January 2008. Chambers, U., Walton, V. M., Bruck, D. J., & A. J. Dreves, Nut Growers’ Society Meeting, Portland, OR. Aphids in hazelnuts & Biological control of filbertworm with nematodes.
January 2008. Chambers, U., Bruck, D. J., Dreves, A. J. & V. M. Walton, Western Orchard Pest and Disease Management Conference, Portland, OR. Biological control of filbertworm with entomopathogenic nematodes.
August 2007 – Nut Growers’ Summer Tour, Newberg, OR.
March 2005. Kührt, U., Samietz, J. & S. Dorn, Swiss Entomological Society National Conference, Basel, Switzerland. Modelling the influence of plant architecture and hail nets on the phenology of the codling moth.
June 2004. Kührt, U., Samietz, J. & S. Dorn, 7th International Symposium on Computer Modelling in Fruit Research and Orchard Management, Copenhagen, Denmark. Plant architecture, hail nets and thermal behaviour influencing development rate and modelling in the codling moth.
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