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Welcome to the Entomology Research Program's home page! |
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Our department is led by Dr. Forrest L. Mitchell, Associate Professor and Project Leader. Vital to the success of our
program are James L. Lasswell, Senior Research Associate, Jeff Brady, Research Associate, Jack Brady, Research Assistant,
and Larissa Heimer, Administrative Assistant. We also depend on undergraduate and graduate
students from Tarleton State University. |
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| Our program is very diversified
as we are involved in research on insect DNA, genetic fingerprinting, insect viruses, and insect transmitted viruses
(such as Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus and insect vectored viruses which affect squash and melons). In recent years, in
response to the increasing global need for clean water, we have directed a major part of our research toward
aquatic insects and invertebrates. Our efforts have been rewarded with notes in Science, and our
Digital Dragonfly Museum was selected as
Website of the Week July 7, 1997 by Scientific American. |
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| It is our goal to resolve entomological problems of regional
and statewide importance through research and to make the results
of that research available to other scientists, educators, and the
general public. |
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