Entomology

Collection Development Policy Statement

Library's Collection Development Objectives

Support faculty and student research and the curriculum through the doctoral degree level in the discipline of Entomology, including genetics, insect migration, physiology and biochemistry, toxicology, behavior, biological control, systematics, medical and veterinary entomology, urban, horticultural, and forest entomology, plant resistance to insects, and field crops (soybeans, sugarcane, cotton, grains, forages, rice, and pastures); and support research projects and programs conducted at the affiliated research stations of the LSU Agricultural Center..

Curriculum Program Descriptions

The Department of Entomology is part of the College of Agriculture. There are 21 faculty members in the department, all with Ph.D. degrees, including three USDA research entomologists. Faculty members hold joint appointments with the University and the LSU Agricultural Center. Degree programs leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. are offered, with areas of study in pest management, urban entomology, apiculture, forest entomology, horticultural entomology, forensic entomology, medical/veterinary entomology, biological control, and insect behavior. Undergraduate students may pursue a minor in Entomology. Listed below are the number of degrees awarded to students in Entomology for the past five years:

E (Empty String)      - (Info unavailable)

The following degree programs are offered which the Library collection supports:

Bachelor Degree--B.S.	Master Degree--M.S.	Doctoral Degree--Ph.D.
None (minor only)	Entomology	Entomology

Areas of Specialization/Major Faculty Research Interests

• Host-plant resistance and insect-plant interactions
• Biology, management, and control of insect pests of soybeans, sugarcane, cotton, rice, sweet potatoes, grains, forages, pastures, and horticultural crops
• Natural history and control of urban insects, with a special emphasis on social insect behavior
• Biology, ecology, and control of mosquitoes
• Insect biochemistry, toxicology, and genetics
• Physiological aspects of arthropod disease transmission
• Resistance to insecticides
• Biology and control of termites, especially the formosan termite
• Honey bee reporoduction and management and has included instrumental insemination, sperm storage, oviposition behavior, population growth, and selective breeding.
• Systematics of Coleoptera, especially Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae, Nitidulidae, and Endomychidae, biogeography, larval, morphology, forest litter diversity and conservation biology.
• Microbial control and epizootiology of insect diseases.
• The ecology, population dynamics, and natural enemies of forest insect pests of pines, bottomland hardwoods and forested wetlands.
• Red Imported Fire Ant Behavior, Ecology, and Physiology.
• Biological control of ornamental, turf and citrus pests and migration and ecology of noctuid moths.
• Specialization in insects and the role that specialization plays in the creation and maintenance of new species.
• Plant-mediated interactions between plant pathogens and insects, and the effect of plant resistance on the population dynamics of insects.

Classed Analysis

LC Classification	Descriptor	Collecting level		Comments
		Existing Strength	Current Intensity
SB 599-1110	Pests & Disease, Economic Zoology	3	3	Special interests: Pests of sugarcane, rice, cotton, and sweet potatoes; mosquitoes; fire ants; termites; pesticides See also QL 473+ Insects
GE	Environmental Sciences	3	3	See also QH 540+ Ecology
S 1-760	Agriculture (General)	3	3	Special interests: Sustainable agriculture
S 900-972	Conservation of Natural Resources	3	2
SB 1-486	Plant Culture	4	3

Prepared: August 8, 2001
Updated: March 15, 2003