Dr. Linker is a Professor of Crop Science and Entomology and is the Integrated Pest Management Coordinator for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. His graduate training is in Entomology (the University of Florida). Dr. Linker teaches CS 415, Integrated Pest Management, a senior-level course designed to familiarize students with current pest management systems. He has a split appointment in extension, research, and teaching.

 

EXTENSION

The Extension IPM program provides a wide array of materials to support the adoption of IPM. IPM information can be found at the North Carolina IPM web site.

IPM materials are available on the IPM web site. This site is linked to the National IPM network.

Printed IPM guides for field crops are available to producers

Scouting schools provide information on pest identification and how to check crops for pests

Urban IPM information is available at the IPM web site and in printed form

On-farm tests demonstrates how IPM works in a farm setting

RESEARCH

Dr. Linker is part of a research team investigating large-scale, long-term, farming systems at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) near Goldsboro, N.C. His specific interests include pest sampling methodology and organic pest management.

Studies of pests on organic farms and the results of farmers' efforts to manage pests provides a way to identify the most damaging species

Large-scale, long-term studies of pests in production systems simulates situations found on farms

 

TEACHING

Dr. Linker is responsible for teaching CS 415, Integrated Pest Management, which is a 3 credit-hour senior-level class on the principles of IPM. This class is offered each Fall semester. Additonally, Dr. Linker is part of a team providing instruction for an 8-week sustainable agriculture summer internship at the Center for Environmental Agriculture student farm.

Lecture Topics for CS415 - Integrated Pest Management

	Title	Description
1	History of Pest Control	Discussion of pre-synthetic pesticide methods of pest control
2	Origin of Integrated Pest Management Concept	Historical account of ideas that lead to development of IPM theory
3	Pest Population Dynamics	Consideration of pest strategies and what affects pest populations
4	Estimating pest populations	Explanation of traditional means of monitoring pests
5	Pest Prediction	Methods of forecasting pest problems
6	Calculating/applying economic/aesthetic thresholds	Presentation of how economic/ asethethic thresholds are developed and applied
7	Biologically Based Technologies for Pest Control	Discussion of new technologies that have a biological basis
8	Genetically Engineered Crops	Treatment of the role of GE crops in IPM programs
9	Pesticides in IPM Systems	Explanation of how pesticides are used for pest control
10	Pesticide Fate in the Environment	Considerations of the off-site fate of pesticides used in agricultural production
11	Global positioning system role in pest management	Presentation on current uses of GPS to map pest populations and precision pesticide applications
12	Applied IPM Systems	Current IPM systems in several commodities are presented and discussed

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