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Mark E. Ascerno Professor and Department Head

Address:

219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave.
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: (612) 624-3278
FAX: (612) 625-5299
E-mail: mascerno@umn.edu

Education:

B.S. Cornell University -- 1967. Entomology
M.S. Oregon State University -- 1969. Entomology
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University -- 1976. Entomology

Research Interests:

Floricultural and greenhouse entomology. Current interests in implementing biological control into commercial greenhouse operations; temperature and day length impact on floriculture insects; integrated pest management.

Teaching Interests:

Extension education in floriculture and greenhouse entomology.

Selected publications:

Hahn, Jeffrey and Mark E. Ascerno. 1997 (Revised). Carpenter Ants. Minn. Ext. Serv., Univ. of Minn. Fact Sheet FS-1045-B.

Erwin, J. M. and Mark E. Ascerno. 1996. New Guinea Impatiens: From Start to Finish. IN: Greenhouse Grower. September. P.99.

Hahn, Jeffrey and Mark E. Ascerno. 1996 (Revised). Apple Maggot Mangement in Home Gardens. Minn. Ext. Serv., Univ. of Minn. Fact Sheet FS-1007-A.

Wawrzynski, Robert P., Jeffrey D. Hahn and Mark E. Ascerno. 1996 (Revised). Insect Galls in the Landscape. Minn. Ext. Serv., Univ. of Minn. Folder FO-6704-S.

Wawrzynski, Robert P., Jeffrey D. Hahn and Mark E. Ascerno. 1996 (Revised). Insect and Mite Galls. Minn. Ext. Serv., Univ. of Minn. Folder FO-1009-A.

Wawrzynski, Robert P. and Mark E. Ascerno. 1996 (Revised). Scale Insects of Trees and Shrubs. Minn. Ext. Serv., Univ. of Minn. Folder FO-1019-C.

Wawrzynski, Robert P. and Mark E. Ascerno. 1996. Understanding Biological Control in Greenhouses. Minn. Ext. Serv., Univ. of Minn. Folder FO-6682-B.

Ascerno, Mark E. 1993. Insects and Other Pests: Fungus Gnats. IN: Geraniums IV - A Manual on the Culture of Geraniums as a Greenhouse Crop. Pennsylvania Flower Growers, Publisher. pp. 338-342.

Ascerno, Mark. 1991. Insect phenology and integrated pest management. J. Arboric. 17(1): 13-15.

Hahn, Jeffrey and Mark E. Ascerno. 1991. Public attitudes toward urban arthropods in Minnesota. American Entomologist. 37(3):179-184.

Wawrzynski, Robert P. and Mark E. Ascerno. 1990. Effects of ash flower gall induced by Eriophyes fraxiniflora Felt (Acarina: Eriophyidae) on tree vitality. J. Arboric. 16(7):182-185.

Ascerno, Mark E. (editor). 1989. Restoring the urban landscape: methods for recovering from hot, dry weather. Dial U Insect and Plant Information Service, Minn. Ext. Svc., Univ. of Minnesota. Folder AG-FO-3727. 4 pp.

Ascerno, Mark E. and Roger Moon. 1989. Forecaster: predicting biological phenomena based on daily temperatures. Minn. Ext. Svc., AG-CS-3029 ver 1.0.

Wawrzynski, Robert P. and Mark E. Ascerno. 1989. Ash flower gall: within tree distribution and chemical management. J. Arboric. 15(9):215-218.

Wawrzynski, Robert P. and Mark E. Ascerno. 1988 (Rev.). Insect pests of evergreens. Minn. Ext. Serv., Univ. of Minn. Folder AG-FO-0865. 8 pp.

Swedenborg, P.D., R.L. Jones, M.E. Ascerno, and V.R. Landwehr. 1988. Hylurgopinus rufipes (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera:Scolytidae):Attraction to broodwood, host colonization behavior and seasonal activity in central Minnesota. The Canadian Entomologist. 120(12):1041-1049.

Graduate Students:

Nancy Braker M.S. 1986.
Robert Wawrzynski M.S. 1989.
John Lloyd Jr. M.S. 1993.