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Steven A. Katovich Adjunct Faculty Forest Entomology

North Central Forest Experiment Station Address: USDA-Forest Service North Central Forest Experiment Station 1992 Folwell Ave. St. Paul, MN 55108

Education: Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1988, Entomology M.S. University of Wyoming, 1984, Entomology B.S. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1980, Forest Management Research Interests: Insects associated with the disease Butternut Canker. Alternatives to insecticides in northern seed orchards--Pheromones and Fire. Silvicultural options to reduce impacts from white pine weevil Teaching Interests: Forest Entomology, Univ. of Minnesota, 1993. Developed and taught a 4 credit course in forest entomology. Course material covered impacts, biology and management of forest and tree insects. Forest Entomology, UMN, 1994-present. Three to five guest lectures each year on seed & cone insects, terminal weevils, budworm and biological control. Insect & Disease Training Sessions, US Forest Service, 1992-1994. Developed with a forest pathologist, 2-day training sessions on forest insect and disease identification, impacts, biology, ecology, and management. Approximately 160 people trained on 5 National Forests and 1 National Park. Recent Publications: Katovich, S.A., D.G. McCullough and R.A Haack. 1995. Yellowheaded Spruce Sawfly - Its Ecology and Management. USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report NC-179, 24 pp. Hamid, A., T.M. O'Dell and S. Katovich. 1995. White Pine Weevil. USDA Forest Service, Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet 21, 10 pp. Grant, G.G., S.A. Katovich, D.J. Hall, D.A. Lombardo and K.N. Slessor. 1993. Sex pheromone identification and trapping of Dioryctria resinosella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Environ. Entomol. 22:154-161. Katovich, S.A. 1992. White pine weevil and gypsy moth: potential pests of eastern white pine, pp 126-135, In White Pine Symposium Proceedings: History, Ecology, Policy and Management, Eds. R.A. Stine and M.J. Baughman, Univ. MN Extension Service, NR-BU-6044-S. Katovich, S. and R. Haack. 1991. Gypsy moth in the northern hardwood forest. USDA For. Serv. N. Central For. Exp. Stn. Northern Hardwood Notes 7.10, 6 pp. Katovich, S.A. and D.J. Hall. 1992. How to Identify and minimize red pine shoot moth damage. USDA For. Serv., Northeastern Area, NA-FR-02-92. Katovich, S.A. and H.M. Kulman. 1991. Eastern Pine Seedworm, Cydia toreuta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in red pine cones in Wisconsin. Great Lakes Entomol. 24:145-152. Katovich, S. and M. Mielke. 1993. How to manage eastern white pine to minimize damage from blister rust and white pine weevil. USDA For. Serv., Northeastern Area, NA-FR-01-93. Katovich, S.A. and F.S. Morse. 1992. White pine weevil response to oak overstory girdling - results from a 16- year-old study. N. J. Appl. For. 9:51-54. Katovich, S.A., R.P. Overton, P.A. Rush and H.M. Kulman. 1989. Red pine conelet, cone and seed losses to insects and other factors in an open grown plantation and a seed orchard. For. Ecol. and Manage. 29:115- 131. Katovich, S.A., P.D. Swedenborg, M. Giblin and E.W. Underhill. 1989. Evidence for (E,Z)-8,10-dodecadienyl acetate as the major component of the sex pheromone of the eastern pine seedworm, Cydia toreuta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 15:581-590. Raffa, K.F., D.J. Hall, W. Kearby and S. Katovich. 1992. Seasonal life history of introduced basswood thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Wisconsin, with observations on associated thrips species. Environ. Entomol. 21:771-779.