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  Home -> Department Directory -> Faculty -> Robert Venette

Robert Venette

Assistant Professor

Mailing Address:

219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave.
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: (612) 624-1956 Fax: (612) 625-5299
E-mail: venet001@tc.umn.edu

Education:

1997 Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Ecology
1991 B.S., University of Minnesota, Genetics and Cell Biology

Research Interests:

My research focuses on the invasion biology and population ecology of exotic species. Studies revolve around three basic questions: Which species are likely to become established? Where will they occur? How will they affect (agro-)ecosyems? My risk assessments contribute to pest management decisions at the local and national level. Current areas of interest include statistical methods to quantify risks associated with pink bollworm on cotton; geographic information systems to monitor and predict spread of alfalfa blotch leafminer on alfalfa; monitoring strategies to detect small populations of Bt-resistant European corn borer in transgenic Bt corn; modelling pest population dynamics; risk assessment approaches for exotic plant-parasitic nematodes; and soil processes that contribute to sustainable agriculture.

Selected Publications:

Gunapala, N., Venette, R.C., Ferris, H. and Scow, K.M. 1998. Effects of soil management history on the rate of organic matter decomposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. (In press).

Venette, R.C. and W.D. Hutchison. 1998. Risk assessment models for pink bollworm establishment in southeastern US cotton, pp 1226-1228. In P. Dugger and D. Richter [eds.], Proceedings, Beltwide Cotton Conferences. National Cotton Council of America, Memphis, TN.

Venette, R.C. and Carey, J.R. 1998. Invasion biology: rethinking our response to alien species. California Agriculture 52: 13-17.

Venette, R.C. and Ferris, H. 1998. Influence of prey type and abundance on population growth of bacterial-feeding nematodes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30:949-960.

Ferris, H., Venette, R.C., van der Meulen, H.R., and Lau, S.S. 1997. Nitrogen mineralization by bacterial-feeding nematodes. Journal of Nematology 29: 577.

Ferris, H., Venette, R.C., and Lau, S.S. 1997. Population energetics of bacterial-feeding nematodes: carbon and nitrogen budgets. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 29:1183-1194.

Gunapala, N., Venette, R.C., Ferris, H. and Scow, K.M. 1997. Effects of soil management history on the rate of organic matter decomposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. (Accepted).

Lau, S.S., Fuller, M.E., Ferris, H., Venette, R.C. and Scow, K.M. 1997. Development and testing of an assay for soil health using the microbivorous nematode, Cruznema tripartitum. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 36:133-139.

Venette, R.C. and Ferris, H. 1997. Influence of prey type and abundance on population growth of bacterial-feeding nematodes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry (Accepted).

Venette, R.C. and Ferris, H. 1997. Forecasting the establishment of introduced species during biological invasions. Ecological Applications (Submitted).

Venette, R.C. and Ferris, H. 1997. Thermal constraints to population growth of bacterial-feeding nematodes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29:63-74.

Venette, R.C. and Carey, J.R. 1997. Why invasion biology is important to California agriculture. California Agriculture (Submitted).

Venette, R.C., Carey, J.R., Ferris, H., Hastings, A., Hess, C., Moyle, P.B., Rejmánek, M., and Washino, B. 1997. Invasion biology: A science of ecological processes and exotic pests. Environment (Submitted).

Venette, R.C., Mostafa, F.A.M. and Ferris H. 1997. Trophic interactions between bacterial-feeding nematodes in plant rhizospheres and the nematophagous fungus Hirsutella rhossiliensis to suppress Heterodera schachtii. Plant and Soil (In Press).

Ferris, H., Eyre, M., Venette, R.C., and Lau, S.S. 1996. Population energetics of bacterial-feeding nematodes: stage specific development and fecundity rates. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28:271-280.

In Progress

Hutchison, W.D., Venette, R.C., and Andow, D.A. Practical monitoring for insect resistance to transgenic crops: Value of sampling late-planted sweet corn for European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and corn earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Economic Entomology (In Prep)

Venette, R.C. Invasion biology: The role of risk assessment in IPM. In. E.B. Radcliffe and W.D. Hutchison (eds) Radcliffe's World IPM Text; http://www.ipmworld.umn.edu/; University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. (In Prep)

Venette, R.C. and Hutchison, W.D. Assessing the risk of establishment by pink bollworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the Southeastern United States. Environmental Entomology (Submitted)

Venette, R.C. and Ferris, H. Forecasting the establishment of introduced species during biological invasions. Invasion Biology (In Prep).

Selected Extension/Outreach Publications:

Venette, R.C., Burkness, E.C., O'Rourke, P.K., and Hutchison, W.D. 1997. Alfalfa Blotch Leafminer in the Upper Midwest: The Invasion Continues, Departement of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

Burkness, E.C., Venette, R.C., O'Rourke, P.K., and Hutchison, W.D. 1997. Invasion of the Upper Midwest by Alfalfa Blotch Leafminer, Departement of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

Recent Presentations:

Predicting the establishment of introduced nematodes. Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. October 21, 1997.

Invasion biology of free-living and plant-parasitic nematodes: Quantifying the risk of establishment. Ecology Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. October 9, 1997.

nvasion biology of free-living and plant-parasitic nematodes: Quantifying the risk of establishment. Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. October 6, 1997.

Establishment of exotic species: Lessons from bacterial-feeding nematodes. John and Mary Louise Riley Seminar Series. University of California, Bodega Marine Lab, Bodega Bay, CA. July 10, 1997.

Nitrogen mineralization by bacterial-feeding nematodes. Rhizosphere Biology Workshop. University of California, Davis, CA. June 7, 1997.

Invasion biology of exotic insect pests: policy implications for science and intervention. 38th Annual Entomology Conference, University of California, Riverside. March 26, 1997.

Soil biology. Spring 1997 Cover Crops Workshop (SAFS). Davis, CA. April 24, 1997.

 
 
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