Electrical Engineering Student

Charles M. MacVean, Ph.D.

Education

  • Ph.D., Entomology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
  • B.A., Biology, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI

Recent Publications

  • Smith, H.A, C.A. Nagle, C. M. MacVean, G.E. Vallad, E. van Santen, S. F. Hutton. 2018. Comparing host plant resistance, repellent mulches, and at-plant insecticides for management of Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus. Journal of Economic Entomology.
  • Weintraub, P. G., S. J. Scheffer, D. Visser, G. Valladares, A. Soares Correa, B.M. Shepard, A. Rauf, S. T. Murphy, N. Mujica, C. MacVean, J. Kroschel, M. Kishinevsky, R. C. Joshi, N. S. Johansen, R. H. Hallett, H. S. Civelek, B. Chen, and H. B. Metzler. 2017. The invasive Liriomyza huidobrensis (Diptera: Agromyzidae): understanding its pest status and management globally. J. Insect Sci. 17: 1–27.
  • Rodriguez-Castañeda, G., C. MacVean, C. Cardona and A.R.Hof. 2017. What limits the distribution of Liriomyza huidobrensis and its congener Liriomyza sativae in their native niche: when temperature and competition affect species’ distribution range in Guatemala. Journal of Insect Science.
  • Smith, H.A., C. A. Nagle, C. M. MacVean and C. L. McKenzie. 2016. Susceptibility of Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) to Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam, Dinotefuran and Flupyradifurone in South Florida. Insects 2016, 7, 57: 1-12.

Recent Presentations

  • Annual Meeting of the ESA. 2017. (Denver, Colorado). What limits the distribution of Liriomyza huidobrensis and its congener L. sativae in their native niche: When temperature and competition affect species’ distribution range in Guatemala. Genoveva Rodriguez-Castaneda, Charles MacVean, Anouschka Hof and Catherine Cardona.
  • Frontiers in Science and Technology for Cacao Quality, Productivity and Sustainability. 2016. Lessons from a neighboring crop: the importance of shade management in preventing Coffee Lethal Decline in Central America. Global Symposium at Penn State University, College of Agricultural Sciences.
  • Annual Meeting of the ESA. 2014. (Portland, Oregon). Susceptibility of Bemisia tabaci biotype B to Group4 insecticides in Florida. Hugh A. Smith, Curtis Nagle and Charles MacVean.

Professional Association

  • Entomological Society of America
  • Latin American Studies Association
  • Bio Net
  • Environmental Teaching and Research Network