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While my specific study systems have changed over the years, my research continues to be centered around similar themes. I'm broadly interested in understanding how a combination of local farm management and the surrounding landscape around a farm impacts insects, both beneficial and pest species.
I'm motivated by applied research questions that can provide a better ecological understanding of what is happening in real-world situations on working farms. A main goal for my research is that it is always done in collaboration with growers, and that the findings can be applied to make management decisions for more sustainable cropping systems.
Research Themes
Impact & Applicability
Impact & Applicability
Aim to focus on applied research questions that can provide solutions to pressing topics - biodiversity loss, land-use change, and climate change.
Co-Produced Knowledge
Co-Produced Knowledge
Work alongside practitioners and those with lived experience to ensure practicality and feasibility are considered while developing research questions.
Data Science
Data Science
Incorporate data science techniques in data analysis and tool development to see if we can gain better insights into agricultural and natural systems using long-term datasets.
Current Research Questions
Landscape Ecology
Landscape Ecology
How do local management practices and surrounding landscapes interact to impact arthropods and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes?
Pest Risk Assessment
Pest Risk Assessment
Can we predict where and when soil-dwelling pests will pose a threat to crops based on a combination of on-farm monitoring, management, climate, and landscape data?
Diversified Farming Systems
Diversified Farming Systems
How do diversified farming systems, such as silvopasture, provide environmental, social, and economic benefits?
Seedcorn maggot (Delia platura) under a microscope
Seedcorn maggot larvae and pupae in soybean and corn seeds
Traps for monitoring seedcorn maggot
Long-Term Monitoring
Long-Term Monitoring
Can we use a combination of long-term datasets, modeling, and field experiments to predict pest prevalence based on climatic, environmental, and management factors?
Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem Services
What management practices enhance ecosystem services, such as biological pest control and pollination, in agricultural landscapes?
Sentinel eggs are used to measure predator activity
Publications
Rooney, O., Shade, J., Salzberg, A., Cho, C.Y., & Poveda, K. (2024). Founding and maintaining a seedcorn maggot (Delia platura) colony. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.13593
Cho, C.Y., Crowther, S., Stratton, A., Olmstead, D., & Poveda, K. (2024). Validation of degree day threshold for Delia platura first emergence in New York State. Crop Protection. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2024.107011
Olaya-Arenas, P., Cho, C.Y., Olmstead, D., DiPaola, A., Crowther, S., Degni, J., Miller, J, Gabriel, A., Stanyard, M., Zuefle, M., Letham, J. &, Poveda, K. (2024). Delia platura (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) spring flight and first emergence in New York State. Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae148
Kooyers, N. J., Morioka, K. A., Colicchio, J. M., Clark, K. S., Donofrio, A., Estill, S. K., Pascualy, C. R., Anderson, I. C., Hagler, M., Cho, C., & Blackman, B. K. (2021). Population responses to a historic drought across the range of the common monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus). American Journal of Botany, 108(2), 284–296. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1589
Entomology Society of America Annual Meeting 2023
Previous Work
Undergraduate Honors Thesis - Agroecology and Traditional Farming Knowledge as an Alternative to Pesticides
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