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CURRICULUM VITAE  Alexandre V. LATCHININSKY

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Department 3354

Personal:

Renewable Resources / Entomology

Birthdate: February 23, 1958

University of Wyoming
 1000 E. University Ave.,

Marital status:
Married to Alla Latchininsky

Laramie, WY 82071-3354
 USA

Daughters:
Marina (24)

 

Alexandra (19)
phone: (307) 766-2298
fax: (307) 766-5025
e-mail: latchini@uwyo.edu
websites: http://www.wygisc.uwyo.edu/grasshopper/
http://uwyo.edu/RenewableResources/
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/UWCES/Entomology.asp

Last Update: December 15, 2006

Table of Contents

Current position

Education

Academic employment

Academic affiliations

Other employment

Main areas of expertise and research interests

Grants and contracts

Extension Activities

   Extension and Outreach presentations

    Arthropod ID

    Pest management advice to clientele

    Master Gardener training delivered

    Horticulture compressed video sessions attended

    Outreach-Public meetings attended

    Extension publications

Invited research presentations

UW Seminars

Media presentations

Participation in conferences (not previously listed)

Professional society membership

Professional training-outreach courses taken

Publications

    Peer-reviewed articles

    Peer-reviewed invited book chapters

    Monographs and edited books

    Textbooks, Course and Seminar packets

    Dissertation and Thesis

    Technical publications

    Media coverage

    Abstracts

    Translation publications

    Miscellaneous publications

    Research reports

Patents

Professional services and activities

Peer-review of project proposals

Peer-review of scientific manuscripts

Translation experience and contracts

Awards, scholarships and honors

Travel grants

Teaching

Advising

Community service
 

HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CURRICULUM VITAE

Since May 1, 2003 when I started my job as Assistant Professor at UW

Activity                                                                    Accomplishments
  2003 2004 2005 2006 CV pp.
           
EXTENSION (with Scott Schell)          
Outreach presentations delivered 10 22 21 20 6
Media presentations (radio, newspaper)  8 2 5 2 18
Extension publications (including electronic) 2 9 18 18 10
Master Gardener classes taught - 3 7 5 10
Horticulture compressed video sessions 6 5 5 7 10
Arthropod ID samples 60 135 221 231 10
Pest management advice to
clientele		 80+  112 128 605 10
           
RESEARCH          
Refereed journal articles published - 1 3 (subm.) 3 19
Published abstracts and finished reports 3 5 10 8 25,28
Invited research presentations 5 10 17 16 12
Invited guest lectures - 4 5 5 37
Visiting Scholars 1 - 1 1 39
Number of proposals funded 8 13 13 11 3
Monies awarded $138,120 $200,604 $211,290 $182,515 3
           
SERVICE          
Reviewed manuscripts  4  5 12 10 32
Conference-Workshop Organizer - 1 1 3 29
           
RECOGNITION          
Awards - - 1 - 34
Media coverage - 1 6 8 24
New Academic affiliations - - 2 - 3

CURRENT POSITION

Professor / Extension Entomologist, Department of Renewable Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Wyoming (since May 1, 2003).

EDUCATION

2001  Ph.D. in Entomology, University of Wyoming, Laramie WY, USA.  Dissertation subject: “Environmental Factors Governing Population Dynamics of Rangeland Grasshoppers: The First Application of GIS and Remote Sensing to Acridology in Russia.”

1980  B.S./M.S. in Entomology at St. Petersburg State University (Russia).  M.S. Thesis subject: “Comparative Characteristics of the Photoperiodic Reaction in Three Species of Lepidoptera.”

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

September 2008 – present – Professor / Extension Entomologist, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Wyoming.

May 2003 – September 2008 – Assistant Professor / Extension Entomologist, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Wyoming.

May 2001 – April 2003 – Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Entomology Section, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Wyoming.

1998 - May 2001 – Research Scientist, Entomology Section, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Wyoming.

1998-1999 – Lecturer, Entomology Section, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Wyoming.

1995-1998 – Graduate Teaching Assistant, Entomology Section, Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, University of Wyoming.

1996-1997 (summer field seasons) - Head of the International Research Group (All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection, Russia; University of Wyoming, USA; International Center of Agronomic Research for Development, France).  Subject: Study of population dynamics, ecology and management of acridids in Siberia (Russia).

1993-1995 - Head of the Research Group in Acridology at All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR), St. Petersburg, Russia.  Subject: IPM methods of grasshopper management, survey and monitoring in the zone of the Lake Baikal (East Siberia).

1992-1993 - Visiting Scientist, International Center of Agronomic Research for Development (CIRAD), Montpellier, France.  Subject: Synthesis of bio-ecological data regarding the Desert and Moroccan locusts in the former USSR.

1991-1992 - Head of the Research Team in Acridology at All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR).  Subject: Grasshopper Integrated Pest Management project in Yakutia (East Siberia) with special emphasis on the development of biological methods of control.

1988-1990 - Senior Research Entomologist at All-Union Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Subject: Development of the Integrated Pest Management methods for Migratory locust, Italian locust, and other agricultural pests in the zone of the Aral Sea ecological catastrophe.

1987-1988 - Senior Research Entomologist at All-Union Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Subject: Development of new methods of forecasting outbreaks of the Moroccan locust in Central Asia.

1984-1985 - Research Entomologist at All-Union Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Subject: Morphometric features as the indicators of the trends in the population dynamics of Migratory and Moroccan locusts.

1980-1983 - Research Entomologist at All-Union Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Subject: Biology, ecology and physiology of swarming locusts in Kazakhstan (Migratory locust and Italian locust) and Uzbekistan (Moroccan locust).

1977-1979 Collector, and Laboratory Technician, Chair of Entomology, St. Petersburg (Leningrad) State University.

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

2005

Academic Faculty Affiliate, Dept. of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO

Academic Affiliate, Wyoming GIS Center, University of Wyoming

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

1986-1987 - Lieutenant (Field Artillery) of the Soviet Army

MAIN AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Biology, ecology, population dynamics, and management strategies of grasshoppers and locusts.

Methods of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Western High Plains, including use of biopesticides.

Biology and ecology of main insect pests of Wyoming, including rangeland, horticultural, forest, urban, and crop pests.

Geographic Information Sciences (GIS) and Remote Sensing applications in insect ecology and pest management.

Environmental impact of pest management programs, including the influence on the non-target terrestrial arthropods.

Diapause, migrations and other adaptations in insect life strategies. 

Phase variation in locusts.

Conservation of rare and endangered Orthoptera species.

History of entomology.

International aspects of pest management.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Total Funded Share of A. Latchininsky $1,057,745
(including 2006: $182,515; 2005: $211,290; 2004: $200,604; 2003: $138,120)

2006 Funded Proposals: 11 (total: $182,515).

UW Ag Experiment Station Competitive Grant Program:

  1. IPM Strategy for Sustainable Black Grass Bug Management in Wyoming Grasslands Enrolled in Conservation Reserve Program (Principal Investigator) - $60,000

USDA-APHIS-PPQ Funding:

  1. Mormon Cricket Identification and Management Poster (Principal Investigator) - $6,622
  2. Grasshopper Management Workshops (Principal Investigator) - $19,393
  3. Gypsy Moth Survey (Principal Investigator) - $5,500

UW College of Agriculture Mini-IPM Grant:

5.      Developing and Implementing Ultra-Low Coverage Methods for Chemical and Biological Control of Rangeland Grasshoppers (Principal Investigator) - $9,500

NASA / Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium Grant:

  1. Remote Sensing applications to rangeland pest monitoring in Northern Great Plains (Principal Investigator) - $27,500

National Park Service, Rocky Mt. Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (RM-CESU) Grant:

  1. Literature Study and Monitoring Strategies for Eight Insect Species of the Great Sand Dunes National Park (Principal Investigator) - $5,000

Wyoming Department of Agriculture Funds:

  1. Applied research and development of grasshopper pest management practices in Wyoming (Principal Investigator) - $30,000

Great Plains Diagnostic Network Grant:

  1. Wyoming State Arthropod Diagnostic Lab (Principal Investigator) - $8,000

Valent Corp. Grant-in-Aid:

  1. Testing of Insecticide Pyriproxyphen against rangeland grasshoppers (Principal Investigator) - $10,000 (unrestricted gift)

USDA Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Funds:

  1. Identification of Arthropods Collected with Pheromone Fruit Tree Pest Traps in Wyoming (Principal Investigator) - $1,000

2005 Funded Proposals: 13 (total: $211,290).

USDA-APHIS-PPQ Funding:

  1. Grasshopper Management Poster (Principal Investigator) - $6,476
  2. Grasshopper Management Workshops (Principal Investigator) - $24,167
  3. Gypsy Moth Survey (Principal Investigator) - $5,500

USDA-Forest Service, Forest Health Evaluation Monitoring Competitive Program:

  1. Host selection behavior and progression of infestation by the Mountain Pine Beetle, in mixed stands of limber and lodgepole pine (Principal Investigator) - $16,500

UW College of Agriculture Mini-IPM Grant:

5.      Developing and Implementing Ultra-Low Coverage Methods for Chemical and Biological Control of Rangeland Grasshoppers (Principal Investigator) - $9,873

National Park Service, Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit Grant:

  1. Monitoring and Long-Term Control of Insect Pests at Colter Bay Indian Arts Museum, Grand Teton National Park (Principal Investigator) - $4,837

NASA / Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium Grant:

  1. Mapping locust habitats in Central Asia using Remote Sensing (Principal Investigator) - $18,800

Wyoming Department of Agriculture Funds:

  1. Development of Efficient, Economic, and Environmentally Benign Methods of Grasshopper Population Management (Principal Investigator) - $30,000

Great Plains Diagnostic Network Grant:

  1. Wyoming State Arthropod Diagnostic Lab (Principal Investigator) - $8,000

Valent Corp. Grant-in-Aid:

  1. Testing of Insecticide Knack® against rangeland grasshoppers (Principal Investigator) - $2,500 (unrestricted gift)

Peacock Industry Grant-in-Aid:

  1. Development of Wheat Bran Bait Formulations for Rangeland Grasshopper Control (Principal Investigator) - $8,637 (unrestricted gift)

USDA Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Funds:

  1. Identification of Arthropods Collected with Pheromone Traps in Wyoming (Principal Investigator) - $1,000

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO UN):

  1. Train-the-Trainers program materials for Desert locust management in West Africa (Principal Investigator) - $75,000

2004 Funded Proposals: 13 (total $200,604).

EPA/IR-4 Biopesticide Demonstration Program Funds:

1.      Evaluation of Mycotrol O® (Beauveria bassiana, GHA strain) application enhanced with Canola oil to prevent grasshopper infestation of improved pastures and irrigated fields (Principal Investigator) - $15,000

Fremont Co. Weed and Pest Council Grant:

2.      Optimization of the dose rates of Mycotrol O® and oil attractants to control pest grasshoppers (Principal Investigator) - $12,500

UW College of Agriculture Mini-IPM Grant:

3.      Developing and Implementing Ultra-Low Coverage Methods for Chemical and Biological Control of Rangeland Grasshoppers (Principal Investigator) - $9,950

USDA-APHIS-PPQ Funding:

4.      Wyoming Grasshopper Pest Management Handbook (Principal Investigator) - $19,195

5.      Grasshopper Management Workshops (Principal Investigator) - $41,349

6.      Gypsy Moth Survey (Principal Investigator) - $5,500

7.      Gypsy Moth Data (Principal Investigator) - $330

8.      Forest Insect Identification (Principal Investigator) - $2,000

Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium Funds:

9.      Replacing insecticides with information: improving locust surveys in Kazakhstan with remote sensing.  Phase II (Principal Investigator) - $40,000

USAID (US-Israel Cooperative Research Program):

10.  Biological control of locusts in Georgia: building self-sufficiency (Co-PI) - $36,600

Crompton/Uniroyal Corp. Grant-in-Aid:

11.  Field Tests of Dimilin® 2L (Diflubenzuron) for the Control of Rangeland Grasshoppers; (Principal Investigator) - $12,000

Syngenta Corp. Grant-in-Aid:

12.  Field tests of Warrior® insecticide to control rangeland grasshoppers (Principal Investigator) - $3,000

National Park Service, Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit Grant:

13.  Survey and Mitigate for Effects of Swallow Nests at Colter Bay Visitor Center and Indian Arts Museum, Grand Teton National Park (Principal Investigator) - $3,180

2003 Funded Proposals: 8 (total $138,120).

USDA-APHIS-PPQ Funding:

  1. CARMA: Expanding Grasshopper Management software to Address current Problems; $15,700 (Principal Investigator).
  2. Electronic, On-line Version of a Key to the Grasshoppers of Wyoming; $7,770 (Principal Investigator).
  3. Grasshopper Management Workshops; $23,375 (Principal Investigator).
  4. On-line Grasshopper Survey Data Entry System; $11,825 (Principal Investigator).

College of Agriculture IPM Funds:

5.      Developing and Implementing Ultra-Low Coverage Methods for Chemical and Biological Control of Rangeland Grasshoppers; $9,950 (Principal Investigator).

Wyoming Department of Agriculture Funds:

  1. Reduced Agent-Area Grasshopper Management; $20,000 (Principal Investigator).

Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium Funds:

7.      Replacing Insecticides with Information: Improving Locust Surveys in Kazakhstan with Remote Sensing; $75,000 (Co-Principal Investigator with J. Lockwood; share $37,500).

Crompton Corporation Grant-in-Aid:

  1. Field Tests of Dimilin® 2L (Diflubenzuron) for the Control of Rangeland Grasshoppers; $12,000 (Principal Investigator).

Previously Funded Proposals (total share of A. Latchininsky $285,216).

2001

  1. Association for Applied Acridology International Workshop on World-wide Marketing Opportunities for Aventis Acridicides in Laramie, Wyoming, funded by Aventis Environmental Sciences; $20,000 (co-PI with J. Lockwood; share $10,000).

2000

  1. International Consultant for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO UN).  Three-month mission in Kazakhstan as Project Leader to develop the Technical Cooperation Project Emergency Assistance Program to Control Locust Outbreaks; $62,500 (Total for the project: $302,000).

2.      Organizer and Convener of the Round Table Meeting of the FAO and the Government of Kazakhstan on the Anti-Locust Campaign 2000 in Central Asia (Almaty, Kazakhstan); $32,000 (Project Leader).

1999

1.      Full-time benefited position, Research Scientist / Executive Director of the Association for Applied Acridology International, joint project between industry consortium and University of Wyoming; $45,000.  Renewed for the years 2000, and 2002.

  1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advanced Research Workshop on Acridogenic and Anthropogenic Hazards to the Grassland Biome: Managing Grasshopper Outbreaks without Risking Environmental Disaster (Estes Park, CO); $50,000.  Co-Principal Investigator (with J. Lockwood, UW and M. Sergeev, Novosibirsk State University; share $16,667).
  2. Rhône-Poulenc grant for text editing and preparation of color illustrations for the Guide to the economic and common species of locusts and grasshoppers of Central Asia; $5,000 (Principal Investigator).

1997

  1. Rhône-Poulenc grant for developing New Strategies of Chemical Grasshopper Control in Siberia; $6,000 (Principal Investigator).

1996

1.       Rhône-Poulenc grant for conducting registration trials of the insecticide Adonis in Russia; $4,500 (Principal Investigator).

1995

  1. DowElanco grant for testing new strategies of chemical grasshopper control in East Siberia; $5,000 (Principal Investigator).

1994

  1. Zeneca grant for conducting the registration trials of the insecticide Karate in Russia; $300 (Personal Contract).
  2. Sumitomo Chemical grant for refining the dose rates of the insecticide Fenitrothion for grasshopper control in Russia; $250 (Personal Contract).

3.      DowElanco 1-year contract for consultancy in applied acridology; $2,500 (Personal Contract).

1991

1.      Grant of the Yacutian Ministry of Agriculture to develop the IPM methods of grasshopper management; $3,000 (Principal Investigator).

1990-1993

1.      Grant of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences for the development of the long-term forecasting model for the main locust species in the former Soviet Union; $5,000 (Co-Principal Investigator with O. Naumovich, VIZR; share $2,500).

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

Extension and Outreach Presentations (total 72 since 2003)

2006 (19)

  1. Pesticide Safety and Application (UW Class, January).  Title: Field Crop Pest Control.
  2. Pesticide Safety and Application (UW Class, January).  Title: Pests of Human Health.
  3. Commercial Pesticide Applicator Recertification School (Casper, WY, January).  Title: Insecticide Update.
  4. Wyoming Growers and Groundskeepers Association annual meeting (Casper, WY, January).  Title: Biorational insecticides (delivered by S. Schell).
  5. West Slope Extension Center Pesticide Applicators Recertification Training (Grand Junction, CO, February).  Title: Grasshopper IPM (delivered by S. Schell).
  6. Entomology Short Course for Wyoming Weed and Pest Specialists (Laramie, WY, April; 16 hour program delivered with S. Schell, W. Cranshaw, T. Collier, L. Koch, J. Lloyd, J. Lockwood R. Kumar and others).  Titles presented by A. Latchininsky: Introduction to Entomology; Immature Insects; Insect Pests of Field Crops; Grasshopper Biology and Management; Locusts in America and Beyond; Insecticide Update.
  7. Laramie County Master Gardener Training (Cheyenne, WY, February).  Title: Insects and Other Arthropods in the Garden (with S. Schell).
  8. Uinta County Master Gardener Training (Evanston, WY, February).  Title: Insects and Other Arthropods in the Garden (with S. Schell).
  9. USDA-APHIS-PPQ Grasshopper Management New Mexico Train-the-Trainers Workshop (Las Cruces, NM, April, with S. Schell).
  10. Butterfly presentation for Albany County Public Library Summer Reading Program for Children (Laramie, WY, June).  Delivered by S. Schell and K. VanDyke.
  11. USDA-APHIS-PPQ Grasshopper Management North Dakota Train-the-Trainers Workshop (Flasher, ND, November, with S. Schell).
  12. Cheyenne Seed and Weed Garden Club Invited Presentation (Cheyenne, WY, November, with S. Schell).  Title: Insects in the Garden: Pets or Pests?
  13. Pesticide Safety and Application (UW Class – Initial Pesticide Applicator Training, December).  Title: Field Crop Pest Control.
  14. Pesticide Safety and Application (UW Class – Initial Pesticide Applicator Training, December).  Title: Pests of Human Health.
  15. Wyoming Science Olympiad “Don’t Bug Me” judging (Casper, WY, April – S. Schell).
  16. Wyoming State Fair Entomology project judging (Douglas, WY, July – K. Vandyke).

International Extension Training delivered:

  1. Tbilisi State University, Republic of Georgia.  Title: Methods of insect collecting and preserving (March).
  2. Georgian Institute for Plant Protection, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.  Title: Italian locust survey and density assessment (May).
  3. Uzbek Institute for Plant Protection, Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan.  Title: Field demonstration of vehicle-mounted atomizer sprayer for locust control (June).

2005 (21)

  1. Pesticide Safety and Application (UW Class, January).  Title: Crop Pest Control in Wyoming.
  2. Pesticide Safety and Application (UW Class, January).  Title: Pests of Human Health.
  3. Commercial Pesticide Applicator Recertification School (Casper, WY, January).  Title: Insecticide Update.

4.      Wyoming Growers and Groundkeepers Association 22nd Annual Conference (Casper, WY, January).  Title: Pests of Trees and Shrubs (with S. Schell).

  1. Park County Master Gardener Training (Powell, WY, February).  Title: Insects and Other Arthropods in the Garden (with S. Schell).
  2. “A Science Roadmap for Agriculture:” Seventh Annual Food and Agricultural Science and Education Exhibition on Capitol Hill organized by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (Washington, DC, March).  Title: Fountain of Youth, Pied Piper, and White Muscardine, or Novel Approaches to Grasshopper Management in the West (with J. Lockwood and S. Schell).
  3. Laramie County Master Gardener Training (Cheyenne, WY, March).  Title: Insects and Other Arthropods in the Garden (with Scott Schell).
  4. Sweetwater County Advanced Master Gardener Training (Rock Springs, WY, March).  Title: Yard and Garden Insecticide Update (with Scott Schell).
  5. Sweetwater County Master Gardener Training (Rock Springs, WY, March).  Title: Insects and Other Arthropods in the Garden (with Scott Schell).
  6. Uinta and Sweetwater Counties Public Meeting on Pest Management (Lyman, WY, March).  Titles: Grasshoppers in Wyoming: Their Biology and Management; White Satin Moth Biology and Control (with Scott Schell).
  7. Fremont County Master Gardener Training (Riverton, WY, March).  Title: Insects and Other Arthropods in the Garden (with Scott Schell).
  8. Campbell/Weston County Advanced Master Gardener Training (Moorcroft, WY, March).  Title: Yard and Garden Insecticide Update (with Scott Schell).
  9. Yellowstone County Master Gardener Training (Jackson Hole, WY, March).  Title: Insects and Other Arthropods in the Garden (with Scott Schell).
  10. Entomology Short Course for Wyoming Weed and Pest Specialists (Laramie, WY, April).  Titles: Introduction to Entomology; Insect Pests of Field Crops; Mosquitoes in Wyoming, Grasshopper Biology and Management; Locusts and RAATs Overseas; Insecticide Update etc. (with S. Schell, W. Cranshaw, T. Collier, L. Koch, R. Kumar and others).
  11. EPA Region 8 Pesticide Inspector Training (Cody, WY, April).  Title: Reduced Agent and Area Treatments of Rangeland Grasshoppers.
  12. USDA-APHIS-PPQ Grasshopper Management Montana Train-the-Trainers Workshop (Billings, MT, April, with S. Schell).
  13. USDA-APHIS-PPQ Grasshopper Management Oregon Train-the-Trainers Workshop (Pendleton, OR, May, with S. Schell).
  14. USDA-APHIS-PPQ Grasshopper Management Colorado Train-the-Trainers Workshop (Craig, CO, May, with S. Schell).
  15. USDA-APHIS-PPQ Grasshopper Management North Dakota Train-the-Trainers Workshop (Grassy Butte, ND, May, with S. Schell).
  16. Brush Creek National Forest Visitor Center (Saratoga, WY, June).  Title: Butterflies and Moths in Wyoming.
  17. UW CES Master Gardener Train-the-Trainers Workshop (Laramie, WY, November).  Title: Arthropod Identification (with Scott Schell).

2004 (22)

  1. Commercial Pesticide Applicator Recertification School (Casper, WY, January).  Title: Insecticide Update.
  2. Pesticide Safety and Application (UW Class, January).  Title: Crop Pest Control in Wyoming.

3.      Wyoming Growers and Groundkeepers Association 21st Annual Conference (Casper, WY, January).  Title: Arthropod Identification (with S. Schell).

4.      Wyoming Growers and Groundkeepers Association 21st Annual Conference (Casper, WY, January).  Title: Insects in the Garden: Pests or Pets.

5.      Fremont County and Wind River Reservation Farm & Ranch Days (Riverton, WY, February).  Title: Keeping the Grasshoppers from Eating You Out of House and Home (with S. Schell).

6.      Uinta and Sweetwater Counties Grasshopper Management Seminar (Lyman, WY, February).  Title: Efficient Methods of Grasshopper Survey and Control (with S. Schell).

7.      Natrona County Master Gardener Course (Casper, WY, March).  Title: Training on Arthropod Identification (with S. Schell).

  1. Living on Small Acreages UW CES program (Riverton, WY, April).  Title: Grasshopper Identification and Management (with S. Schell).

9.      Fremont County Master Gardener Course (Riverton, WY, April).  Title: Training on Arthropod Identification (with S. Schell).

  1. Wyoming Weed & Pest Conference (Newcastle, WY, March).  Title: Grasshopper Survey and Management (with S. Schell).
     
  2. Niobrara County Grasshopper Management Seminar (Lusk, WY, April).  Title: Efficient Methods of Grasshopper Survey and Control (with S. Schell).

12.  Goshen County Grasshopper Management Seminar (Torrington, WY, April).  Title: Efficient Methods of Grasshopper Survey and Control (with S. Schell).

13.  Fremont County Grasshopper Management Seminar (Lander, WY, April).  Title: Grasshopper Management on Irrigated Pastures and Hayfields (with S. Schell).

14.  USDA-APHIS-PPQ Grasshopper Management Train-the-Trainers Workshop (North Platte, NE, March, with S. Schell).

15.  USDA-APHIS-PPQ Grasshopper Management Train-the-Trainers Workshop (Steamboat Springs, CO, April, with S. Schell).

16.  USDA-APHIS-PPQ Grasshopper Management Train-the-Trainers Workshop (Prineville, OR, April, with S. Schell).

17.  USDA-APHIS-PPQ Grasshopper Management Train-the-Trainers Workshop (Helena, MT, April, with S. Schell).

18.  USDA-APHIS-PPQ Grasshopper Management Train-the-Trainers Workshops (Rapid City, SD, April, with S. Schell).

  1. Wyoming Mosquito Identification and Control Workshop (Riverton, WY; March, with S. Schell).
     
  2. Uinta County Pest Management Seminar (Lyman, WY, August).  Title: Efficient Methods of Grasshopper and White Satin Moth Control.
     
  3. NRCS No-tillage Workshop (Riverton, WY, November).  Title: Insect Pest Problems in No-Till Crops (with S. Schell).

22.  Converse County Pest Management Workshop (Douglas, WY, December).  Title: Alfalfa Weevil, Cutworms and Grasshopper Management (with S. Schell).

2003 (10)

1.      59th Wyoming Weed and Pest Annual Conference and Business Meeting (Cheyenne, WY, November).  Title: Grasshopper Management in Wyoming (with S. Schell).

2.      USDA Cooperative Agricultural Pests Survey Workshop on Exotic Weeds and Pests (Casper, WY, November).  Title: Pests That We Don’t Have…Yet.

3.      USDA Cooperative Agricultural Pests Survey Workshop on Exotic Weeds and Pests (Riverton, WY, October).  Title: Pests That We Don’t Have…Yet.

4.      University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Sustainable Management of Rangeland Resources Initiative Team Meeting (Casper, WY, October).  Title: Grasshopper Management in Wyoming.

5.      University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Profitable and Sustainable Agriculture Systems Initiative Team Meeting (Casper, WY, October).  Title: Grasshopper Management in Wyoming.

6.      University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service Specialists Meeting (Laramie, WY, October).  Title: Outline of Extension Entomology Activities (with S. Schell).

7.      Wyoming Master Gardener Program Meeting (Laramie, WY, September).  Title: Extension Entomology and Master Gardener Program (with S. Schell).

8.      Fremont County Grasshopper Management Seminar (Lander, WY, August).  Title: Reduced Agent and Area Treatments of Grasshoppers in Irrigated Hayfields (with Sc. and Sp. Schell).

9.      USDA-APHIS-PPQ scouts training seminar (Cheyenne, WY, June).  Title: Grasshoppers in Wyoming: Identification, Survey, and Population Management.

10. Regional Grasshopper Management Workshop (Billings, MT, April).  Six-hour training seminar (with J. Lockwood and S. Schell).

Arthropod Identification

Samples processed by Wyoming Arthropod Diagnostic Clinic since 2003 (with Scott Schell): 650+, including:

2006: 231

2005: 221

2004: 135

2003: 60+

Pest Management Advice to Clientele

Phone calls, e-mails and walk-in requests answered since 2003: 925, including:

2006: 605

2005: 128

2004: 112

2003: 80

Master Gardener Training Sessions Delivered

2006: 5 with total attendance 71

2005: 8 with total attendance 92, including one Train-the-Trainer session

2004: 3 with total attendance 60

Horticulture Compressed Video Sessions Attended

2006: 7

2005: 5

2004: 5

2003: 6

Outreach/Public Meetings Attended

2006: 11, with total attendance of 350

2005: 14, with total attendance of over 380

2004: 17, with total attendance of over 600

2003: 9, with total attendance of over 100

Extension Publications (total 42).

2006 (14)

LATCHININSKY A.V., 2006.  White Satin Moth: A New Pest of Deciduous Trees in Wyoming.  Tree Leaves, A Newsletter of the International Society of Arboriculture, Rocky Mountain Chapter, Vol. 32 (1), pp. 1 & 12-13.

LATCHININSKY A.V. & SCHELL S.P., 2006.  Black Vine Weevil and Other Root Weevils in Wyoming Gardens.  UW CES Bulletin B-1176 (6 pp.)

LATCHININSKY A.V. & SCHELL S.P., 2006.  Grasshoppers in the West: Identification and Management.  UW CES Bulletin B-1171 (27”x37” poster).

LATCHININSKY A.V. & SCHELL S., 2006.  North Dakota Grasshopper Management Workshop Handbook.  UW/USDA-APHIS.

LATCHININSKY A.V. & SCHELL S.P., 2006.  New Mexico Grasshopper Management Workshop Handbook.  UW/USDA-APHIS.

LATCHININSKY A.V. & SCHELL S.P., 2006.  Entomology Short Course Packet.  UW.

LATCHININSKY A.V., 2006.  Perfect Mothers Can Be a Nuisance.  Landscaping column for statewide distribution.

LATCHININSKY A.V., 2006.  No Pests Year-Round.  Landscaping column for statewide distribution.

LATCHININSKY A.V., 2006.  Yard and Garden over-the-counter insecticide survey, summer 2006 (Distributed electronically).

LATCHININSKY A.V., 2006.  Diazinon replacement insecticide products for ant control (Distributed electronically).

Five more Landscaping columns for statewide distribution were prepared by Scott Schell under my supervision.  The titles include: “Midnight notchers strike again!,” “Crawlers are coming!,” “Ant management in lawn and garden,” “Bee and wasp management,” “Mountain pine beetles and firewood.”

2005 (16)

DEAN D. & LATCHININSKY A., 2005.  The Mountain Pine Beetle: Preeminent Forest Pest of the West.  Reflections (University of Wyoming) 2005: 3-6 (Award: $1,000).

J. Logue, SCHELL S.P., & LATCHININSKY A.V., 2005.  Arachnids.  A Chapter in Wyoming Master Gardener Manual.

SCHELL S.P., LATCHININSKY A.V. & SHAMBAUGH B., 2005.   Common Wyoming Pest Grasshoppers.  UW CES Bulletin B-1161 (2 editions in 2005.

LATCHININSKY A.V., 2005.  Yard and Garden over-the-counter insecticide survey, summer 2005 (Distributed electronically).

LATCHININSKY A.V. & SCHELL S., 2005.  CO, OR, MT, and ND Grasshopper Management Workshop Handbooks.  UW/USDA-APHIS.

LATCHININSKY A.V. & SCHELL S.P., 2005.  Laramie Boomerang landscaping columns (4).

LATCHININSKY A.V., 2005.  Pest Alert: White Satin Moth in Wyoming (distributed electronically via CAPS website).

LATCHININSKY A.V., 2005.  Desert locust biology and ecology.  Training Materials for the FAO UN (in French).

LATCHININSKY A.V., 2005.  Desert locust control campaign organization and execution.  Training Materials for the FAO UN (in French).

LATCHININSKY A.V., 2005.  Environmental and Human Health in Desert locust control.  Training Materials for the FAO UN (in French).

2004 (9)

LATCHININSKY A.V. & SCHELL S., 2004.  Aerial RAATs brochure.  UW-CES MP-95.

LATCHININSKY A.V. & SCHELL S., 2004.  ATV-RAATs brochure.  UW-CES MP-95.

LATCHININSKY A.V. & SCHELL S., 2004.  NE, CO, OR, MT, SD Grasshopper Management Workshop Handbooks.  UW/USDA-APHIS.

LATCHININSKY A.V., 2004.  Over-the-counter insecticide survey, summer 2004 (Distributed electronically via ShortHort Notes© by Karen Panter).

LATCHININSKY A.V., 2004.  Diazinon replacement insecticides (Distributed electronically).

2003 (2)

SCHELL S., LATCHININSKY A. & LOCKWOOD J., 2003.  Grasshopper Repellents: Facts and Fables.  (Distributed electronically via ShortHort Notes© by Karen Panter).

LATCHININSKY A.V. & SCHELL S., 2003.  About Dead!Safe Insecticide.  (Distributed electronically via ShortHort Notes© by Karen Panter).

2000 (1)

LATCHININSKY A.V., 2000. - A biodiversity journey to the heart of Siberia.  Reflections (University of Wyoming) 10 (1): 20-23.

INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS (Total: 44 since 2003)

2006 (12)

  1. 62nd Annual Wyoming Weed and Pest Conference (Casper, WY, November).  Title: Applied Entomological Research at the University of Wyoming.
  2. National Grasshopper Management Board Annual Meeting (Denver, CO, January).  Title: Locusts in America and Beyond.
  3. National Grasshopper Management Board Annual Meeting (Denver, CO, January).  Title: Efficacy of Knack® (Pyriproxyfen), an IGR, on Rangeland Grasshoppers (with Scott Schell).
  4. 90th ESA Pacific Branch Annual Meeting (Maui, HI, March).  Title: Grasshopper outbreak on a small NW Hawaiian island: A threat to Biodiversity?
  5. Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium Annual Meeting (Grand Forks, ND, February).  Title: Mapping locust habitats near the Aral Sea (with R. Sivanpillai).
  6. 7th Inter-regional Entomological Meeting at Siberian Zoological Conference (Novosibirsk, Russia, September).  Title: The locusts: the beginning of the coming century (with M. Sergeev).
  7. Tbilisi State University, Department of Ecology Seminar (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, March).  Title: Locusts and remote sensing: the new science against biblical pest.
  8. Uzbek Plant Protection Institute Seminar (Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, June).  Title: Remote sensing as a tool for locust habitat mapping.
  9. GTZ Seminar (Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, September).  Title: MODIS satellite and the Migratory locust habitats (with R. Sivanpillai).
  10. Remote Sensing (BOT) class (April).  Title: Remote Sensing and Locusts: the space technology versus the ancient enemy of agriculturists.
  11.  WYGISC Geospatial Forum presentation (March).  Title: Mapping locust habitats using satellite data (with R. Sivanpillai).
  12. WYGISC Geospatial Forum presentation (September).  Title: African impressions.

2005 (17)

1.      Invited to present three papers at the National Grasshopper Management Board Annual Meeting (Aurora, CO, January).  Titles: Optimization of ATV-RAATs using adjuvants (with Scott Schell);

2.      Beauveria bassiana against Camnula pellucida in irrigated pastures (with Scott Schell and Stefan Jaronski);

3.      Hunger on the wings: a current upsurge of the Desert locust in Africa.

  1. Invited to present a paper at Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium Annual Meeting (February; Grand Forks, ND).  Title: Mapping Locust Habitats in Central Asia: Applications of Remote Sensing to Pest Monitoring (with R. Sivanpillai).
     
  2. Invited to present a paper at “Novel Insecticides” symposium at the ESA Pacific Branch Annual Meeting (Monterey Co., CA, February).  Title: Optimized Parameters for Rangeland Grasshopper Treatments with ATVs Using Ultra-Low Insecticide Coverages and Kairomonal Attractants.
     
  3. Invited to present a seminar at CSU Dept. of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management Seminar Series (Ft. Collins, CO, March).  Title: Locusts - The Eight Plague: Old Testament versus New Science.

7.      Invited to present a seminar at CSU Forest Entomology working group (Ft. Collins, CO, March).  Title: Mountain Pine Beetle in Medicine Bow National Forest (with D. Dean).

  1. Invited to present a paper at the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2005 Annual Conference (Baltimore, MD, March).  Title: Mapping locust habitat in Kazakhstan using Landsat ETM imagery (with R. Sivanpillai and K. Driese).
  2. Invited to present a seminar at KSU Dept. of Entomology Seminar Series (Manhattan, KS, April).  Title: Desert locusts and International Amnesia: Are We Doomed to Repeat History?

10.  Invited to make a presentation at a Workshop to Identify Research and Mitigation Measures to Address the Schistocerca nitens Crisis on Nihoa Island, NW Hawaiian Islands (Honolulu, HI, April).  Title: Schistocerca nitens biology, ecology and management options (with Jeff Lockwood).  Funded by NOAA, Hawaii Wildlife Fund, The Conservation Council for Hawaii, and the Hawaii Audubon Society.

11.  Invited to present a paper at the 9th International Conference of the Orthopterists’ Society (Canmore, Canada, August).  Title: Locust and grasshopper management in the countries of the Soviet Union: new challenges.

12.  Invited to present a paper at the 9th International Conference of the Orthopterists’ Society (Canmore, Canada, August).  Title: Optimized parameters for rangeland grasshopper treatments using ultra-low insec