Joseph LaForest

Senior Public Service Associate

Areas of expertise

Environmental Science and ManagementCrop and Pasture Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds)Animal Protection (Pests and Pathogens)Forestry Pests, Health and DiseasesHorticultural Crop Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds)Farm Management, Rural Management and AgribusinessRecords and Information Management (excl. Business Records and Information Management)Database ManagementData CommunicationsData StructuresInformation SystemsWeb Technologies (excl. Web Search)

About

Technology, Integrated Pest Management, Evaluation, Content Delivery, Web programming, database design, information exchange

Education

Master of Science, Plant Pathology/Phytopathology

Ohio State University Main Campus, OH, United States (2004)

Master of Science, Entomology

Ohio State University Main Campus, OH, United States (2004)

Bachelor of Science, Urban Forestry

Ohio State University Main Campus, OH, United States (2001)

Scholarly Works

Using Volunteer-Based Networks to Track Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) an Invasive Pest of Fruit Crops, JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, (2012).
Burrack HJ, Smith JP, Pfeiffer DG, Koeher G, Laforest J
Confirmed Distribution and Occurrence of Megacopta cribraria (F.) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae) in the Southeastern United States, JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE, (2013).
Gardner WA, Peeler HB, LaForest J, Roberts PM, Sparks AN … 19 more
IveGot1: Reporting and Tracking Invasive Species in Florida, SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, (2016).
Wallace RD, Bargeron CT, Moorhead DJ, LaForest JH
Digital Identification Tools in Regulatory Science and Practice, (2014).
Norton GA, Walters TW, LaForest J, Walker K, Taylor M … 2 more
Entering the digital world: How to go from being a newbie to an internet maven, PHYTOPATHOLOGY, (2009).
LaForest JH, Bargeron C, Moorhead D, Douce GK

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