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)

Awards and Honors

International IPM Award of EXCELLENCE Award (2018)
2016 Silver Award of Excellence – Extension Publication (2017)
Forest Pest Insects in North America: A Photographic Guide (2016)

Scholarly Works

Biology, ecology, and management of Thrips parvispinus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, (2026).
Vavilapalli R, Kaur N, Schoeller EN, Ahmed MZ, Meszaros A … 7 more
Soybean ipmPipe Website, (2025).
Bargeron C, Laforest J
ImageID Website, (2025).
LaForest J, Bargeron C, Dasari S
Warnell Outreach, (2025).
Bargeron C, McCarty E, LaForest J
EDDMapS Website, (2025).
LaForest J, Bargeron C, Patel K, Dasari S

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