Graduate Students
Casandra J. Vasquez
| Program: | Ph.D. |
| Major Professor: | Joseph Morse |
| E-Mail: | casandra.vasquez@email.ucr.edu |
| Location: | 278 Ent |
| Phone (office): | (951) 827-5443 |
Education
- B.S. Ecology University of Georgia 2000
- M.S. Entomology Colorado State University 2003
Research Focus
Generally, I am interested in the biological control of agricultural crops. My Ph.D. research focus is to improve the effective utilization of Aphytis melinus DeBach as an augmentatively released biological control agent on citrus in California.
Selected Publications
- Lloyd, C.J., Hufbauer, R.A., Jackson, A., Nissen, S.J. and A.P. Norton. 2005. Pre- and post-introduction patterns in neutral genetic diversity in the leafy spurge gall midge, Spurgia capitigena (Bremi) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Biological Control 33 (2): 153-164.
- Lloyd, C.J., Norton, A.P., Hufbauer, R.A., Bogdanowicz, S.M. and S.J. Nissen. 2004. Microsatellite isolation from the gall midge Spurgia capitigena (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a biological control agent of leafy spurge. Molecular Ecology Notes 4 (4): 605-607.