Matthew Grieshop
Associate Professor
An expert in Cultural, Biological and chemical pest management for organic production systems
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The biggest impacts of my research has been in the areas of integration of livestock in apple production (4-5 farms have adopted this practice in the Upper Midwest) and improvement of the application and refinement of on-site and open rearing biological control systems in greenhouses (Numerous greenhouses in the Kalamazoo area have increased their use of these systems since my lab's involvement).
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Kansas State University: Ph.D.,
Montana State University-Bozeman: M.S.,
University of California at Santa Cruz: B.A.,
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Samurai wasps, stink bugs threaten Mich. crops
Record Eagle | 2017-11-09
Physical means don’t work because the small bugs fit through tiny cracks, the stink bug’s syringe mouthpiece allows it to avoid poison on the plant’s surface, and its stilt-legs avoid contact poisons, said Matthew Grieshop, MSU entomology professor. [...]
Foreign wasp could be recruited for bug battle
Great Lakes Echo | 2017-11-01
Some people try physical fixes like filling in holes in the house, or spraying pesticides around the property. Unfortunately, the insect is well equipped to handle both of these solutions, said Matthew Grieshop, another entomology professor at Michigan State. [...]
Fallen Fruit Breeds Invasive Flies
Entomology Today | 2017-10-26
Matthew Grieshop, Ph.D., associate professor of entomology, and his colleagues at MSU looked at the effects of removing fallen fruit on D. suzukii breeding patterns. By removing potential breeding sites such as fallen fruit, the research suggests, population levels of the fly could be reduced. Their study, “Evaluation of Off-season Potential Breeding Sources for Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii Matsumara) in Michigan,” is believed to be one of the first to evaluate whether removing fruit wastes could reduce breeding flies. Their study was published last week in the Journal of Economic Entomology. [...]
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