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Expertise:
Parajulee
joined the Texas A&M University System in 1994 as a postdoctoral
research associate in the Department of Entomology at College
Station. He moved to Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in
Vernon in 1996 and worked there as a research associate and
later as a research scientist/cotton entomologist. In 2001,
Parajulee joined Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Cotton
Entomology Research Program in Lubbock as its Project Leader.
He also has a joint appointment with Texas Tech University.
Parajulee has a strong background in ecology and population
dynamics modeling of arthropod pests. His research focuses on
developing biologically and ecologically intensive arthropod
management approaches for Texas High Plains cotton. His current
research projects include 1) investigating the factors affecting
temporal and spatial patterns of both natural enemies and prey,
and how these factors might be manipulated or exploited in biorational
pest management schemes, 2) developing cotton aphid population
dynamics model, 3) evaluating the merits of sub-threshold effects
of the Bollgard technology on the economics of bollworm management,
4) investigating factors affecting Lygus population dynamics
in Texas High Plains cotton, and 5) quantifying arthropod complex
for Texas High Plains cotton agroecosystems following boll weevil
eradication. Parajulee teaches Insect Ecology and Insect Physiology
courses at Texas Tech University and supervises graduate student
research projects. He has been recently selected to be the lead
organizer and to chair the Environmental Changes and Plant Protection
session for the XVth International Plant Protection Congress,
by the International Planning Committee, for the 2003 Congress
in China.
Professional
and Academic Training:
1994, PhD,
Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1991, MS, Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1987, BS, Agriculture, H.P. Agricultural University, India
1982, Associate, Agriculture, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Cirriculum Vitae
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