Tingey, Ward Max
Professor
My interests are focused on understanding the interactions between insect pests, their host plants and the stresses within agricultural ecosystems that affect pest and host plant fitness.
research
research and scholarship focus
My continuing research interest is in development of practical pest and insecticide resistance management tactics, including an array of cultural, chemical and biological tools as well as insect-resistant plant cultivars.
research areas
- adult and extension education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- agricultural biotechnology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biochemistry | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biodiversity | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biological control | collaborative research area (CALS)
- crop management or crop science | collaborative research area (CALS)
- ecology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- entomology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- evolution | collaborative research area (CALS)
- fruit and vegetable production | collaborative research area (CALS)
- horticultural sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- insects | collaborative research area (CALS)
- integrated crop management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- integrated pest management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- new life sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- organic agriculture | collaborative research area (CALS)
- pesticide management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- pest management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- plant breeding and genetics | collaborative research area (CALS)
- plant sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- transgenic plants | collaborative research area (CALS)
- vegetables | collaborative research area (CALS)
submitted impact statement
- Managing insect pests by plant resistance and other tactics | 2007 Impact statement
- Creating visually stimulating and informative pest-management instructional media | 2006 Impact statement
- Management of insect pests by plant resistance integrated with other sustainable tactics | 2006 Impact statement
- Management of Insect Pests By Plant Resistance Integrated With Other Sustainable Tactics | 2005 Impact statement
- Management of insect pests by plant resistance integrated with other sustainable tactics | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Entomology (ENTOM) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Entomology | graduate field
- International Agriculture and Rural Development | graduate field
teaching
teaching focus
My annual course, Insect Pest Management for Practitioners, (ENTOM 241) targets undergraduate students at Cornell University majoring in fields other than entomology and provides an understanding of the biology and behavior of arthropods significant to agriculture and public health and of contemporary methods for managing populations of the pest species.
teaches
- ENTOM 4970 - Individual Study in Entomology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENTOM 4990 - Undergraduate Research in Entomology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENTOM 7070 - Individual Study for Graduate Students (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENTOM 7090 - Teaching Entomology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENTOM 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENTOM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENTOM 2410 - Insect Pest Management for Practitioners (TR 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | spring 2009 class
- ENTOM 4970 - Individual Study in Entomology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ENTOM 4980 - Undergraduate Teaching (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ENTOM 7070 - Individual Study for Graduate Students (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ENTOM 7090 - Teaching Entomology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ENTOM 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ENTOM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
service
outreach focus
The outreach component of my potato insect and arthropod pest management extension program includes formal presentations as well as traditional farm visits, which offer diagnostic services and risk assessment including on-farm demonstration trials.
current professional activities
- Member, Entomological Society of America
- Member, Potato Association of America
- Co-Chairman, Ninth Biennial Plant Resistance to Insects Workshop Program Committee, College Park, MD, 1990
- Plant Resistance to Insects Workshop Steering Committee, 1990
- Manuscript Referee: Journal of Economic Entomology, Environmental Entomology, American Potato Journal, Science, American Midland Naturalist, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Hort Science, Canadian Entomologist, Journal of Agricultural Entomology, Phytoparasitica, Environmental & Experimental Botany, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Journal of Chemical Ecology, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Journal of Entomological Science, Plant Science, Euphytica
- Competitive Grants Referee: USDA/ARS, NSF, CSRS, BARD, CALS(Cornell Univ.), Univ. Florida Agric. Exp. Sta., New Jersey Agric. Exp. Sta., USAID, Missouri Research Assistance Program
background
educational background
- Ph.D., Entomology, Agronomy, Plant Breeding, University of Arizona, 1972
- M.S., Entomology, Zoology, Botany, Brigham Young University, 1968
- B.S., Zoology, Botany, Brigham Young University, 1966
professional background
- Professor, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 1987
- Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 1980-1987
- Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 1974-1980
- Assistant Research Entomologist, University of California, Davis, 1972-1973
- Graduate Research Associate, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, 1968-1972
- Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, 1966-1968
- Range Research Technician, U.S. Forest Service (USDA), 1966
publications
linked articles
- Aspects of tuber resistance in hybrid potatoes to potato tuber worm | journal article
- Mechanisms of resistance to potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae (Harris), in potato | journal article
Keywords: colorado potato beetle, crop protection, insect pest management, integrated pest management, organic farming, pest control, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant protection, plant resistance, potato, potato tubermoth, vegetable and potato production