Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful for reviews of earlier drafts of this publication by John A. Jackman, Homer Collins,
Linda M. Hooper-Bui, and Jerry Cook.

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Texas Imported Fire Ant Research & Management Plan

Bastiaan M Drees, Professor and Extension Entomologist, Texas Fire Ant Project Coordinator/ Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Texas Agricultural Extension Service, The Texas A&M University System

Charles L. Barr, Extension Program Specialist—Fire Ant Project, The Texas A&M University System

S. Bradleigh Vinson, Professor, Department of Entomology, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, The Texas A&M University System

 

Roger E. Gold, Professor, Department of Entomology, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Texas Agricultural Extension Service, The Texas A&M University System

Michael E. Merchant, Associate Professor and Extension Urban Entomologist, The Texas A&M University System

Nathan Riggs, Beth Hickman, and Paul Nester, Extension Agents - IPM (Fire Ant Project), Texas Agricultural Extension Service, The Texas A&M University System

Texas

David Kostroun, Texas Department of Agriculture

Alabama

Kathy Flanders, Extension Entomologist, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, and Assistant Professor, Auburn University

Georgia

Beverly Sparks, Professor and Extension Program Coordinator - Entomology, The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service

South Carolina

Paul M. “Mac” Horton, Professor of Entomology and Assistant Director, Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service, Tim Davis, Area-Wide Imported Fire Ant Specialist, Clemson Extension

Louisiana

Dale Pollet, Extension Entomologist, LSU Agricultural Center

USDA-ARS

David Oi, Research Entomologist - Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS

Arkansas

Donna Shanklin and Kelly Loftin, Assistant Extension Specialists - Natural Resources, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Arkansas

Florida

Philip G. Koehler, Margie & Dempsey Sapp Endowed Professor of Structural Pest Control & Urban Entomology, University of Florida

 

Tennessee

Karen Vail, Assistant Professor and Extension Entomologist, University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

OSUOklahoma

Russell Wright, Fire Ant Research & Education Specialist, Oklahoma State University

Bulletin 6043, July 2002

 

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