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Mike
Saunders The Pennsylvania State
University Phone: 814-863-2979 Current Graduate Students: Links to: Agroecology
Program Information Education: B.S., Duke University,
1975 Department Focus Areas: Ecological Applications Research Interests: Ecology and IPM of arthropods affecting vineyards; design and development of computer-based systems that capture, formalize, and represent qualitative and quantitative knowledge associated with managed and natural systems Extension: Integrated pest management in viticulture Research: I currently participate in two research areas. The first of these involves studying the ecology and management of arthropods affecting viticultural systems. Current research in this area includes investigation population dynamics, and diapause initiation and termination of the grape berry moth, Endopiza viteana, as well as conducting surveys and bioassays measuring resistance of populations of this insect to carbaryl. In addition, I investigate grape root borer ecology and control, primarily in the southeastern counties of Pennsylvania.The second of my research areas is the development and implementation of knowledge based models for managed and natural systems decision support. Current research includes development and implementation of a decision support system for identifying sensitive receptors to air pollution in Class I wildlife areas; development of graphical, object-oriented models of forest systems for detection and diagnosis of forest health problems; and development and implementation of a model that assesses the capacity of an African community to implement community based natural resource management activities. Extension Activities & Interests: My extension work focuses on education programs regarding IPM in grape production. Relevant Publications: Saunders,
M. C., R. N. Coulson, and L. J. Folse.
1993. Natural
resource management and agriculture, applications of artificial
intelligence. Pp. 149-162
In A. Kent and J. G. Williams (eds.) Encyclopedia of Microcomputers
Vol. 12, Multistrategy Learning to Operations Research, Microcomputer
Applications. Marcel
Dekker, Inc., New York
Weisz,
R., M. C. Saunders, Z. Smilowitz, and H. Huang. 1994. Knowledge based reasoning in integrated resistance management: The Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera:
Chrysomelidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 87:1384-1399.(Co-author 25%)
Reynolds,
K., M. C. Saunders, R. Olson, D. Schmoldt, M. A. Foster, D. Latham,
B. Miller, J. Steffenson, L. Bednar, and P. Cunningham.
1996. Knowledge-based Information Management
in Decision Support for Ecosystem Management in the Pacific Northwest
U.S. Artif. Intel. Appl. in Nat. Resourc. Manag.10(2): 9-22.
(Co-author 45%)
Nagarkatti,
S., A. Muza, and M. C. Saunders 2000.
Meridic diet for Endopiza viteana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).
The Canadian Entomologist 132: 259-261
Saunders, M.C., and P. C. Tobin. 2000. Grape cane gallmaker (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and its impact on cultivated grapes. J. Econ. Entomol. 93(3): 795-799. |
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