The Pennsylvania State University
543 Ag Sciences & Industries Building
University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-865-3256
Fax: 814-865-3048
Email: gah10@psu.edu

Education:

B.S., Mansfield State College, 1975

Department Focus Areas:

Integrated Pest Management + 
    (Biodiversity/Ecotoxicology Partners)
Population/Community Ecology

Research:

Integrated pest management of woody ornamental pests; biology, ecology, and taxonomy of Ephemeroptera

Extension:

Woody ornamental pest management program; integrated pest management of ornamental pests; diagnosis of arthropod pests of trees and shrubs

Teaching:

Arthropod Pests of Woody Ornamental Plants

Extension Activities:

I'm currently developing an integrated pest management system for ornamental pests in southeastern Pennsylvania, and on the establishment of aesthetic and economic thresholds for arthropod pests of woody ornamentals. I've presented over 500 extension programs, invited guest lectures, and workshops in Pennsylvania and surrounding northeastern states. I serve as a member of the University Tree Commission at the University Park campus. I'm developing a native elm bark beetle and smaller European elm bark beetle integrated pest management program for use in maintaining healthy stands of American elm in urban landscapes. I provide diagnostic information for the management of arthropod pests of ornamental plants, Christmas trees, forests, turfgrass, greenhouse bedding plants, and fruit and nut trees.

Relevant Publications:

Hoover, G. A., R. E. Evans, J. L. Polk. 1980. Macroinvertebrates. Pp. 14-97. In G. A. Nardacci and Associates. An ecological study of the Susquehanna River near the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station. Annual Report for 1979. Ichthyological Associates Inc., 705 pp.

Meck, C. R. and G. A. Hoover. 1992. Great Rivers -- Great Hatches. 372 pp. Stackpole Books, Harrisburg.

Teulon, D. A. J., T. E. Kolb, E. A. Cameron, L. H. McCormick, G. A. Hoover. 1993. Pear thrips, Taeniothrips inconsequens (Uzel) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), on sugar maple, Acer saccharum Marsh.: A Review. pp. 355-380. In Bhatti, J. S. (ed.) Advances in Thysanopterology, 457 pp., Scientia Publ., New Delhi.

Hoover, G.A. 2000. Biodiversity of Ephemeroptera in Pennsylvania. Wild Resource Conservation Fund, Research report, illus., 351 pp.