Dawn H Gouge

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Dawn H Gouge

Professor, Entomology
Professor, Entomology / Insect Science - GIDP
Specialist, Entomology
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Primary Department
Entomology
Department Affiliations
Entomology
Contact
(520) 374-6223
dhgouge@ag.arizona.edu

Work Summary

Public health entomologist and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) advocate working on pests that impact human health, and IPM in the built environment.

Research Interest

Dawn H. Gouge, PhD, is a Specialist and Professor at the University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Department of Entomology. Dr. Gouge is well established in the U.S. as a community Integrated Pest Management expert and works with international partners in several countries. Dawn has published 38 original research papers and more than 80 extension publications, many in collaboration with investigators from around the world, authored 4 book chapters and co-edited a definitive Pest Management Strategic Plan. Dr. Gouge is a frequent presenter at national and international meetings, and serves as a steering committee organizer of the International IPM Symposium conference. Dawn has received11 awards for outstanding achievement and provides service on both National and Federal advisory committees. Dr. Gouge has led the charge in establishing higher pest management standards in children’s environments, reducing risks associated with pest and pesticide exposure. Keywords: arthropod vectors, bed bugs, Integrated pest managment

Publications

Gouge, D. H. (2016). Working in a World of Bed Bugs.. Journal of Environmental Management Arizona, 5-6.
Gouge, D. H. (2005). Applications for social insect control. Nematodes as Biocontrol Agent, 317-329.
Gouge, D. H., & Lame, M. L. (2015). Environmental Health Professionals Work the Bugs Out - School Integrated Pest Management.. Journal of Environmental Health. Journal of Environmental Health, 77 (10), 42–44.
Misbah-Ul-Haq, M., Khan, I. A., Farid, A., Ullah, M., Gouge, D. H., & Baker, P. B. (2016). Efficacy of indoxacarb and chlorfenapyr against Subterranean termite Heterotermes indicola (Wasmann) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in the laboratory. TURKIYE ENTOMOLOJI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY, 40(3), 227-241.
Gouge, D. H., Lee, L. L., Bartlett, A., & Henneberry, T. J. (1998). Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): Susceptibility of F1 Larvae from Irradiated Parents to Entomopathogenic Nematodes (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae, Heterorhabditidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 91(4), 869-874.

Abstract:

We studied the interactions between F1 progeny of Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) adults irradiated in the pupal stage and entomopathogenic nematodes. Both sexes of pink bollworm pupae were exposed to 4, 8, 12, or 16 krad substerilizing radiation doses irradiated using a 60Co source. The F1 larvae were tested in a sand bioassay for susceptibility to Steinernema riobravis Cabanillas, Poinar & Raulston, S. carpocapsae (Weiser), and 2 strains of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Poinar). The numbers of infecting nematodes were counted after 48 h. Increasing parental radiation dose significantly increased F1 larval susceptibility to S. riobravis and H. bacteriophora, but decreased susceptibility to S. carpocapsae. This difference in susceptibility may be caused by the sedentary nature of larvae from parents receiving higher levels of irradiation, combined with the passive ambush tactics used by S. carpocapsae to acquire an insect host. The need to sustain the F1 population of pink bollworm for sterility promotion and subsequent population collapse suggests S. carpocapsae to be an ideal entomopathogenic nematode to be used in conjunction with inherited sterility control methods.

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