Members of the Shields Lab
Tony Testa
Tony has been working on the ASB project for 20 years and has been rearing the EPNs for 17 years. He has helped to develop a low-cost biological control procedure that has been used for On Farm Rearing since 2007. Tony also assists with screening trials for a Plant Breeding Project to develop resistant varieties of alfalfa.
Contact Tony via Email: at28@cornell.edu, Phone: 607-591-1493 SKYPE: 607-591-1493
Dr. Elson Shields
Contact Elson via Email: es28@cornell.edu, Phone: 607-255-8428 SKYPE: 607-255-8428
Acknowledgements:
We thank the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program for continued long-term research support focused on alfalfa snout beetle. Without this continued support, none of this progress would have been possible. In addition, we thank the New York Farm Viability Institute for their continued support for the outreach portions of our effort. Extending knowledge to the agribusiness community regarding the rearing and application of biocontrol nematodes would have been extremely difficult without NYFVI support.