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J. Scott Armstrong
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Dr. J. Scott Armstrong

Research Entomologist

 

Wheat, Peanut and Other Field Crops Research Unit

1301 N. Western Rd.

Stillwater, OK  74075

Phone: (405) 624-4141 ext. 222

Fax: (405) 624-4142

Email: scott.armstrong@ars.usda.gov

 

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. - Colorado State University. Russian wheat aphid biology and ecology - 1994   

M.S. - Oklahoma State University. Medical/Veterinarian Entomology - 1985  

B.S. - Texas Tech University. Entomology - 1982

 

PRINCIPAL RESEARCH AREAS: 

••         Greenbug and Russian wheat aphid biotype determination using host plant assays and other forms technological advances.

••         Management, biology, ecology of cereal aphids.

••         Detection of resistance sources in barley, wheat and sorghum to cereal aphids and determining the resistance types (tolerance, antibiosis, antixenosis) through working closely with plant breeders.

 

Research Projects and Publications