Frank Peairs
Entomology
Professor and Extension Specialist
Office: 102 Insectary
Office Phone: 970.491.5945
Lab: Insectary
Lab Phone: 970.491.5675
Email: frank.peairs@colostate.edu
Research Interests
I specialize in applied entomology and have extension, research, and teaching responsibilities in field crop entomology and arthropod pest management. My research currently is focused on integrated pest management of wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus, and other key pests of winter wheat with emphasis on the development of resistant cultivars and other sustainable management practices. I am initiating a new project on alfalfa weevil management. Much of my extension information is summarized in the High Plains Integrated Pest Management Guide as well as in fact sheets found on the Colorado State University Extension website.
Courses I Teach
Livestock Entomology (Spring)
Identification, biology, and management of insect, tick, and mite pests.
Understanding Pesticides (Spring Even Years)
Identification, properties, use, labeling, environmental interactions, and application of major classes of pesticides.
Integrated Pest Management (Spring Odd Years)
Concepts of integrated pest management and the strategies and tactics employed in the application of these concepts.
Selected Publications
Haley, S. D., J. J. Johnson, F. B. Peairs, J. A. Stromberger, E. E. Hudson-Arns, S. A. Seifert, V. A. Anderson, A. A. Rosenow, G. Bai, X. Chen, R. L. Bowden, Y. Jin, J. A. Kolmer, M.-S. Chen and B. W. Seabourn. 2018. Registration of ‘Langin’ hard red winter wheat. doi:10.3198/jpr2017.11.0082crc. Journal of Plant Registrations 2018 12:232-236
Lavergne, F. D., C. D. Broeckling, D. M. Cockrell, S. D. Haley, F. B. Peairs, C. E. Jahn , and A. L. Heuberger. 2018. GC-MS metabolomics to evaluate the composition of plant cuticular waxes for four Triticum aestivum cultivars. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19: 249; doi:10.3390
Cockrell, D. M., R. J. Griffin-Nolan, T. A. Rand, N. Altilmisani, P. J. Ode and F. B. Peairs. 2017. Host plants of the wheat stem sawfly (Hymenoptera: Cephidae). Environmental Entomology 46: 847-854.
Harris, M. O., K. Anderson, M. El-Bouhssini, F. B. Peairs, G. L. Hein, and S. Xu. 2017. Wheat pests: insects, mites and prospects for the future. Pp 467-544 in P. Langridge (ed.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat. Volume 1: Breeding, quality traits, pests and diseases. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK. ISBN: 978 1 78676 016 6.
Lesieur , V., J-F. Martin, D. K. Weaver, K. A. Hoelmer, D. R. Smith, W. L. Morrill, N. Kadiri, F. B. Peairs, D. M. Cockrell, T. L. Randolph, D. K. Waters, and M-C. Bon. 2016. Phylogeography of the wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae): Implications for pest management. PLoS ONE 11(12): e0168370. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168370.
Lestina, J., M. Cook, S. Kumar, J. Morisette, P. J. Ode, and F. B. Peairs. 2016. MODIS imagery improves pest risk assessment: a case study of wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus, Hymenoptera: Cephidae) in Colorado, USA. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvw095 Environmental Entomology 45: 1343-1351.