Department of Entomology Faculty

Joseph Kovach

• e-mail: kovach.49@osu.edu
• IPM Program, Ohio State University, OARDC
  1680 Madison Ave.
  Wooster OH 44691
• phone: (330) 263-3846
• fax: (330) 263-3841

• Associate Professor and IPM Coordinator
• Ph.D. 1986 Clemson University

As Integrated Pest Management Coordinator, I work closely with research and extension faculty in entomology, plant pathology, and horticulture and crop science to develop and implement programs that use ecological principles to better mange pest populations. My research interests are in developing sustainable management methods for fruit pests and the multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis.

Key Citiations:

Huelsman, M. F., J. Kovach, J. Jasinski, C. Young, and B. Eisley. 2002. Multicolored Asian lady beetle as a nuisance in households in Ohio. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Urban Pests, S. C. Jones, J. Zhai, and W. H. Robinson (eds.) 243-250.

Rhainds, M., J. Kovach, G. English-Loeb. 2002. Impact of strawberry cultivar and incidence of pests on yield and profitability of strawberries under conventional and organic management systems. Biol. Agricult. Horticult. 19: 333-353.

Rhainds, M., J. Kovach, E. Dossa, G. English-Loeb. 2001. Impact of reflective mulch on tarnished plant bug in strawberry. J. Econ. Entomol. 94: 1477-1484.

Gallivan, G. J., G. A. Surgeoner, and J. Kovach. 2001. Pesticide risk reduction on crops in the province of Ontario. J. Environ. Quality. 30: 798-813.

Kovach, J., R. Petzoldt, G. E. Harman. 2000. Use of honey bees and bumble bees to disseminate Trichoderma harzianum 1295-22 to strawberries for Botrytis Control. Biol. Control 18: 235-242.

Kovach, J., R. Rieckenberg, G. English-Loeb, and M. Pritts. 1999. Oviposition patterns of the strawberry bud weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) at two spatial scales and implications for management. J. Econ. Entomol. 92: 1358-1363.

Levitan, L., I. Merwin, and J. Kovach. 1995. Assessing the relative environmental impacts of agricultural pesticides: The quest for a holistic method. Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 55: 153-168.

Kovach, J., C. Petzoldt, J. Degni and J. Tette. 1992. A method to measure the environmental impact of pesticides. New York's Food and Life Sciences Bulletin. NYS Agricul. Exp. Sta. Cornell University, Geneva, NY.