James B. Kring
American entomologist
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- Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, James Burton Kring was an American entomologist who worked at the University of Massachusetts and at the University of Florida. He was a specialist on the biology and behavior of aphids. Kring was born in Monett, Missouri and went to study at Rockhurst College, obtaining a BS in 1947 followed by studies at Kansas State University receiving a MS in 1948 and a PhD in 1952. Between 1940 and 1943 he served in the US Navy aboard the USS Hatfield. He also worked in the Medical Service Corps. He joined Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station as an assistant entomology in 1951 and rose to the position of entomologist in 1962. He taught at the University of Connecticut from 1956 to 1980 becoming a professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1977. Retiring in 1981 he worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Florida. Kring was recognized as entomologist of the year for 1989 by the Florida Entomological Society.
James B. Kring's Published Works
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- Flight Behavior of Aphids (1972) (181)
- Color Mulches Influence Yield and Insect Pest Populations in Tomatoes (1995) (123)
- Relationship of the sweetpotato whitefly to a new tomato fruit disorder in Florida (1990) (115)
- Association of the Sweetpotato Whitefly with a Silverleaf Disorder of Squash (1991) (59)
- Research Reports: Management of Insects on Pepper and Tomato with UV-Reflective Mulches (1992) (54)
- The Life Cycle of the Melon Aphid, Aphis Gossypii Glover, An Example of Facultative Migration (1959) (50)
- Evaluation of color mulches and oil sprays for yield and for the control of silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii (Bellows and Perring) on tomatoes☆ (1997) (45)
- Alighting of Aphids on Colored Cards m a Flight Chamber (1967) (38)
- Structure of the Eyes of the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (1977) (30)
- Red Spheres and Yellow Panels Combined to Attract Apple Maggot Flies (1970) (29)
- Sweetpotato whitefly-vectored geminivirus on tomato in Florida. (1991) (28)
- Mortality of the Earthworm Lumbricus terrestris L. Following Soil Applications of Insecticides to a Tobacco Field (1969) (27)
- APHID FECUNDITY, REPRODUCTIVE LONGEVITY, AND PARASITE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SCHIZAPHIS GRAMINUM (RONDANI)(HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE) – LYSIPHLEBUS TESTACEIPES (CRESSON) (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE) SYSTEM (1988) (17)
- Seasonal patterns and reduction by carbofuran of Stewart's bacterial wilt of sweet corn. (1977) (14)
- Determining the Number of Aphids Over Reflective Surfaces (1970) (13)
- Behavioral Responses of Winged Bean Aphids to Colored Fluorescent Lamps (1969) (12)
- Trapping Hylemya spp. Flies in Tobacco Fields on Sticky Colored Stakes (1968) (12)
- An Aphid Flight Chamber: Construction and Operation (1966) (10)
- Feeding Behavior and DDT Resistance of Epitrix cucumeris (Harris) (1958) (10)
- Biological Separation of Aphis Gossypii Glover and Aphis: Sedi Kaltenbach (1955) (8)
- EFFECT OF MULCH COLOR ON TOMATO YIELDS AND ON INSECT VECTORS. (1990) (5)
- Reduction of residues of heptachlor and chlordane in carrots with soil applications of activated carbon. (1968) (5)
- Dieldrin and Endrin for Control of DDT-Resistant Potato Flea Beetles (1956) (3)
- Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting (1956) (3)
- Predation and Survival of Limonius Agonus Say (Coleoptera: Elateridae) (1959) (3)
- Oviposition Response of Limonius Agonus (Say) (Coleoptera, Elateridae) to Sand Particle Size (1957) (2)
- Dialyzing Membrane for Aphid Cages (1970) (2)
- Forum: Dyscinetus Morator (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Flight Activity, Food Plant Acceptance, Damage and Control in Caladium (1991) (2)
- Evaluation of Color Mulches and Oil Sprays for Yield and Silverleaf Whitefly Control on Tomatoes (1995) (1)
- Reports of Editorial and Editorial Board Matters for 1973 (1974) (0)
- Reports of Editorial and Editorial Board Matters for 1975 (1976) (0)
- Reports of Editorial and Editorial Board Matters for 1970 (1971) (0)
- Challenges to Entomologists (1974) (0)
- History of Section C: Ecology Behavior, and Bionomics (1989) (0)
- Piesma cinerea (Say) Feeding on Potato Foliage (1956) (0)
- Reports of Editorial and Editorial Board Matters for 1974 (1975) (0)
- Effect of Timing and Method of Application of Systemic Insecticides on Insect Control and Yield of Potatoes, 1975 (1976) (0)
- Reports of Editorial and Editorial Board Matters for 1969 (1970) (0)
- Report of Special Committees for 1970 (1971) (0)
- Reports of Standing Committees for 1965 (1966) (0)
- Reports of Editorial and Editorial Board Matters for 1971 (1972) (0)
- Field Crop Insects (1953) (0)
- Aphid Technology. With Special Reference to the Study of Aphids in the Field. H. F. van Emden, Ed. Academic Press, New York, 1972. xiv, 344 pp., illus. $18.50 (1973) (0)
- Variation in Body Shape, Number of Ocelli and Number of Secondary Antennal Rhinaria of Wingless Males of Aphis Sedi (Homoptera: Aphididae) (1991) (0)
- Proceedings of the Twenty - Ninth Annual Meeting of the Eastern Branch, Entomological Society of America (1958) (0)
- A study of Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Aphididae, Homoptera) with special reference to sweet potatoes (1948) (0)
- The First Steps—A Search for Direction, A Message from the President (1979) (0)
- Reports of Editorial Boards and Related Matters for 1967 (1968) (0)
- Activatetd carbon, pesticide residues, and potatoes (1968) (0)
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