
Basu, Saumik
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Associate Professor
Entomology
- saumik.basu@uga.edu
- Our vegetable entomology lab is focused on seeking and developing novel and sustainable integrated pest management strategies to improve major vegetables in South Georgia, a hub of vegetable production in the US. Our team is currently working on multiple projects associated with major pest problems (whiteflies, diamondback moths, thrips, pepper weevils, etc.) and some of the vector-transmitted diseases, causing huge losses to key vegetables (e.g., cabbage, tomato, collards, onion, pepper, eggplant, etc.) produced in southern Georgia. Our research projects address issues associated with the vegetable industry and provide information and solutions applicable to the vegetable growers and county agents in Georgia.