Dee Colby

Postdoctoral Reasearch

Molecular Biology

EMAIL: Dcolby@agcenter.lsu.edu

DEGREES:  M.Ed (education), M.S. (entomology & plant                                      pathology),
                  Ph.D. (entomology)Milligan College (1991), University                   of TN (1993), LSU (2002)
                  

Current Research Interests

Molecular biology, biotechnology, red imported fire ant control

Selected Publications:

Colby, D., C. Husseneder, and L. Foil. 2008. Microsatellite genotyping of red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) colonies reveals that most colonies persist in plowed pastures. Journal of Economic Entomology 101(4): 1062-1067.

Colby, Dee, Lacy Inmon and Lane Foil. 2007. Red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) worker head widths as an indicator of social form in Louisiana. Journal of Entomological Science 42(1): 20-27.

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