Dr. Michael J. Stout, Department of Entomology at Louisiana State Universtiy

Baton Rouge, Louisiana |

Michael J. Stout Plant - Insect Interactions Host-Plant Resistance Integrated Management of Rice Pests Associate Professor L.D. Newsom Professor of Integrated Pest Management B.A. 1989 University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. 1996 University of California, Davis mstout@agctr.lsu.edu
Current Research Interests I am interested in both applied and fundamental aspects of plant-insect interactions. My program integrates relevant methods and concepts from diverse fields, including insect physiology, agronomy, plant pathology, plant biochemistry and physiology, and ecology. Most of my laboratory’s research involves the interactions of rice with its major insect pests in Louisiana: the rice water weevil, the rice stink bug, stem-boring Lepidopterans, and the fall armyworm. Current areas of active investigation include the following: biochemical and physiological mechanisms of rice resistance and tolerance to rice pests, induced resistance, plant-mediated interactions between insect herbivores and pathogenic microorganisms, the use of elicitors of plant resistance in pest management, chemical ecology of the rice stink bug, incorporating cultural practices into pest management programs, and integration of rice and crawfish production via the use of reduced-risk insecticides. The ultimate applied goal of all research conducted in my lab is the development of cost-effective management programs for insect pests of rice. ^Top of the page Courses: ^Top of the page Postdocs: ^Top of the page Publications: Stout, M.J. Types and mechanisms of rapidly-induced resistance to herbivorous arthropods. In Waters, D, A. Newton, and G. Lyon (eds.), Induced Resistance for Plant Defence: A Sustainable Approach to Crop Protection, in press. Way, M.O., F.P.F. Reay-Jones, M.J. Stout, and L. Tarpley. 2006. Effects of nitrogen fertilizer applied prior to permanent flood on the interaction between rice and the rice water weevil (Lepidoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 99: 2030-2037. Patel, D.T., M.J.Stout, and J.R. Fuxa. 2006. Effects of rice panicle age on quantitative and qualitative injury by the rice stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Florida Entomologist 89: 321-327. Stout, M.J. , J.S. Thaler, and B.P.H.J. Thomma. 2006. Plant-mediated interactions between pathogenic microorganisms and arthropod herbivores. Annual Review of Entomology 51: 663-689. Zou, L., M.J. Stout, and R.T. Dunand. 2004. The effects of feeding by the rice water weevil Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel on the growth and yield components of rice, Oryza sativa.Agricultural and Forest Entomology 6: 1-7 Tindall, K.V. and M.J. Stout. 2003. Use of common weeds of rice as hosts for the rice water weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Environmental Entomology 32: 1227-1233. ^Top of the page

Michael J. Stout
Plant - Insect Interactions
Host-Plant Resistance
Integrated Management of Rice Pests

Associate Professor
L.D. Newsom Professor of Integrated Pest Management

B.A. 1989 University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. 1996 University of California, Davis

mstout@agctr.lsu.edu

Current Research Interests

I am interested in both applied and fundamental aspects of plant-insect interactions. My program integrates relevant methods and concepts from diverse fields, including insect physiology, agronomy, plant pathology, plant biochemistry and physiology, and ecology. Most of my laboratory’s research involves the interactions of rice with its major insect pests in Louisiana: the rice water weevil, the rice stink bug, stem-boring Lepidopterans, and the fall armyworm. Current areas of active investigation include the following: biochemical and physiological mechanisms of rice resistance and tolerance to rice pests, induced resistance, plant-mediated interactions between insect herbivores and pathogenic microorganisms, the use of elicitors of plant resistance in pest management, chemical ecology of the rice stink bug, incorporating cultural practices into pest management programs, and integration of rice and crawfish production via the use of reduced-risk insecticides. The ultimate applied goal of all research conducted in my lab is the development of cost-effective management programs for insect pests of rice.

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Courses:

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Publications:

Stout, M.J. Types and mechanisms of rapidly-induced resistance to herbivorous arthropods. In Waters, D, A. Newton, and G. Lyon (eds.), Induced Resistance for Plant Defence: A Sustainable Approach to Crop Protection, in press.

Way, M.O., F.P.F. Reay-Jones, M.J. Stout, and L. Tarpley. 2006. Effects of nitrogen fertilizer applied prior to permanent flood on the interaction between rice and the rice water weevil (Lepidoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 99: 2030-2037.

Patel, D.T., M.J.Stout, and J.R. Fuxa. 2006. Effects of rice panicle age on quantitative and qualitative injury by the rice stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Florida Entomologist 89: 321-327.

Stout, M.J. , J.S. Thaler, and B.P.H.J. Thomma. 2006. Plant-mediated interactions between pathogenic microorganisms and arthropod herbivores. Annual Review of Entomology 51: 663-689.

Zou, L., M.J. Stout, and R.T. Dunand. 2004. The effects of feeding by the rice water weevil Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel on the growth and yield components of rice, Oryza sativa.Agricultural and Forest Entomology 6: 1-7

Tindall, K.V. and M.J. Stout. 2003. Use of common weeds of rice as hosts for the rice water weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Environmental Entomology 32: 1227-1233.

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