Biographical Sketch

CURRICULUM VITA

December 19, 2016

WINFIELD L. STERLING

Professor, Department of Entomology

Texas A&M University

(Updated 7/14/93)

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

     Born: September 18, 1936 Iphone 979-218-2940

     Height: 175 cm

     Weight: 67.5 kg                         

     Health: Excellent

     Address:  9505 Weedon Loop, Bryan, TX

     Marital Status: Married, 3 children

EDUCATION:

     B.A., 1962, Pan American College

     M.S., 1966; Ph.D., 1969, Texas A&M University

     Post Ph.D., 1975-76, University of Queensland, Australia.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

     Systems science

     Integrated pest management

     Insects of cotton

     Predation

     Pest-Plant Modeling 

     Ecological Economics

     

EXPERIENCE:

1993 Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University

1980-93  Professor of Entomology, Texas A&M University

1976-80   Associate Professor of Entomology, Texas A&M University

1975-76      Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Queensland, Australia

1973-75  Associate Professor of Entomology, Texas A&M University

1969-73  Assistant Professor of Entomology, Texas A&M University

RESEARCH PROGRAM GOALS:

     The development and evaluation of tactics and strategies for use in the management of cotton arthropod pests and their enemies is a primary goal of the position.  The biology, ecology and population dynamics of arthropod pests and their natural enemies are studied in attempts to develop forecasting and descriptive models of the life systems of these organisms in a holistic ecosystem context. The objective is to develop improved management tactics that utilize indi­genous mortality agents in a compatible manner with other tactics such as cultural manipulations, classical biological control agents or any combination of these tactics that will result in the suppression or maintenance of pests below action levels.  The ultimate aim is to improve cotton pro­duction by minimizing insect damage and optimizing profits while maintaining a wholesome environment with minimal use of chemicals dangerous to man and other nontarget organisms.

PROFESSIONAL AND HONOR ORGANIZATIONS:

1.  Society of Sigma XI

2.  American Association for the Advancement of Science

3.  Southwestern Branch Entomological Society of America

4.  American Registry for Professional Entomologists (Charter member)

  5.  Ecological Society of America

AWARDS:

1. Post-doctoral fellowship to study at the University of Queensland in Australia during 1975-76.

2. Photography: (1) Entomological Society of Canada - Honorable mention in photo contest for Nezara viridula, 1978.  (2) Entomological Society of America - Honorable mention in photo contest for wheel bug, Arilus crist­atus (L.) preying on bollworm, Heliothis zea (Boddie) larvae.  (3) Photograph used on cover of Farmer-Stock­man- November, 1978 issue.  (4) 2 photos used in 1978 TAES Annual Report.  (5) Fire ant photo accepted for use by Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia.  (6) assisted photographer, National Geographic Magazine, Fred Ward, in taking photos for use in "The Pesticide Dilemma" by A. Boraiko. 1980. Vol. 157:145-83.  (7) Best storytelling slide of ESA National Photo Salon 1980 (Peoria Color Award).  (8) Best slide of 1980 Pacific Coast ESA Photo Salon by ESA member "Pieris rapae egg".  (9) Best slide of 1981 Pacific Coast ESA Photo Salon by ESA member "Zelus assassin bug feeding on a bollworm".

3.  Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities; Who's Who in the South and Southwest, American Men and Women of Science; Personalities of the South.

4. Central Texas Chapter of ARPE 1981 award for category II (Ecology and Population Dynamics) and nominated for National award.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

A.  International Program Activities:

1. AID advisor in insect pest management to Egypt, July 2-14, 1974.

2.  IICA/EMBRAPA consultancy to evaluate the Brazilian national cotton pest management research program.  June - August 1980.

3.  CICP/AID consultancy to Nicaragua to evaluate the hazards associ­ated with integrated school complexes in Nicaragua, January 11-25, 1981.

4.   Scientist Exchange Program to China, November 13-26, 1988.

5. CICP/NARP cooperative research project in Egypt, starting September 1990 and lasting for 2 years.

B.  Entomological Society of America

1. Chairman, National Memorial Lectures Standing Committee 1988-89.

C.  American Registry of Professional Entomologists, President, Central Texas Chapter 1974-75.

GRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT:

Post Ph.D.  

  Tom Holtzer - Department Head, University of Colorado

  Santin Gravena - Entomological Faculty, Universidad Estadual Paulista at Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil

  Wijesiri Danthanarayana - Senior Lecturer, La Trobe Univer­sity, Vic­toria, Australia

Ph.D.      

  Merle Shepard - Director of Research, South Carolina Experiment Station Substation

  Edward Pieters - Formerly with Entomology Faculty, Missis­sippi State University now with Nor Am. Inc.

  Mike Gaylor - Entomology Faculty, Auburn University

  Lyndon Almand - Field Research Representative, Chemagro

  Sidney McDaniel - Research & Development, FMC

 Joseph E. Eger, Jr. - Technical Representative, Dow Chem. Corp. Outstanding Graduate Student in the SW Branch of ESA  for 1981

 Gregg Nuessly - Entomology Faculty, University of Florida, Belglade, Outstanding Graduate Student in the SW Branch of ESA for 1986

  Randy Martin - USDA Tifton, GA, Outstanding Graduate Student of SW Branch of ESA for 1988

  Robert G. Breene - Research Associate, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Weslaco, Texas.       

 Davy Jones - Outstanding M.S. student award, 1978-79 by Association of Former Students, TAMU. Outstanding           Graduate  Student in the SW Branch of ESA for 1979.  Now with Entomol­ogy faculty at Univ. of Kentucky

  Charles Agnew - Private business in Indiana

  Mike Rothrock - County Agent, San Patricio County 

  Joe Reilly - BASF Corporation, New Jersey.  

  David Fillman - High School Principal in Houston.

  Melinda Sturm - Extension Agent for Oklahoma Agricultural Extension Service

  Roxanne Montandon - Research Associate, Texas Agric. Exp. Stn., Vernon, Texas.   

  Beverly Burden - Working on Ph.D. at University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Scott Stewart - Working on Ph.D. at Auburn University

M. Agr.    

  Samuel Quaison-Sackey - Now with Cotton Development Board, Ghana, Africa

Visiting Scientists  

  Bruce Pyke - Dept. of Entomology, University of Queensland, Austra­lia

  Xian Yian Xie - Shaanxi Academy of Agricultural Science, People's Republic of China

  Martin Nyffeler - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

  Hu Wenxiu - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, People's Republic of China

  Benjamin Legaspi - University of the Phillipines, Los Banos.

  Nabil Mohammed Ab El-Salam Zaki - Plant Protection Research Inst., Dokki, Egypt

  Mohammed Nabil Shaaban - Plant Protection Research Inst., Dokki, Egypt.

  Dr. Hussein Youssef - Plant Protection Research Inst., Dokki, Egypt.

PUBLICATIONS:

Refereed Publications:

(1) Sterling, W. L., S. G. Wellso, P. L. Adkisson, & H. W. Dorough. 1965.  A cottonseed-meal diet for laboratory cultures of the boll weevil. J. Econ. Entomol. 58:867-869.

(2) Sterling, W. L., & P. L. Adkisson. 1966.  An artifi­cial diet for laboratory cultures of boll weevil larvae and adults. J. Econ. Entomol. 59:1074-1077.

(3) Sterling, W. L., & P. L. Adkisson. 1970.  Seasonal rates of increase for a population of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, in the high and rolling plains of Texas. Ann.  Entomol. Soc. Amer.  63:1696-1700.

(4) Sterling, W. L. 1971.  Winter survival of the boll weevil in the high and rolling plains of Texas.  J. Econ. Entomol. 64:39-41.

(5) Sterling, W. L. 1972.  Photoperiodic sensitivity in the ontogeny of the boll weevil.  Environ. Entomol. 1:568-571.

(6) Shepard, M., & W. Sterling. 1972.  Incidence of parasi­tism of Heliothis spp.  (Lepidoptera: Noctui­dae) in some cotton fields of Texas. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 65:759-­760.

(7) Shepard, M., W. Sterling, & J. K. Walker, Jr. 1972.  Abundance of beneficial arthropods on cotton genotypes. Environ. Entomol. 1:117-121.

(8) Pieters, E. P., & W. L. Sterling. 1973.  Inferences on the dispersion of cotton arthropods in Texas.  Environ. Entomol. 2:863-867.

(9) Pieters, E. P., & W. L. Sterling. 1974.  A sequen­tial sampling plan for the cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus. Environ. Entomol. 3:102-106.

(10) Pieters, E. P., & W. L. Sterling. 1974.  Aggregation indices of cotton arthropods in Texas.  Environ. Entomol. 3:598-600.

(11) Pieters, E. P., & W. L. Sterling. 1975.  Sequential sampling cotton squares damaged by boll weevils or Heliothis spp. in the coastal bend of Texas. J. Econ. Entomol. 68:543-545.

(12) Casey, J. E., R. D. Lacewell, & W. Sterling. 1975.  An example of economically feasible opportunities for reducing pesticide use in commercial agriculture. J. Environ. Qual. 4:60-64.

(13) Gaylor, M. J., & W. L. Sterling. 1975.  Effects of temperature on the development, egg production, and survival of the cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus.  Environ. Entomol.  4:487-490.

(14) Sterling, W. L. 1975.  Discussion of pest management session.  In Symposium on managing terrestrial ecosys­tems. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Aust. 5:10-12.

(15) Gaylor, M. J., & W. L. Sterling. 1976.  Development, survival, and fecundity of the cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter), on several host plants. Environ. Entomol. 5:55-58.

(16) Sterling, W. L. 1976.  Sequential decision plans for the management of cotton arthropods in South-east Queensland. Aust. J. Ecol. 1:265-274.

(17) Teetes, G. L., & W. L. Sterling. 1976. A sequential sampling plan for a white grub in grain sorghum.  Southwest. Entomol. 1:118-121.

(18) Almand, L. K., W. L. Sterling, & C. L. Green. 1977.  Timing of control measures for Pseudatomoscelis seriatus to reduce overwintering egg numbers. J. Econ. Entomol. 70:202-204.

(19) Gaylor, M. J., & W. L. Sterling. 1977.  Photoperio­dic induction and seasonal incidence of embryonic dia­pause in the cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 70:893-897.

(20) Pieters, E. P., C. E. Gates, J. H. Matis, & W. L. Sterling. 1977.  Small sample comparison of different estimators of negative binomial  parameters.  Biometrics  33:718-723.

(21) Jones, D., & W. L. Sterling.  1978.  Locomotory acti­vity and distribu­tion of overwintering boll weevils in East Texas leaf litter.  South­west. Entomol.  3:315-321.

(22) McDaniel, S. G., L. L. Keeley, & W. L. Sterling.  1978.  Radiolabeling Heliothis virescens eggs by 32P injection of adult females.  Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.  71:432-434.

(23) Pieters, E. P., S. Y. Young, W. C. Yearian, W. L. Sterling, D. F. Clower, D. R. Melville, & F. R. Gilliland, Jr.  1978.  Efficacy of microbial pesticides and chlordimeform mixtures for control of Heliothis spp. on cotton.  Southwest. Entomol.  3:237-240.

(24) Sterling, W. L.  1978.  Fortuitous biological suppres­sion of the boll weevil by the red imported fire ant.  Environ. Entomol.  7:564-568.

(25) Sterling, W. L., & P. L. Adkisson.  1978.  Population dynamics of the boll weevil inhabiting the high and rolling plains of Texas.  Environ. Entomol.  7:439-444.

(26) Jones, D., & W. L. Sterling.  1979.  Manipulation of red imported fire ants in a trap crop for boll weevil suppression.  Environ. Entomol.  8:1073-1077.

(27) Jones, D., & W. L. Sterling.  1979.  Rate and thresholds of boll weevil locomotory activity in response to temperature.  Environ. Entomol.  8:874-878.

(28) Jones, D., & W. L. Sterling.  1979.  Temperature thresholds for spring emergence and flight of the boll weevil.  Environ. Entomol.  8:1118-1122.

(29) McDaniel, S. G., & W. L. Sterling.  1979.  Predator determination and efficiency on Heliothis virescens eggs in cotton using 32P.  Environ. Entomol. 8:1083-1087.

(30) Sterling, W. L., & A. W. Hartstack.  1979.  Emergence threshold with validations for forecasting the spring emergence of cotton fleahoppers.  Environ. Entomol.  8:649-654.

(31) Sterling, W. L., D. Jones, & D. A. Dean.  1979.  Failure of the red imported fire ant to reduce entomophagous insect and spider abundance in a cotton agroecosystem.  Environ. Entomol.  8:976-981.

(32) Holtzer, T. O., & W. L. Sterling.  1980.  Ovipositional preference of the cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus, and distribution of eggs among host plant species.  Environ. Entomol.  9:236-240.

(33) Pyke, B., W. Sterling, & A. Hartstack.  1980.  Beat and shake bucket sampling of cotton terminals for cotton fleahoppers, other pests, and predators. Environ. Entomol.  9:572-576.

(34) Agnew, C. W., & W. L. Sterling. 1981.  Predation of boll weevils in partially-open cotton bolls by the red imported fire ant. Southwest. Entomol. 6:215-219.

(35) Agnew, C. W., W. L. Sterling, & D. A. Dean. 1981.  Notes on the Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae of eastern Texas with keys for their identification. Southwest. Entomol. Supplement 4:1-20.

(36) McDaniel, S. G., W. L. Sterling, & D. A. Dean. 1981.  Predators of tobacco budworm larvae in Texas cotton. Southwest. Entomol. 6:102-108.

(37) Agnew, C. W., & W. L. Sterling. 1982.  Predation rates of the red imported fire ant on eggs of the tobacco budworm. Prot. Ecol. 4:151-158.

(38) Agnew, C. W., W. L. Sterling, & D. A. Dean. 1982.  Influence of cotton nectar on red imported fire ants and other predators. Environ. Entomol. 11:629-634.

(39) Dean, D. A., W. L. Sterling, & N. V. Horner. 1982.  Spiders in eastern Texas cotton fields.  J. Arachno­l. 10:251-260.

(40) Eger, J. E., Jr., J. A. Witz, A. W. Hartstack, Jr., & W. L. Sterling. 1982.  Survival of pupae of Heliothis virescens and Heliothis zea (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) at low temperatures.  Can. Entomol.  114:289-301.

(41) Eger, J. E., W. L. Sterling, & A. W. Hartstack, Jr. 1982.  Population dynamics of Heliothis spp. on Castil­leja indivisa, an unreported host plant, and Lupinus texensis in Texas.  Environ. Entomol.  11:327-333. 

(42) Hartstack, A. W., J. D. Lopez, R. A. Muller, W. L. Sterling, E. G. King, J. A. Witz, & A. C. Eversull.  1982.  Evidence of long-range migration of Heliothis zea (Boddie) into Texas and Arkansas.  Southwest. Ento­mol. 7:188-201. 

(43) McDaniel, S. G., & W. L. Sterling. 1982.  Predation of Heliothis virescens (F.) eggs on cotton in East Texas. Environ. Entomol. 11:60-66.  

(44) Rothrock, M. A., & W. L. Sterling. 1982.  A compari­son of three sequential sampling packages for arthro­pods in cotton. Southwest. Entomol. 7:39-49.

(45) Rothrock, M. A., & W. L. Sterling. 1982.  Sequential sampling for arthropods of cotton: its advantages over point sampling. Southwest. Entomol. 7:70-81.

(46) Williamson, D. G., & W. L. Sterling. 1982.  Rearing the cotton leafworm, Alabama argillacea (Hubner), on seedling cotton. Southwest. Entomol.  7:221-224.

(47) Eger, J. E., Jr., W. L. Sterling, & A. W. Hartstack, Jr. 1983.  Winter survival of the tobacco budworm and the bollworm in an insectary.  Southwest. Entomol. 8:80-88.

(48) Eger, J. E., Jr., W. L. Sterling, & A. W. Hartstack, Jr. 1983.  Winter survival of Heliothis virescens and Heliothis zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in College Station, Texas.  Environ. Entomol. 12:970-975.

(49) Fillman, D. A., & W. L. Sterling. 1983.  Killing power of the red imported fire ant: [Hym.: Formicidae] a key predator of the boll weevil [Col.: Curculionidae]. Entomophaga 28:339-344.

(50) Fillman, D. A., W. L. Sterling, & D. A. Dean. 1983.  Precision of several sampling techniques for foraging red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers in cotton fields.  J. Econ. Entomol.  76:748-751.

(51) Goodenough, J. L., P. C. Jank, L. E. Carroll, W. L. Sterling, E. J. Redman, & J. A. Witz. 1983.  Collecting and preserving airborne arthropods in liquid at timed intervals with a Johnson-Taylor-type suction trap. J. Econ. Entomol. 76:960-963.

(52) Gravena, S., & W. L. Sterling. 1983.  Natural preda­tion on the cotton leafworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 76:779-784.

  

(53) Reilly, J. J., & W. L. Sterling. 1983.  Dispersion patterns of the red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera:For­micidae), aphids, and some predaceous in­sects in east Texas cotton fields.  Environ. Entomol. 12:380-385.

(54) Reilly, J. J., & W. L. Sterling. 1983.  Interspeci­fic association between the red imported fire ant  (Hy­menoptera: Formicidae), aphids, and some predaceous insects in a cotton agroecosystem.  Environ. Entomol. 12:541-545.

(55) Sterling, W. L., D. A. Dean, D. A. Fillman, & D. Jones. 1984.  Natural­ly-occurring biological control of the boll weevil. (Col.: Curculionidae). Entomophaga 29:1-9.

(56) Sterling, W. L., E. Bleicher, & F. M. M. de Jesus. 1983.  Um programa de manejo integrado para insetos do algodoeiro no nordeste do Brasil usando amostragem sequencial.  Anais da Sociedade Entomologica do Brasil. 12:85-98.

(57) Nuessly, G. S., & W. L. Sterling. 1984. Comparison of D-vac and modified drop cloth methods for sampling arthropods in cotton. Southwest. Entomol. 9:95-103.

(58) Gravena, S., W. Sterling, & A. Dean. 1985.  Abstracts, references, and keywords of publications relating to the cotton leafworm, Alabama argillacea (Huebner), (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Thomas Say Series. Vol. 10. p. 1-136.

(59) Fillman, D. A., & W. L. Sterling. 1985. Inaction levels for the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hym.: Formicidae): a predator of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis (Col.: Curculionidae). Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 13:93-102. 

(60) Dean, D. A., & W. L. Sterling. 1985.  Size and phenology of ballooning spiders in eastern Texas.  J. Arachnol.  13:111-120.

(61) Montandon, R., H. J. Williams, W. L. Sterling, R. D. Stipanovic, & S. B. Vinson. 1986.  Comparison of the development of Alabama argillacea (Huebner) and Helio­this virescens (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) fed glanded and glandless cotton leaves.  Environ. Entomol. 15:128-131.

(62) Nuessly, G. S., & W. L. Sterling. 1986.  Distribution of 32p in laboratory colonies of Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) after feeding on labelled Heliothis zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) eggs: an ex­planation of discrepancies encountered in field preda­tion experiments. Environ. Entomol. 15:1279-1285. 

(63) Nyffeler, M., D. A. Dean, & W. L. Sterling. 1986.  Feeding habits of the spiders Cyclosa turbinata (Walckenaer) and Lycosa rabida Walckenaer. Southwest. Entomol. 11:195-201.

(64) Sturm, M. M., & W. L. Sterling. 1986.  Boll weevil mortality factors within flower buds of cotton.  Bull. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 32: 239-247.

(65) Dean, D. A., W. L. Sterling, M. Nyffeler, & R. G. Breene. 1987.  Foraging by selected spider predators on the cotton fleahopper and other prey.  Southwest. Entomol. 12:263-270.

(66) Grisham, M. P., W. L. Sterling, R. D. Powell, &  P. W. Morgan. 1987.  Characterization of the induction of stress ethylene synthesis in cotton caused by the cotton fleahopper (Hemiptera: Miridae) and its micro­organisms.  Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 80:411-416.

(67) Martin, W. R., Jr., M. P. Grisham, C. M. Kenerley, W. L. Sterling, & P. W. Morgan. 1987.  Microorganisms asso­ciated with cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Heteroptera: Miridae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 80:251-255.

(68) Montandon, R., R. D. Stipanovic, H. J. Williams, W. L. Sterling, & S. B. Vinson. 1987.  Nutritional indices and excretion of gossypol by Alabama argillacea (Hueb­ner) and Heliothis virescens (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noc­tuidae) fed glanded and glandless cotyledonary cotton leaves. J. Econ. Entomol. 80:32-36.

(69) Nyffeler, M., D. A. Dean, & W. L. Sterling. 1987.  Feeding ecology of the orb-weaving spider Argiope auran­tia (Araneae: Araneidae) in a cotton agroecosystem.  Entomophaga 32:367-375.

(70) Nyffeler, M., D. A. Dean, & W. L. Sterling. 1987.  Predation by the green lynx spider, Peucetia viridans (Araneae: Oxyopidae), inhabiting cotton and woolly croton plants in east Texas. Environ. Entomol. 16:355-359.

(71) Nyffeler, M., D. A. Dean, & W. L. Sterling. 1987.  Evaluation of the importance of the striped lynx spider, Oxyopes salticus (Araneae: Oxyopidae), as a predator in Texas cotton. Environ. Entomol. 16:1114-1123.

(72) Breene, R. G., & W. L. Sterling. 1988.  Quantitative phosphorus-32 labeling method for analysis of predators of the cotton fleahopper (Hemiptera: Miridae).  J. Econ. Entomol. 81:1494-1498.

(73) Breene, R. G., W. L. Sterling, & D. A. Dean. 1988.  Spider and ant predators of the cotton fleahopper on woolly croton.  Southwest Entomol. 13:177-183.

(74) Dean, D. A., M. Nyffeler, & W. L. Sterling. 1988.  Natural enemies of spiders: mud dauber wasps in east Texas.  Southwest. Entomol. 13:283-290.

(75) Martin, W. R., Jr., P. W. Morgan, W. L. Sterling, & C. M. Kenerley. 1988.  Cotton fleahopper and associated microorganisms as components in the production of stress ethylene by cotton. Plant Phys. 87:280-285.

(76) Martin, W. R., Jr., P. W. Morgan, W. L. Sterling, & R. W. Meola. 1988.  Stimulation of stress ethylene production in cotton by salivary enzymes of the cotton fleahopper (Heteroptera: Miridae). Environ. Entomol. 17:930-935.

(77) Nyffeler, M., D. A. Dean, & W. L. Sterling. 1988.  Prey records of the web-building spiders Dictyna segregata (Dictynidae), Theridion australe (Theridi­idae), Tidarren haemorrhoidale (Theridiidae), and Frontinella pyramitela (Linyphiidae) in a cotton agroecosystem. Southwest. Nat. 33:215-218.

(78) Nyffeler, M., D. A. Dean, & W. L. Sterling. 1988.  The southern black widow spider, Lactrodectus mactans (Araneae, Theridiidae), as a predator of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), in Texas cotton fields.  J. Appl. Entomol. 106:52-57.

(79) Stewart, S. D., & W. L. Sterling. 1988.  Dynamics and impact of cotton fruit abscission and survival.  Environ. Entomol. 17:629-635.

(80) Breene, R. G., W. L. Sterling, & D. A. Dean. 1989.  Predators of the cotton fleahopper on cotton.  Southwest. Entomol. 14:159-166.

(81) Breene, R. G., A. W. Hartstack, W. L. Sterling, & M. Nyffeler. 1989.  Natural control of the cotton fleahopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae) in Texas.  J. Appl. Entomol.  108:298-305.

(82) Burden, B. J., P. W. Morgan, & W. L. Sterling. 1989.  Indole-acetic acid and the ethylene precusor, ACC, in the cotton fleahopper (Hemiptera: Miridae) and their role in cotton square abscission.  Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 82:476-480. 

(83) Legaspi, B. A. C., Jr., W. L. Sterling, A. W. Hartstack, & D. A. Dean. 1989.  Testing the interactions of pest-predator-plant components of the TEXCIM model.  Environ. Entomol. 18:157-163.

(84) Martin, W. R., Jr., W. L. Sterling, C. M. Kenerley, & P. W. Morgan. 1988.  Transmission of bacterial blight of cotton, Xanthomonas campestris pv. Malvacearum, by feeding of the cotton fleahopper: implications for stress ethylene-induced square loss in cotton. J. Entomol. Sci. 23:161-168.

(85) Nyffeler, M, D. A. Dean, & W. L. Sterling. 1989.  Prey selection and predatory importance of orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae, Uloboridae) in Texas cotton. Environ. Entomol. 18:373-380.

(86) Stewart, S. D., & W. L. Sterling. 1989.  Susceptibility of cotton fruiting forms to insects, boll rot and physical stress.  J. Econ. Entomol. 82:593-598.

(87) Stewart, S. D., & W. L. Sterling. 1989.  Causes and temporal patterns of cotton fruit abscission.  J. Econ. Entomol. 82:954-959.

(88) Breene, R. G., W. R. Martin, Jr., D. A. Dean, & W. L. Sterling. 1989.  Rearing methods for the cotton fleahopper.  Southwest. Entomol.  14:249-253.

(89) Nyffeler, M., R. G. Breene, D. A. Dean, & W. L. Sterling. 1990.  Spiders as predators of arthropod eggs. J. Appl. Entomol. 109:490-501.

(90) Sturm, M. M., W. L. Sterling, & A. W. Hartstack. 1990.  Role of natural mortality in boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) management programs. J. Econ. Entomol. 83:1-7.

(91) Sturm, M. M., & W. L. Sterling. 1990.  Geographical patterns of boll weevil mortality: observations and hypothesis. Environ. Entomol. 19:59-65.

(92) Sterling, W., A. Dean, & J. Witz. 1990.  Partitioning boll weevil mortality associated with high temperature: desiccation or thermal death?  Environ. Entomol. 19:1457-1462.

(93) Breene, R. G., W. L. Sterling, & M. Nyffeler. 1990.  Efficacy of spider and ant predators on the cotton fleahopper [Hemiptera: Miridae]. Entomophaga 35:393-401.

(94) Dean, D. A., & W. L. Sterling. 1990.  Seasonal patterns of spiders captured in a suction trap. Southwest. Entomol. 15: 399-412.

(95) Brinkley, C. K., R. T. Ervin & W. L. Sterling. 1991.  Potential beneficial impact of red imported fire ant to Texas cotton production.  Biol. Agric. Hort. 8: 145-152.

(96) Nuessly, G. S., A. W. Hartstack, J. A. Witz, & W. L. Sterling. 1991. Dislodgement of Heliothis zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) eggs from cotton due to wind and rain: a predictive model.  Ecol. Modeling.  55: 89-102.

(97) Sterling, W. L., M. N. Shaaban, & A. Dean. 1992.  Using the TEXCIM40 model to simulate the effect of insecticide type on the costs of pest resurgence. Bull. ent. Soc. Egypt 19: 73-86.

(98) Sterling, W.L., A. Dean & N. Abd El-Salam.  1992. Economic benefits of spider (Araneae) and insect (Hemiptera: Miridae) predators of cotton fleahoppers. J. Econ. Entomol. 85: 52-57.

(99) Sterling, W., T. Wilson, & F. Gilstrap.  1992.  Contaminated experiments: a flaw that underestimates the effects of natural enemies. Am. Entomol. 38: 88.

(100) Nyffeler, M., D. A. Dean, & W. L. Sterling.  1992. Impact of the striped lynx spider (Araneae: Oxyopidae) and other natural enemies on the cotton fleahopper (Hemiptera: Miridae) in Texas cotton. Environ. Entomol. 21: 1178-1188.

(101) Nyffeler, M., D. A. Dean & W. L. Sterling. 1992. Diets, feeding specialization, and predatory role of two lynx spiders, Oxyopes salticus and Peucetia viridans (Araneae: Oxyopidae), in a Texas cotton agroecosystem. Environ. Entomol. 21: 1457-1465.

(102) Nuessly, G. S. & W. L. Sterling. 1994. Mortality of Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) eggs in cotton as a function of oviposition sites, predator species, and desiccation. Environ. Entomol. 23: 1189-1202.

(103)  Nyffeler, M. & W. L. Sterling.  1994.  Comparison of the feeding niche of polyphagous insectivores (Araneae) in a Texas cotton plantation: Estimates of niche breadth and overlap.  Environ. Entomol. 23: 1294-1303.

(104) Nyffeler, M., W. L. Sterling, & D. A. Dean. 1994.  How spiders make a living. Environ Entomol. (In press).

(105) Nyffeler, M., W. L. Sterling, & D. A. Dean. 1994. Insectivorous activities of spiders in U.S. field crops. J. Appl. Entomol.  118:113-128.

Technical Bulletins or Articles:

(1) Adkisson, P. L., D. R. Rummel, & W. L. Sterling. 1965.  A two-phase control program for reducing dia­pause boll weevil populations on the High Plains of Texas, 1965. Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn., Dept. of Ento­mol., Tech. Rep. No. 2. 7pp.

(2) Sterling, W. L., & P. L. Adkisson. 1966.  Differen­ces in the diapause response of boll weevils from the High Plains and Central Texas and the significance of this phenomenon in revising present fall insecticidal control programs. Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. 1047. 7pp.

(3) Adkisson, P. L., D. R. Rummel, W. L. Sterling, & W. L. Owen, Jr. 1966.  Diapause boll weevil control: a comparison of two methods. Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. 1054. 11pp.

(4) Rummel, D. R., W. L. Sterling, & P. L. Adkisson. 1967.  Evaluation of the 1966 diapause boll weevil control program on the High Plains of Texas. Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Dept. of Entomol., Tech. Rep. No. 8.  11pp.

(5) Sterling, W. L., P. L. Adkisson, & D. R. Rummel. 1967.  Effects of the diapause boll weevil control program on the size and rate of increase of boll weevil populations in the High Plains of Texas.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Dept. of Entomol., Tech. Rep. No. 7. 11pp.

(6) Walker, J. K., Jr., M. Shepard, & W. L. Sterling. 1970.  Effect of insecticide applications for the cotton fleahopper on beneficial insects and spiders. Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Prog. Rep. 2755.  11pp.

(7) Sterling, W. L., & P. L. Adkisson. 1971.  Seasonal biology of the boll weevil in the High and Rolling Plains of Texas as compared with previous biological studies of this insect.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ. 993. 12pp.

(8) Coppedge, J. R., W. L. Sterling, R. L. Ridgway, R. E. Kinzer, & C. J. Whitten. 1972.  Foliar applications of selected insecticides for control of methyl para­thion-resistant tobacco budworms.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Prog. Rep. 3087:49-53.

(9) Sterling, W. L., & F. W. Plapp. 1972.  Insecticide dosage-mortality studies on the cotton fleahopper in 1971. Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Prog. Rep. 3091:93-100.

(10) Shepard, M., & W. Sterling. 1972.  Effects of early season applications of insecticides on beneficial insects and spiders in cotton. Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Pub. 1045. 14pp.

(11) Thomas, J. G., W. H. Newton, P. J. Hamman, P. L. Adkisson, D. G. Bottrell, W. L. Sterling, J. K. Walker, R. L. Ridgway, and J. R. Coppedge. 1972.  Aldicarb (Temik) use on cotton in Texas. Texas Agric. Ext. Serv. Entomol. Notes 13: 3 pp.

(12) Sterling, W. L., & R. L. Haney. 1973.  Cotton yields climb, costs drop through pest management systems.  Tex. Agric. Prog. 19:4-7.

(13) Sterling, W., & E. Pieters. 1973.  A sequen­tial sampling plan for the cotton fleahopper, Pseuda­tomoscelis seriatus (Reuter).  Tex. Agric. Ext. Serv. Leafl. L-1090, 8pp.

(14) McInnis, H. L., G. I. Nakamura, & W. L. Sterling. 1973.  Entomology data base users guide using the IPM Port-A-Punch System. Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Dept. of Entomol., Tech. Rep. 73-21.  121pp.

(15) Pieters, E. P., & W. L. Sterling. 1973.  Comparison of sampling techniques for cotton arthropods in Texas.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ. 1120.  8pp.

(16) Sterling, W. L. 1974.  Sampling problems with cotton insects.  Pages 22-23.  In The principles, strategies and tactics of pest population regulation and control in major crop ecosystems.  Proc. IPM Workshop on eval­uation of the role of predators in crop ecosystems (Bottrell, D. G. and C. B. Huffaker, eds.)  Internat. Ctr. Biol. Control.  Albany, Calif.  32pp. 

(17) Almand, L. K., W. L. Sterling, & C. L. Green.  1974.  A collapsible truck mounted aerial net for insect samp­ling.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ.  1189.  4pp.

(18) Sterling, W. L., & P. L. Adkisson.  1974.  Seasonal incidence of diapause and reproduction in boll weevils inhabiting the High and Rolling Plains of Texas.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ.  1145.  9pp.

(19) Sterling, W. L., & E. P. Pieters.  1974.  A sequen­tial sampling package for key cotton arthropods in Texas.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Dept. of Entomol., Tech. Rep.  74-32.  28pp.

(20) Casey, J. E., R. D. Lacewell, & W. L. Sterling.  1974.  Economic and environmental implications of cotton production under a new cotton pest management system.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ.  1152.  19pp.

(21) Sterling, W. L.  1975.  Sequential sampling of cotton insect populations.  In Proceedings of the 27th Belt­wide Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference.  Nat. Cotton Council, Memphis, Tenn.  pp. 133-135.

(22) Sterling, W. L., & E. P. Pieters.  1975.  Sequential sampling for key arthropods of cotton.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Dept. of Entomol., Tech. Rep.  75-24.  21pp.

(23) Sterling, W. L.  1976.  Sequential sampling plans developed for use in pest management programs.  Univ. Queensland I.P.M.U. Research Paper 1976.  1.  14pp.

(24) Gaylor, M. J., & W. L. Sterling.  1975.  Simulated rainfall and wind as factors dislodging nymphs of the cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter), from cotton plants.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Prog. Rep. 3356.  2pp.

(25) Gaylor, M. J., & W. L. Sterling.  1975.  Cotton fleahopper egg deposition on cotton as affected by cotton growth stage and other hosts.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Prog. Rep.  3358.  2pp.

(26) Gaylor, M. J., & W. L. Sterling.  1976.  Effects of temperature and host plants on population dynamics of the cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomo­scelis seriatus.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull.  1161.  8pp.

(27) Almand, L. K., W. L. Sterling, & C. L. Green.  1976.  Seasonal abundance and dispersal of cotton flea­hopper as related to host plant phenology.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. 1170.  15pp.

(28) Sterling, W. L., & D. A. Dean.  1977.  A bibliography of the cotton fleahopper.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ. 1342.  28pp.

(29) Sterling, W. L., G. C. Gaumer, J. Hafernik, & D. A. Dean.  1978.  A checklist of insects found on cotton in East Texas.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ.  1366.  6pp.

(30) Sterling, W. L.  1978.  Imported fire ant may wear a gray hat.  Tex. Agric. Prog. 24:19-20.

(31) Heilman, M. D., L. N. Namken, R. H. Dilday, & W. L. Sterling.  1978.  The effect of seedling terminal da­mage by Heliothis virescens (F.) on fruiting charac­teristics and earliness of two cotton genotypes.  p.84.  In: Proceedings of the 31st Beltwide Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference.  

(32) Sterling, W. L., & R. Frisbie.  1981.  Sequential sampling.  Pages 24-29 In Cotton pest management scout­ing handbook. J. Hamner (ed.) Miss. Coop. Ext. Publ.  48pp.

(33) Sterling, W. L. (Chmn.) 1981.  Upper Gulf Coast Pest Management Plan.  Pages 48-59.  In A Statewide Pest Management Plan for Texas. R. E. Frisbie (ed.) Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. 1378. 82pp.

(34) Turney, H. A. (Chmn.), R. L. Hanna, M. F. Schuster, W. L. Sterling, J. W. Robinson, L. M. Vaughn, & W. H. Lembera.  1981.  East Texas Pest Management Plan.  Pages 40-43.  In A Statewide Pest Management Plan for Texas.  R. E. Frisbie (ed.) Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull.  1378.  82pp.

(35) Cole, C. L. (Chmn.), J. R. Ables, D. L. Bull, J. R. Cate, F. E. Gilstrap, R. L. Hanna, G. A. Niles, W. L. Sterling, B. W. Swaim, J. G. Thomas,  & J. K. Walker.  1981.  Central Texas River Bottoms Pest Management Plan.  Pages 44-46.  In A State-Wide Pest Management Plan for Texas.  R. E. Frisbie (ed.) Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. 1378.  82pp.

(36) Morgan, P. W., R. D. Powell, M. P. Grisham, W. L. Sterling, & L. Cooper.  1983.  Fleahopper induction of stress ethylene production in cotton.  Proc. Belt­wide Cotton Prod. Res. Conf., Nat. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN.  pp. 54-55.

(37) Bohmfalk, G. T., R. E. Frisbie, W. L. Sterling, R. B. Metzer, & A. E. Knutson.  1983.  Identification, biology and sampling of cotton insects.  Texas Agric. Ext. Serv. Bull. 933. 43pp.

(38) Sterling, W. L. 1984. Action and inaction levels in pest management. Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. B-1480. 20pp.

(39) Hartstack, A. W., & W. L. Sterling. 1986.  Texas cotton fleahopper model users guide. Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ. MP-1595.  68pp.

(40) Sterling, W. L., & A. W. Hartstack. 1986.  The Texas cotton fleahopper model. Pages 97-101. In K. Koonce et al., LSU Agricultural Computing Conference and Trade Show. LSU Agric. Center Pub.

(41) Dean, D. A., & W. L. Sterling.  1987.  Distribution and abundance patterns of spiders inhabiting cotton in Texas.  Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. B-1566. 8pp.

(42) Sterling, W. L., & A. W. Hartstack. 1987.  TEXCIM - A Fleahopper-Heli­othis-Plant model for on farm use.  Beltwide Cotton Production Research Conference.  Nat. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN. pp. 258-259.   

(43) Stewart, S. D., & W. L. Sterling. 1987.  Economic value of fruit based on size and time of season.  Beltwide Cotton Production Research Conference.  Nat. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN.  pp. 256-258.

(44) Hartstack, A. W., & W. L. Sterling.  1988.  Estimating fruit value with TEXCIM.  Beltwide Cotton Production Research Conference, Nat. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN.  pp. 370-374.

(45) Hartstack, A. W., & W. L. Sterling.  1988.  TEXCIM23: The Texas cotton-insect model.  Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ. MP 1646.  38pp.

(46) Sterling, W. L., & A. W. Hartstack.  1988.  Economics of early-season fleahopper control in Texas.  Beltwide Cotton Production Research Conference.  Nat. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN. pp. 374-379.

(47) Hartstack, A. W., & W. L. Sterling.  1989.  TEXCIM30: The Texas cotton insect model.  Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ. MP-1646.  (Revised).  105pp.

(48) Sterling, W. L., A. W. Hartstack, & D. A. Dean.  1989.  Conventions and protocol for testing and using the TEXCIM management model.  Texas Agric. Exp. Stn., Dept. of Entomology Tech. Rept., DTR 89-03.

(49) Sterling, W. L., & D. A. Dean. 1989.  Evidence of the need for improving the mortality component of boll weevil models.  Texas Agric. Exp. Stn., Dept. Entomol. Tech. Rept. 89-02.

(50) Sterling, W., A. Hartstack, & D. A. Dean.  1989.  TEXCIM: Synthesis and hypothesis.  Texas Agric. Exp. Stn., Dept. Entomol. Tech. Rept. DTR 89-01.

(51) Stewart, S. D., W. L. Sterling, & A. W. Hartstack.  1989.  Age, location, compensation, and the economic value of cotton fruit.  Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. MP-1673,  12pp.

(52) Sturm, M. M., W. L. Sterling, & A. Dean. 1989.  Life tables and key mortality factors of boll weevils in Texas. Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ. 1675, College Station.

(53) Sterling, W., A. Dean, & A. Hartstack. 1990. TEXCIM40 demonstration disks. Texas Agric. Exp. Stn., Dept. Entomol. Tech. Rept. DTR 90-01.

(54) Sterling, W., A. Hartstack, & A. Dean.  1990.  TEXCIM40: Testing and use on the farm.  Beltwide Cotton Prod. Res. Conf., Nat. Cotton Council.  Memphis, TN.

(55) Hartstack, A., W. Sterling, & A. Dean.  1990.  Using TEXCIM40.  Proc. Beltwide Cotton Res. Conf., Nat. Cotton Council.  Memphis, TN.

(56) Hartstack, A. W., W. L. Sterling, & D. A. Dean. 1990.  TEXCIM40: the Texas cotton-insect model. Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ. MP-1646 (revised).

(57) Benedict, J. H., J. A. Landivar, B. R. Eddleman, D. R. Ring, A. W. Hartstack & W. L. Sterling. 1991.  ICEMM, an integrated crop ecosystem management model: insect pest component. Proc. Beltwide Cotton Res. Conf., Nat. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN.

(58) Hartstack, A. W., W. L. Sterling, & D. A. Dean. 1991.  TEXCIM41: the Texas cotton-insect model. Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ. MP-1646 (revised).

(59) Dean, D. A. & W. L. Sterling.  1992.  Phenology of predaceous arthropods in an agrocecosystem and inferences on colonization.  Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ. 1731.

(60) Sterling, W. L., A. W. Hartstack & D. A. Dean. 1992.  TEXCIM50: the Texas cotton-insect model. Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ. MP-1646 (revised).

(61) Nyffeler, M., D. A. Dean & W. L. Sterling.  1992.  Spiders associated with lemon horsemint (Monarda citriodora Cervantes) in east central Texas. Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. 1707.

(62) Sterling, W. L., D. A. Dean, A. W. Hartstack, S. Shahed & R. Burudgunte.  1993.  TEXCIM for Windows: the Texas cotton-insect model. Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. Misc. Publ. MP-1646 (revised).

Popular Articles:

(1) Sterling, W. L.  1971.  A complete protection system.  Prog. Farmer, Spring Bonus Issue.  pp.24-25.

(2) Sterling, W. L., & S. G. McDaniel.  1978.  The fire ant - friend or foe?  Farmer Stockman  91:6-7.

(3) Sterling, W. L., & A. W. Hartstack. 1989.  The TEXCIM Model. Cotton Magazine.

Films:

(1) Sterling, W. L., J. Whitman, & J. S. Hunt.  1979.  The beneficials:  Insects to control insects.  Seven minute film on value of insects to man with emphasis on insect and spider predators.

(2)  Booth, J., & W. L. Sterling. 1988.  Cotton entomology computer model.  Aired Nationwide Friday, July 22 on National Ag Day News by Tom Yagelski.

Abstracts:

(1) Sterling, W. L.  1973.  Sequential sampling for cotton insects.  Folia Entomol. Mexicana  55:25-26.

(2) "Discussion of pest management" Ecological Society of Australia Sympos­ium on Managing Terrestial Ecosystems, May 15, 1975, Brisbane, Austral­ia.

(3) "Economic thresholds" Eastern Branch Meeting of ESA, September 5, 1977, Boston, Massachusetts.

(4) Sterling, W. L.  1978.  Binomial sampling of cotton arthropods.  Folia Entomol. Mexicana  39-40:59-60.

(5) Sterling, W. L.  1983.  Sample sizes to estimate popu­lations of pest populations and beneficials.  Cotton Insect Research Conference Proceed­ings, Beltwide Cotton Conference.  San Antonio, Tx. p. 212.

(6) Sterling, W. L. 1983.  Naturally occurring biological control of the boll weevil. Consortium for IPM success stories.  Texas A&M Univ. Press. p. 153.

(7) Sterling, W. L., & A. W. Hartstack. 1985.  The Texas cotton fleahopper model. Corpus Christi Cotton Research Work­shop.

Review Chapters:

(1) Sterling, W. L., & C. Lincoln.  1978.  Survey, detec­tion and economic thresholds.  Pages 4-14 In The Boll Weevil:  Management Strategies.  So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 228.  130pp.

(2) Sterling, W. L., & E. P. Pieters.  1979.  Sequential decision sampli­ng.  In Economic Thresholds and Sampling of Heliothis Species on Cotton, Corn, Soybeans, and Other Host Plants.  So. Coop. Ser. Bull.  231: 85-101.

(3) Goodenough, J., W. L. Sterling, & others.  1986.  Effi­cacy of entomoph­agous arthropods. In Theory and Tactics of Heliothis population management.  I. Cultural and Biological Control.  S. J. Johnson, E. G. King, & J. R. Bradley, Jr. (eds.).  So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 316:75-91.

(4) Johnson, S. J., H. N. Pitre, J. E. Powell, & W. L. Sterling. 1986. Control of Heliothis spp. by conservation and importation of natural enemies. In Theory and Tactics of Heliothis population management.  I. Cultural and Biological Control.  S. J. Johnson, E. G. King, & J. R. Bradley, Jr. (eds.). So. Coop. Ser. Bull. 316:132-154.

(5) Sterling, W. L. 1987.  Developing sampling technologies for IPM impleme­ntation in cotton. In: Integrated pest management on major agricultural systems (National Academy of Science Symposium).  pp. 199-212.  R. E. Frisbie, & P. L. Adkisson (eds.) Texas Agric. Exp. Stn. MP-1616.

(6) Sterling, W. L. 1989. Estimating the abundance and impact of predators and parasites on Heliothis populations.  pp. 37-56.  In E. G. King & R. D. Jackson (eds.) Proceedings of the Workshop on: Bio­logical Control of Heliothis:  Increasing the Effectiveness of Natural Enemies.  11-15 Nov. 1985, New Delhi, India.  Far Eastern Regional Research Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, New Delhi, India.

(7) Sterling, W. L., K. M. El-Zik, & L. T. Wilson. 1989.  Biological control of Pest Populations.  In Integra­ted Pest Management Systems and Cotton Production. pp. 155-189.  Frisbie, El-Zik, & Wilson (eds.).  John Wiley, New York. 

(8) Sterling, W. L., L. T. Wilson, A. P. Gutierrez, D. R. Rummel, J. R. Phillips, N. D. Stone, & J. H. Benedict.  1989.  Strategies and tactics for managing insects and mites. In Integrated Pest Management Systems and Cotton Production.  pp. 267-325.  Frisbie, El-Zik, & Wilson (eds.). John Wiley, New York. 

(9) Wilson, L. T., W. L. Sterling, D. R. Rummel, & J. E. Devay. 1989. Quantitative sampling principles in cotton IPM. In Integrated Pest Managem­ent Systems and Cotton Production.  pp. 85-119. Frisbie, El-Zik, & Wilson (eds.). John Wiley, New York. 

(10) Martin, W. R., Jr., P. W. Morgan, W. L. Sterling, C. M. Kenerley, & R. W. Meola.  1989.  Stress ethylene production in a plant-insect-microbe system.  In Biochemical and physiological aspects of ethylene production in lower and higher plants. H. Clijsters, M. De Proft, R. Marcelle, and M. van Poucke (eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

(11) Sterling, W. L. 1990.  Appropriate monitoring strategies for non-target populations. pp. 153-163 In Risk Assessment in Agricultural Biotechnology (eds. J. J. Marois & G. Bruening), Proc. International Conf., Aug. 1988. Univ. Calif. Davis.

(12) Sterling, W. L., A. W. Hartstack, & D. A. Dean.  1995.  Toward comprehensive economic thresholds for crop management.  In E. King & J. R. Phillips (eds.).  Cotton insects and mites:  characterization and management.  Cotton Foundation Reference Series Vol. 3, The Cotton Foundation, Memphis, TN.  (In press).

(13) Lopez, J., W. L. Sterling, D. A. Dean, D. Nordlund. 1995  Biology and ecology of important predators and parasites attacking arthropod pests.  In E. King & J. R. Phillips (eds.).  Cotton insects and mites:  characterization and management.  Cotton Foundation Reference Series Vol. 3, The Cotton Foundation, Memphis, TN.  (In press).

Bulletins Edited:

(1) Sterling, W. L. (Coor.), 1979.  Economic thresholds and sampling of Heliothis species on cotton, corn, soy­beans, and other host plants.  So. Coop. Serv. Bull. 231.  159pp.

Governmental Report:

(1) Abernathy, J. R., L. W. Bird, J. R. Cate, G. L. Curry, R. A. Frederickson, R. E. Frisbie, A. W. Hartstack, M. Heilman, J. A. Jackman, R. Lacewell, S. D. Lyda, R. B. Metzer, G. A. Niles, R. D. Palmer, D. R. Rummel, W. L. Sterling, C. R. Taylor, G. L. Teetes, J. K. Walker, A. F. Wiese, L. H. Wilkes, P. L. Adkisson, D. Pustejovsky, M. H. Schreiner, & J. G. Thomas.  1979.  Report of the regional work group:  present and future pest man­agement strategies in the control of the cotton and sorghum pests in Texas.  A part of the study - Alter­nate Pest Management Strategies in Food Production.  Submitted to Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States, Washington, D. C., August, 1979.  123pp.

(2) Maxwell, F. G., W. A. Banks, J. L. Bagent, W. L. Buren, O. Franke, S. Risch, A. Sorenson, W. L. Sterling, & J. Stimac.  1982.  Population dynamics of the imported fire ant.  Pages 67-74, In Proc. of the Symposium on the Imported Fire Ant.  F. H. Tschirley, Coor., USDA, APHIS, EPA.  255pp.

Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations Supervised:

(1) Shepard, B. M.  1971.  Beneficial arthropods as affect­ed by insecticides and cotton genotypes in cotton fields near the upper gulf coast of Texas.  Ph.D. Dissertation.    Texas A&M University.  149pp.

(2) Pieters, E. P.  1973.  Spatial distributions and sam­pling of cotton arthropods with special reference to sequential sampling.  Ph.D. Dissertation.  Texas A&M University.  166pp.

(3) Quaison-Sackey, S.  1973.  Control of the cotton flea­hopper as related to early plant phenology and bene­ficial arthropods.  Report of Internship for M. Agric. Texas A&M University.  31pp.

(4) Almand, L. K.  1974.  Seasonal abundance, dispersal and control of the cotton fleahopper on certain host plants.  Ph.D. Dissertation.  Texas A&M University.  67pp.

(5) Gaylor, M. J.  1975.  Effects of temperature, host plants, rainfall, and photoperiod on population dyna­mics of the cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomo­scelis seria­tus (Reuter).  Ph.D. Dissertation.  Texas A&M Univer­sity.  85pp.

(6) Jones, D.  1979.  Temperature regulation of overwin­tered boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boheman, Coleop­tera:  Curculionidae) locomotory activity and biologi­cal suppression of their offspring.  M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University.  86pp.

(7) Agnew, C. W.  1981.  Factors influencing the suppres­sion of Heliothis spp. and Anthonomus grandis Boheman by the predator, Solenopsis invicta Buren, in a cotton agroecosystem.  M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University.  55pp.

(8) Eger, J. E.  1981.  Factors affecting winter survival of Heliothis virescens (Fabricius) and Heliothis zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera:Noctuida­e), and subsequent devel­opment on wild spring host plants.  Ph.D. Dissertation.  Texas A&M University.  156pp.

(9) Rothrock, M. A.  1981.  A comparison of sequential and point sample scouting for arthropods of cotton.  M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University.  69pp.

(10) Reilly, J. J.  1982.  Interspecific association and dispersion patterns of the red imported fire ant, aphids and some predaceous insects in a cotton agroeco­system.  M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University.  60pp.

(11) Fillman, D. A.  1982.  Natural control of the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boheman,  Coleoptera: Curcu­lionidae) by the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren, Hymenoptera: Formicidae).  M.S.  The­sis, Texas A&M University.  58pp.

(12) Nuessly, G. S. 1986.  Mortality of Heliothis zea eggs affected by predator species, oviposition sites, and rain and wind dislodgement. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University. 206pp.

(13) Martin, W. R. 1987.  Interaction of the cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomosc­elis seriatus (Reuter), and associated microorganisms in the induction of stress ethylene by the cotton plant.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University. 97pp.

(14) Burden, B. J. 1987.  The association of the cotton flea­hopper (Pseudato­moscelis seriatus) Reuter (Hemiptera: Miridae) with IAA and 1-amino­cyclo­propane-1-carboxylic acid and their role in cotton square abscis­sion.  M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, 58 pp.

(15) Montandon, R. 1987.  Effects of natural glandular cotton chemicals on the life histories of specialist (Alabama argillacea (Huebner)) and generalist (Heliothis virescens (F.)) insects.  M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, 65pp.

(16) Stewart, S. D. 1987.  Impact of insects and physical stress on cotton fruit abscission, retention, compensation and economic value.  M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, 135pp.

(17) Breene, R. G.  1988.  Predation ecology and natural control of the cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter). Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, 98pp.

(18) Sturm, M. M.  1989.  Natural mortality of the boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Texas.  M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, 162pp.

MANUSCRIPTS IN REVEW:

(1) Martin, W. R. Jr., R. G. Breene, W. L. Sterling, & D. A. Dean.  1993.  Bionomics of the cotton fleahopper.  J. Entomol. Sci. (In preparation).

(2) Sterling, W., N. M. Abd El-Salam, A. Hartstack, & D. A. Dean.  1993.  Comparing pheromone trap catches and field counts for forecasting the cost of pest injury.  Texas Agric. Exp. Sta. Misc. Publ. (In preparation).

(3) Sterling, W., N. M. Abd El-Salam, A. Hartstack, & A. Dean.  1993.  Ecological economics and cotton insect pest management: Forecasting with the TEXCIM40 model.  Environ. Entomol. (In preparation).

(4) Sterling, W. L., M. N. Shaaban, R. Lacewell, & A. Dean. 1993.  Costs of herbivore resurgence. J. Alternative Agric. (In review).

(5) Sterling, W. L., & D. A. Dean. 1993.  Phenology of predators in a cotton agroecosystem. Environ. Entomol. (In preparation).

(6) Sterling, W. L., & D. A. Dean. 1993.  Natural control of cotton insects. Thomas Say Foundation. (In preparation).

(7) Sterling, W. L., & D. A. Dean. 1993.  Testing the economic thresholds of the key pests of cotton. J. Econ. Entomol. (In preparation).

(8) Sterling, W. L. 1993.  Benefits of the red imported fire ant. Southwest. Entomol. (In preparation).

(9) Youssef, H., N. M. Abd El-Salam, W. L. Sterling & A. D. Dean. 1994. Calibrating the TEXCIM50 model for Egyptian cotton. Al-Azhar J. Agric. Res. 18: (in press).

WORKSHOPS:

(1) TEXCIM 2.3 Workshop, March 1-3, 1988.  Entomology Laboratory, Texas A&M University.

(2) TEXCIM30 Workshop I, January 10-11, 1989.  Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University.

(3) TEXCIM30 Workshop II, March 7-9, 1989.  TAES Lubbock.

(4) TEXCIM for Windows Workshop III, June 8-9, 1993. New Mexico St. University, Las Cruces.

Significant Events:

1971 Bought Woodvine (Wickson Bend)

1987  Bought Travco motorhome for weekend adventures.

1991 Retired half-time from Texas A&M University on August 31, traded labs with Dr. Vinson and began TEXCIM laboratory. 

1995 Retired full-time from Texas A&M University; sold home and moved out of our home on February 27, 1995 into Winnebago Vectra where we lived full-time as we travelled the USA, Canada and Mexico.

2005  Bought a home for Woodvine and began part-time RVing

2016  Sold last Winnebago View and live full-time at Woodvine

 

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