Alan Eaton
Extension Professor/Specialist, Entomology

Entomologist, IPM Coordinator, Teacher

Alan joined UNH Cooperative Extension in 1978 as the statewide coordinator of IPM programs. His job has changed over the years. The role of fruit entomologist was added in 1980. He initiated work with organic farmers at about the same time. His work on vertebrate pests began in 1981. His first graduate student completed his thesis in 1982. He began teaching a course called Integrated Pest Management with Bill MacHardy in 1986. With elimination of the Entomology Department in 1995, he joined the Plant Biology Department.

• Biological Control of European Apple Sawfly with an Introduced Parasitic Wasp, Lathrolestes ensator

• Distribution and Biology of Ticks

• Fungus gnat management in greenhouses

• Ph.D. Entomology, North Carolina State University

• M.S. Entomology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

• B.S. Entomology, University of Massachusetts

• Coordinate and deliver IPM programs to help NH growers save money and reduce their dependence on chemical pesticides

• Provide information and education regarding fruit insects

• Provide information on Mosquitoes and Eastern equine encephalitis

• Identify and provide information about ticks

• Carry out programs of biological control of pests

• Eastern Equine Encephalitis Could Return to New Hampshire this Summer

• A Biological Inventory of the "Town Forest Complex" Lee, NH

• Raptors in NH Apple Orchards

• Biology and Management of Ticks in NH

• Controlling Wasps, Bees & Hornets Around Your Home

• Pest Control for Organic Vegetable Growers

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