Robert A. Van Steenwyk
CE Specialist
Phone #: (510) 643-5159
FAX #: (510) 642-4879
bobvanst@nature.berkeley.edu
Research Interests
Pest management of deciduous fruit, nut, and vine crops.
Selected Publications
Van Steenwyk, R.A. and Rough, D. 1990. Biology of the tenlined June beetle
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 82:1738-1742.
Van Steenwyk, R.A. 1991. The uses of elemental marking for insect dispersal
and mating competitiveness studies: From the laboratory to the field. Southwestern
Entomologist. Suppl. No. 14:15-23.
Van Steenwyk, R.A., Kaneshiro, K.Y., Hue, N.V., and Whttier, T.S. 1992.
Rubisium as an internal physiological marker for Mediterranean fruit fly
(Diptera: Tephritidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 85:2357-2364.
Van Steenwyk, R.A., Kirkpatrick, B.B., Purcell, A.H., Fouche, C.F., Grant,
J.A., and Uyemoto, J.K. 1995. Evaluation of an abatement program for western
X-disease of sweet cherry. Plant Dis. 79(10):1025-1028.
Van Steenwyk, R.A. and Fouche, C.F. 1996. Codling moth control with insect
growth regulators. Arthropod Management Tests 21:83-84.