ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This has been an enormous project that would not have been possible without the assistance and cooperation of State and Federal Cooperative Extension agents, university professors and instructors, photographers, agronomists, entomologists, specialists at several herbariums, research assistants, C++ programmers, Internet programmers, graphical artists, typists, scanners, editors, and the encouragement of friends. A nice feature about publishing electronically is that we can take as much space as we need to mention all the people involved in the development and fulfillment of this project.
State and Federal Cooperative Extension Service
AgExplorer and AgWiki would not have been possible without the tremendous assistance of State and Federal Cooperative Extension personnel. Their work is felt in youth and farmer assistance programs both in the field and in the classroom.
Certification
Certification: We give special thanks to several organizations who have been helpful in the development of the certification sections in this Edition.
ASA/ICCA
The American Society of Agronomy's International Certified Crop Advisor (ASA/ICCA) program has strongly encouraged this "Certification Edition." Special thanks to Perry Peterson former Chairman of the Board for the ICCA for his encouragement and to Tom Hall and Luther Smith who worked to see that this "Certification Edition" contains all available accredited CEU courses.
The North West CCA program, managed by Far West Fertilizer and Chemical Association, has been a great help in promoting AgExplorer and AgWiki and encouraging its development to assist their members in meeting their CEU requirements. Scott McKinnie and Pete Fretwell caught a clear vision of how this tool can help their members. We appreciate their work and the establishment of a curriculum committee for approving future CEUs.
NAICC
The National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants (NAICC) has been helpful in accrediting the CEU courses for their members. In particular we would like to thank Allison Jones and the Board of Directors for their prompt approval and assistance in providing this material to their members.
ASFMRA
The American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA) has assisted in our outreach to the farm management community. We appreciate the efforts of Nancy Hardiman to make these courses available to Accredited Farm Managers and Accredited Crop Consultants.
PCA
We thank the California Department of Pesticide Regulation for approving AgExplorer and AgWiki for their Pest Control Advisor (PCA) program. Muffett Wilkerson and Sandy Ratliff were very helpful in walking us through the approval process and the first self-study CEUs available to PCAs.
FFA
The National FFA program, and in particular Jim Armbruster, Director of Educational Materials, has been very helpful. Assistance from Bernie Staller, Chief Executive Officer and Jim Burnhardt helped us in providing AgExplorer and AgWiki to FFA advisers.
Agronomists and Photographers
Special thanks to our head agronomy research assistant CheyAnne Toner for her tireless work in compiling, editing, and giving guidance to the many agronomists who contributed to this work. Thanks to Howard Schwartz and Mark McMillan of Colorado State University for their cooperation and assistance in acquiring many of the photos in AgExplorer and AgWiki.
Additional photographs were contributed by the following listed in no particular order:
Robert L. Mahler, University of Idaho
Fred Muehlbauer, Washington State University
John Fellman, Washington State University
LeRoy Luft, University of Idaho
Bob McReynolds, University of Oregon
Jonathan Crane, University of Florida
Dan Cantliffe, University of Florida
C.L. Chia, University of Hawaii
C.S. Vavrina, University of Florida
D.N. Maynard, University of Florida
Dr. Lacasio, University of Florida
G.L. Hochmuth, University of Florida
Richard P. Marini, Virgina Tech
Tim Crocker, University of Florida
Roslyn Foster, University of Georgia Athens
M.E. Ferree, University of Georgia Athens
Paul F. Bertrand, University of Georgia Athens
Gerard W. Krewer, University of Georgia Athens
John R. Meyer, North Carolina State University
Antonius B. Baudoin, Virginia Tech
Jeffrey Granett, University of California Davis
Jim Wolpert, University of California Davis
Ed Webber, University of California Davis
Tony Wolf, University of California Davis
Kevin McPhee, USDA-ARS, Pullman WA
Richard Garber, Calif. Planting Cotton Seed Dist.
Deborah A. Samac, USDA-ARS
John Rupe, University of Arkansas
Dick Bassett, Shaffer, CA
Roger T. Chetelat, University of California Davis
Dr. Fred I. Frosheiser, USDA-ARS
Anson Eaglin, USDA Photography
Stanley A. Harrison, USDA Photography
Anita Daniels, ARS Photo Unit
Brenda Redding, USDA-ARS
Edwin T. Bingham, University of Wisconsin
Oran B. Hesterman, Michigan State University
Hussein S. Hussein, University of Nevada
Dr. Hank Mayland, Soil, Water & Plant Research Center, Kimberly, ID
David Hanoway, Oregan State University
Susan K. Brown, N.Y. State Ag Experiment Station
H.A. Lamey, North Dakota State University
P.E. McClean, North Dakota State University
J.E. Wyatt, W. Tennessee Experiment Station
L.G. Campbell, North Dakota State University
Allan W. Cattanach, North Dakota State University
Jaleen Dodds, University of California Riverside
Louise Ferguson, University of California Davis
W.J. Bourgeois, Louisiana State University
John Merge, University of California Riverside
Carol J. Lovatt, University of California Riverside
Vince E. Rubatzky, University of California Riverside
Laurence D. Chandler, USDA-ARS, Northern Grain Insects Research
J.G. Coors, University of Wisconsin
L.D. Dunkle, Purdue University
R.L. Nicholson, Purdue University
P.R. Thomison, Ohio State University
Dr. Robert Hutmacher, University of California Davis
W.D. Caldwell, Louisiana State University
Peggy S. Thaxton, Texas A&M University
Roy G. Cantrell, New Mexico State University
Carl G. Anderson, Texas A&M University
Thomas J. Burr, N.Y. State Ag Experiment Station
Bruce I. Reisch, N.Y. State Ag Experiment Station
Nick K. Dokoozlian, University of California Davis
Dr. Ralph B. Clark, USDA-ARS, AFSRC
Kevin McPhee, Washington State University
R. Scott Johnson, University of California
S.M. Southwick, University of California Davis
W.W. Collins, North Carolina State University
N.C. Gudmestad, North Dakota State University
Dennis A. Johnson, Washington State University
Walt Stevenson, University of Wisconsin
Eva B. Ramin, IRRI, Phillipines
J.E. Board, Louisiana State University
Ann E. Dorrance, Ohio State University
Pat Lipson, Ohio State University
Oral Myers, Southern Illinois University
Jim Lemons, Ohio State University
Terry Niblack, University of Missouri
James E. Specht, University of Nevada
Richard Robinson, N.Y. State Ag Experiment Station
Dina A. St. Clair, University of California Davis
John I. Yoder, University of California Davis
Mike Davis, University of California Davis
M.D. Coffey, University of California Riverside
H.D. Ohr, University of California Riverside
J.D. Miller, USDA-ARS
R.L. Jarret, USDA-ARS
Richard E. Litz, Trop. Research & Education Center, U. of Florida
R.C. Ploetz, Trop. Research & Education Center, U. of Florida
Ronny Duncan, University of Georgia
Myron K. Brakke, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE R. James Cook, USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA
Allen S. Heagle, USDA-ARS, Raleigh, NC
James A. Hoffman, USDA-ARS, Logan, UT
K.A. Nishijima, USDA-ARS, Hilo, Hawaii
J.M. Dunleavy, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA
D.I. Edwards, USDA-ARS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A.D. Hewings, USDA-ARS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
S.M. Lim, USDA-ARS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
G.R. Noel, USDA-ARS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A.T. Tschanz, USDA, Hyattsville, MD
Wray Birchfield, USDA, Baton Rouge, LA
R.H. Garber, USDA, U.S. Cotton Research Station
Earl B. Minton, USDA, Stoneville, MS
J.A. Foster, USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Beltsville, Maryland
S.M. Mircetich, USDA-ARS, Davis, California
P.L. Pusey, USDA-ARS, Wenatchee, Washington
S.S. Miller, USDA-ARS, Kearneysville, West Virginia
A.P. Nyczepir, USDA-ARS, Byron, Georgia
D.J. Phillips, USDA-ARS, Fresno, California
B.D. Bruton, USDA-ARS, Lane, Oklahoma
L.D. Chandler, USDA-ARS, Brookings, South Dakota
K.D. Elsey, USDA-ARS, Charleston, South Carolina
J.D. McCreight, USDA-ARS, Salinas, California
S.D. Pair, USDA-ARS, Lane, Oklahoma
R.A. Reinert, USDA-ARS, Raleigh, North Carolina
J.E. Staub, USDA-ARS, Madison, Wisconsin
J.A. Thies, USDA-ARS, Charleston, South Carolina
C.E. Thomas, USDA-ARS, Charleston, South Carolina
Donald K. Barnes, USDA-ARS, St. Paul, MN
Gerald D. Griffin, USDA-ARS, Logan, UT
Kenneth T. Leath, USDA-ARS, University Park, PA
Carroll P. Vance, USDA-ARS, St. Paul, MN
W.M. Bugbee, USDA, Fargo, ND
J.E. Duffus, USDA-ARS, Salinas, CA
E.G. Ruppel, USDA Crops Lab, Fort Collins, CO
C.L. Schneider USDA, East Lansing, MI
E.E. Schweizer, USDA Crops Lab, Fort Collins, CO
A.E. Steele, USDA-ARS, Salinas, CA
E.D. Whitney, USDA-ARS, Salinas, CA
V.D. Damsteegt, USDA-ARS, Frederick, MD
R.O. Hampton, USDA, Corvallis, OR
M.J. Silbernagel, USDA, Prosser, WA
J.R. Stavely, USDA, Beltsville, MD
H.E. Waterworth, USDA, Glenn Dale, MD
H.L. Warren, USDA-ARS, West Lafayette, IN
N. Zummo, USDA-ARS, Mississippi State, MS
R.O. Hampton, USDA-ARS, Corvallis, OR
J.M. Kraft, USDA-ARS, Prosser, WA
M.F. Finney, USDA, Beltsville, MD
J.L. Maas, USDA, Beltsville, MD
R.F. Korcak, USDA, Beltsville, MD
C.L. Parish, USDA, Wenatchee, WA
T. van der Zwet, USDA, Kearneysville, WV
Marlin Brandon, California Rice Experiment Station, Biggs CA
S.V. Thomson, Utah State University
R.J. Cook, USDA, Pullman, WA
J.G. Moseman, USDA, Beltsville, MD
R.G. Timian, USDA, Fargo, ND
Dwain Horrocks, Brigham Young University
Oval Myers Jr., Southern Illinois University
Stanley Jensen, University of Nebraska
Richard A. Fredriksen, Texas A&M University
John Leslie, Kansas State University
Jeffrey F. Pedersen, University of Nebraska
L.D. Dunkle, Purdue University
Bryan Strong, NIMA
Bruce Schaffer, University of Louisiana
Alvin Reeves II, University of Maine
M.R. Hall, University of Georgia
D.R. Evert, University of Georgia
R.C. Frohberg, North Dakota University
Entomology
Special thanks to Robert Peterson who's retirement from the Smithsonian was a great loss to them and a great blessing to us. He worked to organize the insect taxonomies and descriptions working on the difficult task of making them understandable at the secondary student level. He worked with many other entomologists throughout the United States and Canada in compiling the taxonomies, information, and photo sections. Alan Roe at Utah State University gave us guidance in establishing the original crop pest list which gave us the structure and guidance we needed at the beginning of this project.
Other entomologists and specialists who have contributed to this project are listed as follows in no particular order:
David J. Chitwood, Research Leader, Nematology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Building 011A, Room 165-B, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705 (Nematoda (Parasitic worms)).
Ronald Ochoa, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Building 046 BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705 (Acari (Mites))
Cathy Weeden, Department of Entomology and Biological Control, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Acari, (Predatory Mites))
Robert W. Carlson, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Building 046, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705 (Coordinated names check)
Manya B. Stoetzel, Research Leader, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Building 046, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705 (Hemiptera - Homoptera (Aphididae)).
Gary L. Miller, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Building 046, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705 (Hemiptera - Homoptera (Aphididae))
Duglass R. Miller, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Building 046, BARC-West, Beltsville, M.D 20705 (Hemiptera - Homoptera (Scales))
Thomas J. Henry, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c/o National Museum of Natural History, MRC-168, Washington, D.C. 20560 (Hemiptera - Heteroptera (true bugs))
Stuart H. McKamey, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c/o National Museum of Natural History, MRC-168, Washington, D.C. 20560 (Hemiptera - Homoptera (Cicadellidae))
Natalia J. Vandenberg, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c/o National Museum of Natural History, MRC-168, Washington, D.C. 20560 (Coleoptera)
Michael E. Schauff, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c/o National Museum of Natural History, MRC-168, Washington, D.C. 20560 (Hymenoptera (parasitic wasps))
Maria Alma Solis, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c/o National Museum of Natural History, MRC-168, Washington, D.C. 20560 (Lepidoptera (Pyralidae))
Michael Pogue, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC-168, Washington, D.C. 20560 (Lepidoptera (Noctuidae))
Weed Section
The weed section would not have been possible without the assistance of Stan Welsh, at Brigham Young University's Bean Museum Herbarium; Steven Dewey, at Utah State University; and the tireless assistance of Jenae Dixon our in house research weed specialist. Their work was critical to the taxonomies, information, and photos in the weed section. Others who contributed to this section are Sara Webb, Melanie Spencer, and Rebecca Bosworth.
Research Assistants
We have employed several research assistants in the completing of this project. Their effort has made this project possible by summarizing, editing, compiling, scanning, and in general doing things professors find mundain but are critical and essential to the completion of this project. They are Shannon Carlson, Merrill Dibble, Leila Ellsworth, Devri George, Jenae Herbst-Bos, Sara Liechty, Julene McCurry, and Mark Peterson.
Computer Programming
Special thanks to the programmers at Brigham Young University including Jason Dzubak, James S. Rosenvall, and Monte F. Shelle. Their unique skills have given AgExplorer and AgWiki its programming foundation and unique set of search and inter-file-connectivity tools. Their work in fonts will allow AgExplorer and AgWiki to be translated into Spanish, Russian, and even Chinese.
Internet Support
Internet programmers Kristie and Chris Dyne, Trev Harmon, and Tonya Adams have been essential in programming HTML code which facilitates the unique Internet connectivity of AgExplorer and AgWiki.
Graphic Arts
The graphic arts skills of Matt Wier and Dan Hixson gave AgExplorer and AgWiki its simple graphical interface designed with farmers and professors in mind. Special thanks to Bryce Neubert for his design work on the CD and the cover.
Typing and Editing
Many have contributed to this project by their typing and editing skills. Included in that list is Daniel Fox, Gaelynn Kuchar, Marylin Neubert, Nicia Whitaker, and Mary Woodruff
Encouragement and Support
Just a few of the people who gave great encouragement and support to this project are Nannette Wiggins, Jane Mack, Laren Robison, Kim Pickett, Gary Manning, Paul Johnston, Malaquias Flores, and Luis Espinosa.
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