Ekhlass A. Jarjees
Project Manager
Office: Sherman 129
Phone: (808) 956-6343
Fax: (808) 956-6539
E-mail: ekhlass@hawaii.edu
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Project Websites:
Back to Iraq: A UH entomologist joins colleagues to help make her native country whole (Malamalama Magazine)
Education
University of Queensland, Australia, 1998-2001. Ph.D., Entomology
University of Queensland, Australia, 1996-1997. Post-Graduate Diploma of Sci,
Entomology
Mosul University, Nineveh, Iraq, 1987-1989. M.S., Entomology
Mosul University, Nineveh, Iraq, 1974-1978. B.S., Zoology
Research/Extension Interests
- Current focus on quantifying the environmental impact of pesticides management alternatives.
- Primary interest is in studying host-parasitoid interactions.
- Pesticide effects on non-target insects.
- Develop artificial diet for in vitro rearing of parasitoids and insect digital imaging.
- Other interests include extracting natural products such as neem to investigate their efficiency as bio-insecticides.
Projects/Publications
Projects
- Iraq and Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT), 2007-2008.
- Kurdistan Agricultural Higher Education and Development (KAHEAD) funded by the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, 2006-2010
- USAID-Funded project for Revitalizing Agricultural Higher Education and Development (AHEAD) in Iraq 2004-2006.
Publications
- Jarjees, E. A. & Merritt, D. J. (in preparation). The effect of host age on female oviposition choice and development of the egg parasitoid, Trichogramma australicum in Helicoverpa armigera eggs.
- Wang X. G., Jarjees, E. A., McGraw, B. K., Bokonon-Ganta, A. H., Messing, R. H., Johnson, M. W. (2005). Effects of spinosad-based fruit fly bait GF-120 on tephritid fruit fly and aphid parasitoids. Biological Control 35, 155-162.
- Jarjees, E. A. & Merritt, D. J. (2004). The effect of parasitization by Trichogramma australicum on Helicoverpa armigera host eggs and embryos. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 85, 1-8.
- Jarjees, E. A. & Merritt, D. J. 2003. Structure of the gut contents of Trichogramma australicum Girault (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) larvae fixed in situ in eggs of its host Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 42, 203-209.
- Jarjees, E. A. & Merritt, D. J. 2002. Development of Trichogramma australicum Girault (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) host eggs. Australian Journal of Entomology, 41 (4):310-315.
- Jarjees, E. A. 2002. Interaction between the egg parasitoid, Trichogramma australicum Girault and its host, Helicoverpa armigera Hübner: Implications for the development of artificial diets. Thesis summary. Australian Journal of Entomology 41 (1):98.
- Jarjees, E. A. 2001. Interaction between the egg parasitoid, Trichogramma australicum Girault and its host, Helicoverpa armigera Hübner: Implications for the development of artificial diets. PhD thesis, University of Queensland, Australia 1-136 pp.
- Jarjees, E. A., Merritt, D. J. & Gordh, G. 1998. Anatomy of the mouthparts and digestive tract during feeding in larvae of the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma australicum Girault (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology 27:103-110.
- Jarjees, E. A. & Al-Sharook, Z. M. 1993. Effects of Eucalyptus and Achillea on mosquito larvae. Journal of Biological Research Centre, Baghdad, Iraq 4:22-26.
- Jarjees, E. A. & Al-Sharook, Z. M. 1993. Effects of three different neem seed kernel extracts and Azadirachtin A in the developmental stages of Carra lanta in predation of aquatic stages of Culex molestus Forskal and its ability to survive in different sources of water. Journal of Biological Research Centre, Baghdad, Iraq 82:38-42
- Jarjees, E. A. 1989. Laboratory study of certain factors which influence the female mosquitoes Culex molestus (Diptera: Culicidae) at oviposition. M.Sc. thesis, Univ. Mosul, Iraq.