George Hoffman | College of Agricultural Sciences

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Courtesy Appointment
george.hoffman [at] oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-829-3529

Crop Science Building

Crop Science Building 429

3050 SW Campus Way

3050 SW Campus Way

Corvallis, OR 97331

Cordley Hall

Cordley Hall 4044

2701 SW Campus Way

2701 SW Campus Way

Corvallis, OR 97331

Integrated Pest Management, crop pollination, slugs, mites, blue orchard bees (Osmia)

At OSU

Affiliated with:

Crop and Soil Science

Career Links:

Department of Crop and Soil Science

Oregon Wine Research Institute

Entomology Program

Professional Accomplishments

Curriculum Vitae:

hoffman-george.docx

Employment:

1999-present: Faculty Research Associate, PI status, Oregon State University.
1989-97: Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1984-89: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1983-84: Visiting Scientist, Waite Agric. Research Institute, Univ. of Adelaide, S. Australia.
1978-83: Graduate Student, Oregon State Univ.; Research Assist., Oregon State University.

Education:

Ph. D., Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 1989.
M. S., Entomology, Oregon State University, March 1983.
B.A., Field Major in Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, December 1975.

My Awards

Honors and Awards:

Oregon State Univ. CAS Meadowfoam Advisory Committee.
PBESA IPM Team Award 2009. Western Cereal Leaf Beetle Team.

My Publications

2014

Journal

G. D. Hoffman and Rao, S., “Fertilization of Epichloë typhina stromata by mycophagous slugs”. 2014.

Journal Article

G. D. Hoffman and Rao, S., “Fertilization of Epichloë typhina stromata by mycophagous slugs”, Mycologia, vol. 10637104, no. 1, pp. 1 - 7, 2014.

2013

Journal Article

G. D. Hoffman and Rao, S., “Association of slugs with the fungal pathogen Epichloë typhina (Ascomycotina: Clavicipitaceae): potential role in stroma fertilisation and disease spread”, Annals of Applied Biology, vol. 162812810050871021061121011046861132244663269045384183906581123416598074753, no. 3, pp. 324 - 334, 2013.

2012

Book Chapter

S. Rao, Alderman, S. C., Kaser, J. M., and Hoffman, G. D., “ Fertilization of Epichloë typhina in cultivated Dactylis glomerata by factors besides Botanophila flies.”, in Epichloae,endophytes of cool season grasses: Implications, utilization and biology, 2012.

S. Rao, Alderman, S. C., Kaser, J. M., and Hoffman, G. D., “Fertilization of Epichloë typhina in cultivated Dactylis glomerata by factors besides Botanophila flies.”, in Epichloae,endophytes of cool season grasses: Implications, utilization and biology, 2012, pp. 122-126.

2011

Journal Article

N. P. Anderson, Hoffman, G. D., and Dreves, A. J., “Evaluation of Newly Formulated Molluscides for Control of Slugs in Western Oregon Grass Seed Fields”, 2010 Seed Production Research Report at Oregon State University, 2011.

G. D. Hoffman and Rao, S., “Oviposition site selection on oats: the effect of plant architecture, plant and leaf age, tissue toughness, and hardness on cereal leaf beetle, Oulema melanopus”, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 232 - 244, 2011.

2010

Journal Article

G. D. Hoffman and Rao, S., “Cereal Leaf Beetle, Oulema melanopus (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), attraction to oat plantings of different ages”, Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia , 2010.

G. D. Hoffman and Rao, S., “Cereal Leaf Beetle, Oulema melanopus (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), attraction to oat plantings of different ages”, Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 2010.