Kelly Hamby

Portrait of Kelly Hamby

Kelly Hamby

Entomology Associate Professor
kahamby@umd.edu 4112 Plant Sciences Building
301 314 1068

Teaching

BSCI487: IPM: Science-Based Decis
ENTM609: Integrated Pest Management
ENTM798B: Myth Big Chunk Of Time
ENTM798E: Prof Dev For Life Sci

Graduate Program Affiliations

Biological Sciences (BISI): Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (BEES)
Biological Sciences (BISI): Molecular and Cell Biology (MOCB)
Entomology

Research

The Hamby Lab works to understand insect interactions with free-living microorganisms, address invasive and emerging insect pest issues, evaluate and optimize pest management programs, develop sustainable alternative management tactics, and improve integrated pest management in small fruit, sweet corn and grain crops.

Education

Ph.D., University of California - Davis, 2014
M.S., University of California - Davis, 2012
B.S., University of California - Davis, 2009

BISI Concentration Areas

BEES

MOCB


Latest Papers

Spraying Cry1A.105 + Cry2Ab2 Bt sweet corn has marginal benefit for Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) suppression

| Journal of Economic Entomology
Author(s): Anders Huseth, Kelly Hamby, Shea Ill, et. al
UMD Author(s): Kelly Hamby


Predicting slug injury in corn and the role of carabid natural enemies in regulating slug populations

| Journal of Economic Entomology
Author(s): Maria Cramer, Kelly Hamby
UMD Author(s): Kelly Hamby


Establishment of key Asian larval parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the US Mid-Atlantic states

| Journal of Economic Entomology
Author(s): Xingeng Wang, Kelly Hamby, Kathleen Demchak, et. al
UMD Author(s): Kelly Hamby


Trap design and pheromone lure type influence Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) moth capture in sweet corn

| Journal of Economic Entomology
Author(s): John W Mahas, Christophe Duplais, Kelly Hamby, et. al
UMD Author(s): Kelly Hamby


Preventative insecticides reduce seedling injury, but do not increase yield in Bt and non‐Bt corn grown in the mid‐Atlantic

| Pest Management Science
Author(s): Maria E Cramer, Kelly A Hamby
UMD Author(s): Kelly Hamby


Polygenic response to selection by transgenic Bt-expressing crops in wild Helicoverpa zea and characterization of a major effect locus

| BMC genomics
Author(s): Katherine L. Taylor, Jane Quackenbush, Cara Lamberty, et. al
UMD Author(s): Kelly Hamby, Megan Fritz


Peroxyacetic acid and hydrogen peroxide crop sanitizer efficacy against fungi and Drosophila suzukii in blackberries

| Crop Protection
Author(s): Torsten Schöneberg, Madison Tewey, Kelly A. Hamby
UMD Author(s): Kelly Hamby


Diffuse Associations Between Drosophila suzukii and Filamentous Fungal Microbes May Alter Caneberry Disease Dynamics

| Phytopathology®
Author(s): Margaret T. Lewis, Logan Miller, Mengjun Hu, et. al
UMD Author(s): Kelly Hamby