Professor
Southwest Area Extension Office
2510 John St. Garden City, KS 67846
Phone: 316-275-9164
Fax: 316-275-0627
E-mail: psloderb@oznet.ksu.edu
Homepage: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/entomology/faculty/phil.htm 

Education

    Provide leadership and assist county extension personnel in conducting educational programs in the area of insect pest management for southwest Kansas. Assisting county Extension agents, area farmers and crop consultants in solving insect pest problems. Providing liaison with state and federal agencies, agri-business, commodity organizations, consulting groups, and local farmers. Relating insect (and disease) management concerns of western Kansas farmers to research personnel at the Research-Extension Center and appropriate departments on the KSU campus . Assisting State Extension Specialists in providing educational material on lawn, garden, and household pest problems important to western Kansas. Cooperating with Entomologists in neighboring states on insect pest problems important to the area. 

Selected Publications

    Higgins, R. A., P. E. Sloderbeck and H. L. Brooks. 1999. Insect Management for Field Corn in 1999. Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. MF-810 . MF-810 (Revised).

    Sloderbeck, P. E., R. A. Higgins and H. L. Brooks. 1999. Alfalfa Insect Management 1999. Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. MF-809 (Revised).

    Sloderbeck, P. E. and R. A. Higgins. 1999. Management of Sunflower Insect Pests. Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. MF-814 (Revised).

    Higgins, R. A., Sloderbeck, P. E. and H. L. Brooks. 1999. Soybean Insect Management 1999. Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. MF-743 (Revised).

    Shufran, R. A., G. E. Wilde and P. E. Sloderbeck. 1997. Response of Three Greenbug (Homoptera: Aphididae) Strains to Five Organophosphorous and Two Carbamate Insecticides. J. Econ. Entm. 90: 283-286.

    Harvey, T. L., T. J. Martin, D. L. Seifers and P. E. Sloderbeck. 1997. Change in Virulence of Wheat Curl Mite Detected on T-107 Wheat. Crop Sci. 37: 624-625.

    Sloderbeck, P. E., J. R. Nechols and G. L. Greene. 1996. Biological Control of Insect Pests on Field Crops in Kansas. KSU Coop. Extension Service. MF-2222. 18 pp.

    Greene, G. L., P. E. Sloderbeck and J. R. Nechols 1996. Biological Fly Control for Kansas Feedlots. KSU Cooperative Extension Service. MF-2223. 4 pp.

    Sloderbeck, P. E., M. D. Witt, and L.L. Buschman. 1996. Effects of Imidacloprid Seed Treatment on Greenbug (Homoptera:Aphididae) Infestations on Three Sorghum Hybrids. Southwestern Entomologist, 21(2): 181-187.

    Shufran, R.A., G. E. Wilde, and P. E. Sloderbeck. 1996. Description of Three Isozyme Polymorphism's Associated with Insecticide Resistance in Greenbug (Homoptera: Aphididae) Populations. J. Econ. Entomol. 89(1): 46-50.