Derrick L. Hammons

• Ph.D. Entomology, University of Kentucky, 2009
• B.S. Plant & Soil Science. University of Kentucky, 2005

• Hammons, D.L., S.K. Kurtural, & D.A. Potter. (In Press). Impact of Carbaryl-manipulated defoliation by Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) on grapevines from vineyard establishment through production. Pest Management Science.
• Hammons, D.L., S.K. Kurtural, and D.A. Potter. (In Press). Phenological resistance of grapes to the green June beetle, an obligate fruit-eating scarab. Annals of Applied Biology.
• Hammons, D.L., S.K. Kurtural, and D.A. Potter. 2010, (In Press). Japanese beetle defoliation reduces primary bud cold-hardiness during vineyard establishment. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, 61: 1.
• Hammons, D.L., S.K. Kurtural, M. Newman & D.A. Potter. 2009. Invasive Japanese Beetles Facilitate Aggregation and Injury by a Native Scarab Pest of Fruits. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences (USA). 106: 3686-3691.
• Hammons, D. L., S. K. Kurtural & D. A. Potter. 2008. Japanese Beetles Facilitate Feeding by Green June Beetles on Ripening Grapes. Environmental Entomology. 37: 608-614.

• Hammons, D.L., S.K. Kurtural, & D.A. Potter. Impact of Japanese beetle feeding on young grapevines. American Society for Enology and Viticulture National Meeting. June 2009.
• Hammons, D.L., S.K. Kurtural, & D.A. Potter. Phenological resistance of grapes to green June beetle damage. American Society for Enology and Viticulture National Meeting. Poster Presentation. June 2009.
• Hammons, D.L. Insect-Plant Interactions and Sustainable Management of Japanese Beetles and Green June Beetles in Vineyards. Ph.D. exit seminar. Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky. March 2009.
• Hammons, D.L., S.K. Kurtural, & D.A. Potter. Sustainable management for Japanese beetles in vineyards: Quantifying the impacts of defoliation. Entomological Society of America National Meeting. Symposium presentation. November 2008.
• Potter, D.A., D.L. Hammons, S.K. Kurtural, & M. Newman. Sharks to a blood trail: Feeding-Induced and fermentation volatiles attract scarab beetles to grapes. Entomological Society of America National Meeting. Symposium presentation. November 2008.

• Hammons, D.L. Biology and Management of Japanese beetles and green June beetles in grapes. Viticulture Summer Field Day. Lovers Leap Vineyards and Winery, Kentucky. August 2009.
• Hammons, D.L., S.K. Kurtural, & D.A. Potter. Sustainable management of Japanese beetles and green June beetles in Kentucky vineyards. Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference. Kentucky Grape and Wine Short Course. January 2009.

• 2008-2009. Southern Region USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Graduate Student Grant. Sustainable management for scarab pests impacting grape production in the southern region. Principal Investigators: Hammons, D. L. & D. A. Potter.
• 2008-2009. USDA New Crop Opportunities Center Grant. Sustainable management for Japanese and green June beetles impacting grape production. Principal Investigators: Hammons, D. L., Potter, D. A., & S. K. Kurtural.
• 2007-2008. USDA New Crop Opportunities Center Grant. Sustainable management for Japanese and green June beetles impacting grape production. Principal Investigators: Potter, D.A, Hammons, D. L., & S. K. Kurtural.

• Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award of Merit: Gamma Sigma Delta, The Honor Society of Agriculture, University of Kentucky Chapter. 2009.
• American Wine Society Tennessee Chapter Scholarship in Honor of Dr. Robert Kryter: American Wine Society Educational Foundation. 2008.
• American Society for Enology and Viticulture National Scholarship. 2008.

• American Wine Society
• American Society for Enology and Viticulture
• Entomological Society of America
• Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture
• Kentucky Vineyard Society

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