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Instructor
M.S. 1989, University of Massachusetts
FAX 413-545-5858
Phone 413-545-1053
318 Ag Eng
rchilds@ent.umass.edu
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Bob has been an Instructor since 1984. He currently teaches 3 entomology courses per year at UMass with the bulk of his students being
enrolled in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture. In addition to teaching, Bob also has a 60% Extension appointment to the Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry program. His role there is to provide accurate and timely diagnostics of insect pests, make recommendations, write about current trends in pest identification and management, and to act as an overall
resource for the Green Industry. Much of his work is published as fact sheets, newsletters, and on his extension program's web site. He also
performs numerous workshops that are related to Integrated Pest Management.
Bob was one of the faculty involved with the development and funding of the Urban Forestry Diagnostic Lab at UMass, Amherst. He was responsible for the development of the New England Recommendation Guide for Insects,
Diseases, and Weeds of Shade Trees and Woody Ornamentals, was senior author and editor of the CD-ROM fact sheet compendium "Tree Bytes" and has produced two reference books for the industry through funding from the Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Management.
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Bob Childs. Bob is a professional staff member in the Department with responsibility for outreach to town foresters and tree wardens, arborists,
landscapers, nursery managers and others working with woody ornamentals and forests. In FY2002, he presented training in 25 meetings that reach over 2500 people. He also continues to edit new versions of the shade tree insect pest control guide for New England. He provided responses to over 700 calls and identification for 100 samples.
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