Dr. Wim van Herk

Research Scientist

Integrated pest management
Field vegetable entomology
Insect behaviour
Toxicology

6947 Highway 7, Agassiz, British Columbia

Current research and/or projects

Development of IPM tools and strategies for the management of wireworms and click beetles, western corn rootworm, and cabbage root maggots

Professional activities / interests

Insect behaviour and ecology
Integrated pest management
Field vegetable entomology
Toxicology, ecotoxicology, environmental protection

Key publications

Vernon, R.S., van Herk, W.G., Clodius, M., Harding, C. (2013). Crop protection and mortality of Agriotes obscurus wireworms with blended insecticidal wheat seed treatments. Journal of Pest Science, [online] 86(1), 137-150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-011-0392-z
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Vernon, R.S., van Herk, W.G. (2013). Physical exclusion of adult click beetles from wheat with an exclusion trench. Journal of Pest Science, [online] 86(1), 77-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-012-0472-8
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van Herk, W.G., Vernon, R.S., McGinnis, S. (2013). Response of the dusky wireworm, Agriotes obscurus (Coleoptera: Elateridae), to residual levels of bifenthrin in field soil. Journal of Pest Science, [online] 86(1), 125-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-011-0386-x
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van Herk, W.G., Vernon, R.S. (2013). Categorization and numerical assessment of wireworm mobility over time following exposure to bifenthrin. Journal of Pest Science, [online] 86(1), 115-123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-011-0381-2
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van Herk, W.G., Vernon, R.S. (2013). Wireworm damage to wheat seedlings: Effect of temperature and wireworm state. Journal of Pest Science, [online] 86(1), 63-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-012-0461-y
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Van Herk, W.G., Vernon, R.S., Harding, C., Roitberg, B.D., Gries, G. (2010). Possible aversion learning in the Pacific Coast wireworm. Physiological Entomology, [online] 35(1), 19-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3032.2009.00705.x
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Vernon, R.S., Van Herk, W., Tolman, J., Saavedra, H.O., Clodius, M., Gage, B. (2008). Transitional sublethal and lethal effects of insecticides after dermal exposures to five economic species of wireworms (coleoptera: Elateridae). Journal of Economic Entomology, [online] 101(2), 365-374. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[365:TSALEO]2.0.CO;2
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Van Herk, W.G., Vernon, R.S., Tolman, J.H., Saavedra, H.O. (2008). Mortality of a wireworm, Agriotes obscurus (coleoptera: Elateridae), after topical application of various insecticides. Journal of Economic Entomology, [online] 101(2), 375-383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[375:MOAWAO]2.0.CO;2
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Van Herk, W.G., Vernon, R.S. (2008). Effect of temperature on the morbidity and recovery of the Pacific Coast wireworm, Limonius canus, following contact with tefluthrin-treated wheat seeds. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, [online] 126(3), 228-232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00658.x
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Van Herk, W.G., Vernon, R.S. (2007). Soil bioassay for studying behavioral responses of wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) to insecticide-treated wheat seed. Environmental Entomology, [online] 36(6), 1441-1449. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1441:SBFSBR]2.0.CO;2
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Van Herk, W.G., Vernon, R.S. (2007). Morbidity and recovery of the Pacific Coast wireworm, Limonius canus, following contact with tefluthrin-treated wheat seeds. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, [online] 125(2), 111-117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00600.x
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