Vincent Hervet, Ph.D.

Research scientist (entomology)

Detection, prevention and control of stored product insects.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Agricultural Engineering Bldg., University of Manitoba

Current research and/or projects

Biolog and control of the bean weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus).

Monitoring of insect species occuring in farm grain bins on the Canadian Prairies.

Ecology of parasitoids associated with stored product insects.

Insects affecting stored canola seeds.

Education and awards

PhD Biology, University of Lethbridge, 2017

IOBC Robert J. O'Neil Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award, 2016

ESC Service Award, Secretary, 2017 – 2018

Key publications

Hervet, V., Elliot, B., Schock, C., Otani, J. 2022. Prairie Pest Monitoring Network “Insect of the Week-The rusty grain beetle: A pest of stored grain” Webpage-bulletin, August 15, 2022 edition (Issue 16). url: https://prairiepest.ca/2022/week-15/#post_13685 (retrieved 2022Nov16).
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Hervet, V., Elliot, B., Schock, C., Otani, J. 2022. Prairie Pest Monitoring Network “Insect of the Week-The foreign grain beetle” Webpage-bulletin, August 8, 2022 edition (Issue 15). url: https://prairiepest.ca/2022/week-14/#post_13651 (retrieved 2022Nov16).
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Shivananjappa, S., D.M. Wilches, K.D. Floate, R. Laird, P. Fields and V. Hervet*. 2019. Diapause, desiccation and cold tolerance in khapra beetle, Trogoderma granarium. 12th Conference of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group Integrated Protection of Stored Products (IPSP), Pisa, Italy, September 4-6.
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Hervet V, Douglas H (2018) First report of parasitoids associated with the spotted asparagus beetle in North America. 58th Western Committee on crop pests. Loydminster AB. Oral presentation.
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Hervet, V.A.D., Laird, R.A., Floate, K.D. (2018). Siblicidal behaviour by larvae of the gregarious parasitoid Cotesia vanessae. Journal of Hymenoptera Research,(67), 55-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.67.28978
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Hervet, V.A.D., Murillo, H., Fernández-Triana, J.L., Shaw, M.R., Laird, R.A., Floate, K.D. (2014). First report of Cotesia vanessae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in North America. The Canadian Entomologist, [online] 146(5), 560-566. http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/tce.2014.9
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Cárcamo, H., Herle, C., Hervet, V. (2012). Greenhouse studies of thiamethoxam effects on pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus. Journal of Insect Science, [online] 12 http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.012.15101
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