Address: USDA Forest Service
Southern Research Station
2500 Shreveport Hwy.
Pineville, LA 71360
Email: kklepzig@fs.fed.us
Phone No: 318-473-7238
Fax No: 318-473-7222
Education:
B.S.: 1986. Reclamation/Biology (Double Major), Scholastic honors, magna cum laude,
University of Wisconsin - Platteville
Ph.D.: 1994. Plant Pathology/Entomology (Double Major), University of Wisconsin –
Madison.
M.S.: 1989. Plant Pathology/Entomology (Double Major), University of Wisconsin –
Madison
Current Research:
Ecology of microbial and anthropod associates of southern pine beetle; association of fungal root pathogens and their insect vectors with management practices in southern pines.
Collaborative Research Interests:
Effects of plant defense elicitors on resistance of pines to bark beetles: Yadon Qi, Southern University; Interactions of mites and fungi in bark beetle population dynamics: Matt Ayres, Dartmouth College, Rich Hofstetter, Northern Arizona University; Variability in bark beetle associated fungi: Jorge Macias-Samano, ECOSUR, Diana Six, University of Montana, Mike Wingfield, University of Pretoria; Distribution of Asian ambrosia beetles on Army National Guard forests in Louisiana; Beetle-fungal-bacterial interactions: Ken Raffa, Cameron Currie, Cetin Yuceer.
Recent Publications:
Klepzig, Kier D., Six, D. L. 2004. Bark Beetle-Fungal Symbiosis: Context Dependency in Complex Associations. Symbiosis, 37(2004) 189-205.
Kopper, Brian J., Klepzig, Kier D., Raffa, Kenneth F. 2004.Components of Antagonism and Mutualism in Ips pini–Fungal Interactions: Relationship to a Life History of Colonizing Highly Stressed and Dead Trees. Environ. Entomol. 33(1): 28-34.
Eckhardt, Lori G., Goyer, Richard A., Klepzig, Kier, D., Jones, John P. 2004. Interactions of Hylastes Species (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) with Leptographium Species Associated with Loblolly Pine Decline. J. Econ. Entomol. 97(2): 468-474.
Eckhardt, L. G., Jones, J. P., Klepzig, Kier D. 2004. Pathogenicity of Leptographium Species Associated with Loblolly Pine Decline. Plant Dis. 88:1174-1178.
These publications and more can be viewed on the Southern Research Station's publications database. Just type in the author's name at the search engine.