Dr. Mengmeng Gu

Professor and Department Head, Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University
mgu@tamu.edu

Dr. Mengmeng Gu is currently a Professor and Department Head of the Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture at Colorado State University. Before transitioning to her current role, Dr. Gu was an Associate Professor/Ornamental Extension Specialist in the Department of Horticultural Sciences at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in College Station, TX. She was the liaison between Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas Nursery and Landscape Association and served on TNLA Education Committee and Park & Patio Task Force. Dr. Gu was the Project Director of the multi-disciplinary multi-state Specialty Crop Research Initiative project ‘Systematic Strategies to Manage Crapemyrtle Bark Scale, An Emerging Exotic Pest’ [grant no. 2017-51181-26831/project accession no. 1013059]. Dr. Gu oversees the entire project, leading Objective 3 ‘Evaluate CMBS alternative hosts and feeding preference for future plant selection and development’ and Objective 5 ‘Develop 2-way information pipeline’, and collaborating on the other objectives. Mengmeng.Gu@colostate.edu; 979-845-8567.

Updates written by Mengmeng Gu

Enhancing Insect Biology Knowledge for Improved IPM: Life Table Construction of Crapemyrtle Bark Scale

Green lacewing Chrysoperla rufilabris (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) is a potential biological agent for crapemyrtle bark scale (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) pest management

‘A Novel EPG-Based Diagnostic Tool for Crapemyrtle Bark Scale Host Evaluation’- Our CMBS research work made it to the cover of Insects journal

Impacts of Crapemyrtle Bark Scale on Consumers and the Horticulture Industry

Discovery and confirmation of New Crapemyrtle Bark Scale Hosts (Spiraea and Callicarpa) through DNA Barcoding

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