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Raul Villanueva

Associate Professor and Extension Entomologist

Entomology
Extension Faculty
rtvi223@uky.edu
(859) 562-1335
956-373-5344

Interests

Integrated Pest Management
Snails&Slugs in fields crops
Hemp control of arthropods
Biocontrol

Extension Entomologist for Field Crops and Hemp

Success Stories

18

December

Extension and outreach programs for Kentucky and Surrounded states in 2024

I participated in the main extension events that took place at the University of Kentucky-Research and Education Center at Princeton (UK-REC). In the UK-REC all the extension programs are in a recover...

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18

December

New publication on the stink bugs of Kentucky with keys and color images

In 2024, we published a peer reviewed manuscript on the stink bug fauna of Kentucky from specimens examined from museum, literature, public online repositories, and through scouting of field crops. St...

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18

December

Identification of five native snail species as potential pests of soybeans and corn

Since 2022, snails have been causing injuries to commercial fields of corn and soybeans in Kentucky. In 2022 a commercial soybean was severely affected, and in 2023 a cornfield was affected by a disti...

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18

December

Adoption of use of metaldehyde baits for the management of slugs and snails may have helped farmers for a successful soybean season

The Villanueva entomology laboratory at the UK-REC at Princeton has been monitoring slugs and snails since January 2024. On 27 February, 2024, we published an article in the Kentucky Pest News blog ti...

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