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Crop Sciences

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Kevin L. Steffey

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Book Edited

Steffey, K. L., M. E. Rice, J. All, D. A. Andow, M. E. Gray, and J. W. Van Duyn [eds]. 1999. Handbook of Corn Insects. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland. 164 pages.

Chapters in Books (listed chronologically)

  1. Kull, L. S., and K. L. Steffey. 2007. The continuing struggle: Soybeans, pathogens, and insects, chapter 4. In D. A. Holt (ed.), Global Soy: The Continuing Saga of the Soybean Industry. Agrimedia GmbH, Bergen/Dumme, Germany.
  2. Royer, T., B. R. Leonard, R. Bagwell, J. Leser, K. Steffey, M. Gray, and R. Weinzierl. 2000. Insect management, pp. 139–154. Chapter 18 in Conservation Tillage Systems and Management—Crop Residue Management with No-till, Ridge-till, Mulch-till, and Strip-till. MWPS-45 Second Edition, 2000. MidWest Plan Service, Ames, Iowa. (This chapter was an extensive revision of the chapter in the first edition, which was authored by K. L. Steffey, M. E. Gray, and R. A. Weinzierl.)
  3. Steffey, K. L. 1995. Impacts of various tillage practices on insects and insecticides, pp. 26–27. In White Paper—Farming for a Better Environment. Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, Iowa.
  4. Steffey, K. L. 1999. Grape colaspis, p. 85. In Handbook of Corn Insects. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland.
  5. Steffey, K. L. 1999. Southern corn leaf beetle, p. 100. In Handbook of Corn Insects. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland.
  6. Steffey, K. L. 2006. Grower acceptance and utilization of transgenic corn in IPM programs, chapter 18, pp. 124–128. In J. N. All and M. F. Treacy (eds.), Use and Management of Insecticides, Acaricides, and Transgenic Crops. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, and American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.
  7. Steffey, K. L. and E. J. Armbrust. 1991. Pest management systems for alfalfa insects, pp. 475–505. In D. Pimentel (ed.), Handbook on Pest Management in Agriculture, 2nd Ed., Vol. III. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida.
  8. Steffey, K. L., and M. E. Rice. 2000. Insect injury, pp. 279–285 and 296–299. Sections in Chapter 13, Diagnosing Corn and Soybean Problems, in R. G. Hoeft, E. D. Nafziger, R. R. Johnson, and S. A. Aldrich [eds.], Modern Corn and Soybean Production. MCSP Publications, Champaign, IL.
  9. Steffey, K. L., and M. E. Rice. 2000. Insects and their management, pp. 185–203. Chapter 8 in R. G. Hoeft, E. D. Nafziger, R. R. Johnson, and S. A. Aldrich [eds.], Modern Corn and Soybean Production. MCSP Publications, Champaign, IL.
  10. Steffey, K. L., M. E. Gray, and R. A. Weinzierl. 1992. Insect management, pp. 67–74. Chapter 13 in Conservation Tillage Systems and Management. MidWest Plan Service, Iowa State University, Ames.
  11. Steffey, K. L., E. J. Armbrust, and D. W. Onstad. 1994. Management of insects in alfalfa, pp. 469–506. Chapter 11 in R. L. Metcalf and W. H. Luckmann [eds.], Introduction to Insect Pest Management, 3rd Edition. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
  12. Steffey, K. L., M. E. Gray, and L. G. Higley. 1994. Introduction to identification and diagnosis of injury, pp. 17–34. In ESA Handbook of Soybean Insect Pests. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland.
  13. Steffey, K. L., M. E. Gray, and R. A. Weinzierl. 1995. Insect management, pp. 47–50. Chapter 6 in W. C. Moldenhauer and L. N. Mielke [eds.], Crop Residue Management to Reduce Erosion and Improve Soil Quality—North Central. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Conservation Research. Report No. 42.
  14. Steffey, K. L., M. E. Rice, and M. E. Gray. 1999. Identification of insects and diagnosis of injury, pp. 22–43. In Handbook of Corn Insects. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland.

Monographs (invited, listed chronologically) 

  1. Pike, D. R., K. L. Steffey, M. E. Gray, H. W. Kirby, D. I. Edwards, and R. H. Hornbaker. 1995. Biologic and economic assessment of pesticide use on corn and soybeans. National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program Report No. 1-CA-95, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 127 pages. [Steffey, K., and M. Gray, Assessment of insecticide use, Section 2, pp. 30–57.]
  2. Steffey, K. L., and D. C. Cress. 1989. USDA/State national agricultural pesticide impact assessment program: Carbofuran assessment team report. Submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for inclusion in USDA Technical Report, The Biologic and Economic Assessment of Carbofuran: A Report of the Carbofuran Assessment Team to the Special Review of Carbofuran. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 94 pages.
  3. Steffey, K. L. 1995. Agronomic benefits of corn genetically modified to resist European corn borer and other lepidopteran pests. Submitted to the United States Department of Agriculture as part of Petition [of CFR 340.6] for Determination of Nonregulated Status: Insect Protected Corn (Zea mays L.) with the cryIA(b) Gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki, by the Agricultural Group of Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, Missouri. 33 pages.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

  1. Buhler, W., C. R. Edwards, L. Bledsoe, M. Gray, K. Steffey, and C. Gerber. 1998. Areawide management of corn rootworms: Turning the first corner. Pflanzenschutzberichte
  2. Crowder, D. W., D. W. Onstad, M. E. Gray, C. M. F. Pierce, A. G. Hager, S. T. Ratcliffe, and K. L. Steffey. 2005. Analysis of the dynamics of adaptation to transgenic corn and crop rotation by western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) using a daily time-step model. Journal of Economic Entomology 98: 534–551.
  3. Felsot, A. S., J. G. Wilson, D. E. Kuhlman, and K. L. Steffey. 1982. Rapid dissipation of carbofuran as a limiting factor in corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) control in fields with histories of continuous carbofuran use. Journal of Economic Entomology 75: 1098–1103.
  4. Felsot, A. S., K. L. Steffey, E. Levine, and J. G. Wilson. 1985. Carbofuran persistence in soil and adult corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) susceptibility: Relationship to the control of damage by larvae. Journal of Economic Entomology 78: 45–52.
  5. Felsot, A. S., W. N. Bruce, and K. S. (sic) Steffey. 1987. Degradation of terbufos (Counter) soil insecticide in corn fields under conservation tillage practices. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 38: 369–376.
  6. Foster, R. E., J. J. Tollefson, and K. L. Steffey. 1982. Sequential sampling plans for adult corn rootworms (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 75: 791–793. (Derived from Ph.D.)
  7. Gerber, C. K., C. R. Edwards, L. W. Bledsoe, M. E. Gray, and K. L. Steffey. 2004. Application of the areawide concept using semiochemical-based insecticide baits for managing the western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) variant in the eastern Midwest. In Vidal, S., U. Kuhlmann, and C. R. Edwards (eds.), Western Corn Rootworm: Ecology and Management. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. ISBN 0 85199 8178.
  8. Gray, M. E., and K. L. Steffey. 1995. On-farm validation of Pherocon AM trap utility for corn rootworms (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Outlook for producer acceptance. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 7: 121–135.
  9. Gray, M. E., and K. L. Steffey. 1998. Corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larval injury and root compensation of 12 maize hybrids: An assessment of the economic injury index. Journal of Economic Entomology 91: 723–740.
  10. Gray, M. E., and K. L. Steffey. 1998. Status of extension entomology programs: A national assessment. American Entomologist 44: 9–13.
  11. Gray, M. E., A. S. Felsot, K. L. Steffey, and E. Levine. 1992. Planting time application of soil insecticides and western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) emergence: Implications for management programs. Journal of Economic Entomology 85: 544–553.
  12. Gray, M. E., K. L. Steffey, and H. Oloumi-Sadeghi. 1993. Participatory on-farm research in Illinois cornfields: An evaluation of established soil insecticide rates and prevalence of corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) injury. Journal of Economic Entomology 86: 1473–1482.
  13. Gray, M. E., K. L. Steffey, R. E. Estes, and J. B. Schroeder. 2007. Responses of transgenic maize hybrids to variant western corn rootworm larval injury. Journal of Applied Entomology 131: 386–390.
  14. Hartman, G. L., L. L. Domier, L. M. Wax, C. G. Helm, D. W. Onstad, J. T. Shaw, L. F. Solter, D. J. Voegtlin, C. J. D’Arcy, M. E. Gray, K. L. Steffey, S. A. Isard, and P. L. Orwick. 2001. Occurrence and distribution of Aphis glycines on soybeans in Illinois in 2000 and its potential control. Plant Health Progress (the “electronic journal” initiated by APS in 2000 [http://www.planthealthprogress.org/Current/notes/aphisglycines/top.htm]. Accession DOI:10.1094/PHP-2001-0205-01-HN.
  15. Hutchins, S., and K. Steffey. 2006. The Entomological Society of America: A Proposal to Members for Organizational Renewal. American Entomologist 52: 150–166.
  16. Lamp, W. O., S. J. Roberts, K. L. Steffey, and E. J. Armbrust. 1985. Impact of insecticide applications at various alfalfa growth stages on potato leafhopper (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) abundance and crop damage. Journal of Economic Entomology 78: 1393–1398.
  17. Lundgren, J. G., K. L. Steffey, and R. N. Wiedenmann. 2004. The distribution and prevalence of the alfalfa blotch leafminer (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Illinois. Great Lakes Entomologist 36: 54–60.
  18. Mitchell, P. D., M. E. Gray, and K. L. Steffey. 2004. A composed-error model for estimating pest-damage functions and the impact of the western corn rootworm soybean variant in Illinois. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86(2): 332–344.
  19. Oloumi-Sadeghi, H., E. Levine, K. L. Steffey, and M. E. Gray. 1992. Black cutworm damage and recovery of corn plants: Influence of pyrethroid and organophosphate soil insecticide treatments. Crop Protection 11: 323–328.
  20. Oloumi-Sadeghi, H., K. L. Steffey, S. J. Roberts, J. V. Maddox, and E. J. Armbrust. 1993. Distribution and abundance of two alfalfa weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larval parasitoids in Illinois. Environmental Entomology 22: 220–225.
  21. O’Neal, M. E., M. E. Gray, S. Ratcliffe, and K. L. Steffey. 2001. Predicting western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larval injury to rotated corn with Pherocon AM traps in soybeans. Journal of Economic Entomology 94: 98–105.
  22. Pilcher, C. D., M. E. Rice, R. A. Higgins, K. L. Steffey, R. L. Hellmich, J. Witkowski, D. Calvin, K. R. Ostlie, and M. Gray. 2002. Biotechnology and the European corn borer: Measuring historical farmer perceptions and the adoption of transgenic Bt corn as a pest management strategy. Journal of Economic Entomology 95: 878–892. This paper was selected as an interpretive article published in the “Forum” section of the journal.
  23. MacMonegle, C. M., K. L. Steffey, and W. N. Bruce. 1984. Dieldrin, heptachlor, and chlordane residues in soybeans in Illinois 1974, 1980. Journal of Environmental Science and Health—Part B 19: 39–48.
  24. Marçon, C. R. G., L. J. Young, K. L. Steffey, and B. D. Siegfried. 1999. Baseline susceptibility of European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) to Bacillus thuringiensis. Journal of Economic Entomology. 92: 279–285.
  25. Steffey, K. L. 1995. Crops, genetic technology, and insect management: Let’s talk. American Entomologist 41: 205–206.
  26. Steffey, K. L. 1995. IPM today: Are we fulfilling expectations? Journal of Agricultural Entomology 12: 183–190.
  27. Steffey, K. L. 1995. Reflections and an invitation (challenge) to contributors. American Entomologist 41: 10–11.
  28. Steffey, K. L., and M. E. Gray. 1992. Extension-research synergism: Enhancing the continuum from discovery to delivery. American Entomologist 38: 204–205.
  29. Steffey, K. L., and J. J. Tollefson. 1982. Spatial dispersion patterns of northern and western corn rootworm adults in Iowa cornfields. Environmental Entomology 11: 283–286. (Derived from Ph.D.)
  30. Steffey, K. L., and C. W. Wingo. 1975. Methods for collecting the overwintering and larval forms of Neoschongastia americana. Journal of Economic Entomology 68: 471–472. (Derived from M.S.)
  31. Steffey, K. L., J. J. Tollefson, and P. N. Hinz. 1982. A sampling plan for population estimation of northern and western corn rootworm adults in Iowa cornfields. Environmental Entomology 11: 287–291. (Derived from Ph.D.)
  32. Steffey, K. L., J. D. Reynolds, and H. B. Petty. 1984. An eleven-year study of chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide residues in bovine fat in Illinois, 1972–1982. Journal of Environmental Science and Health—Part B 19: 773–783.
  33. Steffey, K. L., J. Mack, C. W. MacMonegle, and H. B. Petty. 1984. A ten-year study of chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide residues in bovine milk in Illinois, 1972–1981. Journal of Environmental Science and Health—Part B 19: 49–65.
  34. Steffey, K. L., M. E. Gray, and D. E. Kuhlman. 1992. Extent of corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larval damage in corn after soybeans: Search for the expression of the prolonged diapause trait in Illinois. Journal of Economic Entomology 85: 268–275.
  35. Steffey, K. L., M. E. Venditti, B. R. Barrido, and A. S. Felsot. 2004. Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis corn on natural enemies of the European corn borer, pp. 139–150. In Bhalgat, M. K., W. P. Ridley, and A. S. Felsot (eds.), Agricultural Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects, ACS Symposium Series 866. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC.
  36. Troester, S. J., R. H. Meyer, K. L. Steffey, G. L. Godfrey, C. D. Bremer, S. P. Briggs, D. E. Kuhlman, and J. T. Shaw. 1983. Projecting the beginning of black cutworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) damage to field corn. Journal of Economic Entomology 76: 363–367.

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