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Jul 28, 2025
It is hard to believe we are approaching the end of July! With field season moving fast, now is a great time to refresh yourself on what pests you may encounter in Ohio soybean this time of the year. Ohio Soybean Council recently hosted Dr. Kelley Tilmon for a webinar to review summer pests of soybean. In this video, Dr. Tilmon talks about all of the pests you may see - stink bugs, bean leaf beetles, aphids and more. Tune in for a quick refresher!
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Jul 17, 2025
The Tilmon Lab has a new publication available on biological control of the Asiatic garden beetle (AGB). The puplication, titled: Biocontrol potential of naturally occurring entomopathogens against Maladera formosae in corn–soybean rotated systems, was authored by Adrian Pekarcik, Chris Taylor, Amy Raudenbush and Kelley Tilmon. It focuses on entomopathogenic nematodes that are naturally occuring in the soil that will be bio control agents against AGB.
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Jun 12, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Kelley Tilmon for being selected as the 2025 Entomological Society of America Founders' Memorial Award Lecture recipient. The Founders' Memorial Award honors the memory of scientists who made outstanding contributions to entomology. As the recipient of the award, Dr. Tilmon will deliver a lecture honoring the life Maud Doria Haviland (1889-1941), a British entomologist and ornithologist who researched tropical treehoppers and was the first to experimentally document maternal care in treehoppers. Dr.
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Feb 11, 2025
**UPDATE: the 2025 Student Research Assistant Positions in the Tilmon Lab have been filled. Please check back later for new position postings and more updates**
The Tilmon Lab is looking to hire 2 - 3 motivated Student Assistants to help us with our summer research projects. In this position you will work hands on with agronomic crops and pests in Ohio. Students can work up to 38 hours a week, Monday - Friday.
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Feb 4, 2025
This past summer, Tilmon Lab Student Research Assistants, Stephanie Pflaum and Maddie Brillhart collaborated for a second year with Dr. Ryan Haden (OSU ATI) to assess cereal leaf beetle (CLB) presence on a variety of organic small grains. Students collected data to determine if there was a difference in the number of larvae and visible plant damage on 13 different varieties of organic small grains. Data was collected by counting the total number of larvae per 20 plants in each plot. In addition, damage was also assessed on a visual rating scale.
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Oct 24, 2024
Congratulations to Stephanie Pflaum for being selected as one of the 2024 Ohio EPA Environmental Scholarship Winners! Steph is a senior at Ashland University, and has worked as an undergraduate summer researcher in the Tilmon Lab since 2023.
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Oct 9, 2024
The North Central IPM Center is hosting a *FREE* upcoming webinar focused on the Asiatic Garden Beetle (AGB). The webinar will be presented by our very own Dr. Kelley Tilmon! Dr. Tilmon will discuss how the Asiatic garden beetle has become a recent pest of midwest field crops, including corn and soybean. Tune in on October 16, 2024 at 1:30 PM (EST). The webinar will be hosted via Zoom.
To register for the webinar, click here: https://www.ncipmc.org/communications/webinars/
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Jul 17, 2024
Starting in early April, 15 Ohio counties monitored 17 soybean fields for slugs as part of a multi-state project funded by the United Soybean Board. The objective of the study is to help us better understand variation in slug pressure in our region.
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May 31, 2024
This year, the Tilmon Lab will be participating in a multi-state slug monitoring project funded by the United Soybean Board. The objective of this study is to better understand slug pressure in various states, including Ohio. Slugs are an increasingly concerning pest for Ohio growers, especially in no-till fields where cover crops are grown. Slugs feed directly on the soybean plant - causing direct damage and sometimes complete loss of the plant.
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May 30, 2024
Hi, I'm Maddie Brillhart. I just finished my first year at Heidelberg University studying Environmental Science and playing on the women's soccer team. I chose to work at the Tilmon lab because I wanted to continue to follow my passion for environmental science into the summer months. I love learning about new aspects of environmental science and how many career paths I could take in the future. I grew up on a small family farm, so agriculture has always been a huge part of my life.
