Rafia Khan

Areas of Expertise

Integrated pest management

Professional Summary

Rafia A. Khan, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension center, Overton. Her primary responsibility is to provide leadership, applied research, and Extension programming focused on commercial ornamental nursery crops, and residential ornamental and turfgrass integrated pest management. Nursery industry is an economic and growing industry in East Texas and growers need help to manage their pest problems. She is working on some important pests of ornamental pests like thrips, mealy bugs, Crape Myrtle bark scales, European pepper moth and their management.