Ted Wilson

Areas of Expertise

Professional Summary

Ted Wilson, Ph.D., is a professor in the Texas A&M University Department of Entomology. He is also director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center in Beaumont. Ted’s research focuses on the theory and application of quantitative principles as they pertain to multidisciplinary agroecosystem management. He has conducted research on a wide range of crops, both nationally and internationally. The more fundamental aspects focus on elucidating processes at population, community, and ecosystem levels and the more applied aspects address development of integrated solutions to agricultural management needs. His research includes developing population assessment methodology to quantify the abundance and impact of pest and beneficial species and combining simulation analysis with field experimentation to quantify impact of natural enemy species on herbivorous arthropods, herbivorous arthropods on crops growth, development, quality, and yield, and optimization of phenotypic trait selection to maximize yield increase per unit of plant breeding selection effort in rice. Ted has published 884 scientific papers, including 258 peer- reviewed papers, which have been cited about 9000 times. He has authored or co-authored 183 funded grants, totaling over $25 million in funding.