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Wilson, Ted

Directory Profile for Ted Wilson

Professor
Jack B. Wendt Endowed Chair in Rice Research
Office: 
Beaumont
Email: 
Phone: 
(409) 752-3045
Ted Wilson's Website

Education

Undergraduate Education
B.S. Entomology, University of California, Davis
A.A. Biology, 1971, Bakersfield Junior College
Graduate Education
Ph.D. Entomology, University of California, Davis

Areas of Expertise

  • Integrated cropping systems management
  • Integrated pest management
  • Biological control
  • Cropping systems modeling

Professional Summary

Ted Wilson, Ph.D., is a professor in the Texas A&M University Department of Entomology. 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.

Selected Publications

  1. McClung, A. M., M. H. Chen, F. Jodari, A. N. Famoso, C. K. Addison, S. D. Linscombe, B. V. Ottis, K. A. K. Moldenhauer, T. W. Walker, L. T. Wilson, and K. S. McKenzie. 2020. Use of objective imaging systems to assess subjective grain appearance traits important to the US rice industry. Cereal Chemistry 7 (2): 349-361.
  2. Yuan, S., B. A. Linquist, L. T. Wilson, K. G. Cassman, A. M. Stuart, V. Pede, B. Miro, K. Saito, N. Agustiani, V. E. Aristya, L. Y. Krisnadi, A. J. Zanon, A. B. Heinemann, G. Carracelas, N. Subash, P. S. Brahmanand, R. Ford, S. Peng, and P. Grassini. 2021. A roadmap towards sustainable intensification for a larger global rice bowl. Nature Communications. DOI:https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-401904/v1.
  3. Paleari, L., T. Li, Y. Yang, L. T. Wilson, T. Hasegawa, K. J. Boote, S. Buis, G. Hogenboom, Y. Gao, E. Movedi, F. Ruget, U. Singh, C. O. Stöckle, L. Tang, D. Wallach, Y. Zhu, and R. Confalonieri. 2022. A trait-based model ensemble approach to design rice plant types for future climate. Global Change Biology. Https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16087.
  4. Morrison, W. III, L. T. Wilson, Y. Yang, J. Wang, J. Moreland, J. Castaldi, K. Simpson, J. L. Abshire, and C. G. Athanassiou. 2026.  In silico simulation of grain aeration within bulk storage in the desert biomes of the Middle East: grain aeration in environments close to the upper developmental threshold of Sitophilus oryzae are ineffective. Environmental Entomology 55 (3), nvag051 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvag051.
  5. Wilson, L. T., S. O. P. B. Samonte, and Y. Yang. 2026. Multi-Decadal Analysis on the Impact of Climate Change, Genetic Gain, Cultivar Type, and Harvest Timing on Main and Ratoon Rice Yield and Quality. Global Change Biology 32: e70679, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70679.