MOSCOW - University of Idaho entomologist Nilsa Bosque-Perez was honored recently by the Entomological Society of America Pacific Branch for her contributions to the science. Recipients of the award must have contributed significantly to the advancement of agriculture through work in the field of entomology.
Bosque-Perez received the branch's Recognition Award for her research during the past five years.
After early work in Africa on major pests of corn there, Bosque-Perez joined the UI faculty in 1997. Her research interests include major insect pests of wheat including the Hessian fly, aphid vectors of plant viruses and the impact of management practices on insect biodiversity.
In 2001, she led a UI team that won a $ 3 million National Science Foundation grant for an interdisciplinary team-based research and education program for graduate students in Idaho and Costa Rica.