David Headrick
Professor | Horticulture and Crop Science Department
Areas of Expertise
Entomology
Insect Pests in Agriculture
Pest Management
Invasive Species
Native Pollinators
General Agricultural Issues
Contact Information
Biography
David Headrick is a specialist in basic insect biology, invasive insect species and their effects on the environment and economies, biological pest management, and native and introduced pollinators including European honeybees. Headrick teaches courses in agricultural pest management, vertebrate pest management and biological control and conducts research on insect pest management in vegetable, citrus and greenhouse cropping systems. He can speak to the use of biological control in pest management, an approach that uses beneficial insects that prey on pest species to achieve sustainable pest control without the need for pesticides. Over the years he’s conducted extensive research searching for and establishing beneficial predators in California. Headrick earned his Ph.D. from UC Riverside, where he studied biological control of weeds and became a specialist in tephritid fruit fly ecology and behavior. His research on agriculturally important insects and other research has resulted in 100 publications and over 130 professional presentations.
Education
- Ph.D., University of California Riverside