Tim Bryant

• Ph.D. Entomology, Clemson University, 2024
• M.S. Entomology, Virginia Tech, 2020
• B.S. Environmental Horticulture, Virginia Tech, 2017

• 2024-Present: Assistant Professor of Entomology and Extension Specialist, Tidewater Agricultural Research and Education Center, Virginia Tech
• 2020-2024: Associate Coordinator Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program, Clemson University

My research focuses on understanding the ecology and biology of insect pests and using that information to develop integrated pest management programs for field crops. One of my primary goals is for my research program to be built on an understanding of what issues growers are currently facing and developing tools that are realistic to implement. I also seek to test the efficacy and viability of emergent technologies for pest management.

My extension work will focus on delivering pest management solutions to growers through as many means as possible to increase the adoption of IPM and benefit producer profits and environmental impacts. My goal is to work directly with Extension agents and growers to determine what information is needed and the most effective tools to deliver it.

• 2024 First Place – PhD paper presentations – Entomological Society of America Southeastern Branch
• 2023 First Place – PhD paper presentations – South Carolina Entomological Society
• 2019 The James McD. Grayson scholarship for outstanding achievement in graduate study
• 2019 First place – MS paper presentations - Beltwide Cotton Conference
• 2019 Winter Travel Fund award, Virginia Tech

Peer reviewed publications

Bryant TB, Greene JK, Reisig D, Reay-Jones FPF. 2024. Continued decline in sublethal effects of Bt toxins on Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in field corn. Journal of Economic Entomology. toae152. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae152.

Bryant TB, Greene JK, Reay-Jones FPF. 2024. Competition between brown stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and corn earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in field corn. Evironmental Entomology. nvae065. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvae065.

Bryant TB, Greene JK, Reisig D, Reay-Jones FPF. 2024. Grower perceptions and adoption of IPM and non-Bt refuge in field corn: a survey in North and South Carolina. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. 15:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmad030.

Bryant TB, Greene JK, Reay-Jones FPF. 2023. Within-field spatial patterns of Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and spatial association with stink bugs and their injury in field corn. Journal of Economic Entomology. 116: 1649-1661. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad164.

Bryant TB, Greene JK, Reay-Jones FPF. 2023. Within-field spatial patterns of Euschistus servus and Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in field corn. Environmental Entomology. 52: 709-721. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad043.

Bryant TB, Babu A, Reisig DD. 2021. Brown stink bug, Euschistus servus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), damage to seedling corn and impact on grain yield. Journal of Insect Science. 21: 1-9. https:/doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieab012.

Bryant TB, Taylor SV. 2021. Efficacy of select insecticide seed treatments and in-furow applications for managing the brown stink bug, Euschistus servus (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), in seedling maize. Crop Protection. 143: 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2021.105535.

Bryant TB, Dorman SJ, Reisig DD, Dillard D, Schürch S, Taylor SV. 2020. Reevaluating the economic injury level for brown stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) at various growth stages of maize. Journal of Economic Entomology. 113; 2250-2258. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa173.

Extension publications

Bryant TB, Greene JK, Reay-Jones FPF. 2023. Stink bugs as pests of cotton. Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension. LGP 1167.

Bryant TB, Reay-Jones FPF. 2022. Japanese beetle as a pest of corn. Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension. LGP 1134.

Bryant TB, Reay-Jones FPF. 2021. Corn earworm as a pest of field corn, Land Grant-Press by Clemson Extension. LGP 1117.

Bryant TB, Reay-Jones FPF. 2020. Headworms as pests of grain sorghum. Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension. LGP 1102.

Bryant TB. 2020. Brown stink bug as a pest of corn in the southeastern United States. Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension. LGP 1082.

Bryant TB, Reay-Jones FPF. 2020. Sugarcane beetle as a pest of corn. Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension. LGP 1076.

Bryant TB, Reay-Jones FPF. 2020. Insecticide resistance: overview and management. Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension. LGP 1060.

Bryant TB, Reay-Jones FPF. 2020. Integrated pest management: concepts and strategies. Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension. LGP 1051.