Wendy Jones, M.S.

Associate in Research

WSU Tree Fruit Extension
Communications & Web Manager
Export Training Coordinator

Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
1100 N Western Ave. Wenatchee, WA
Phone: 509-293-8780
Fax: 509-663-8714
E-mail: wendyej@wsu.edu
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Research/Professional Activities

• WSU Tree Fruit website manager;
• Social media & communications
• Digital Outreach: web design and content development;
• Outreach training workshops: produce, edit and assist with content development;
• Online education/training development;
• Photography, videography and associated digital editing;
• Identification of postharvest insect damage and physiological disorders that appear during and after storage of apples;
• Export certification training: Mx/BC stone fruit & Taiwan/China apple;

Education

• High School: Redlands SHS, Redlands, CA. (diploma)
• University of California at Riverside, CA (B.S. Biology)
• Utah State University, Logan, UT (Post-Baccalaureate Studies)
• University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI (Post-Baccalaureate Studies)
• University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI (M.S. Horticulture) Thesis title:
  “Determination of Nuclear DNA Content in Orchids by Flow Cytometry”

Expertise

• Website design & development
• Publication design & development
• Insect pest management support
• Export-Quarantine pest education
• Postharvest insect damage identification
• Orchard natural enemy identification

 Annual Industry Training

Taiwan Systems Approach Work Plan: Orchard Codling Moth Sampling Training.  Summers (August-September). Various locations within WA.

Taiwan Systems Approach Work Plan: Packinghouse cull cutting technician certification. Summers (August-September). Check training schedule here.

Exportation of Apples to the People’s Republic of China: Overview of export work plan requirements and sampling techniques.  Check training schedule here.

Oriental Fruit Moth Inspector Training.  @ mid-May annually, Wenatchee & Yakima, WA. Check training schedule here.

Publications & Factsheets

• Jones, W.E., Chambers, U., Gadino, A., and Brunner, J.F. Web-based outreach for orchard management decision-makers. BioControl v102, March 2016. (article) . DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2015.12.011. Times Cited: 2
• Gadino, A., Brunner, J.F., Chambers, U., Jones, W.E., Castagnoli, S., and Jones, V. A perspective on the extension of research-based information to orchard management decision-makers: lessons learned and potential future directions. BioControl, v102, March 2016. (article)  DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2015.11.013. Times Cited: 3
• Jones, V.P., Mills, N., Brunner, J., Horton, D., Beers, E., Unruh, T., Shearer, P., Goldberger, J., Castagnoli, S., Miliczyky, E., Steffan, S., Amarasekare, K., Chambers, U., Gadino, A., Gallardo, R., Jones W.E. From planning to execution to the future: an overview of a concerted effort to enhance biological control in apple, pear and walnut orchards in the western U.S. Biological Control. Biocontrol, v102, March 2016. (article) . DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.03.013. Times Cited: 5
• Xiao, C., Kim, Y.R., and Jones, W.E. (editor) Guidelines on pruning ‘Manchurian’ crabapple for fruit rot control. Mar. 2014. (fact sheet; prepared for: NFE, USDA and WSDA.)
• Goldberger J, W Jones and N Lehrer. Part 7: Pear growers surveyed on biological control. Good Fruit Grower. May 1, 2013 (trade article)
• Jones, WE, JF Brunner. Guide to Codling Moth Damage Identification. 2pp. Yakima County Printing Office, Yakima, WA. (Revised 2015, fact sheet)
• Chambers U, V Jones, A Gadino, W Jones, N Mills, J Brunner. Part 1. Enhancing Biocontrol: Overview. Good Fruit Grower. Feb. 1, 2013. (trade article)
• Beers, E. and W Jones. Visual Comparison of Red-Egged Tetranichid Mites Found in or near PNW Orchards. (fact sheet; prepared for: Northwest Fruit Exporters and the Northwest Hort. Council, Yakima, WA.)
• Jones, WE, JF Brunner, EM Kupferman, CL Xiao. Quick Identification Guide to Apple Postharvest Defects and Disorders. pp 36. Good Fruit Grower. Yakima, WA. (Fact sheet)
• Brunner, JF, WE Jones, EH Beers, JV Tangren, J Dunley, C-L Xiao, GG Grove. A decade of pesticide use in Washington apple orchards. Agric. Environ. News. No 205, May 2003, 16 pp. (trade article) Times Cited: 4.
• Brunner, JF, J Dunley, WE Jones, EH Beers, GV Tangren, C-L Xiao, GG Grove. Pesticide use and IPM Practices in Washington’s pear and cherry orchards. Agric. & Environ. News. No 208, August 2003. http://aenews.wsu.edu/Aug03AENews/Aug03AENews.htm – PearCherry (trade article) Times Cited: 1.
• Jones, WE, AR Kuehnle. Ploidy identification using flow cytometry in tissues of Dendrobium species and cultivars. Lindleyana. 13(1):11-18. (article; thesis) Times Cited: 32.
• Jones, WE, AR Kuehnle, K Arumuganathan. Nuclear DNA content of 26 orchid (Orchidaceae) genera with emphasis on Dendrobium. Annals of Botany 82(2):189-194. (article; thesis) Times Cited: 59
• Jones, WE, JK Grace, M Tamashiro. Virulence of seven isolates of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae to Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Environ. Entomol. 25(2):481-487. (article) Times Cited: 78
• Grace, JK, BS Goodell. WE Jones, V Chandhoke, J Jellison. Evidence for inhibition of termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermididae) feeding by extracellular metabolites of a wood decay fungus. Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. 31: 249-252. (article) Times Cited: 20
• JK Grace, BS Goodell, WE Jones, V Ci-Iandi-Ioke, J Jellison. Inhibition of termite feeding by fungal siderophores. The International Research Group on Wood Preservation. May 10. Document No: IRGAVP/1. pps. 558-592. (proceedings; presentation) Times Cited: 3
• Walker, GP, CB Richards, WG Jones, DCG. Aitken. Toxicity of five insecticides used to control California red scale (Homoptera: Diaspididae) against susceptible red scale strains. J. Econ. Entomol. 84(1):17-24. (article) Times Cited: 7
• Tamashiro, M, DM Westcott, WC Mitchell, WE Jones. Axenic rearing of the Oriental fruit fly Dacus dorsalis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae) Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. 30: 113-120. (article) Times Cited: 4