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Sandipa Gautam Ph.D.

Cooperative Extension Area Citrus IPM Advisor
Lindcove Research and Extension Center
22963 Carson Avenue
5595922408
Exeter, CA 93221
559-592-2408 Ext 1765
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Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
Tulare County

Biography

Sandipa Gautam, Ph.D. joined the UC Integrated Pest Management Statewide Program Operations in July 2021 as an Area Citrus IPM Advisor and is stationed at the Lindcove Research. Her research and extension program studies strategies for integrated pest management (IPM) to manage arthropod pests in the San Joaquin Valley of California. The current focus of the program is studying the seasonal phenology of an emerging pest citrus mealybug, screening pesticide efficacies for key citrus pests, testing pests for pesticide resistance and resistance management strategies, and developing postharvest control methods for pests of export concern.

Prior to the current position, Gautam was an Assistant Research Entomologist with Department of Entomology, UC Riverside. Her research program focused on managing citrus pests that have export significance. Gautam’s graduate and post-doc studies focused on investigating ecology and biology of insect pest species, comparing egg morphologies to explore possible mechanisms of tolerance to fumigants, evaluating efficacies of fumigants to be used as postharvest fumigant, and resistance management. Gautam has received several awards including the “Graduate Research Excellence Award” by Oklahoma State University for her M.S. and Ph.D. research, and a national award from the President of Nepal for her outstanding performance in B.S. Agriculture in 2007.

Education

Ph.D. Entomology, Oklahoma State University. 2013

Discipline

Entomology

Specialty

Integrated Management of Citrus Pests; Serving Tulare, Fresno, Madera, and Kern counties

Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

  • Ueckermann, Edward A; De Vis, Raf MJ, et al. (In Press). Redescription of Pronematus ubiquitus (Mc Gregor, 1932) (Acari, Iolinidae) and description of P. brasiliensis sp. nov. with a review of and key to all Pronematus spp. Acralogia.
  • Gautam, SG; Dhugana, S.K. (2023). California red scale insecticide Trial, 2022. Arthropod Management Tests.
  • Gautam, S; Wenger, JA, et al. (2023). Citrus mealybug insecticide trial 1, 2022. Arthropod Management Tests.D. Haviland. 48:1.
  • Gautam, S; Wenger, JA, et al. (2023). Citrus mealybug insecticide trial 2, 2022. Arthropod Management Tests.D. Haviland. 48.
  • Gautam, SG; Gonzalez, KR, et al. (2022). Citrus Thrips Insecticide Trial, 2022. Arthropod Management Tests.D. Haviland. 47.
  • Gautam, SG; Gonzalez, KR, et al. (2022). Effects of Sabadill-V to Reduce Severe Rind Scarring Caused by Citrus Thrips in Navel Oranges, 2022. Arthropod Management Tests.D. Haviland. 47. 11 October 2022.
  • Gautam, SG; Gonzalez, KR, et al. (2022). Pesticide Trial Against Citrus Red Mite, 2022. Arthropod Management Tests.D. Haviland. 47:1.
  • Gautam, S.G.; Ouyang, Y., et al. (2021). Food ecology and food suitability of Tarsonemus spp. (Acari: Tarsonemidae). Environmental Entomology. Environmental Entomology.
  • GP, Gautam S.G. Opit; C, Konemann, et al. (2020). Phosphine resistance in saw-toothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) in the United States. Journal of Stored Product Research.
  • Gautam, SG; Ouyang, Y, et al. (2020). Tarsonemus bakeri Mite Bioassay, 2020. Arthropod Management Tests.D. Haviland. 45.
  • Gautam, SG.; Ouyang, Y, et al. (2018). Brevipalpus californicus Mite Bioassay, 2018. Arthropod Management Tests.D. Haviland. 43.
  • Gautam, SG; Ouyang, Y, et al. (2018). Food suitability and population dynamics of Lorryia formosa (Acari: Tydeidae). Environmental Entomology. Environmental Entomology. 47, 511-518.
  • Gautam, S.G.; Ouyang, Y., et al. (2018). Lorryia formosa Mite Bioassay, 2018. Citrograph.D. Haviland. 43.

  • Bajracharya, N. S., G. P. Opit, J. Talley, S. G. Gautam, and M. E. Payton. 2016. Assessment of fitness effects associated with phosphine resistance in Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). African Entomology 24: 39–49. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4001/003.024.0039

  • Paudyal, S., G. P. Opit, F. H. Arthur, G. V. Bingham, and S. G. Gautam. 2016. Contact Toxicity of Deltamethrin Against Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) Adults. Journal of Economic Entomology. 109: 1936–1942.

  • Gautam, S. G., G. P. Opit, and E. Hosoda. 2016. Phosphine Resistance in Adult and Immature Life Stages of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Populations in California. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/tow221 

  • Gautam, S. G., G. P. Opit, J. S. Tebbets, D. Margosan, and S. Walse. 2015. Comparative egg morphology and chorionic ultrastructure of key stored-product insect pests. Annals of Entomological Society of America. 108: 43–56

  • G. O. Otitodun, G. P. Opit, S. I. Nwaubani, E. U. Okonkwo, and S. G. Gautam. 2015. Efficacy of Nigeria-derived diatomaceous earth, botanicals, and riverbed sand against Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) on Wheat. African Crop Science Journal. 23: 279–293

  • Gautam, S. G., G. P. Opit, J. S. Tebbets, and S. Walse. 2015.Efficacy of propylene oxide in combination with carbon dioxide against eggs of postharvest insect pests at normal atmospheric pressure, pp. 398–406.  In: Arthur, F.H, Kengkanpanich , R., Chayaprasert, W., Suthisut, D. (Eds.)Proceedings of the 11th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection, 24–28 Nov., Chiang Mai, Thailand

  • Konemann, C. E, G. P. Opit, S. G. Gautam, N. S. Bajracharya, and K. Shakya. 2015. Levels of phosphine resistance in rusty grain beetles, Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens) (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae), from stored wheat in Oklahoma, pp. 461–467. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection, 24–28 Nov., Chiang Mai, Thailand

  • Gautam, S. G. G. P. Opit. 2015. Phosphine resistance in eggs of Tribolium castaneum and Plodia interpunctella from almond storage facilities in the Central Valley of California, pp. 41–49. Proceedings of the International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control - West Palaearctic Region Section Working Group on Integrated Protection of Stored Products, June, Zagreb, Croatia. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin, Vol 111

  • Gautam, S. G., G. P. Opit and K. Shakya. 2015. Population growth and development of the psocid Liposcelis fusciceps (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) at constant temperatures and relative humidities. Environmental Entomology. 45: 237–244.  DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvv148

  • Gautam, S. G., G. P. Opit, J. S. Tebbets, D. Margosan, and S. Walse. 2014. Egg morphology of key stored-product insect pests of U.S.A. Annals of Entomological Society of America. 107: 1–10

  • Opit, G. P., S. G. Gautam, S. Walse, and D. Margosan. 2014. Influence of egg morphology on ovicidal efficacy of fumigants, pp. 321–329. Proceedings of the International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control - West Palaearctic Region Section Working Group on Integrated Protection of Stored Products, July, Bordeaux, France. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 82

  • Gautam S. G., G. P. Opit, K. L. Giles, and B. Adam. 2013.Weight losses and germination failure caused by psocids in different wheat varieties. Journal of Economic Entomology 106: 491–498

  • Gautam, S. G., G. P. Opit, and K. L. Giles. 2012. Effects of constant temperatures on reproductive parameters of the psocid Liposcelis rufa (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae). Entomology Ornithology Herpetology S1:002. doi:10.4172/2161-0983.S1–002

  • Aminatou, B. A., S. G. Gautam, G. P. Opit, J. Talley, and K. Shakya. 2011. Population growth and development of the psocid Liposcelis pearmani (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) at constant temperatures and relative humidities. Environmental Entomology 40: 788–796

  • Opit, G. P., S. G. Gautam, B. A. Aminatou, and J. E. Throne. 2010.Ecological studies of the psocids Liposcelis brunnea, L. rufa, L. pearmani, and Lepinotus reticulatus, pp: 173–179. In: Carvalho, O.M, Fields, P.G., Adler, C.S., Arthur, F.H., Athanassiou, C.G., Campbell, J.F., Fleurat-Lessard, F., Flinn, P.W., Hodges, R.J., Isikber, A.A. Navarro, S., Noyes, R.T., Riudavets, J., Sinha, K.K., Thorpe, G.R., Timlick, B.H., Trematerra, P., White, N.D.G. (eds), Proceedings of the Tenth International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection, 27 June–2 July 2010, Estoril, Portugal, Julius-Kuhn-Archiv, Berlin, Germany

  • Gautam, S. G., G. P. Opit and K. L. Giles. 2010. Population growth and development of the psocid Liposcelis rufa (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) at constant temperatures and relative humidities. Journal of Economic Entomology 103:1920–1928

Non-Peer Reviewed

  • Haviland, David; Hoddle, Mark, et al. (In Press). Advancing commercialization of hydrogel baits for sugar-feeding ants. Citrograph. Citrus Research Board.
  • Gautam, Sandipa (In Press). Citrus IPM Extension and Outreach Efforts. Citrograph. Citrus Research Board.
  • Gautam, S (In Press). Citrus mealybugs in the San Joaquin Valley: An update on ongoing research and upcoming activities. CAPCA Advisor. XXIV, 42-45.
  • Gautam, Sandipa; Adaskaveg, Jim, et al. (In Press). Quantifying the Phytosanitary Efficiency of California's Postharvest "System". Citrograph. Citrus Research Board.
  • Gautam, Sandipa (2023). Average Daily temperature in 2023 has been lower: What does it mean for California red scale? Progressive Crop Consultant. JCS Marketing. 8-13.
  • Gautam, S (2023). CORE IPM Research Update - working towards citrus mealybug IPM. Citrograph.C. Board. 14, 32-36.
  • Gautam, Sandipa (2023). Core IPM Research Update: Working towards citrus mealybug IPM. Citrograph. Citrus Research Board. 14, 32-23.
  • Gautam, S; Mitcham, E, et al. (2023). Ethyl formate for ACP control and beyond. Citrograph.C. Board. 14, 62-68.
  • Gautam, S (2023). Research updates on Citrus mealybug IPM in California citrus. Progressive Crop Consultant. 8:2, 8-12. https://issuu.com/myaglife/docs/2023_pcc_march_april_e?fr=sNTQ1YTU0Mjg5OTg
  • Gautam, Sandipa; Cranny, James (2023). USDA APHIS approves new fuller rose beetle mitigation – A voluntary option to reduce pesticide applications.E. Ashraf. 23.
  • Rivera, M; Gautam, S (2022). Core IPM update management of Asian citrus psyllid in organic citrus and delegate resistance in citrus thrips. Citrograph.C. Board. 13, 56-59.
  • Gautam, S (2022). Stepping in as new UCCE area citrus IPM advisor. Citrograph.C. Board. 13, 24-26.
  • SG, Gautam; Grafton-Cardwell, EE, et al. (2021). Postharvest options to control Brevipalpus californicus flat mite. Citrograph.C. Board. 12, 50-52.
  • Rivera, M; Gautam, S (2021). Pushing Forward: The New Core IPM Program. Citrograph.C. Board. 12, 44-47.
  • Gautam, SG; EE, Grafton-Cardwell (2021). TAKING A SECOND LOOK AT EXPORT ISSUE MITES Lorryia formosa and Tarsonemus bakeri Mites are Non-damaging to Citrus. Citrograph.C. Board. 12, 64-69.
  • SG, Gautam; Grafton-Cardwell, EE, et al. (2018). Disinfesting ACP from Bulk Citrus. Citrograph.C. Board. 9, 60-64.

  • Gautam S. G., G. P. Opit, and S. Walse. 2014. Insect Eggs: are openings in stored-product insect eggs related to effectiveness of fumigants? Fumigants and Pheromones 110: 5

  • Gautam S. G., G. P. Opit, and S. Walse. 2013. Insect Eggs: why are some stored-product insect eggs difficult to kill using fumigants? Fumigants and Pheromones 105: 7

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