Govinda Shrestha
Assistant Professor of Entomology
Education
- B.S. in agricultural science | Tribhuvan University, Nepal | 2004
- M.S. in agrobiology | Aarhus University, Denmark | 2011
- Ph.D. in agroecology with entomology specialization | Aarhus University, Denmark | 2015
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Responsibilities
- Instructor, PS 407/507 – Insect Pest Management, 2025-present
Committees and Professional Memberships
- Member of Nepalese Agricultural Professionals of Americas, 2018-present
- Member of Society for Invertebrate Pathology, 2017-2018
- Member of Entomological Society of America, 2016-present
- Member of Society of Overseas Nepalese Entomologist, Entomological Society of America, 2016-present
Work Experience
- 2025-present, assistant professor of entomology, ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ
- 2021-2025, assistant professor of practice, Oregon State University
- 2019-2021, postdoctoral scholar, Oregon State University
- 2016-2018, postdoctoral research associate, Montana State University
- 2012-2015, Ph.D. scholar, Aarhus University, Denmark
- 2005-2009, project officer, LIBRID, Nepal
Research and Scholarly Work
Awards and Honors
- Integrated Pest Management Team Award. Pacific Branch-Entomological Society of America, USA, 2020.
- Outstanding Leadership Award, Society of Overseas Nepalese Entomologists, Entomological Society of America, USA, 2019.
- Danish Science and Technology Ph.D. Scholarship, Aarhus University, Denmark, 2012.
Grants
- Principal investigator, Optimizing Pheromone-based Monitoring System to Improve Corn Earworm Pest Management Practices in Hemp (2023-2024), U.S. Department of Agriculture Western Integrated Pest Management Center, $29,886 total, $14,943 Shrestha allocation.
- Principal investigator, Enhancing Biological Control of Corn Earworm in Hemp (2023–2025), USDA Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, $29,603 total, $29,603 Shrestha allocation.
- Principal investigator, New Problem with an Old Pest: Mitigating Risks of Corn Earworm Outbreaks in Floral Hemp (2023-2025), USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Crop Protection and Pest Management, $186,464 total, $186,464 Shrestha allocation.
- Co-principal investigator, Sustainable Incorporation of Hemp into American Agricultural Cropping Systems (2024-2025), USDA Agricultural Research Service Nonassistance Cooperative Agreement, $260,000 total, $80,000 Shrestha allocation.
- Co-principal investigator, Sustainable Incorporation of Hemp into American Agricultural Cropping Systems (2023-2024), USDA ARS NACA, $202,652 total, $75,145 Shrestha allocation.
- Principal investigator, Rice Root Aphids Control in Hemp (2023-2024), USDA IR-4, $15,000 total, $15,000 Shrestha allocation.
- Principal investigator, Corn Earworm Control (2023), Certis Biological, $4,000 total, $4,000 Shrestha allocation.
- Principal investigator, Cannabis Aphids and Wireworm Control in Hemp (2023), Marrone Bio Innovations – $5,000 total, $5,000 Shrestha allocation.
Publications
- Roseberg, R.J., Hoyman, J. and Shrestha, G. 2025. . Agrosystems, Geosciences and Environment, 8, e70224. DOI: 10.1002/agg2.70224
- Shrestha, G., Merkle, A., Pandey, S. and Axtell, A. 2025. . Arthropod Management Tests, 50, tsaf032. DOI: 10.1093/amt/tsaf032
- Shrestha, G., Merkle, A. and Pandey, S. 2025.. Arthropod Management Tests, 50, tsaf051. DOI: 10.1093/amt/tsaf051
- Hagerty, C.H., Shrestha, G., Wen, N., Kroese, D.R., Namdar, G.F., Paulitz, T. and Wysocki, D.J. 2024. . Agronomy, 14, 2978. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy14122978
- Rivedal, H.M., Temple, T.N., Thomas, W., Ocamb, C., Funke, C., Skillman, V. Jones, G., Shrestha, G., KC, Achala., Dung, J.K.S. and Frost, K. 2023. . Plant Disease.
- Hagerty, C.H., Shrestha, G., Wen, N., Kroese, D.R., Namdar, G.F., Paulitz, T. and Wysocki, D.J. 2024. . Agronomy, 14, 2978. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy14122978
- Shrestha, G. and Rondon, S.I. 2024. . Environmental Entomology, 53, 288-292. DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvae009
- Rondon, S.I. and Shrestha, G. 2024. . Journal of Economic Entomology, 118, 184-194. DOI: 10.1093/jee/toae011
- Shrestha, G., Wiman, N.G. and Rondon, S.I. 2022. Flight potential of western tarnished plant bug (Hemiptera: Miridae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 115, 93-100.
- Oppedisano, T., *Shrestha, G., *Anderson, S., Thompson, I.D. and Rondon, S.I. 2022. Predicting phenology of four major hemipteran pests to enhance integrated pest management programs in potatoes in the lower Columbia Basin. Journal of Economic Entomology, 115, 430-437.
- Shrestha, G., Thompson, I.D. and Rondon, S.I. 2021. Vertical distribution of insect pests using insect towers placed near potato fields in the Lower Columbia Basin. Journal of Economic Entomology 114, 180-186.
- Shrestha, G., Rijal, J. and Reddy, G.V.P. 2021. Characterization of the aggregation behavior of alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica, and its natural enemies, using geospatial models. Pest Management Science 77, 906-918.
- Shrestha, G., Mettupalli, S., Gadi, R., Miller, D. and Reddy, G.V.P. 2020. Spinosad and mixtures of an insect pathogenic fungus and pyrethrin for control of Sitona lineatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in field peas. Journal of Economic Entomology 113, 669-678.
- Shrestha, G. and Reddy, G.V.P. 2019. Field efficacy of insect pathogen, botanical, and jasmonic acid for the management of wheat midge Sitodiplosis mosellana and the impact on adult parasitoid Macroglenes penetrans populations in spring wheat. Insect Science 26, 523-535.
- Briar, S., Shrestha, G., Sharma, A. and Reddy, G.V.P. 2019. Effect of nitrogen fertilization on flea beetle (Phyllotreta cruciferae) and cabbage seedpod weevil (Ceutorhynchus obstrictus) injury and crop yield in dry land canola. Phytoparasitica 47, 637-645.
- Sharma, A., Shrestha, G., Miller, D., Lane, T. and Reddy, G.V.P. 2019. Wheat head armyworm monitoring: a survey and lure dose response in Montana, USA. Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture 14, 55-59.
- Sharma, A., Shrestha, G. and Reddy, G.V.P. 2019. Trap crops: How far we are from using them in cereal crops? Annals of the Entomological Society of America 112, 293-294.
- Reddy, G.V.P, Shrestha, G. and Sharma, A. 2019. Special issue on the application of trap and cover crops in the insect pest management. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 112, 330-339.
- Tiwari, S., Pudasaini, R., Kafle, L., Bhattarai, S., Ali, M.P., Babar, T.K., Sharma, S., Shrestha, G. and Reddy, G.V.P. 2019. Trap cropping in south Asia: concepts, limitations, and future strategy. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 112, 340-347.
- Ichinose, K., Reddy, G.V.P., Shrestha, G., Sharma, A., Okada, Y., Yoshida, M. and Sakai, T. 2019. Interplanting different varieties of a sweet potato crop to reduce damage by oligophagous insect pests. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 112, 365-294.
- Shrestha, G., Briar, S.S. and Reddy, G.V.P. 2018. Plant defense elicitors: Plant fitness versus wheat stem sawfly. PeerJ6, p.e5892.
- Shrestha, G., Reddy, G.V.P. and Jaronski, S.T. 2018. Field efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis galleriae strain SDS-502 for the management of alfalfa weevil and its impact on Bathyplectes spp. parasitization rate. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 153, 6-11.
- Reddy, G.V.P, Shrestha, G., Miller, D. and Oehlschlager, A. 2018. Pheromone-trap monitoring system for pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus: effects of trap type, lure type and trap placement within fields. Insects 9, p.75.
- Briar, S.S., Antwi, F., Shrestha, G., Sharma, A. and Reddy, G.V.P. 2018. Potential biopesticides for crucifer flea beetle, Phyllotreta cruciferae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) management under dryland canola production in Montana. Phytoparasitica 46, 247-254.
- Knodel, J.J. and Shrestha, G. 2018. Pulse crops: Pest management of wireworms and cutworms in the Northern Great Plains of United States and Canada. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 111, 195-204.
- Antwi, F.B., Shrestha, G., Reddy, G.V.P. and Jaronski, S.T. 2018. Entomopathogens in conjunction with imidacloprid could be used to manage wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) on spring wheat. Canadian Entomologist 150, 124-139.
- Shrestha, G., Skovgård, H., Reddy, G.V.P., Steenberg, T. and Enkegaard, A. 2017. Role of the aphid species and their feeding locations in parasitization behavior of Aphelinus abdominalis, a parasitoid of the lettuce aphid Nasonovia ribisnigri. PLOS One 12, p.e0184080.
- Shrestha, G., Enkegaard, A., Reddy, G.V.P, Skovgård, H. and Steenberg, T. 2016. Susceptibility of larvae and pupae of the aphid parasitoid Aphelinus abdominalis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) to the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 110, 121-127.
- Shrestha, G., Enkegaard, A. and Steenberg, T. 2015. Laboratory and semi-field evaluation of Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) against the lettuce aphid, Nasonovia ribisnigri (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Biological Control 85, 37-45.
- Shrestha, G., Skovgård, H., Steenberg, T. and Enkegaard, A. 2015. Preference and life history traits of Aphelinus abdominalis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) when offered different development stages of the lettuce aphid Nasonovia ribisnigri (Hemiptera: Aphididae). BioControl 60, 463-471.
- Shrestha, G., Skovgård, H. and Enkegaard, A. 2014. Parasitization of commercially available parasitoid species against the lettuce aphid, Nasonovia ribisnigri (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Environmental Entomology 43, 1535-1541.
- Shrestha, G. and Enkegaard, A. 2013. The green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea: preference between lettuce aphids, Nasonovia ribisnigri and western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis. Journal of Insect Science 13, 1-9.
