Soybean Research Principal Investigator Profile – Janet Knodel

Dr. Janet J. Knodel is a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and an extension entomologist at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. For the past 23 years, she has provided statewide program leadership for Extension Entomology, the North Dakota Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program, and the NDSU Crop & Pest Report. Her extension outreach and applied research focuses on IPM and insect pests of field crops including wheat, barley, canola, corn, chickpeas, dry beans, field peas, lentils, soybean and sunflower. She also studies pollinators, bees and butterflies, in gardens and field crops. Knodel has authored/co-authored more than 500 publications in professional, extension, technical and trade journals including over 50 peer-reviewed papers and six book chapters.