Dr. Gregory Payne
Professor
Toxicology and Entomology
gpayne@westga.edu
678-839-4040
Education
- Ph.D. in Entomology, Clemson University, Clemson.
- M.S. in Entomology, Clemson University, Clemson.
- B.S. in Biology, Georgia College, Milledgeville.
Research Interests
My research interests are in the areas of insecticide resistance monitoring, insecticide toxicology, insect biochemistry and physiology, and biodiversity.
Courses Taught
- BIOL 2021/2022 Anatmomy and Physiology
- BIOL 2130 sophomore Biology Seminar
- BIOL 4241/5241 Entomology
- BIOL 4242/ 5242 Invertebrate Biology
- BIOL 4539/5539 Comparative Physiology
- BIOL 4731/5731 Introduction to Toxicology
- BIOL 4984 Senior Biology Seminar
- BIOL 6984 Graduate Seminar
Selected Publications
- Perera, O., and Teran-Vargas, A. 2008. Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac Resistance Frequency in Tobacco Budworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). In Preparation. To be submitted to the Journal of Economic Entomology).
- Blanco, C., Storer, N., Abel, C., Jackson, R., Leonard, R., Lopez, J., Payne, G., Siegfried, B., Spencer, T., and Teran-Vargas, A. 2008. Baseline susceptibility of the tobacco budworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to the Cry1F toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis. Journal of Economic Entomology. 101: 168-173.
- Fleischer, S., G.T. Payne, T. Kuhar, A. Herbert, S. Malone, J. Whalen, G. Dively, D. Johnson, J. Hebberger, J. Ingerson-Mahar, D. Miller, and S. Isard. 2006. Suggestions towards collaborative mapping of migration and pyrethroid susceptibility. Plant Health progress. Manuscript #: PHR RV-06-0107.R1 (In Press)
- Cho, Sae-Youll, G.T. Payne, P.K. Bryson and T.M. Brown. 2003. Single Gene controlling black eyes found from the intercross of two yellow-eyed strains of Heliothis virescens. Genesis 36: 34-39.
- Bloomquist, J.R., G.T. Payne, L. Kinne, J. Lyga, D. Leong and R.A. Nicholson. 2002. Toxicity and mode of action of benzhydrolpiperidines and related compounds in insects. Pestic. Biochem. And Physiol. 73: 18-26.
- Payne, G.T., D.C. Deecher and D.M. Soderlund. 1998. Structure-activity relationships for the action of dihydropyrazole insecticides on mouse brain sodium channels. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 60: 177-185.
- Brown, T.M., P.K. Bryson and G.T. Payne. 1996. Synergism by propynyl aryl ethers in permethrin-resistant tobacco budworm larvae, Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Pestic. Sci. 43: 323-331.
- Payne, G.T. and D.M. Soderlund. 1993. Actions of avermectin analogs on gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-sensitive and GABA-insensitive chloride channels in mouse brain. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 47: 178-184.