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Christiana Huss
Commercial Horticulture Extension Agent
Horticulture Program Team, Dillon County Cooperative Extension Office, Horry County Cooperative Extension Office, Marion County Cooperative Extension Office, Marlboro County Cooperative Extension Office
Office: Marion
Phone: 843-561-6079
Email: chuss@clemson.edu
Educational Background
M.S. Entomology
University of Georgia 2023
B.S. Environmental & Natural Resources
Clemson University 2020
Profile
Christiana Huss is the Commercial Horticulture Agent for Marion, Horry, Dillon, and Marlboro counties. She grew up in Charleston, South Carolina then graduated with a BS in Environmental and Natural Resources with a focus in Conservation Biology and Entomology at Clemson University. She recently completed her master’s degree in Entomology from the University of Georgia by studying the invasive yellow-margined leaf beetle on turnip greens. She specializes in insect surveying and identification, Integrated Pest Management, and invasive species management.
Publications
Huss, C. P., Holmes, K. D., & Blubaugh, C. K. (2022). Benefits and risks of intercropping for crop resilience and pest management. Journal of economic entomology, 115(5), 1350-1362.
Huss, C. (2023). Specialist Invasive Herbivore Reveals a Positive Preference-Performance Relationship on Defended Host Plants (Doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia).
Golan, J. E., Huss, C. P., Rodrigues, P. A., Gariepy, T. D., Schmidt, J. M., & Blubaugh, C. K. (2023). Who eats the yellowmargined leaf beetle? Field observations and genetic surveillance to identify local predators of a novel invasive pest. Biological Control, 187, 105393.
