Research Interests:

 Economic entomologist in tree fruit insects and pest management; Co-developer of computer decision support technologies associated with pesticide use, on-farm crop production systems, AI/expert systems, cost/benefit assessments; Head of multi-disciplinary team on pest control application technology with principle focus on optimizing on-farm pest control strategies. Hall manages 8-10 Post-Docs and Research Scientists in private and federally funded ongoing projects and has received ca. $950,000 from various sources in the last five years. LPCAT has ca. $1.5 million pending for 1992-97. From 1985 till present Hall has advised 11 Ph.D. students and 9 Post-Docs. Publications include 16 book chapters, 208 refereed articles, 35 bulletins and 85 non-refereed articles. In the last five years, Hall has also presented ca. 95 papers at national and international meetings and given over 60 invitational seminars, and awarded 2 (industrial partner) patents.
 

Education:

 B.S. - 1956 - University of Massachusetts (Forestry; Entomology)
M.S. - 1961 - State University of Forestry at Syracuse, NY (Forest Entomology)
Ph.D. - 1967 - Purdue University (Entomology; Physiology-Ecology)
 

Recent Publications:

 Hall, F. 1991. Contibution to Office of Technology Assesment: U.S. Congress. "Beneath the Bottom Line: Agricultural Approaches to Reduce Agricultural Cantamination of Groundwater." OTA-F-418. November 1990. 337 pp.

 Hall, F.R., J.R.M. Thacker, A.C. Chapple, and R.A. Downer. 1993. Pesticide Application as Affected by Spray Modifiers. Pesticide Science 35:123-133.

 Hall, F.R., A.C. Chapple, R.A.J. Taylor and R.A. Downer. 1994. Dose Transfer of Bacillus thuringiensis from Cabbage to the Diamondback Moth: A Graphical Simulator. J. Environ. Sci. Health B29(4):661-678.

 Fox, R.D., S.M. Hussein, D.L. Reichard, and F.R. Hall. A Comparison of Spray Drift Deposited on Ground and Airborne Spray Collectors and on Soybean Plants. Fruit Crops 1994: A Summary of Research, OARDC Res. Cir. 298:109-114.

 Hall, F.R. 1995. Critical Factors Affecting Pesticide Delivery. In Proceedings, National Conference on Pesticide Application Technology, Aug. 1995, Guelph, Ont., CAN., p. 5-10.

 Hall, F.R., J. Cooper, L. Kirchner, R. Downer and R. Thacker. 1996. Assesment of Off-Target Movement of Orchard Pesticides: Capture Efficiencies of Synthetic and Biological Biomakers. J. Environ. Sci. Health B31(4):815-830. Hall, F.R. 1996. Coupling Cost/Benefit/Environmental Risk Assesment Models for Decision Makers: An Overview of the Opportunities. ASAE Paper No. 961034, Pheonix, AZ, 20 pp.

 Chapple, A.C., R.A. Downer, T.M. Wolf, R.A.J. Taylor, and F.R. Hall. 1997. The Application of Biological Pesticides: Limitations and a Practical Solution. Entomophaga. Accepted, 1997.