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NEWSLETTER Florida A&M University, College of Engineering Sciences, Technology, and Agriculture, Tallahassee, FL 32307 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL NEWSLETTER Florida A&M University, College of Engineering Sciences, Technology, and Agriculture, Tallahassee, FL 32307 APHIS-NBCI April 2003 Volume 2, Number 1 GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE INSIDE THIS ISSUE: USDA-ARS CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL FACILITY Ground breaking ceremony 1 First CBC graduates 2 Activities 2 Publications 6 Presentations 7 Invited Presentations 7 Internships & job oportunities 8 Directory 8 From left to right: Dr. Bobby R. Phills (Dean - College of Engineering Sciences, Technology, and Agriculture-Florida A&M University [CESTA-FAMU]), Dr. Jesusa C. Legaspi (USDA-ARS-CBC, Research Entom. & Assoc. Prof.), Dr. Henry Lewis, III (Former Acting President of FAMU), Dr. James H. Tumlinson, III (Former USDA-ARS, Acting Center Director, Center for Medical Agricultural and Veterinarian Entomology [CMAVE], Gainesville, FL), Dr. Alfred Handler (USDA-ARS-CMAVE, Act- ing Research Leader - Behavior and Biocontrol Laboratory Unit), Congressman Allen Boyd (Congressman for the 2nd Congressional District), Dr. Stephen D. Hight (USDA-ARS-CBC, Research Entom. & Assoc. Prof.), Dr. Andrew Hammond (USDA-ARS, South Atlantic Area Associate Area Director), Dr. Stuart R. Reitz(USDA-ARS-CBC, Co-Director & Assoc. Prof.), Dr. Calvin E. Arnold (USDA-ARS, Horticultural Research Laboratory Director, Ft. Pierce, FL), Dr. Lawrence Carter Dr. Charles W. O’Brien (Associate Dean, CESTA -FAMU Cooperative Extension & Outreach Programs). Director, FAMU-CBC On January 22, 2002, the ground break- College of Engineering Sciences Technol- Dr. Stuart R. Reitz ing ceremony for the U.S. Department of ogy and Agriculture (CESTA). This effort Co-Director, USDA-ARS-CBC Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, marks the first time that USDA has estab- Center for Biological Control (USDA-ARS- lished permanent facilities on an 1890 Dr. Ken A. Bloem Co-Director, USDA-ARS-CBC CBC) was celebrated. campus in furtherance of the federal-state The Center for Biological Control is based land-grant partnership. ARS will use these Dr. Sunil K. Pancholy at Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tal- facilities as the foundation to assist FAMU Associate Dean for Research in lahassee, Florida. This facility is the di- faculty in the scientific training of under- FAMU-CESTA rect result of efforts made by Congress- graduate and graduate students, while en- Dr. Bobby R. Phills man F. Allen Boyd, 2nd Congressional hancing the University’s overall ability to Dean and Director, Land Grant District, who provided the leadership in address clientele needs through agricul- Programs in CESTA securing a $1 million permanent line item tural research and technology develop- in the ARS budget on behalf of the FAMU ment. APRIL 2003 PAGE 1 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL NEWSLETTER FIRST GRADUATES OF THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL During the year of 2002, four graduate stu- on population dynamics of thrips (Thysanoptera: dents of the Center for Biological Control graduated Thripidae) and their natural enemies in pepper. with a Master of Science degree in agricultural sciences with a major in entomology, these students were: • Sylvia Joseph - Thesis defense: July 2, 2002. Major professor: Dr. Ken Bloem. Thesis title: Radiation to ster- • Ignacio Baez - Thesis defense: March 15, 2002. Ma- ilize pest mite eggs used as a food source for preda- jor professor: Dr. Stuart Reitz. Thesis title: Popula- tory mites. tion dynamics of flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae: Frankliniella) and the predator Orius • Mohamed K. F. Soumare - Thesis defense: Novem- insidiosus (Say) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) in to- ber 8, 2002. Major professor: Dr. James Cilek. Thesis Ignacio Baez during thesis mato and pepper. title: Predation by Mesocyclops longisetus [Thiebaud] presentation. (Crustacea: Copepoda) of container-inhabiting mosquito • Erika L. Yearby - Thesis defense: May 1, 2002. (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae under laboratory and field Major professor: Dr. Stuart Reitz. Thesis title: The conditions. integrated effects of plastic mulches and insecticides ACTIVITIES CBC Sponsored Seminars Center for Biological Control Students Awarded with Scholarship Dr. Ken A. Bloem organized a seminar series of topics In November during the 26th Annual Field Day related to biological control during 2002 spring and fall Workshop in Entomology, Mohamed Soumare and semesters. Dr. Jesusa C. Legaspi assisted in scheduling Jeffory Head were awarded with the William L. and coordinating some talks. The invited speakers and Peters Memorial Scholarship provided by the titles of their talks were: Ruben Capelouto Foundation. Dr. Stuart Reitz and Erika Yearby • Dr. Jeffrey P. Shapiro - USDA-ARS, CMAVE, Gainesville, FL. “Productive reproduction: Measuring egg development in insect predators for biological control”, February 1, 2002. • Dr. John Sivinski - USDA-ARS, CMAVE, Gainesville, FL. “Fruit flies: A different problem in biological control”, March 1, 2002. Mohamed Soumare Jeffory Head • Dr. Robert Meagher - USDA-ARS, CMAVE, Gainesville, FL. “Areawide biological control of fall armyworm”, April Training Workshops 12, 2002. Dr. Muhammad Haseeb, C. W. O’Brien & R. Wills Flowers - Development of an expert/ • Dr. Mamoudou Setamou - Texas A&M University, Dept. information system for weevil biological control of Entomology, College Station, TX. “Snowdrop lectin ex- Sylvia Joseph and Dr. Ken Bloem agents at Department of Army Engineer Research pressing transgenic sugarcane: Impacts on fitness and and Development Center, Corps of Engineers, biological control potential of Cotesia flavipes (Hy- Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS menoptera: Braconidae)”, July 24, 2002. (15-16 April & 3-4 September, 2002). Ignacio Baez - Parasitic Hymenoptera training • Dr. Joe Funderburk - Univ. of Florida, IFAS, NFREC, session XII, Department of Entomology, Quincy, FL. “Biology and ecology of Thripinema parasites University of Maryland, College Park, MD (10- (Allantonematidae) and their thrips host”, September 13, 14 June, 2002). 2002. • Dr. Raghavan Charudattan - Univ. of Florida, Plant Pa- thology, Gainesville, FL. “Biological control of weeds us- ing plant pathogens”, October 4, 2002. • Dr. Oghenekome U. Onokpise - Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL. “Using native plant species to control cogon grass: Biological control or competition?”, Novem- Dr. Muhammad Haseeb (right) observes Mohamed Soumare (left) and Dr. ber 15, 2002. a culture of Salvinia. James Cilek (right). PAGE 2 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL NEWSLETTER Student Programs During the summer of 2002, many students of Stuart Reitz (USDA-APHIS undergraduate student Florida A&M University participated in summer in- career development program). ternships working at the Center for Biological Con- Jeffory Head - Project: Body weight comparison trol. Through these internships students were ex- of laboratory insects vs. field insects of the preda- posed to hands-on research related to current bio- tory bug P. maculiventris; Mentor: Dr. Jesusa C. logical control projects. The students awarded with Legaspi (USDA-FAMU cooperative agreement). these internships were: John Mass - Project: Surveying, rearing and main- William Allen - Project: Effect of prey species tenance of the cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum ; on fecundity of spined soldier bug Podisus Mentor: Dr. Stephen Hight (USDA-FAMU coopera- maculiventris; Mentor: Dr. Jesusa C. Legaspi tive agreement). Undergraduate Students, Aliya Donnell, William Allen (USDA-ARS summer internship program). Ricardo Smith - Project: Maintenance and rear- and Jeffory Head (left to right) preparing pheromone for spined soldier bug. Aliya Donnell - Project: Surveying plant and in- ing of the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), dia- sect composition of homeowner landscapes in Tal- mondback moth parasitoid (Cotesia plutellae) and lahassee, FL.; Mentor: Dr. Jesusa C. Legaspi the spined soldier bug (P. maculiventris); Mentor: Dr. (USDA-FAMU cooperative agreement). Stuart Reitz (USDA-APHIS undergraduate student Carla Evans - Project: Surveying, rearing and career development program). maintenance of the cactus moth, Cactoblastis Ryan Stype - Project: Interactions between the cactorum; Mentor: Dr. Stephen Hight (USDA-FAMU spined soldier bug (P. maculiventris), diamondback cooperative agreement). moth (Plutella xylostella), and diamondback moth BJ Franklin - Maintenance and rearing of the parasitoid (Cotesia plutellae) in cabbage; Mentor: Dr. diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), diamond- Stuart Reitz (USDA-ARS Summer internship pro- back moth parasitoid (Cotesia plutellae) and the gram). spined soldier bug (P. maculiventris); Mentor: Dr. Activities of Dr. Charles O’Brien Summer intern student Ryan Stype rearing diamond- Dr. Charles O’Brien was on Sabbatical for the an ongoing project to be used by specialists and back moth. spring semester (2002), worked on developing non-specialists to identify all weevil biological control expertise with the computer and did major research agents used in the United States and Canada. with his colleague, Dr. Guillermo Wibmer, towards In November he attended the Annual meetings the completion of a monographic revision of the of the Entomological Collections Network, the aquatic weevils of the New World. Coleopterist Society, and the Entomological Society During the summer, he and his wife Lois traveled of America in Fort Lauderdale FL, where he to Europe to study in archival natural history presented a poster and a 10 minute talk. He also museums in London, Paris, Stockholm,
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