Stuart Reitz

Program Co-Director, Research Entomologist, & Adjunct Professor Center for Biological Control, USDA-ARS

Ph.D. Entomology. Clemson University, 1994


Florida A&M University
310 Perry-Paige Bldg., South
Tallahassee, Florida 32307

Phone: (850) 412-7062
Email: sreitz@nettally.com


Research Interest:


Selected Publications:

D. J. W. Morgan, S. R. Reitz & J. T. Trumble. 2000. The resolution of Californian populations of Liriomyza huidobrensis and Liriomyza trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae) using PCR. Heredity. 85: 53-61.

S. R. Reitz, G. S. Kund, W. G. Carson, P. A. Phillips & J. T. Trumble. 1999. Economics of Reducing Insecticide Use on Celery through Low-Input Pest Management Strategies. Agric. Ecosystems & Environ. 73: 185-197.

M. Berdegué, S. R. Reitz & J. T. Trumble. 1998. Host Plant Selection and Development in Spodoptera exigua: Do Mother and Offspring Know Best? Entomol. Exp. Appl. 89: 57-64.

S. R. Reitz & J. T. Trumble. 1997. Effects of Linear Furanocoumarins on the Herbivore Spodoptera exigua and the Parasitoid Archytas marmoratus: Host Quality and Parasitoid Success. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 84: 9-16.

S. R. Reitz, D. N. Karowe, M. M. Diawara & J. T. Trumble. 1997. Effects of Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on the Growth and Linear Furanocoumarin Content of Celery. J. Agric. Food Chem. 45: 3642-3646.

S. R. Reitz & J. T. Trumble. 1996. Tritrophic Interactions Among Linear Furanocoumarins, the Herbivore Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the Polyembryonic Parasitoid Copidosoma floridanum (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Environ. Entomol. 25: 1391-1397.

S. R. Reitz. 1996. Interspecific Competition between Two Parasitoids of Helicoverpa zea: Eucelatoria bryani and Eucelatoria rubentis. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 79: 227-234.

S. R. Reitz & J. T. Trumble. 1996. Cytokinin-containing Seaweed Extract Does Not Reduce Damage by an Insect Herbivore. HortScience. 31: 102-105.

S. R. Reitz. 1995. Superparasitism and Intraspecific Competition by the Solitary Larval-Pupal Parasitoid Archytas marmoratus. Florida Entomol. 78: 578-585.

S. R. Reitz & W. C. Nettles, Jr. 1994. Regulation of Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larval Behavior by the Parasitoid Eucelatoria bryani (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomol. Exp. Appl. 71: 33-39.

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