Scientific Publications

For more detailed information about the research efforts at FLARES please review the list (below) of publications. Links are indicated. Reprints are available from the research station by sending a request along with a shipping and handling fee of $2.50.

1. Adair, Jr., R. C. 1992. Vero Beach Research Station. p. 67-69. In The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agric., Inc. 1990-1992 Review. The Kerr Center, Poteau, OK.

2. Adair, Jr., R. C. 1993. A Low Rate Herbicide Program: A Transitional Approach to a Sustainable Citrus System". The Kerr Center, Inc., Vero Beach, FL.

3. Adair, Jr., R.C. 1994. A Four Year Field Trial of Entomopathogenic Nematodes for Control of Diaprepes abbreviatus in a Flatwoods Citrus Grove. Proc. Fla. St. Hort. Soc. 107:63-68.

4. Hall, D. G., R. C. Adair, et al. Research Committee Members, Florida Diaprepes Task Force. 1995. A Revision to the Bibliography of the Sugarcane Rootstalk Borer Weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)., Fla. Entomol. 78(2):364-77.

5. Adair, R. C., H. N. Nigg, S.E. Simpson, and L. LeFevre. 1997. Ovipositional Preferences of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Fla. Entomol. 81(2):225-234.

6. Borengasser, M., K. D. Hutchenson, C. H. Blazquez, and R. C. Adair. 1998. Use of Visible and Near Infrared Spectral Reflectance in Determining Damage from Diaprepes abbreviatus. 1st Int'l Conf, Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry, Lake Buena Vista, FL. 1-3 June 1998.

7. Blazquez, C. H., R. C. Adair and G. D. Dennis, J. Butts and D. Brady, and H. M. Whittaker. 1998. Application of Aerial Photography and Videography to Citrus Tree Inventory. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 111:173-177.

8. Adair, R. C., H. N. Nigg, S. E. Simpson, and L. LeFevre. 1999. Observations on the Oviposition Process of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Fla. Entomol. 82(2):362-365.

9. Adair, R. C., and N. K. Mehta. 2000. "A Pilot Study on the Spatial Distribution of Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Phytophthora spp. in Citrus". Proc. Fla. St. Hort. Soc. 113:82-88.

10. Bas B., Z. Dalkilic, T. L. Peever, H. N. Nigg, S. E. Simpson, F. G. Gmitter, Jr., and R. C. Adair. 2000. Genetic Relationships Among Florida Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Populations. Annals of the Entomol. Soc. Amer. 93(3):460-467.

11. Pea, J., D.G. Hall, R. Nguyen, R. Duncan, D. Amalin, C. McCoy, R. Adair, S. Lapointe, and H. Browning. 2000. Efforts toward establishment of biological control agents of Diaprepes weevil. Citrus Industry 81: 30-38.

12. Hall, D.G., J. Pea, R. Franqui, R. Nguyen, P. Stansly, C. McCoy, S. L. Lapointe, R. C. Adair, and B. Bullock. 2001. "Status of biological control by egg parasitoids of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in citrus in Florida and Puerto Rico," BioControl: Vol. 46:61-70.

13. Adair, R. C., and N. K. Mehta. 2000. A Pilot Study on the Spatial Distribution of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Phytophthora spp. in Citrus. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 113:82-88.

14. Adair, R. C., and N. K. Mehta. 2001. Residual Effects of Micromite (Diflubenzuron) Treated Citrus Leaves on Eggs Deposited by Diaprepes abbreviatus. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 114: 101-106.

15. Adair Jr., R. C. Nov. 2001. New Best Management Practices for Coastal Citrus for Dept. of Community Affairs, Tallahassee, FL and U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service

16. Pena, J .E., D. G. Hall, R. Nguyen, C. McCoy, D. Amalin, P. Stansly, R. Adair, S. Lapointe, R.Duncan, A. Hoyte, and J. Conner. 2003. Recovery of parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae and Trichogrammatidae) released for biological control of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Florida XII Intern. Entomophagous Insect Workshop. July 27-31, 2003. Tucson, AZ. J. of Insect Sci. 3:33, p. 19.

17. Pena, J. E., D. G. Hall, R. Nguyen, R. Duncan, D. Amalin, P. Stansly, C. McCoy, R. Adair, S. Lapointe, H. Browning, and J. Knapp. 2004. Biological Control of Diaprepes Root Weevil. Citrus & Vegetable Magazine. 68(6): 8-12.

18. Nigg, H. N., S. E. Simpson, R. J. Stuart, L. K. Yang, R. C. Adair, B. Bas, S. UR-Rehman, N. W. Cuyler, and J. I. Barnes. 2004. Reproductive Potential of Florida Populations of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). J. Entomol. Sci., 39(2): 251-266.

19. Ross, G. K. And R. C. Adair, Jr. 2006. Visual Presentation of the Spatiotemporal Aspects of Diaprepes Root Weevil Emergence in a Small East Coast Citrus Grove From 2000-2003. Fla. St. Hort. Soc. 119th Annual Meeting, 5 June 2006. Tampa, FL. 119:100-106.

20. Graham, J. H., K. D. Bowman, D. B. Bright, and R. C. Adair, Jr. 2007. Screening citrus rootstock genotypes for tolerance to Phytophthora-Diaprepes under field conditions.

21. Hall, D.G., M. G. Hentz, and R. C. Adair, Jr. 2008. Population Ecology and Phenology of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in Two Florida Citrus Groves. Quantitative Ecology, 37(4), 914-924.

22. Adair, R.C., B. A. Norquist, and G. K. Ross. 2009. Demonstration of a Sustainable Approach to Citriculture Within a National Wildlife Refuge in the Indian River Area. Fla. St. Hort. Soc. 122:90-107.

23. Cicero Joseph M., M. M. Adair, R. C. Adair, Jr., W. B. Hunter, P. B. Avery, and R. F. Mizzel III, 2017. Predatory behavior of long legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) and their potential negative effects on the biological control agent of the Asian citrus psyllid (Hemiptera: Liviidae). Fla. Entomol. 100(2): 485-487.