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Albert A. Weathersbee III, Ph.D.
Research Entomologist

U. S. Horticultural Research Laboratory
2001 South Rock Road
Fort Pierce, FL 34945
Telephone: (561) 462-5899
Fax: (561) 462-5986
Email: AWeathersbee@ushrl.ars.usda.gov

Current Research Projects

Allen Weathersbee specializes in developing biological control and integrated pest management strategies for exotic insect pests of citrus, vegetable and nursery crops. Dr. Weathersbee's research interests include studying insect parasites and pathogens, inhibitors of insect metabolism and immunity, and insect plant interactions including plant semiochemicals and induced plant-defense reactions. Dr. Weathersbee works with invasive pests such as the Diaprepes root weevil, Thrips palmi, the brown citrus aphid, and the citrus psyllid.

The life stages of the Diaprepes root weevil.
The life stages of the Diaprepes root weevil.
A parasitoid of the brown citrus aphid.
Lysiphlebia japonica, a parasitoid of the brown citrus aphid.
parasitized brown citrus aphids
parasitized brown citrus aphids

Selected Publications

Tang, Y. Q., A. A. Weathersbee III, and R. T. Mayer. Effect of neem extract on the brown citrus aphid, Toxoptera citricida and its parasitoid, Lysiphlebus testaceipes. ISC Congress 2000, p. 107, 3-7 Dec. 2000, Orlando, FL.

Weathersbee, A. A., III, Y. Q. Tang, H. Doostdar, and R. T. Mayer. Potential for Bacillus thuringiensis as a biological control agent against larvae of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) infesting Florida citrus. ISC Congress 2000, p. 103, 3-7 Dec. 2000, Orlando, FL.

Weathersbee, A. A., III, Y. Q. Tang, H. Doostdar, and R. T. Mayer. Susceptibility of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to the microbial entomopathogen, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis. Environ. Entomol. (approved 12-26-00, submitted).

Hardee, D. D., Weathersbee, A. A., Iii, Gillespie, J. M., Snodgrass, G. L., & Quisumbing, A. R. 1996. Performance of trap designs, lures, and kill strips for the boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 89: 170-174.

Weathersbee III, A. A., D. D. Hardee, and W. R. Meredith. 1995. Differences in yield response to cotton aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) between smooth-leaf and hairy-leaf isogenic cotton lines. J. Econ. Entomol. 88: 749-754.

Weathersbee III, A. A., D. D. Hardee, and W. R. Meredith. 1994. Effects of cotton genotype on seasonal abundance of cotton aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae). J. Agric. Entomol. 11: 29-37.

Weathersbee III, A. A. and D. D. Hardee. 1994. Abundance of cotton aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) and associated biological control agents on six cotton cultivars. J. Econ. Entomol. 87: 258-265.

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Last modified: May 12, 2001.   Send comments or questions to RMayer@ushrl.ars.usda.gov