John L. Foltz

foltz@ifas.ufl.edu

(20% Research, 60% Teaching, 20% Extension)

Education

• B.S. in Forestry, 1965, Michigan Technological University
• M.F. in Forest Entomology, 1967, University of Michigan
• Ph.D. in Forest Entomology, 1969, University of Michigan

Employment

• Associate Professor, 1982-present, University of Florida
• Assistant Professor, 1977-1982, University of Florida
• Postdoctoral Fellow, 1974-1977, Texas A & M University.
• Forestry Teacher, 1970-1973, El Vergel Agricultural School, Angol, Chile
  (Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church).

Research Responsibilities

Investigate the biology, ecology, and dynamics of forest insects and develop methods and programs for pest detection, evaluation, prevention, and suppression.

Teaching Responsibilities

Instruct University students in the principles of entomology and pest management through regular courses, guest lectures, and personal contact.

Extension Responsibilities

Develop and distribute information to help citizens recognize, understand, and manage populations of insects affecting trees in urban and forest settings.

Accomplishments

• Cooperative research with the forest industry has demonstrated that granular applications of a new systemic insecticide provide multiyear protection against several pests of newly planted pines; cost effectiveness and appropriate application techniques still need to be determined.
• Survey data and field releases of sterile gypsy moths show that Florida's biotic and abiotic environment is unsuitable for establishment of this destructive forest defoliator. Annual survey efforts can be safely reduced to 25% of the former program.
• An innovative area-wide suppression program has been implemented for the southern pine beetle in the Gainesville area. State, county, and city agencies cooperate in the detection and removal of urban pines infested by this tree-killing bark beetle.

Contracts and Grants

• Co PI - USDA Competitive Grants Program. "Chemical ecology of host colonization by the black turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans."
• Co PI - Forest Pest Management Cooperative, Univ. of Florida. "Chemical control of insects in pine nurseries and plantations."
• Co PI - USDA APHIS PPQ. "Fate of F1-sterile gypsy moths in Florida."

Career Publications

• Books: 1
• Refereed papers: 48
• Chapters in books: 8
• Miscellaneous papers: 28

Selected Publications

• Foltz, J. L., F. B. Knight, and D. C. Allen.1972. Numerical analysis of population fluctuations of the jack-pine budworm. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am.65: 82-89.
  
• Pulley, P. E., R. N. Coulson, and J. L. Foltz.1979. Sampling bark beetle populations for abundance, p. 649-662.In G. P. Patiland M. Rosenzweig, (eds).Contemporary Quantitative Ecology and Related Ecometrics. Int. Coop. Publ. House, Burtonsville, Maryland.
  
• Foltz, J. L., P. E. Pulley, and D. N. Pope. 1980. Evaluating the contribution of component processes in the dynamics of southern pine beetle infestations. In F. M. Stephen, J. L. Searcy, and G.D. Hertel, eds. Modeling southern pine beetle populations. U.S.D.A. For. Serv., Tech. Bull. No. 1630, pp. 109-118.
  
• Foltz, J. L., J. A. Corneil, and R. M. Reich. 1985. Procedures for sampling six-spined ips populations in slash pine. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Report S0-56: 6-12.
  
• Foltz, J. L., and G. M. Blakeslee. 1989. Insects associated with the intensive culture of Pinus elliottii and P. taeda in Florida, p. 19-26. In R. I. Alfaro and S. G. Glover (eds), Insects affecting reforestation: Biology and damage. Victoria, British Columbia: Forestry Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre.
  
• Foltz, J. L.1990.Introduction to Forest Pests: Forest Insects. Gainesville, FL: Univ. Fla. Dept. Independent Study by Correspondence. 85 p.
  
• Allen, J. C., J. L. Foltz, W. N. Dixon, A. M. Liebhold, J.J. Colbert, J. Regniere, D. R. Gray, J. W. Wilder, I. Christie. 1993. Will the gypsy moth become a pest in Florida? Florida Entomologist 76(1): 102-113.
  
• Foltz, J.L., W.N. Dixon, and J.R. Meeker. 1995. Fate of F₁-sterile gypsy moths released in Florida in 1994, p. 66. In S.L. Fosbroke and K.W. Gottschalk, eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture Interagency Gypsy Moth Research Forum, 1995; 1995 January 17-20; Annapolis, MD. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-213. 133 p.
  
• Foltz, J.L., and J.R. Meeker. 1996. Successful suppression of a southern pine beetle outbreak: How it was done in Gainesville, Florida. pp. 171-172. In R.F. Billings and T.E. Nebeker, tech eds. Proceedings North American Forest Insect Work Conference; April 8-12, 1996. San Antonio, TX. Texas Forest Service Publ. No. 160. 228 p.

Revised February 1997