Robert McSorley

Education

• B.S., University of Cincinnati (Chemistry), 1971
• M.S., University of Cincinnati (Biological Sciences), 1974
• Ph.D., Purdue University (Entomology), 1978

Employment

• Professor (1988-present); Associate Professor (1985-1988) Dept. Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville.
• Associate Professor (1983-1985); Assistant Professor (1978-1983),Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, Florida.
• Research Assistant, Purdue University, (1974-1978).
• Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, (1972-1974).

Research

• Agricultural Ecology - sustainable agricultural practices; pest management (especially nematodes, insects, weeds); combining pest management and soil/crop fertility; environmental impacts of agriculture
• Nematode Ecology - factors affecting nematode community structure; role of non-parasitic nematodes in nutrient cycling and decomposition; nematodes as bioindicators of ecosystem health or disturbance
• Alternative Methods for Nematode Management - managing nematode pests by resistant cultivars, solarization, cover crops, crop rotation, and other nonchemical practices; alternatives to methyl bromide

Teaching

• ALS 3153 (formerly AGG 3535) Agricultural Ecology
  3 credits, Fall Semester, undergraduate course

• ALS 5136 (formerly AGG 5536) Agricultural Ecology Principles and Applications
  3 credits, Fall Semester, graduate course

• ENY 6203 Insect Ecology
  4 credits, Spring Semester, graduate course

• NEM 6201 Nematode Ecology
  3 credits, Fall Semester (odd no. years), graduate course

Books

• Powers, L. E., and R. McSorley. 2000. Ecological Principles of Agriculture. Delmar Thomson Learning, Albany, NY. (see http://www.agriscience.delmar.com/)
• Gallaher, R. N., and R. McSorley. 1997. Proceedings of the 20^th Annual Southern Conservation Tillage Conference for Sustainable Agriculture. Special Series SS-AGR-60, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

On-Line Publications

• McSorley, R. 2000. Sampling and extraction techniques for nematodes. Techniques in Nematology Ecology. Society of Nematologists. Available ianrwww.unl.edu/son/mcsorley.htm
• McSorley, R. 1997. Soil-inhabiting nematodes. UF/IFAS Featured Creatures. EENY - 12. Available: http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~insect/nematode/soil_nematode.htm

Publications (selected recent publications)

• McGovern, R. J., R. McSorley, and R. R. Urs. 2000. Reduction of Phytophthora blight of Madagascar periwinkle in Florida by soil solarization in autumn. Plant Disease 84:185-191.
• Smith, H. A., and R. McSorley. 2000. Potential of field corn as a barrier crop and eggplant as a trap crop for management of Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyroididae) on common bean in north Florida. Florida Entomologist 83:145-158.
• Smith, H. A., R. L. Koenig, H. J. McAuslane, and R. McSorley. 2000. Effect of silver reflective mulch and a summer squash trap crop on densities of immature Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on organic bean. J. Econ. Entomol. 93:726-731.
• Smith, H. A., R. McSorley, and G. B. Edwards. 2000. A comparison of some arthropod groups of monocropped and intercropped tomato in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala. Florida Entomologist 83:358-362.
• Smith, H. A., and R. McSorley. 2000. Intercropping and pest management: A review of major concepts. American Entomologist 46:154-161.
• McSorley, R., and J. J. Frederick. 2000. Short-term effects of cattle grazing on nematode communities in Florida pastures. Nematropica 30: 211-221.
• McSorley, R., and J. J. Frederick. 1999. Nematode population fluctuations during decomposition of specific organic amendments. J. Nematol. 31:37-44.
• Porazinska, D. L., L. W. Duncan, R. McSorley, and J. H. Graham. 1999. Nematode communities as indicators of status and processes of a soil ecosystem influenced by agricultural management practices. Applied Soil Ecol. 13:69-86.
• McSorley, R. 1999. Host suitability of potential cover crops for root-knot nematodes. Suppl. J. Nematol. 31:619-623.
• McSorley, R., M. Ozores-Hampton, P. A. Stansly, and J. M. Conner. 1999. Nematode management, soil fertility, and yield in organic vegetable production. Nematropica 29:205-213.
• McSorley, R., J. J. Frederick, and R. J. McGovern. 1999. Extraction of Meloidogyne incognita from caladium corms. Nematropica 29:245-248.
• Amalin, D. M., J. Reiskind, R. McSorley, and J. Pena. 1999. Survival of the hunting spider, Hibana velox (Araneae, Anyphaenidae), raised on different artificial diets. J. Arachnology 27:692-696.
• McSorley, R. 1999. Nematodes. Pp. C52-C59 in M. E. Sumner, Ed. Handbook of Soil Science. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
• Porazinska, D. L., R. McSorley, L. W. Duncan, J. H. Graham, T. A. Wheaton, and L. R. Parsons. 1998. Nematode community composition under various irrigation schemes in a citrus soil ecosystem. J. Nematol. 30:170-178.
• McSorley, R. 1998. Alternative practices for managing plant-parasitic nematodes. Amer. J. Alternative Agric. 13:98-104.
• McSorley, R. 1998. Population dynamics. Pp. 109-133 in K. R. Barker, G. A. Pederson, and G. L. Windham, eds. Plant and Nematode Interactions. American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI.
• McSorley, R. 1998. Nematode communities in managed pastures in north Florida. Pp. 319-320 in R. G. M. de Goede and T. Bongers, eds., Nematode Communities of Northern Temperate Grassland Ecosystems. Focus Verlag, Giessen, Germany.
• McGovern, R. J., and R. McSorley. 1997. Physical methods of soil sterilization for disease management including soil solarization. Pp. 283-313 in N. A. Rechcigl and J. E. Rechcigl (eds.). Environmentally Safe Approaches to Crop Disease Control. CRC Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.