Control Supervisor
Resume:
Arthur R. Richter
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
abpp1l@r.postjobfree.com
August 23, 2001
Education:
Master of Science Degree,
Louisiana State University, specializing in
Insect Pathology. Date of Graduation: December 1983
Bachelor of Science Degree
in Agriculture, University of Florida, with a major in
Entomology. Date of Graduation: August 1978.
Work Experience:
October 1984 to Present:
Research Associate, Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University,
402 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.
Immediate Supervisor: Dr. James R. Fuxa
Job Description: Conduct research in the biological control of fireants and
lepidopterous pests of agricultural crops. Laboratory and field studies include
susceptibility of insects to protozoa, nematodes, bacteria, fungi, and nucleo-
polyhedroviruses.
August 1984 through October
1984:
Laboratory Technician for the USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine
Office, 640 Main Street, Room 200, Baton Rouge, LA 70802.
Immediate Supervisor: Mr. Thad Pigott
Job Description: Dissection of honeybees for detection of bee mite infections.
April 1984 through August
1984:
Laboratory Technician II at the Bee Breeding and Stock Center Laboratory,
Rt 3, Box 82B, Ben Hur Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70820.
Immediate Supervisor: Dr. Allen Sylvester
Job Description: Laboratory morphometric analysis and computer digitization
and analysis as a method to differentiate Africanized and European honeybees.
Memberships:
Entomological Society of
America, Audubon Society, Cousteau Society, National
and International Wildlife Federation.
Publications
Senior Author:
1. Master's Thesis:
Formulation, Timing, and Efficacy of Entomopathogens for Control of Anticarsia
gemmatalis (Hubner). M.S. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 135pp.
2. Richter, A.R. and J.R.
Fuxa. 1984. Preference of Five Species of Noctuidae for
Feeding-Stimulant Adjuvants. J. Georgia Entomol. Soc. 19(3): 383-387.
3. Richter, A.R. and J.R.
Fuxa. 1984. Timing, Formulation, and Persistence of a
Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus and a Microsporidium for Control of the Velvetbean
Caterpillar. J. Econ. Entomol. 77(5): 1299-1306.
4. Richter, A.R. and J.R.
Fuxa. 1984. Pathogen-Pathogen and Pathogen-Insecticide
Interactions in Velvetbean Caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). J. Econ. Entomol.
77(6): 1559-1564.
5. Richter, A.R., J.R. Fuxa,
and M. Abdel-Fattah. 1987. The Effect of Host Plant on the
Susceptibility of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Environ. Entomol.
16: 1004-1006.
6. Richter, A.R. and J.R.
Fuxa. 1990. Effect of Steinernema feltia on Spodoptera
frugiperda and Heliothis zea in corn. J. Econ. Entomol. 83(4): 1286-1291.
Other Publications:
1. Fuxa, J.R., F.L. Mitchell,
and A.R. Richter. 1988. Resistance of Spodoptera
frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to a Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus in the Field
and
Laboratory. Entomophaga 33(1): 55-63.
2. Fuxa, J.R., A.R. Richter,
and F. Agudelo-Silva. 1988. Effect of Host Age and
Nematode Strain on Susceptibility of Spodoptera frugiperda to Steinernema feltia.
J. Nematology 20(1): 91-95.
3. Fuxa, J.R. and A.R. Richter.
1989. Reversion of Resistance by Spodoptera frugiperda
to Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 53: 52-56.
4. Fuxa, J.R. A.R. Richter.
1990. Response of Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus-Resistant
Spodoptera frugiperda Larvae to Other Pathogens and to Chemical Insecticides.
J.
Invertebr. Pathol. 55: 272-277.
5. Gallardo, F., D.J. Boethel,
J.R. Fuxa, and A.R. Richter. 1990. Susceptibility of
Heliothis zea (Boddie) Larvae to Nomuraea rileyi (Farlow) Sampson: Effect of
Alpha-
Tomatine at the Third Trophic Level. J. Chem. Ecol. 16(6): 1751-1759.
6. Fuxa, J.R. and A.R. Richter.
1991. Selection for an Increased Rate of Verticle
Transmission of Spodoptera frugiperda Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus. Environ.
Entomol. 20(2): 603-609.
7. Fuxa, J.R., E.H. Weidner,
and A.R. Richter. 1992. Polyhedra without virions in a
Vertically Transmitted Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 60:
53-58.
8. Fuxa, A.R. and A.R. Richter.
1992. Virulence and Multi-generation Passage of a
Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus Selected for an Increased Rate of Vertical Transmission.
Biological Control 2: 171-175.
9. Fuxa, J.R., A.R. Richter,
and S. Strother. 1993. Detection of Anticarsia gemmatalis
Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus in Predatory Arthropods and Parasitoids after Viral
Release in
Louisiana. J. Entomol. Sci. 28(1): 51-60.
10. Fuxa, J.R. and A.R.
Richter. 1993. Lack of Vertical Transmission in Anticarsia
gemmatalis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus, a Pathogen Non-
Indigenous to Louisiana. Environ. Entomol. 22(2): 425-431.
11. Fuxa, J.R., A.R. Abot,
F. Moscardi, D.R. Sosa-Gomez, and A.R. Richter. 1993.
Selection for Anticarsia gemmatalis Resistance to Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus,
and
Susceptibility of Field Populations to the Virus. Resistant Pest Management
5(1): 40-41.
12. Fuxa, J.R., J.E. Maruniak,
and A.R. Richter 1994. Characterization of the DNA of a
Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus selected for an Increased Rate of Vertical Transmission.
J. Invertebr. Pathol. 64: 1-5.
13. Fuxa, J.R. and A.R.
Richter. 1994, Distance and Rate of Spread of Anticarsia
gemmatalis Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus Released into Soybeans. Environ. Entomol.
23(5): 1308-1316.
14. Abot, A.R., F. Moscardi,
J.R. Fuxa, D.R. Sosa-Gomez, and A.R. Richter. 1995.
Susceptibility of Populations of Anticarsia gemmatalis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
from
Brazil and the United States to a Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus. J. Entomol. Sci.
30(1): 62-69.
15. Nyouki, F.F.R., J.R.
Fuxa, and A.R. Richter. 1996. Spore-Toxin Interactions and
Sublethal Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis in Spodoptera frugiperda and Pseudoplusia
includens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). J. Entomol. Sci. 31(1): 52-62.
16. Fuxa, J.R. and A.R.
Richter. 1996. Effect of Agricultural Operations and Precipitation
On Vertical Distribution of a Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus in Soil. Biological
Control 6: 324-
329.
17. Abot, A.R., F. Moscardi, J.R. Fuxa, D.R. Sosa-Gomez, and A.R. Richter. 1996.
Development of Resistance by Anticarsia gemmatalis from Brazil and the United
States to a
Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus under Laboratory Selection Pressure. Biological Control
7:
126-130.
18. Peng, F., J.R. Fuxa,
S.J. Johnson, and A.R. Richter. 1997. Susceptibility of Anticarsia
gemmatalis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Reared on Four Host Plants, to a Nuclear
Poly-
hedrosis Virus. Environ. Entomol. 26(4): 973-977.
19. Kunimi, Y., J.R. Fuxa,
and A.R. Richter. 1997. Survival Time and Lethal Dose for Wild
and Recombinant Autographa californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus in Different
Instar of
Pseudoplusia includens. Biological Control 9: 129-135.
20. Fuxa, J.R. and A.R.
Richter. 1998. Repeated Reversion of Resistance to Nucleopoly-
hedrovirus by Anticarsia gemmatalis. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 71: 159-164.
21. Ameen, A.O., J.R. Fuxa,
and A.R. Richter. 1998. Antagonism between Formulations
of Different Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies in Heliothis virescens and Helicoverpa
zea
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). J. Entomol. Sci. 33(2): 129-135.
22. Fuxa, J.A., J.R. Fuxa,
and A.R. Richter. 1998. Host-Insect Survival Time and
Disintegration in Relation to Population Density and Dispersion of Recombinant
and
Wild-Type Nucleopolyhedroviruses. Biological Control 12: 143-150.
23. Peng, F., J.R. Fuxa,
A.R. Richter, and S.J. Johnson. 1999. Effects of Heat-Sensitive
Agents, Soil Type, Moisture, and Leaf Surface on Persistence of Anticarsia gemmatalis
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Nucleopolyhedrovirus. Biological Control 28(2): 330-338.
24. Fuxa, J.R. and A.R.
Richter. 1999. Classical Biological Control in an Ephemerol crop
Habitat with Anticarsia gemmatalis nucleopolyhedrovirus. BioControl 44: 403-419.
25. Fuxa, J.E., J.R. Fuxa,
A.R. Richter, and E.H. Weidner. 2000. Prevalence of a
Trypanosomatid in the Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara viridula. J. Eukaryot.
Microbiol.
47(4): 388-394.
26. Lee, Y., J.R. Fuxa,
A.B. Inceoglu, S.A. Alaniz, A.R. Richter, L.M. Reilly, and B.D.
Hammock. 2001. Competition between Wild-Type and Recombinant Nucleopolyhedro-
viruses in a greenhouse Microcosm. Biological Control 20:84-93.
27. Fuxa, J.R., M.M. Matter,
A. Abdel-Rahman, S. Micinski, A.R. Richter, and J.L.
Flexner. 2001. Persistence and Distribution of Wild-Type and recombinant Nucleo-
polyhedroviruses in Soil. Microbial Ecology 41:222-232.
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