Ron Cave

Contact Information

Ronald D. Cave

Assistant Professor

Indian River Research and Education Center
2199 South Rock Road
Fort Pierce, FL 34945

Phone: 772-468-3922 x145
Fax: 772-460-3673

Email: rdcave@ifas.ufl.edu

Research Area
Biological control of adventive arthropods.
Faunal studies of Coleoptera

2002-present: Assistant Professor, Indian River Research & Education Center, University of Florida, Ft. Pierce, FL.

1987-2002: Professor, Science and Agricultural Production Career, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano, Honduras

1982-1987: Graduate research assistant for Dr. M.J. Gaylor in the Department of Entomology, Auburn University

1980-1981: Peace Corps volunteer, Instituto Agronómico Nacional, Caacupe, Paraguay

1979-1980: Peace Corps volunteer, Museo de Historia Natural, San Salvador, El Salvador

1987-2005: Taught courses on general entomology, biological control, pest management, acarology, insect identification, and agroecology.

Martínez, A.M., D. Goulson, J.W. Chapman, P. Caballero, R.D. CAVE, T. Williams. 2000. Is it feasible to use optical brightener technology with a baculovirus bioinsecticide for resource-poor maize farmers in Mesoamerica? Biological Control 17(2): 174-181.

CAVE, R.D. 2000. Biology, ecology and use in pest management of Telenomus remus Nixon. Biocontrol News and Information 21(1): 21N-26N.

Chapman, J.W., T. Williams, A.M. Martínez, J. Cisneros, P. Caballero, R.D. CAVE & D. Goulson. 2000. Does cannibalism in Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) reduce the risk of predation? Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology 48(4): 321-327.

Escribano, A., T. Williams, D. Goulson, R.D. CAVE, J.W. Chapman & P. Caballero. 2000. Effect of parasitism on a nucleopolyhedrovirus amplified in Spodoptera frugiperda larvae parasitized by Campoletis sonorensis. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 97: 257-264.

Escribano, A., T. Williams, D. Goulson, R.D. CAVE & P. Caballero. 2000. Parasitoid-pathogen-pest interactions of Chelonus insularis, Campoletis sonorensis, and a nucleopolyhedrovirus in Spodoptera frugiperda larvae. Biological Control 19: 265-273.

Cordero, R.J., H.N. Pitre & R.D. CAVE. 2000. Influence of weed management and parasitoids on lepidopterous pests in intercropped sorghum and maize in southern Honduras. Ceiba 41(1): 41-52.

CAVE, R.D. 2000. Identificación de Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) en croton en Honduras. Ceiba 41(1): 71.

Castillejos, V., L. García, J. Cisneros, D. Goulson, P. Caballero, R.D. CAVE & T. Williams. 2001. The potential of Chrysoperla rufilabris and Doru taeniatum as agents for dispersal of Spodoptera frugiperda nucleopolyhedrovirus in maize. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 98: 353-359.

CAVE, R.D. 2001. Learning tropical agriculture with head and hands. American Entomologist 47(1): 12-15.

Obrycki, J.J., E.S. Krafsur, C.E. Bográn, L.E. Gómez & R.E. (sic) CAVE. 2001. Comparative studies of three populations of the lady beetle predator Hippodamia convergens (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Florida Entomologist 84(1): 55-62.

Escribano, A., T. Williams, D. Goulson, R.D. CAVE, J.W. Chapman & P. Caballero. 2001. Consequences of interspecific competition on the virulence and genetic composition of a nucleopolyhedrovirus in Spodoptera frugiperda larvae parasitized by Chelonus insularis. Biocontrol Science & Technology 11: 649-662.

Hunt, J.H., R.D. CAVE & G.R. Borjas. 2001. First records from Honduras of a yellowjacket wasp, Vespula squamosa (Drury) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Vespinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 74(2): 118-119.

Cisneros, J., J.A. Pérez, D.I. Penagos, J. Ruiz V., D. Goulson, P. Caballero, R.D. CAVE & T. Williams. 2002. Formulation of a nucleopolyhedrovirus with boric acid for control of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in maize. Biological Control 23(1): 87-95.

Ratcliffe, B.C. & R.D. CAVE. 2002. New species of Cyclocephala from Honduras and El Salvador (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini). Coleopterists Bulletin 56(1): 152-157.

Cordero, R.J., H.N. Pitre & R.D. CAVE. 2002. Development of Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi on maize, sicklepod and wheat germ artificial diet. Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad) 79(2): 133-136.

Penagos, D.I., R. Magallanes, J. Valle, J. Cisneros, A.M. Martínez, D. Goulson, J.W. Chapman, P. Caballero, R.D. CAVE & T. Williams. 2003. Effect of weeds on insect pests of maize and their natural enemies in Southern Mexico. International Journal of Pest Management 49(2): 155-161.

Armenta, R., A.M. Martínez, J. Chapman, R. Magallanes, D. Goulson, P. Caballero, R.D. CAVE, J. Cisneros, J. Valle, V. Castillejos, D.I. Penagos, L. García & T. Williams. 2003. Impact of a nucleopolyhedrovirus bioinsecticide and selected synthetic insecticides on the abundance of insect natural enemies on maize in southern Mexico. Journal of Economic Entomology 96(3): 649-661.

Turnbow, R.H., Jr., R.D. CAVE & M.C. Thomas. 2003. A list of the Cerambycidae of Honduras, with additions of previously unrecorded species. Ceiba 44(1): 1-43.

Kuniyoshi, C.H., A. Rueda, R. Trabanino & R. CAVE. 2003. Evaluación del uso de feromonas en el control y monitoreo de Spodoptera frugiperda y Helicoverpa zea en maíz dulce. Ceiba 44(1): 61-65.

CAVE, R.D., J.H. Frank, B.C. Larson & M. Owen. 2003. Exploration for parasitoids of bromeliad weevils in Mesoamerica. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 53(6): 243-249, 261-265.

Turnbow, R.H., R.D. CAVE & J.M. Kingsolver. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Bruchidae of Honduras. Ceiba 44(2): 269-278.

Frank, J. H. and R. D. CAVE. 2005. Metamasius callizona is destroying Florida’s native
bromeliads. 1: 91-101 In Hoddle, M. (ed.) Second International Symposium on
Biological Control of Arthropods, September 2005, Davos, Switzerland. USDA

Forest Service, Morgantown, WV, as FHTET-2005-08.
Cave, R.D. 2005. Trigonopeltastes delta (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) larva

Smith, T.R. & R.D. Cave. 2006. The Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera) of America north of
Mexico. Annals of the Entomological Society of America (in press).

Mozoruk, J.J., L.E. Hunnicutt, R.D. Cave, W.B. Hunter & M.G. Bausher. 2006.
            Profiling transcriptional changes in Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck challenged by
            herbivory from the xylem-feeding leafhopper Homalodisca coagulata (Say) by cDNA
            macroarray analysis. Plant Science (in press).

Hunnicutt, L.E., W.B. Hunter, R.D. Cave, C.A. Powell & J.J. Mozoruk. Genome
            sequence and molecular characterization of Homalodisca coagulata virus-1, a
            novel virus discovered in the glassy-winged sharpshooter (Hemiptera:
            Cicadellidae). Virology (in press).

Wood, D.M. & R.D. Cave. Description of a new genus and species of weevil parasitoid
from Honduras (Diptera: Tachinidae). Florida Entomologist (in press).

Smith, T.R. & R.D. Cave. Life history of Cybocephalus nipponicus Endrödy-Younga
(Coleoptera: Cybocephalidae), a predator of Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi
(Homoptera: Diaspididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington (in press).

Suazo, A. N. Arismendi, J. H. Frank, and R. D. Cave. Method for continuously rearing Lixadmontia

franki (Diptera: Tachinidae), a potential biological control agent of Metamasius callizona
(Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae). Florida Entomologist (in press).

CAVE, R.D. 1995. Manual para el Reconocimiento de Parasitoides de Plagas Agrícolas en América Central. Zamorano Academic Press, El Zamorano.

CAVE, R.D. (editor). 1995. Manual para la Enseñanza del Control Biológico en América Latina. Zamorano Academic Press, El Zamorano.

CAVE, R.D. 1996. Parasitoides y depredadores. In: L. Hilje (ed.). Metodologías para el Estudio y Manejo de Moscas Blancas y Geminivirus. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica.

Pitre, H.N., H.E. Portillo, D.H. Meckenstock, M.T. Castro, J.I. López, R. Trabanino, R.D. CAVE, F. Gómez, O. Vergara & R. Cordero. 1999. La langosta del sorgo y el maíz. Zamorano Academic Press, El Zamorano, Honduras.

CAVE, R.D., R.J. Cordero. & G.A. Peña. 2001. La Vida Fascinante y Exitosa de los Insectos. Zamorano Academic Press, El Zamorano, Honduras.

Ratcliffe, B.C. & R.D. CAVE. 2006. The Dynastine Scarab Beetles of Honduras,
Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum,
Vol. 21, Lincoln, NE.

Escribano, A., T. Williams, D. Goulson, R.D. CAVE & P. Caballero. 2000. Parasitoid-pathogen-pest interactions of Chelonus insularis, Campoletis sonorensis, and a nucleopolyhedrovirus in Spodoptera frugiperda larvae. Biological Control 19: 265-273.