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Raul Villanueva

TITLE: Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist

EDUCATION:

  • Ph.D. Entomology - University of Florida, USA.
  • M.Sc. Biology - Queen's University, Canada.
  • B.Sc. Agriculture - Lima, Peru.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr. Villanueva is interested in biocontrol, the efficient use of pesticides, and work in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. In addition, he was trained as an acarologist.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Villanueva, R.T. and C.C. Childers. 2008. Insect predators of eriophyids on Florida citrus including a predacious lepidopteran and two cecidomyiids. Proceedings of the International Congress of Acarology - 2002, Merida, Mexico. In Press..

Villanueva, R. T., and C. C. Childers. 2007. Comparative development of Iphiseiodes quadripilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on various natural diets and predation on Aculops pelekassi (Acari: Eriophyidae) in the laboratory. Environmental Entomology. 36: 9-14.

Villanueva, R.T. and J. Walgenbach. 2007. Phenology and management of the apple maggot and effects of Surround on its behavior in North Carolina. Crop Science. 26:1404-1411

Villanueva, R.T. and J. Walgenbach. 2006. Acaricidal Properties of Spinosad Against Tetranychus urticae and Panonychus ulmi (Acari: Tetranychidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 99: 843-849..

Villanueva, R. T., R. Gagne and C. C. Childers. 2006. Two species of Cecidomyiidae predacious on citrus rust mites, Phyllocoptruta oleivora on Florida citrus. Florida Entomologist. 89: 161-167.

Villanueva, R.T., and C. C. Childers. 2006. Evidence of host plant preference by Iphiseiodes quadripilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on citrus. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 39: 243-256.

Villanueva, R.T. and J. Walgenbach. 2005. Development, mortality and oviposition of Neoseiulus fallacis (Phytoseiidae) eggs and females to reduced risk insecticides. Journal of Economic Entomology 98: 2114-2120. [PDF]

Villanueva, R.T., and C. C. Childers. 2005. Larval Cryptothelea gloverii (Lepidoptera: Psychidae), an arthropod predator and herbivore on Florida citrus. Experimental and Applied Acarology 36: 83-92

Villanueva, R.T., and C. C. Childers. 2005. Diurnal and spatial patterns of Phytoseiidae in the citrus tree canopy. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 35: 269-280

Villanueva, R.T., and C. C. Childers. 2004. Phytoseiidae increase with pollen deposition on citrus leaves. Florida entomologist. 87: 609-611. [PDF]

Villanueva, R.T., J.P. Michaud and C. C. Childers. 2003. Ladybeetles as Predators of Pest and Predacious Mites in Citrus. Journal of Entomological Science. 39: 23-29

Childers, C., R.T. Villanueva, H. Aguilar, R. Chewing and J.P. Michaud. 2001. Comparative residual toxicities of pesticides to the predator Agistemus industani (Acari: Stigmaeidae) on Citrus in Florida. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 25: 461-474

Childers, C., H. Aguilar, R.T. Villanueva, and M. Abou-Setta. 2001. Comparative toxicities of pesticides to the predator Euseius mesembrinus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on Citrus in Florida. Florida Entomologist. 84: 392-401 .

Villanueva, R. T. and R. Harmsen. 1998. Studies on the role of the stigmaeid predator Zetzellia mali in the acarine system of apple foliage. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario. 129: 149-155.

Villanueva, R. T. and R. Harmsen. 1996. "Ecological interaction of tarsonemid mites in apple orchards: predation of ARM and use of Phyllonorycter blancardella mines." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario.127:99-106.