Grover C. Smart, Jr.

Email to: gcs@ifas.ufl.edu

Education

• B.A., University of Virginia, Biology, 1952
• M.A., University of Virginia, Biology, 1957
• Ph.D., Univ. of Wisconsin, Plant Pathology (Nematology), 1960

Employment

• Univ. Florida, Gainesville Professor, 1973-present
• Univ. Florida, Acting Chairman, 1979-80
• Univ. Florida, Assistant Chairman, 1976-79
• Univ. Florida, Associate Professor, 1967-73
• Univ. Florida, Assistant Professor, 1964-67
• VPI and State U., Holland, Va., Assistant Professor, 1960-64
• Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, Research Assistant, 1957-60
• Univ. Virginia, Laboratory Instructor, 1956-57

Research Responsibilities

Biological control of insects (currently, mole crickets and the Caribbean fruit fly) using entomopathogenic nematodes.

Teaching Responsibilities

• NEM 3002 Principles of Nematology, 3 credits, Fall, odd yrs
• NEM 6101 Nematode Morphology and Anatomy, 2 credits, Fall even yrs
• NEM 6102 Nematode Taxonomy and Systematics, 3 credits, Spring odd yrs
• NEM 6931 Nematology Seminar, 1 credit, Spring every third year
• NEM 6905 Nematode Identification, 1-3 credits, As requested
• I chaired one 1 Ph.D. committee, co-chaired one, served on four others and chaired one M.S. committee during the last five years.

Extension Responsibilities

Assist with all areas dealing with entomopathogenic nematodes.This involves extension meetings, answering telephone inquiries, helping prepare written material for the Florida Insect Control Guide, for the "Pest Alert" electronic medium, for FDACS, and for the public press.

Accomplishments Last Five Years

• We described the mole cricket pathogenic nematode, Steinernema scapterisci, which we imported from Uruguay, and showed that it controls mole crickets effectively. We obtained a use patent on the nematode, and assisted three students in the MBA entrepreneurial program to start a company which is marketing the nematode under an exclusive license agreement from U.F.
• We have described a new species of pathogenic nematode from mole crickets, a new genus and species of nematode from a termite,and a new species of a free-living nematode from a predatory beetle.
• I am shifting my research to control of the Caribbean fruitfly (caribfly), Anastrepha suspensa, with entomopathogenic nematodes. More than one species of these nematodes will kill the larvae and pupae of the caribfly in laboratory experiments. We are selecting the most effective one, and will improve its effectiveness by genetic selection before conducting more experiments.

Grants and Contracts (Total $236,750 last 5 years).

• 1989-90, Co-PI, USDA-ES; USDA Special Needs
• 1990-91, Co-PI, Fla. Turf Grass Assoc.
• 1991-92, P.I., Miles, Kansas City; N.C. State U., subcontract NARP.
• 1992-93, Co-PI, FDACS; P.I. BioControl, Tampa
• 1993-94, P.I., Miles, Inc., Kansas City; BioControl, Inc.,Tampa

Career Publications

• Books: 3 (1 co-edited, 2 co-authored)
• Refereed papers: 67
• Chapters in books: 10
• Miscellaneous papers: 76

Selected Publications

• Nguyen, K.B., and G.C. Smart, Jr. 1994. Neosteinernema longicurvicuada n. gen., n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), a parasite of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Koller). J. Nematol. 26:162-174.

• Parkman, J.P., J.H. Frank, K.B. Nguyen, and G.C. Smart, Jr.1994.Inoculative release of Steinernema scapterisci (Rhabidita:Steinernematidae)to suppress pest mole crickets (Orthptera:Gryllotalpidae) on golfcourses. J. Environ. Entomol. 23:In Press.

• Smart, G.C., Jr., and K.B. Nguyen. 1994. Rhabditis (Oscheius) pheropsophi n. sp. (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae). J. Nematol. 26:19-24.

• Aguillera, M.M., N.C. Hodge, R.E. Stall, and G.C. Smart, Jr.1993. Bacterial symbionts of Steinernema scapterisci. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 62:68-72.

• Nguyen, K.B., and G.C. Smart, Jr. 1993. Location of the phasmids on infective juveniles of Steinernema glaseri. J. Nematol. 25:625-627.

• Parkman, J.P., J.H. Frank, K.B. Nguyen and G.C. Smart, Jr. 1993. Dispersal of Steinernema scapterisci (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) after inoculative applications for mole cricket (Orthoptera:Gryllotalpidae) control in pastures. Biological Control. 3:226-232.

• Parkman, J.P., W.G. Hudson, J.H. Frank, K.B. Nguyen, and G.C.Smart, Jr. 1993. Establishment and persistence of Steinernema scapterisci (Rhabditida:Steinernematidae) in field populations of Scapteriscus spp. mole crickets (Orthoptera:Gryllotalpidae). J. Entomol. Sci.28:182-190.

• Nguyen, K.B., and G.C. Smart, Jr. 1992. Steinernema neocurtillis n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) and a key to species of the genus Steinernema. J. Nematol. 24:463-477.

• Smart, G.C., Jr., K.B. Nguyen, J.P. Parkman, and J.H. Frank.1991. Biological control of mole crickets in the genus Scapteriscus with the nematode Steinernema scapterisci Nguyen and Smart, 1990.Pages 151-155 in C. Pavis and A. Kermarrec, eds. Rencontres Caraibes en lutte biologique. Les Colloques No. 58, INRA Paris (Guadeloupe).

• Smart, G.C., Jr., and K.B. Nguyen. 1991. Sting and awl nematodes: Belonolaimus spp. and Dolichodorus spp. Pages 627-667 in W.R. Nickle, ed. Manual of Agricultural Nematology. Marcel Dekker.

• Greiner, E.C., M.B. Calderwood Mays, G.C. Smart, Jr., and S.E. Weisbrode. 1991. Verminous mastitis in a mare caused by a free-living nematode. J. Parasitol. 77:320-322.

• Smart, G.C., Jr., and K.B. Nguyen. 1990. An illustrated key to the orders of soil-dwelling nematodes. Exercise 10. Pages 107-118 in B.M. Zuckerman, W.F. Mai, and L.R. Krusberg, eds, Plant Nematology Laboratory Manual, Revised Ed. Agric. Exp. Sta. Univ. Mass., Amherst.

• Nguyen, K.B., and G.C. Smart, Jr. 1990. Steinernema scapterisci n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae). J. Nematol. 22:187-199.