Waldemar Klassen

Waldemar KlassenTitle - Professor

Department - Entomology & Nematology

Specialty - Agricultural Entomology

Telephone - 305-246-7001 x257

Suncom - 478-7001 x 257

E-mail - klassen@ufl.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., 1963:University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CAN. -- Zoology
  • M.S., 1959: University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CAN. -- Entomology
  • B.S., 1957: University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CAN. -- Entomology

Employment

  • South Florida RECs Program Director (10/2000 to present), University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC), Homestead, FL
  • Director (05/2002 to present), University of Florida, TREC, Center for Tropical Agriculture, Homestead, FL
  • Center Director (07/1994 to 10/2000), University of Florida, TREC, Homestead, FL
  • Deputy Director (07/92 to 07/94), Joint FAO/IAEA Division for Nuclear Techniques in Food & Agriculture, Vienna, Austria
  • Head, Insect and Pest Control Section (09/90 to 06/92), Joint FAO/IAEA Division for Nuclear Techniques in Food & Agriculture, Vienna, Austria
  • Assoc. Dep. Admin. For Plant Sciences and Natural Resources (06/88 to 08/90), Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD
  • Director, Beltsville Area, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (10/83 to 06/88), Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD
  • National Program Leader for Pest Management (07/72 to 10/83), Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD
  • Asst. to Dep. Admin. For Plant Science & Entomology (01/71 to 07/72), Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Washington, D.C.
  • Research Leader, Insect Physiology, Metabolism and Radiation Research Laboratory (06/67 to 01/71), Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Fargo, ND
  • Research Geneticist. Metabolism and Radiation Research Laboratory (07/65 to 06/67), Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Fargo, ND
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate (10/63 to 06/65), Department of Zoology, University of Illinois

Assignment

  • 60% Administration: University of Florida, Center for Tropical Agriculture, Manage the UF/IFAS-CARDI MOU, and Faulty Development
  • 40% Research

Areas of Expertise

  • Integrated pest management
  • Area-wide pest management
  • insect genetics

Active Projects

  • Sustainable Vegetable Production Systems for South Florida Based On Use of Cover Crops, Precision Irrigation and Chemical Soil Sterilants. Investigators: W. Klassen, Y.C. Li, R. Munoz-Carpena, A. J. Palmateer, and A. A. Abdul-Baki.
  • Development of fresh market tomatoes. Investigators: J. W. Scott, L. J. Ramos, J. W. Strobel. and W. Klassen.
  • Vegetable Variety Evaluation in Florida. Investigators: J. W. Scott , W. Klassen, L. J. Ramos, and A. Palmateer.
  • Models for Sea Lamprey Management. Investigators: W. Klassen, J. V. Adams and M. B. Twohey.

Awards & Recognitions

  • 2002 Memorial Lecture Award, American Mosquito Control Association
  • 1991 Elected Fellow of Entomological Society of America
  • 1990 Citation of Appreciation from the Senate of Maryland
  • 1990 Citation of Appreciation from the Maryland House of Delegates
  • 1989 Meritorious Rank Executive awarded by President George Bush
  • 1987 Award for Exceptional Performance from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
  • 1983 Outstanding Program Leadership Award, Administrator, ARS, USDA
  • 1978 Superior Service Award, U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • 1975 Medal of the 8th International Congress of Entomology
  • 1962 President's Prize, Entomological Society of Ontario
  • 1956 Entomological Society of Alberta Award
  • 1955 University of Alberta, First Class Standing Award
  • 1954 University of Alberta, First Class Standing Award
  • 1954 Alberta Hotel Association Scholarship

Selected Publications

  • Osborne, L. S., J. E. Pena, R. L. Ridgway and W. Klassen. 1998. Predaceous mites for mite management on ornamentals in protected culture. Chapter 5, pp. 116-138. In R. L. Ridgway, M. P. Hoffman, M.N. Inscoe and C. Glenister (eds). Proceedings of Conference on Mass-Reared Natural Enemies: Application and Regulation, Indianapolis, IN, December 11, 1993. Thomas Say Publications, Entomological Society of America, 9301 Annapolis Road, Lanham, MD 20706
  • W. Klassen (chair). 1999. Mitigating the effects of exotic pests on trade and agriculture, Part A. The Caribbean. Proceedings of T-STAR Workshop-X, Homestead, Florida, June 16-18, 1999, sponsored by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA. 292 pp.
  • Klassen, W., P.L. Adkisson, W. Callison, W. N. Dixon, D.G. McGee, J. Morse, R. Stinner and A. Vidaver. 1999. International Pest Information Report. p.91-119. In National Plant Board. Safeguarding American plant resources. A stakeholder review of the APHIS-PPQ Safeguarding System. 133 pp., plus appendices.
  • Klassen, W. 2000. Area-wide Approaches to Insect Pest Interventions: History and Lessons. Proc. FAO/IAEA Int. Conf. on Area-Wide Control of Insect Pests p.21-38. In Teng-Hong Tan (editor) Joint Proc. FAO/IAEA International. Conference on Area-Wide Control of Insect Pests, May 28-June 2, 1998 & the Fifth International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance, June 1-5, 1998. © I.A.E.A., Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau, Pinang. 782 pp.
  • A.A. Abdul-Baki, H. H. Bryan, G. Zinati, W. Klassen, M. Codallo and N. Heckert. 2001. Biomass yield and flower production in Sunn Hemp: Effect of cutting the main stem. J. Veg. Crop Production, 7(1): 83-104.
  • Bryan, H. H., A A. Abdul-Baki, J. B. Reeves, III, L. Carrera, W. Klassen, G. Zinati, and M Codallo. 2001 Perennial Arachis spp. as a multipurpose living mulch, ground cover and forage. J. Veg. Crop Production. 7(2): 113-136.
  • Klassen, W. and R. L. Ridgway. 2001. Foreword. Pp. xxi-xxiv. In W. A. Dickerson, A. L. Brashear, J. T. Brumley, F. L. Carter, W. J. Grefensette and F. A. Harris. Boll weevil eradication in the United States Through 1999. The Cotton Foundation Reference Book Series, No. 6, The Cotton Foundation, Memphis, TN. 627 p.
  • Klassen, W., C. F. Brodel and D. A. Fieselmann. 2002. Exotic Pests of Plants: Current and Future Threats to Horticultural Production and Trade in Florida and the Caribbean Basin. Micronesica, Suppl. 6; Invasive Species and Their Management. pp. 5-27.
  • Y.C. Li, H.H. Bryan, W. Klassen, M. Lamberts and T. Olczyk. 2001. Bush and Pole Bean Production in Miami-Dade County, Florida. UF Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet. HS-853. 2 p.
  • Y.C. Li, H.H. Bryan, W. Klassen, M. Lamberts and T. Olczyk. 2001. Cabbage Production in Miami-Dade County, Florida. UF Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet. HS-854. 2 p.
  • Y. C. Li, H. H. Bryan, W. Klassen, M. Lamberts and T. Olczyk.2001. Cucumber Production in Miami-Dade County, Florida. UF Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet. HS-855. 2 p.
  • Y.C. Li, H.H. Bryan, W. Klassen, M. Lamberts and T. Olczyk. 2001. Eggplant Production in Miami-Dade County, Florida. UF Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet. HS-856. 2 p.
  • Y. C. Li, H. H. Bryan, W. Klassen, M. Lamberts and T. Olczyk. 2001. Okra Production in Miami-Dade County, Florida. UF Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet. HS-857. 2 p.
  • Y. C. Li, H. H. Bryan, W. Klassen, M. Lamberts and T. Olczyk. 2001. Pepper Production in Miami-Dade County, Florida. UF Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet. HS-859. 2 p.
  • Y. C. Li, H. H. Bryan, W. Klassen, M. Lamberts and T. Olczyk. 2001. Potato Production in Miami-Dade County, Florida. UF Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet. HS-860. 2 p.
  • Y. C. Li, H. H. Bryan, W. Klassen, M. Lamberts and T. Olczyk 2001. Summer Squash Production in Miami-Dade County, Florida. UF Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet. HS-861. 2 p.