Grad P-IE: Biocontrol - General 2

Moderator(s)

• EL

  Edwin Lewis

  Professor
  Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology
  University of Idaho
  Moscow, Idaho

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MT

  Assessing emigration of the biocontrol agent, Pseudophilothrips ichini, from herbicide-treated Brazilian peppertree
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly Carruthers – University of Florida

  Co-Author: James Cuda – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Stephen Enloe – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Eutychus Kariuki – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Carey Minteer – University of Florida
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MT

  Effects of insecticide rotations on pest and beneficial abundance in mid-Atlantic cotton
  

  Presenting Author: John P. Schepis – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Anders Huseth – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Dominic Reisig – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Sally Taylor – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MT

  Evaluating complementarity between codling moth entomopathogens
  

  Presenting Author: Jeremy Roberts – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Tobin Northfield – Washington State University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MT

  Formulating entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana, for enhanced control of wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in potatoes
  

  Presenting Author: Mika K. Pagani – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Thomas P. Kuhar – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Stefan Jaronski – Retired from USDA
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MT

  Novel use strategies of NPVs in Mid-Southern cropping systems
  

  Presenting Author: Judge T. Fortenberry – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Don Cook – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Angus Catchot – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Whitney Crow – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Jeff Gore – Mississippi State University Delta Research and Extension Center
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MT

  The ecology of plot size in cotton arthropod field studies
  

  Presenting Author: Isadora Bordini – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Peter Ellsworth – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Steven E. Naranjo – USDA-ARS
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MT

  The Effects of application timing on the efficacy of various conventional pesticides and the entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana, on overwintering spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) egg masses
  

  Presenting Author: Jason T. Bielski – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Douglas G. Pfeiffer – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Stefan Jaronski – Retired from USDA

  Co-Author: Jim Steffel – LABServices
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MT

  Mechanisms of long-distance hover fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) migration
  

  Presenting Author: C. Scott Clem – University of Georgia