Monday, December 10, 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Pacific Salon 6-7(Convention Center, Level 2)

Ten-Minute Papers, Subsection Ca. Biological Control

Moderator(s): James P. Cuda
Kelley Jean Tilmon
8:00 AM0222Host-plant source, geographic origin and population structure of European Spurgia spp. flies, biocontrol agents of leafy spurge
Andrew Norton, Ruth Hufbauer, Casandra Lloyd, Michael Martz
8:12 AM0223Frequency of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki in field populations of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L
Mahmood Ahmad, RT Roush
8:24 AM0224Classical biological control of Solanum viarum (Solanaceae) in the USA
Julio C. Medal, Daniel Gandolfo, James P. Cuda
8:36 AM0225Host range tests with pyralid caterpillars of interest for biological control of Old World climbing fern
Gary R. Buckingham, Christine A. Bennett, John A. Goolsby, Robert W. Pemberton
8:48 AM0226Host specificity of the biological control agent Oxyops vitiosa is mediated by plant volatiles of their host plant Melaleuca quinquenervia
Gregory S. Wheeler, Ian A. Southwell
9:00 AM0227Host range differences among populations of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius colemani
Paul Ode, Keith R. Hopper, Moshe Coll
9:12 AM0228Population structure of an introduced beetle on its host plants, Linaria dalmatica and L. vulgaris
Ruth Hufbauer, Andrew Norton, Daniel MacKinnon
9:24 AM0229Role of natural enemies in the suppression of obliquebanded leafroller in California pistachios
Kent M. Daane, Rodrigo Krugner, Rhaksha Malakar-Kuenen, Glenn Y. Yokota
9:36 AM0230Imported natural enemies of the Formosan subterranean termite
Janine E. Powell, Changlu Wang
9:48 AMBreak
10:00 AM0231Biological control of Lygus lineolaris by Peristenus in strawberry
Kelley Jean Tilmon, Michael P. Hoffmann
10:12 AM0232An assemblage approach to biological control of mites and aphids on hops
David G. James, Tanya S. Price, Lawrence C. Wright, Joe Perez
10:24 AM0233The oriental beetle (Exomala orientalis) and Tiphia vernalis in Ohio
Michael E. Reding, Michael Klein
10:36 AM0234Vine mealybug, a new pest in San Joaquin Valley
Raksha Malakar-Kuenen, Kent M. Daane, Walt J. Bentley
10:48 AM0235Conservation biological control of pine needle scale (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in Christmas tree plantations
Peter F. Reagel, Lawrence M. Hanks
11:00 AM0236Predation and parasitism of Pandemis pyrusana and landscape effects on parastism
Thomas Unruh, Robert Pfannenstiel
11:12 AM0237Effects of temperature on the activity and development of two Pseudacteon decapitating flies that attack imported fire ants
Sanford D. Porter, J. R. King, L. W. Morrison
11:24 AM0238Evaluation of flowering plant species for attracting beneficial insects and enhancing biological control
Mark W. Brown, Clarissa R. Mathews
11:36 AM0239Long PCR is a sensitive method for detecting greening disease, Liberobacter asiaticum, in parasitoids undergoing risk assessment in quarantine
Marjorie A. Hoy, A. Jeyaprakash, Ru Nguyen
11:48 AM0240Life-history traits of Phytoseiulus persimilis in relation to abdominal discoloration
Susan Bjørnson, David Raworth

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