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Tuesday, December 11, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM |
Royal Palm Salon One, Royal Palm Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country) |
Symposium: Recent Advances in Research of Subterranean Termites and Their Roles in Population Management Programs |
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| Organizer(s): | Frank S. Guillot, frank.guillo@ars.usda.gov
Nan-Yao Su, nysu@ufl.edu
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| 1:30 PM | | | | Introductory Remarks |
| 1:35 PM | | 1015 | | Genetic manipulation and its potential for control of termites and other urban pests
Claudia Husseneder, chusseneder@agcenter.lsu.edu, Rachael Collier, rcollier@agcenter.lsu.edu, Deanna Colby, dcolby@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| 1:55 PM | | 1016 | | Gene silencing as a tool for termite control?
Michael E Scharf, mescharf@ufl.edu, Xuguo Zhou, joezhou@ufl.edu, Faith M. Oi, foi@ufl.edu, Marsha M. Wheeler, marsha.wheeler@gmail.com |
| 2:15 PM |  | 1017 | | Evolution of disease resistance in termites and the potential of entomopathogenic fungi as a biological control agent
Thomas Chouvenc, tomchouv@ufl.edu, Nan-Yao Su, nysu@ufl.edu |
| 2:35 PM | | 1018 | | Potential of semiochemicals to improve the efficacy of baiting programs for termite control
Mary Cornelius, Mary.Cornelius@ars.usda.gov |
| 2:55 PM | | 1019 | | Tunnel excavation, colony growth, and population dynamics of subterranean termites: Empirical data and simulation results
Nan-Yao Su, nysu@ufl.edu, Sang-Hee Lee, sunchaos@ufl.edu, Paul Bardunias, Paulmb@ufl.edu |
| 3:15 PM | | | | Break |
| 3:30 PM | | 1020 | | Evaluation of detection methods for concealed infestations of the drywood termite, Incisitermes minor (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
Vernard R. Lewis, vlewis@nature.berkeley.edu |
| 3:50 PM | | 1021 | | Field application of biological agents for the control of subterranean termites
Maureen S. Wright, mswright@srrc.ars.usda.gov, Alan R Lax, alax@srrc.ars.usda.gov |
| 4:10 PM | | 1022 | | The role of non-repellent termiticides in controlling subterranean termites
Michael K. Rust, michael.rust@ucr.edu |
| 4:30 PM | | 1023 | | Community involvement as a path to sustainable termite management
J. Kenneth Grace, kennethg@hawaii.edu, Julian Yates, yates@hawaii.edu, Michie Aihara-Sasaki, aiharasa@hawaii.edu, Frank S. Guillot, frank.guillo@ars.usda.gov |
| 4:50 PM | | 1024 | | Implication of area-wide management for termite control
Frank S. Guillot, frank.guillo@ars.usda.gov, Nan-Yao Su, nysu@ufl.edu |
| 5:10 PM | | | | Concluding Remarks |
