Sunday, December 9, 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Pacific Salon One, Golden Pacific Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)

Symposium: Greenhouse Pest Management: Research, Implementation and Opportunities

Organizer(s): Carlos E. Bográn, c-bogran@tamu.edu
Raymond A. Cloyd, rcloyd@ksu.edu
Scott W. Ludwig, swludwig@tamu.edu
8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM0060Reducing pests in imported greenhouse plants through development of an overseas clean stock program
Eduardo Hidalgo, ehidalgo@catie.ac.cr, Fernando Casanoves, Clifford S. Sadof, csadof@purdue.edu, Tamara Benjamin
8:25 AM0061Management of Scirtothrips dorsalis on roses
Scott W. Ludwig, swludwig@tamu.edu, Matt A. Ciomperlik, matt.a.ciomperlik@aphis.usda.gov
8:45 AM0062Effect of silicon applications on citrus mealybug Planococcus citri and greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum.
Brian Hogendorp, hogendrp@uiuc.edu, Raymond A. Cloyd, rcloyd@ksu.edu
9:05 AM Break
9:20 AM 0063Silicon-inducible defenses of Zinnia elegans against Myzus persicae
Christopher Ranger, Christopher.Ranger@ARS.USDA.GOV, Luis A. Cañas, canas.4@osu.edu, Jonathan Frantz, Ajay P. Singh, c-bogran@tamu.edu, James Locke, Michael Reding
9:40 AM 0064Evaluation of entomopathogenic fungi for management of the greenhouse aphid pests Aphis gossypii and Myzus persicae
Stephen P. Wraight, steve.wraight@ars.usda.gov, Melanie Filotas, John Sanderson, jps3@cornell.edu
10:00 AM0065Relative attraction of Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Bemisia argentifolii to eggplant and poinsettia, and implications for use in whitefly management on poinsettias
Doo Hyung Lee, dl343@cornell.edu, Jan Nyrop, jpn2@cornell.edu, John Sanderson, jps3@cornell.edu
10:20 AM0066Can fungus gnat attack on poinsettias exacerbate whitefly problems?
Claudia H. Kuniyoshi, kuniyoshi.1@osu.edu, Luis A. Cañas, canas.4@osu.edu, Larry Phelan, phelan.2@osu.edu
10:40 AM Break
10:55 AM 0067Host specificity of the citrus mealybug parasitoid Leptomastix dactylopii and its interaction with the predator Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Juang-Horng Chong, juanghc@CLEMSON.EDU, Ron D. Oetting, roettin@griffin.uga.edu
11:15 AM 0068Compatibility of predatory mites and predatory bugs for control of western flower thrips on greenhouse crops
Andrew Chow, achow@neo.tamu.edu, Amanda Chau, achau@tamu.edu, Kevin Heinz, kmheinz@neo.tamu.edu
11:35 AM0069Taller MIP/IPM workshop: A bilingual worker education program on integrated pest management for the floriculture and nursery industry
Carlos Bográn, c-bogran@tamu.edu, Scott W. Ludwig, swludwig@tamu.edu, Cesar Valencia
11:55 AM Concluding Remarks

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