Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room C2/C3, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Program Symposium: An Entomological Perspective Addressing Challenges in the Developing World: New Frontiers in Food and Bio-security

Organizer(s): Lambert H. B. Kanga, lambert.kanga@famu.edu
Moses Kairo, moses.kairo@famu.edu
Sonja Brannon, sbrannon@fayettecountyga.gov
Joseph Munyaneza, joseph.munyaneza@ars.usda.gov
8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM 0967Climate change: Potential impact on insect vectors and vector-borne diseases
Kenneth Linthicum, Kenneth.Linthicum@ARS.USDA.GOV
8:25 AM 0968Improving control of pest fruit flies in Veracruz through conservation of forest reservoirs of fruit fly parasitoids
Martin Aluja, alujam@ecologia.edu.mx, Roy Gene Van Driesche, vandries@nre.umass.edu, John Sivinski, jsivinski@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu
8:45 AM 0969Insect adaptability to warmer environments: Implications for natural resources and human livelihoods
John T. Trumble, john.trumble@ucr.edu
9:05 AM0970Globalization of the Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research and Support Program (IPM CRSP): Addressing current pest threats to vegetable production
Rangaswamy R. Muniappan, rmuni@vt.edu
9:25 AM0971BioNET-AndinoNET: A way to minimize the taxonomic impediments in the Andean Region
José Clavijo, pepeclavijoa@gmail.com
9:45 AM Break
9:55 AM0972New chemistries versus repackaging of old products: Implications of a global economy in the developing world
Joel Coats, jcoats@iastate.edu
10:15 AM 0973Impacts of insects on livestock and crops in developing countries
Jerome A. Hogsette, Jerry.Hogsette@ARS.USDA.GOV
10:35 AM 0974Challenges, opportunities and future directions of biotechnology for pest management in developing countries
Fikru Haile, fhaile@dow.com
10:55 AM 0975Untapped resource or just poor marketing?: Are insects the potential food resource for the future?
Raymond Hix, raymond.hix@famu.edu
11:15 AM0976Strengthening cooperative linkages and partnerships in research and training in developing countries
Henry Y. Fadamiro, fadamhy@auburn.edu, Joseph E. Munyaneza, munyaneza@yarl.ars.usda.gov
11:35 AM Concluding Remarks

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