2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)---A New Quarantine Problem

Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)---A New Quarantine Problem

Organizers:

Danny J. Hamon and Robert Dowell

Introductory Remarks

Overview of the light brown apple moth problem in California: Threat and response
Robert Dowell, California Dept. Of Food and Agriculture

Quarantine issues of the California light brown apple moth regulatory program
Courtney Albrecht, California Dept of Food and Agriculture; Danny J. Hamon, USDA, APHIS, PPQ

Visual morphological identification of the light brown apple moth and other Tortricidae in California
Marc Epstein, California Department of Food and Agriculture; Todd M. Gilligan, Colorado State University

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Molecular diagnostics of LBAM: Species recognition and population structure
Norman Barr, Center for Plant Health Science and Tecnology

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Break

Denying sex to gain control: Mating disruption as a tool against light brown apple moth
David R. Lance, USDA-APHIS-PPQ

USDA-ARS light brown apple moth research update
Eric Jang, USDA, ARS

Biological control of the light brown apple moth using natural enemies
Nicholas Mills, University of California, Berkeley; William Roltsch, California Dept. of Food and Agriculture

The development of sterile insect technique (SIT) control methods to suppress the light brown apple moth (Epihyas postvittana) in California
Gregory S. Simmons, USDA-APHIS; Nada Caruthers, USDA, APHIS

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Concluding Remarks

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