Session: Advances in Weed Biological Control: The On-going Metamorphosis (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Greg Wheeler, USDA ARS IPRL ; Jianqing Ding, Huazhong Agriculture University ; SYi Wang, Wuhan Botanical Garden/Institute ; Y Purcell, USDA ARS Australian Biological Control Laboratory ; Susan Wright, USDA/ARS/IPRL

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9:11 AM

0989

Importance of molecular studies on target weeds for biological control

John Gaskin, USDA-ARS

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9:33 AM

0990

Local adaptation of insect herbivores to plant genotypes: Can insects be too host specific?

William A. Overholt, University of Florida

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9:55 AM

0991

Use of cryptic species for biological control of weeds

Lincoln Smith, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Massimo Cristofaro, ENEA CR Casaccia UTAGRI ECO ; Alessio De Biase, University of Rome "La Sapienza"

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10:17 AM

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10:27 AM

0992

Bottom-up control of water hyacinth weevil populations: Does the plant regulate the insect?

Ted Center, USDA-ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory

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10:49 AM

0993

Novel approaches for risk assessment: Temporary releases using F1 sterility and unmated arrhenotoky females

James P. Cuda, University of Florida