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

Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room C2/C3, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Lambert H. B. Kanga
Moses Kairo
Sonja Brannon
Joseph E. Munyaneza


8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
0967
Climate change: Potential impact on insect vectors and vector-borne diseases
Kenneth Linthicum, USDA-ARS
8:25 AM
0968
Improving control of pest fruit flies in Veracruz through conservation of forest reservoirs of fruit fly parasitoids
Martin Aluja, Instituto de Ecología, A.C ; Roy Gene Van Driesche, University of Massachusetts ; John Sivinski, USDA-ARS
8:45 AM
0969
Insect adaptability to warmer environments: Implications for natural resources and human livelihoods
John T. Trumble, University of California-Riverside
9:05 AM
0970
Globalization of the Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research and Support Program (IPM CRSP): Addressing current pest threats to vegetable production
Rangaswamy R. Muniappan, Virginia Tech
Audio File Recorded presentation
9:25 AM
0971
BioNET-AndinoNET: A way to minimize the taxonomic impediments in the Andean Region
José Clavijo, Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola Francisco Fernández Yépez (MIZA)
Audio File Recorded presentation
9:45 AM
Break
9:55 AM
0972
New chemistries versus repackaging of old products: Implications of a global economy in the developing world
Joel Coats, Iowa State University
Audio File Recorded presentation
10:15 AM
0973
Impacts of insects on livestock and crops in developing countries
Jerome A. Hogsette, USDA - ARS
10:35 AM
0974
Challenges, opportunities and future directions of biotechnology for pest management in developing countries
Fikru Haile, Dow AgroSciences
10:55 AM
0975
Untapped resource or just poor marketing?: Are insects the potential food resource for the future?
Raymond Hix, Florida A & M University
11:15 AM
0976
Strengthening cooperative linkages and partnerships in research and training in developing countries
Henry Y. Fadamiro, Auburn University ; Joseph E. Munyaneza, USDA - ARS
Audio File Recorded presentation
11:35 AM
Concluding Remarks
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