Stalk Boring Lepidopteran Pests in Multi-Crop Ecosystems of the United States: Current Status, Challenges, and Prospects

Tuesday, November 18, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room D7, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Fangneng Huang
Boris A. Castro


1:55 PM
Geographical expansion of the Mexican rice borer in Texas: Can we slow down its movement?
M. O. Way, Texas A&M University System ; Francis PF. Reay-Jones, Clemson University ; T. E. Reagan, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
2:13 PM
Species and distribution of stalk borers on field corn and grain sorghum in Texas: Current status and challenges
Boris A. Castro, Dow AgroSciences ; Roy Parker, Texas Cooperative Extension ; Pat Porter, Texas Cooperative Extension, TAMU Ag Research & Extension Center ; Stephen Biles, Texas Cooperative Extension
2:31 PM
Occurrence and management of stem borers on rice in the mid-southern region: Past, present, and future
Michael J. Stout, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center ; Jason C. Hamm, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center ; Jaspreet Sidhu, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
2:49 PM
Strategies for managing stalk borers on corn and grain sorghum in Louisiana:  An emphasis on the use of non-Bt corn related technologies
B. Rogers Leonard, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; Jack Baldwin, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; Fangneng Huang, Department of Entomology
3:43 PM
3:58 PM
Non-crop grass hosts of the Mexican rice borer and sugarcane borer: Is their contribution to the overall borer populations in crop fields important?
JM. Beuzelin, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; T. E. Reagan, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
4:16 PM
4:52 PM
Long-term population dynamics and impact of Bt corn on population suppression of European corn borer
William D. Hutchison, University of Minnesota ; Roger Moon, University of Minnesota ; Shelby Fleischer, Pennsylvania State University ; Eric Burkness, University of Minnesota ; Kevin Steffey, University of Illinois ; Michael Gray, University of Illinois
5:10 PM
5:28 PM
Bt resistance in sugarcane borer: Is the current ‘high dose/refuge’ strategy for Bt corn a valid approach for this borer species?
Fangneng Huang, Department of Entomology ; B. Rogers Leonard, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; Roy Parker, Texas Cooperative Extension
1:30 PM
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