2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Pollen and Nectar-providing Plants Enhance Biological Control with Parasitoids and Predators

Organizers:

Phyllis G. Weintraub and Eric Palevsky

Cover crops for sustainable pest suppression and other ecosystem services
Geoff Gurr, Charles Sturt University

Catering to the nutritional needs of natural enemies: Honeydew vs. nectar
Felix L. Wäckers, Lancaster University; George E. Heimpel, University of Minnesota

0153

On California’s central coast, everybody’s gone Syrphid
Robert L. Bugg, University of California; Ramy Colfer, Mission Organics

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Break

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Pollen and nectar availability: Influence on the omnivorous predator Orius tristicolor and indirect influence on spider mite and western flower thrips population dynamics
Ramy Colfer, Mission Organics; Jay A Rosenheim, University of California, Davis; Cynthia Hsu, Cornell University, NYSAES

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Guardian Plants Support Greenhouse IPM as Indicators, Traps, Bankers, and Habitat Plants
Carol S. Glenister, IPM Laboratories, Inc; Margaret Skinner, University of Vermont; Cheryl Frank, University of Vermont

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Enhancing beneficial insects using native plants
Doug Landis, Michigan State University; Anna K. Fiedler, Michigan State University; Nurali Saidov, Michigan State University

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Novel commercial application of pollen to augment predatory mite populations in crops
Phyllis G. Weintraub, Agricultural Research Organization; Eric Palevsky, Agricultural Research Organization

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Concluding Remarks

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