2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Managing Soil Arthropod Pests in Vegetables: High Stakes and Long Odds

Managing Soil Arthropod Pests in Vegetables: High Stakes and Long Odds

Organizers:

Mark R. Abney and Thomas P. Kuhar

Welcoming Remarks

Wireworm recognition and feeding preferences
Paul Johnson, South Dakota State University

Wireworm management in the Pacific Northwest
Robert Vernon, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada

Click beetles from potatoes in Alaska: Seasonal flight patterns and geographic distribution
Alberto Pantoja, USDA; Aaron M. Hagerty, USDA; Susan Y. Emmert, USDA

Managing wireworms in Irish potato in Idaho
Juan Manuel Alvarez, University of Idaho

Break

Melanotus communis in New Jersey
Joseph Ingerson-Mahar, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Audio File Recorded presentation

Wireworm management in Irish potatoes in Virginia
Thomas P. Kuhar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Audio File Recorded presentation

Soil barrier treatments: A novel approach to wireworm managment in sweetpotato
Mark R. Abney, North Carolina State University

Audio File Recorded presentation

Managing onion maggot and seedcorn maggot with an emphasis on seed treatments
Brian A. Nault, Cornell University

Audio File Recorded presentation

Potential of Metarhizium anisopliae for soil insect control
Jarrod Leland, Novozymes Biologicals, Inc

Audio File Recorded presentation

Concluding Remarks

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