2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: The Changing Nature of Pest Management for Ornamentals and Turfgrass

The Changing Nature of Pest Management for Ornamentals and Turfgrass

Organizers:

David W. Held and Nate Royalty

Introductory Remarks

Development and implementation of integrated pest management in lawn care
Parwinder Grewal, Ohio State University; Alfred Alumai, Ohio State University

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Natural enemies and site characteristics affecting native and invasive white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) on transition-zone golf courses
Carl T. Redmond, University of Kentucky; Daniel A. Potter, University of Kentucky

Effectiveness of natural fertilizers as deterrents to problematic vertebrate predators of white grubs in turf
Robert Chris Williamson, University of Wisconsin

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Integrating endophyte-mediated resistance and biological controls to manage turfgrass insects: Physiological and behavioral considerations
Douglas S. Richmond, Purdue University; M. Walter Baldauf, Purdue University; Victoria Caceres, Purdue University

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White grub and nematode population dynamics after application of Steinernema scarabaei for white grub management
Albrecht Koppenhöfer, Rutgers University

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Break

Turfgrass billbug: A rising pest in North Carolina
Joseph P. Doskocil, North Carolina State University

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Mechanisms involved in conferring pyrethroid resistance to populations of adult annual bluegrass weevils, Listronotus maculicollis (Dietz) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), from Connecticut golf courses
Darryl Ramoutar, University of Rhode Island

Endophyte-mediated resistance to black cutworm as a function of plant cultivar and endophyte strain in tall fescue
M. Walter Baldauf, Purdue University; Wade Mace, Purdue University; Douglas S. Richmond, Purdue University

Season-long suppression of black cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon) on golf courses using a baculovirus
Andrea Bixby, University of Kentucky; Daniel A. Potter, University of Kentucky

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Aloft®: A new tool to change turf insect management practices
L. Douglass Houseworth, Arysta LifeScience

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Break

Where have the whiteflies gone?: Outbreak and decline of Tetraleurodes perileuca on live oaks following Hurricane Katrina
Julie A. Dobbs, Mississippi State University; David W. Held, Mississippi State University

Insecticides change, but resistance continues: Developing a functional IPM program for southern chinch bugs
Eileen A. Buss, University of Florida

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Testing contact and systemic insecticides against southern chinch bugs with a new bioassay
Cara Vazquez, University of Florida; Marjorie A. Hoy, University of Florida; Nate Royalty, Bayer Environmental Science; Eileen A. Buss, University of Florida

Pest management of invasive species on tropical ornamentals
Arnold H. Hara, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Kyle K. Onuma, Hawaii Department of Agriculture

Ant exclusion to promote conservation biological control of soft scales (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on landscape plants
Sarah Vanek, University of Kentucky; Daniel A. Potter, University of Kentucky

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Concluding Remarks

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