SVPHS4 Ten-Minute Papers, Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems

Tuesday, November 18, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Room A2, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Moderators:
Dini Miller
Roberto Pereira


1:35 PM
Indoxacarb susceptibility in a multi-resistant field strain of German cockroach, Blatella germanica L
Ameya Gondhalekar, University of Florida ; Cheol Song, University of Florida ; Michael Scharf, University of Florida
1:47 PM
Impact of Reduced Impact Program in urban pest management
Pari Pachamuthu, Western Exterminator Company ; Keith Willingham, Western Exterminator Company
1:59 PM
Development of pest management strategies for the common firebrat (Thermobia domestica)
Mirtza R. Millard, University of California Riverside ; Michael K. Rust, University of California-Riverside
2:35 PM
Historic bed bug management: Lessons from the past
Michael F. Potter, University of Kentucky
2:47 PM
Efficacy of insecticidal dusts for control of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius (L.)
Tim C. McCoy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Dini M. Miller, Virginia Tech
2:59 PM
The effects of insect growth regulators (juvenile hormone analogues) on bed bug, Cimex lectularius (L.), survival and fecundity
Dini M. Miller, Virginia Tech ; David J. Moore, The Steritech Group ; Tim McCoy, Virginia Tech
3:11 PM
3:23 PM
Evaluating IPM strategies for managing bed bugs
Changlu Wang, Rutgers University ; Timothy Gibb, Purdue University ; Gary Bennett, Purdue University
3:35 PM
Economical heat treatment for control of bed bugs in hotel and dorm rooms
Roberto Pereira, University of Florida ; Philip Koehler, University of Florida ; Margaret Pfiester, University of Florida ; Wayne Walker, University of Florida
3:47 PM
Oils as insecticides: Can solvents make them better?
Steven R. Sims, Whitmire Micro-Gen
3:59 PM
A real world examination of sulfuryl fluoride as a replacement for methyl bromide in midwestern U.S. flour mills
Wan-Tien Tsai, Rutgers University ; Linda Mason, Purdue University ; Klein Ileleji, Purdue University
4:11 PM
Freeze survival characteristics of the mite, Tyrophagus communis (T. putrescentiae), a signficant pest of stored products
Marc Eaton, University of Minnesota ; Stephen A. Kells, University of Minnesota
4:35 PM
Insects associated with wheat storage in Tennessee and Alabama
Charles Patrick, University of Tennessee ; Kathy Flanders, Auburn University