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Corn Rootworm Management: State of the Art and a Look Toward the Future

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 7:00 AM-11:00 AM
Room 109-110, First Floor (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Blair D. Siegfried
Joseph L. Spencer
Bruce E. Hibbard


7:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
7:20 AM
0589
Ecological and evolutionary aspects of integrated pest management for corn rootworm
Aaron J. Gassmann, Iowa State University ; Melissa Rynerson, Iowa State University ; Michael Dunbar, Iowa State University
7:40 AM
0590
Recent EPA regulatory activity with corn rootworm plant-incorporated protectants
Alan H. Reynolds, US Envrionmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs ; Jeannette C. Martinez, US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs
8:00 AM
0591
Next generation Syngenta rootworm trait for superior efficacy and resistance management
Eric Boudreau, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc ; Moez Meghji, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc ; Frederick Walters, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc ; Ryan Kurtz, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc ; Hope Hart, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc ; James White, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc ; Lisa McCormick, Syngenta Seeds, Inc ; Andrew Noe, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc ; Jen Chen, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc
8:20 AM
0592
Review of the science supporting Pioneer Optimum® AcreMax™ 1 insect protection: new data and new approaches to IRM for corn rootworm
Analiza P. Alves, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc ; Rachel R. Binning, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc ; Lindsey Flexner, DuPont Agriculture and Nutrition ; Laura Higgins, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc ; Raymond Layton, DuPont Agriculture and Nutrition ; Timothy M. Nowatzki, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc ; Z. Pan, DuPont Crop Protection ; Mel Peters, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc ; Erica Simbro, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc ; Bruce H. Stanley, DuPont Crop Genetics R&D ; Stephen D. Thompson, Pioneer Hi-Bred International
8:40 AM
0593
SmartStax: improvements in rootworm management using Bt traits
Nicholas Storer, Dow AgroSciences ; Graham P. Head, Monsanto Company
9:00 AM
Break
9:15 AM
0594
Resistance of the western corn rootworm to transgenic corn: current status, on-going work, and potential implications
Bruce E. Hibbard, USDA - ARS
9:35 AM
0595
Can western corn rootworm movement be managed?
Joseph L. Spencer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at Urbana-Champaign ; Michael E. Gray, University of Illinois ; Kevin Steffey, Dow AgroSciences
9:55 AM
0596
Neonicotinoid use in the corn and soybean agroecosystem of the US: responsible IPM or not?
Michael E. Gray, University of Illinois ; Kevin Steffey, Dow AgroSciences
10:15 AM
0597
RNA interference technology for corn rootworm control
James A. Baum, Monsanto Company ; Thomas L. Clark, Monsanto Company ; Ronald D. Flannagan, Monsanto Company ; Gregory R. Heck, Monsanto Company ; Michael Pleau, Monsanto Company ; Jim Roberts, Monsanto Company ; Ty T. Vaughn, Monsanto Company ; Elizabeth Wiggins, Monsanto Company
10:35 AM
0598
Rootworm genetics and genomics: progress toward a complete genome sequence
Nicholas J. Miller, USDA-ARS ; Thomas W. Sappington, USDA-ARS ; Thomas Guillemaud, Equipe "Biologie des Populations en Interaction", UMR 1301 Interactions Biotiques et Santé Végétale ; Blair D. Siegfried, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
10:55 AM
0599
The other rootworm: northern corn rootworm dynamics and potential management issues in Nebraska
Lance J. Meinke, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
11:15 AM
Concluding Remarks
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