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Developing Effective Management Strategies for Curculionidae: Wee-Vil Overcome

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 7:00 AM-11:00 AM
Room 104, First Floor (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Eric J. Hoffmann
Tracy C. Leskey


7:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
7:05 AM
0532
Chemical control of plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) without a hammer? Screws instead of coffin nails
Eric J. Hoffmann, USDA - ARS ; John C. Wise, Michigan State University ; Ki Duk Kim, Florida A&M University
7:25 AM
0533
Using semiochemicals for cranberry weevil (Anthonomus musculus Say) management
Zsofia Szendrei, Rutgers University ; Hans T. Alborn, USDA ; Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Rutgers University
7:45 AM
0534
Entomopathogenic nematodes versus weevil pests: It's what's for dinner
David Shapiro-Ilan, USDA - ARS
8:05 AM
0535
Developing a harmonic radar system to track plum curculio adults
Charles Vincent, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ; Gilles Boiteau, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ; Francois Meloche, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ; Tracy C. Leskey, USDA-ARS ; Bruce Colpitts, University of New Brunswick
8:25 AM
0536
Organic management of plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) in Michigan
Matthew Grieshop, Michigan State University ; David Epstein, Michigan State University ; Mark E. Whalon, Michigan State University
8:45 AM
Break
9:00 AM
0537
Scents and sensibility: chemical ecology of plum curculio
Tracy C. Leskey, USDA-ARS ; Starker E. Wright, USDA - ARS ; Jaime C. Pinero, University of Hawaii-Manoa ; Aijun Zhang, USDA - ARS
9:20 AM
0538
Response of plum curculio to artificial volatiles and to conspecifics
V. Hock, IRDA ; Gerald Chouinard, IRDA ; Daniel Cormier, IRDA ; Tracy C. Leskey, USDA-ARS ; Aijun Zhang, USDA - ARS ; André Pichette, IRDA
9:40 AM
0539
The enemy within: the case of plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) in Alabama peaches
Akotsen-Mensah, Auburn University-Clement ; Henry Fadamiro, Auburn University ; Robert Boozer, Auburn University
10:00 AM
0540
A pain in the pepper: developing behaviorally-based management strategies for the pepper weevil (Anthonomus eugenii)
Karla M. Addesso, University of Florida ; Heather J. McAuslane, University of Florida ; Hans T. Alborn, USDA ; Corraine A. Scott, Univeristy of Florida
10:20 AM
0541
A curculionid attacking fruit trees at their bud stage: from behavior and ecology to monitoring and control of the apple blossom weevil (Anthonomus pomorum)
Silvia Dorn, ETH Zurich ; Karsten Mody, ETH Zurich ; Claudia Notter-Hausmann, ETH Zurich
10:40 AM
Concluding Remarks
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