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Student Debate: Issues Surrounding Biodiversity

Monday, December 13, 2010: 2:30 PM-5:35 PM
Pacific, Salon 1-2 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizers:
Ashfaq A. Sial
Cheri Abraham


2:30 PM
0110
ESA Student Debate 2010:  Introductory remarks
Ashfaq A. Sial, Washington State University, Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
2:40 PM
0111
Introduction to the ESA Student Debate 2010 - Issues surrounding biodiversity:  Biological control, global climate change, and transgenic crops
Fred Gould, North Carolina State University
3:00 PM
0112
Unbiased introduction:  Increasing natural enemy diversity among arthropods is compatible with the goals of biological control and IPM
Joy L. Newton, University of Nevada, Reno
3:05 PM
0113
PRO:  Increasing natural enemy diversity among arthropods is compatible with the goals of biological control and IPM
Katherine A. Parys, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; Jennifer Gordon, University of Kentucky ; Sebe Brown, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center ; BE. Wilson, Louisiana State University AgCenter
3:12 PM
Cross-examination by CON Team: Topic 1
3:15 PM
0114
CON:  Increasing natural enemy diversity among arthropods is compatible with the goals of biological control and IPM
Sonja Brannon, University of Georgia ; Shaku Nair, University of Georgia ; Whitney Boozer, University of Georgia ; Rachel Bottjen, University of Georgia ; Stephanie Weldon, University of Georgia
3:22 PM
Cross-examination by PRO Team: Topic 1
3:25 PM
First rebuttal by PRO Team: Topic 1
3:27 PM
First rebuttal by CON Team: Topic 1
3:29 PM
Second rebuttal by PRO Team: Topic 1
3:31 PM
Second rebuttal by CON Team: Topic 1
3:33 PM
Judges' questions: Topic 1
3:43 PM
Break 1
3:53 PM
0115
Unbiased introduction:  Global climate change will have substantial long-term negative effects on arthropod diversity
Kathleen Schnaars-Uvino, The City College of New York-CUNY-Graduate Center
3:58 PM
0116
PRO:  Global climate change will have substantial long-term negative effects on arthropod diversity
Jason Smith, Pennsylvania State University ; Thomas Bentley, Pennsylvania State University ; C. Sheena Sidhu, The Pennsylvania State University ; Maggie Douglas, Pennsylvania State University
4:05 PM
Cross-examination by CON Team: Topic 2
4:08 PM
0117
CON:  Global climate change will have substantial long-term negative effects on arthropod diversity
Esther Ngumbi, Auburn University ; Prithwiraj Das, Auburn University ; Addison Barden, Auburn University ; Charles Stephens, Auburn University
4:15 PM
Cross-examination by PRO Team: Topic 2
4:18 PM
First rebuttal by PRO Team: Topic 2
4:20 PM
First rebuttal by CON Team: Topic 2
4:22 PM
Second rebuttal by PRO Team: Topic 2
4:24 PM
Second rebuttal by CON Team: Topic 2
4:26 PM
Judges' questions: Topic 2
4:36 PM
Break 2
4:46 PM
0118
Unbiased introduction:  Transgenic insecticidal crops will conserve arthropod biodiversity
Serena Gross, Purdue University
4:51 PM
0119
PRO:  Transgenic insecticidal crops will conserve arthropod biodiversity
Guarav Goyal, University of Florida ; Harsimran Gill, University of Florida ; Wendy Helmey-Hartman, University of Florida ; Margaret Paxson, University of Florida
4:58 PM
Cross-examination by CON Team: Topic 3
5:01 PM
0120
CON:  Transgenic insecticidal crops will conserve arthropod biodiversity
Melanie Smith, University of Colombia ; Isabelle Vea, Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History
5:08 PM
Cross-examination by PRO Team: Topic 3
5:11 PM
First rebuttal by PRO Team: Topic 3
5:13 PM
First rebuttal by CON Team: Topic 3
5:15 PM
Second rebuttal by PRO Team: Topic 3
5:17 PM
Second rebuttal by CON Team: Topic 3
5:19 PM
Judges' questions: Topic 3
5:29 PM
0121
ESA Student Debate 2010:  Concluding remarks
Ashfaq A. Sial, Washington State University, Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
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