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Looking Beyond Borders: GM Crops, Biological Control and IPM in the International Arena

Saturday, December 11, 2010: 1:00 PM-5:05 PM
Royal Palm, Salon 5-6 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizers:
Nicolas Desneux

Kris Wyckhuys



1:00 PM
Introductory remarks
1:05 PM
0001
Eco Invertebase© and Arthrofilter©:  Selecting non-target species for testing GM crops 
Louise Malone, Plant & Food Research ; J. Todd, Plant and Food Research ; Franz Bigler, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART ; Jörg Romeis, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART
1:25 PM
0002
Food webs and conservation biological control:  What do molecular approaches offer?
Michael Traugott, University of Innsbruck
1:45 PM
0003
Assessing the impact of insecticidal GM crops on non-target arthropods -- the importance of laboratory study design
Joerg Romeis, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART
2:05 PM
0004
Do Bt crops contribute to IPM?
Steven Naranjo, USDA - ARS
2:25 PM
0005
IPM strategy in the Chinese Bt cotton-planting region
Kongming Wu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2:45 PM
0006
Exploring the dismantlement of indigenous pest management in the Andes
Soroush Parsa, International Center for Tropical Agriculture
3:05 PM
Break
3:20 PM
0007
Transgenic maize for Mesoamerica:  Are implications limited to local agriculture?
Julio S. Bernal, Texas A&M University
3:40 PM
0008
Use of applied entomology and social science to advance high-value fruit production in rural Colombia
Kris Wyckhuys, International Center for Tropical Agriculture
4:00 PM
0009
Botanical insecticides in practice:  Where and why?
Murray B. Isman, University of British Columbia
4:20 PM
0010
Biological control in the national campaign against fruit flies in Mexico
Jorge Cancino, Programa Moscamed Moscafrut SAGARPA – IICA ; Pablo Montoya, Campaña Nacional contra Moscas de la Fruta
4:40 PM
0011
Farmer field schools and training trainers in Southeast Asia:  Impacts and activities
Gregory C. Luther, AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center ; Joko Mariyono, AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center ; Madhusudan Bhattarai, AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center ; Masagus Ferizal, Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology ; Nur Fitriana, Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology ; Rachman Jaya, Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology
5:00 PM
Concluding Remarks
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