Session: Ten-Minute Papers, P-IE: Biological Control of Insects & Weeds (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Wednesday, December 15, 2010: 1:45 PM-3:55 PM

Garden Salon 1 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Organizer:

Paul Borth

Moderators:

Steven P. Arthurs
Cheri Abraham

1:45 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:50 PM

1648

Management of a ficus thrips, Gynaikothrips uzeli, using anthocorid bugs

Steven Arthurs, University of Florida ; Mahmut Dogramaci, University of Florida ; A. D. Ali, The Davey Tree Expert Co

2:02 PM

1649

Biological control of chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), on peppers by Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and Orius insidiosus (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)

Mahmut Doğramacι, University of Florida ; Steven P. Arthurs, University of Florida ; Jianjun Chen, University of Florida ; Lance Osborne, University of Florida

2:14 PM

1650

Heteroecy and classical biological control: Insights from the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) and its braconid parasitoid, Binodoxys communis

Mark K. Asplen, University of Minnesota ; George E. Heimpel, University of Minnesota

2:26 PM

1651

Larinus minutus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a biological control agent of spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos), established in Arkansas

CR. Minteer, University of Arkansas ; T. J. Kring, University of Arkansas ; J. Shen, University of Arkansas ; R.N. Wiedenmann, University of Arkansas

2:38 PM

1652

Biological control of exotic toadflax (Linaria spp.): Matching agent and target weed genotypes

Sharlene Sing, USDA - Forest Service ; Sarah Ward, Colorado State University ; André Gassmann, CABI EU- Switzerland ; Ivo Tosevski, CABI EU- Switzerland ; Rose DeClerck-Floate, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ; David K. Weaver, Montana State University

2:50 PM

1653

The impact of the biological control weevil Rhinoncomimus latipes on mile-a-minute weed, Persicaria perfoliata: six years of post-release results from southeastern Pennsylvania

Ellen C. Lake, University of Delaware ; Judith A. Hough-Goldstein, University of Delaware

3:02 PM

1654

Interactions between mile-a-minute weed (Persicaria perfoliata) and Rhinoncomimus latipes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in sun and shade

Judith A. Hough-Goldstein, University of Delaware

3:14 PM

1655

Establishment and spread of Lophodiplosis trifida, a biological control agent of the invasive tree Melaleuca quinquenervia

Paul Pratt, USDA - ARS

3:26 PM

1656

Arthropod biological control candidates of perennial pepperweed, an invasive weed native to Eurasia

Brian G. Rector, USDA - ARS ; Esther Gerber, CABI Europe-Switzerland ; Levent Gultekin, Ataturk University ; Rüstem Hayat, Ardahan University ; Hariet L. Hinz, CABI ; Livy Williams, USDA - ARS ; Massimo Cristofaro, ENEA CR Casaccia UTAGRI ECO

3:38 PM

1657

Himalusa thailandensis, a plant-feeding staphylinid as a prospective biological control agent for skunkvine and sewervine (Paederia spp.) in Florida

Ted Center, USDA-ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory

3:50 PM

Concluding Remarks

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