Session: Ten-Minute Papers, P-IE: Biological Control of Insects 2 (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Wednesday, December 15, 2010: 7:45 AM-10:05 AM

Pacific, Salon 6-7 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Organizer:

Paul Borth

Moderator:

Kelly V. Tindall

7:45 AM

Introductory Remarks

7:50 AM

1412

An Integrated Fire Ant Simulation and Analysis System (FASAS): A systems approach to optimizing fire ant biocontrol

J. Lv, Texas A&M University ; L. T. Wilson, Texas A&M University ; Y. Yang, Texas A&M University ; Lawrence E. Gilbert, University of Texas at Austin ; Rob M. Plowes, University of Texas at Austin ; X. Li, Texas A&M University

8:02 AM

1413

Impact of decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae) on red imported fire ant populations in Louisiana

Anna Meszaros, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center ; Seth J. Johnson, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center ; JM. Beuzelin, Louisiana State University AgCenter

8:14 AM

1414

Mass-rearing and field release of Pseudacteon cultellatus a fifth species of fire ant decapitating fly

Sanford D. Porter, USDA-ARS, CMAVE ; L. A. Calcaterra, USDA-ARS, SABCL

8:26 AM

1415

Life history parameters of the rove beetle, Atheta coriaria and suitability as a biological control agent against the fungus gnat, Bradysia sp. nr. coprophila

Erik R. Echegaray, Kansas State University ; Raymond A. Cloyd, Kansas State University

8:38 AM

1416

First records of parasitoids of Dectes texanus in soybeans

Kelly V. Tindall, University of Missouri ; Kent Fothergill, University of Missouri ; Patrick Beauzay, North Dakota State University

8:50 AM

1417

Morphology of the larval stages of the weevil parasitoid Lixadmontia franki (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Teresa M. Cooper, University of Florida ; Ronald D. Cave, University of Florida ; J. Howard Frank, University of Florida

9:02 AM

1418

Preliminary work on the biology of Acerophagus texanus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) and its potential as a biological control agent of Rhodesgrass mealybug (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae)

Melissa K. Layton, Texas A&M University ; Julio S. Bernal, Texas A&M University ; S. Bradleigh Vinson, Texas A&M University

9:14 AM

1419

Utilization of native and exotic thistles by the native lace bug Corythucha distincta (Hemiptera: Tingidae)

Richard Hansen, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST

9:26 AM

1420

Reproductive morphology and physiological age-grading of female Brazilian Salvinia weevil, Cyrtobagous salviniae

L. J. Eisenberg, Louisiana State University ; Seth J. Johnson, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center ; M. J. Grodowitz, U.S. Corp of Engineers

9:38 AM

1421

Population genetic structure of Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) a parasitoid of the sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), in the southern US

Andrea L. Joyce, University of California, Merced ; Willam H. White, USDA-ARS ; Gregg S. Nuessly, University of Florida ; Raul F Medina, Texas A&M University

9:50 AM

1422

Role of rice leaf folder larvae (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis) as an alternate host of parasitoid, Trathala flavoorbitalis

Mohammad Arifur Rahman, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute(BARI)

10:02 AM

Concluding Remarks

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