Ten-Minute Papers, MUVE: Urban Entomology Social Insects

Wednesday, December 15, 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Royal Palm, Salon 1 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizer:
Eugene D White
Moderator:
Shripat T. Kamble


8:05 AM
Interactions of the Formosan subterranean termite with three species of wood rot fungi
Mary Cornelius, USDA - ARS ; Kelley S. Williams, USDA-ARS ; Mary P. Lovisa, USDA-ARS ; Anthony J. De Lucca II, USDA-ARS
8:41 AM
Tunnel excavation through wood by the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Paul Bardunias, University of Florida ; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida
9:05 AM
Solving the hundred-year controversy of Coptotermes taxonomy in Taiwan
Hou-Feng Li, University of Florida ; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida ; Wen-Jer Wu, National Taiwan University
9:17 AM
9:29 AM
Field validation of subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) control with Recruit® HD, a new termite bait from Dow AgroSciences
Joe E. Eger, Dow AgroSciences ; Joe J. DeMark, Dow AgroSciences ; Jackie A. Lee, Dow AgroSciences ; Mike P. Tolley, Dow AgroSciences ; Mike D. Lees, Dow AgroSciences ; Marc L. Fisher, Dow AgroSciences ; Rhonda L. Hamm, Dow AgroSciences ; Mike W. Melichar, Dow AgroSciences ; Ellen M. Thoms, Dow AgroSciences
9:41 AM
The annual alate swarm of Formosan subterranean termites in New Orleans’ French Quarter:  What does it reveal about progress in the area-wide program?
Frank S. Guillot, USDA-ARS-SRRC ; Dennis R. Ring, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; Alan Lax, USDA - ARS ; Alan L. Morgan, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; Kenneth S. Brown, City of New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board ; Claudia Rielgel, City of New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board
9:53 AM
Field performance of Recruit® HD against Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in the New Orleans, Louisiana, area
Kenneth S. Brown, City of New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board ; Claudia Riegel, City of New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board ; Barry P. Yokum, City of New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board ; Joe J. DeMark, Dow AgroSciences ; Joe E. Eger, Dow AgroSciences
10:05 AM
Resource discovery and dominance as a tool for the management of Solenopsis invicta Buren
Natalie T Cervantes, Texas AgriLife Extension Service ; Molly E. Keck, Texas AgriLife Extension Service ; Bastiaan Drees, Texas A&M University ; Alejandro A. Calixto, Texas A&M University
10:29 AM
10:41 AM
Nylanderia NEAR puben, How Near?
Liming Zhao, National Biological Control Laboratory ; Jian Chen, USDA - ARS
11:05 AM
Mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase developmental and environmental expression in Solenopsis invicta
Liming Zhao, National Biological Control Laboratory ; Jian Chen, USDA-ARS, National Biological Control Lab
11:17 AM
Altriset®:  A new generation termiticide from DuPont with excellent efficacy and very favorable environmental and toxicological profile
Raj K. Saran, DuPont Crop Protection ; Sara Kudlie, DuPont Crop Protection ; Elaine McClurg, DuPont Crop Protection ; Clay Scherer, DuPont Crop Protection ; Mark Coffelt, DuPont Crop Protection
11:29 AM
Argentine ant IPM:  Reduced pyrethroid applications
Michael K. Rust, University of California-Riverside ; Donald A. Reierson, University of California ; Les Greenberg, University of California-Riverside
11:41 AM
Laboratory evaluation and ranked preference assessment of subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) on cultivars of pecan Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch in Texas
Chris Swain, Center for Urban & Structural Entomology at Texas A & M University ; Robert Puckett, Texas A&M University ; Roger E. Gold, Texas A&M University