ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

International Branch: Contribution of Chemical Ecology to IPM in the Tropics

Sunday, November 13, 2011: 8:00 AM-10:55 AM
Room A1, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Christian Borgemeister
Charles Vincent
8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:05 AM
Chemical ecology of native systems: lessons for a sustainable use of plant chemical defense
André Kessler, Cornell University; Katja Poveda, Cornell University; Robert H. Johnson, Medaille College
8:35 AM
Chemical ecology in IPM of important agricultural and livestock pests in sub-Saharan Africa
Zeyaur Khan, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology; Rajinder Saini, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology; Christian Borgemeister, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE); Baldwyn Torto, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)
9:05 AM
Break
9:20 AM
Managing key vegetable and fruit pests in western Nigeria using semiochemicals
Henry Fadamiro, Auburn University; Vincent Umeh, National Horticultural Research Institute; Joseph Anikwe, University of Lagos
9:50 AM
Synergistic plant-derived volatile mixtures to attract the oriental fruit moth, a warm-adapted frugivorous pest
Silvia Dorn, ETH Zürich; Adriana Najar-Rodriguez, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich; Jaime C. Pinero, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich
10:20 AM
Concluding Remarks
10:25 AM
International Branch meeting
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