ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Symposium: Update on Tuta absoluta, the Tomato Leafminer

Wednesday, November 14, 2012: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Ballroom G, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizer :
Julieta Brambila


8:00 AM
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
A taxonomic and morphological overview of Tuta absoluta
Sangmi Lee, Arizona State University
8:24 AM
Detecting and managing Tuta absoluta with its sex pheromone
Lyndsie Stoltman, ISCA Technologies, Inc. ; Agenor Mafra-Neto, ISCA Technologies, Inc.
8:43 AM
CAPS Florida Survey:  Early detection efforts for Tuta absoluta
Julieta Brambila, USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) ; Douglas A. Restom Gaskill, USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) ; Andrew Derksen, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), Division of Plant Industry ; Leroy Whilby, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), Division of Plant Industry
9:40 AM
Bioecology and biological control of Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
José R. P. Parra, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
9:59 AM
Break
10:14 AM
Tuta absoluta in areas of new invasion: Evaluation of survey tools and mitigation strategies in Panama
Amy L. Roda, USDA-APHIS-PPQ ; Moses T.K. Kairo, Florida A&M University ; Cheslavo Korytkowski, University of Panama ; Julieta Brambila, USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
10:33 AM
Biological control options after establishment of Tuta absoluta in Europe
Alberto Urbaneja, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias ; Nicolas Desneux, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
10:51 AM
Impact of indigenous parasitoids on Tuta absoluta in Europe, and potential for inclusion in IPM schemes
Antonio Biondi, University of Catania ; Nicolas Desneux, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) ; Lucia Zappalà, University of Catania
11:10 AM
Integrating community ecology theories for sustaining the development of effective Tuta absoluta management
Anaïs Chailleux, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) ; Nicolas Desneux, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
11:29 AM
Tuta absoluta, a regulatory view
Devaiah A. Muruvanda, USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
12:07 PM
Concluding Remarks and Discussion
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