ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Symposium: Biology and Management of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in North America (Part 2)

Tuesday, November 13, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Ballroom C, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizers:
Albert E. Mayfield
Shimat V. Joseph


1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:35 PM
Survival, feeding and reproduction of Laricobius osakensis Montgomery & Shyiake, a predator of Adelges tsugae Annand
Lígia C. Vieira, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Scott M. Salom, Virginia Polytechnic and State University ; Loke T. Kok, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
1:55 PM
Field assessment of hybridization between adelgid predators Laricobius nigrinus and L. rubidus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae)
Melissa J. Fischer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Nathan Havill, USDA, Forest Service ; Gina A. Davis, University of Massachusetts ; Carlyle C. Brewster, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Scott M. Salom, Virginia Polytechnic and State University ; Loke T. Kok, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2:35 PM
Purification of the Laricobius osakensis rearing colony at Virginia Tech following contamination by newly described species, Laricobius naganoensis
Carrie S. Jubb, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Natalie C. Morris, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Ashley B. Lamb, University of Tennessee ; Nathan Havill, USDA, Forest Service ; Brad Onken, USDA, Forest Service, Northeastern Area ; Scott M. Salom, Virginia Polytechnic and State University
2:55 PM
Break
3:10 PM
Sasajiscymnus tsugae: From Japan to the United States
Ashley B. Lamb, University of Tennessee ; Jerome F. Grant, University of Tennessee ; Shigehiko Shiyake, Osaka Museum of Natural History ; Gregory J. Wiggins, University of Tennessee ; Abdul Hakeem, University of Tennessee ; Paris L. Lambdin, University of Tennessee ; J. Rusty Rhea, USDA, Forest Service ; Brad Onken, USDA, Forest Service, Northeastern Area
3:25 PM
Sasajiscymnus tsugae in Tennessee: Where do we go from here?
Gregory J. Wiggins, University of Tennessee ; Jerome F. Grant, University of Tennessee ; J. Rusty Rhea, USDA, Forest Service ; Abdul Hakeem, University of Tennessee ; Ashley B. Lamb, University of Tennessee ; J. Patrick Parkman, University of Tennessee ; Paris L. Lambdin, University of Tennessee ; Renee Follum, University of Tennessee
3:40 PM
Scymnus coniferarum (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), potential biological control agent of the hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), in the eastern United States
Thomas McAvoy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Michael Montgomery, USDA, Forest Service ; Richard C. McDonald, Symbiont Biological Pest Management ; Mark J. Dalusky, University of Georgia ; Scott M. Salom, Virginia Polytechnic and State University ; Molly Darr, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
4:00 PM
Progress toward preparing an environmental assessment for Scymnus camptodromus release as a predator of hemlock woolly adelgid
Melody A. Keena, USDA, Forest Service ; Kelli Hoover, Pennsylvania State University ; Samita Limbu, Pennsylvania State University ; Katie Cassidy, Pennsylvania State University ; Patrick C. Tobin, USDA, Forest Service ; R. Talbot Trotter, USDA, Forest Service ; Michael Montgomery, USDA, Forest Service
4:20 PM
Leucopis spp. associated with hemlock woolly adelgid in the Pacific Northwest: Potential biocontrol agents in the East
Darrell W. Ross, Oregon State University ; Kimberly F. Wallin, University of Vermont ; Glenn R. Kohler, Washington State Department of Natural Resources ; Sarah M. Grubin, Plant Industries Division ; Stephen D. Gaimari, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch
4:40 PM
Concluding Remarks
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