Wednesday, December 12, 2001: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Pacific Salon 3(Convention Center, Level 1)

Formal Conference--Vegetable Entomology: Concepts and Philosophy of Organic Pest Management

Session Chair(s): David L. Kerns
Jonathon V. Edelson
1:00 PMIntroductory Remarks
1:15 PM0858Retail demand for organic tomatoes: Moving from niche to mainstream?
Gary D. Thompson
1:35 PM0859Organic philosophy, certification, and regulation concerning pest control products and management
Marty Mesh
1:55 PM0860Challenges of IPM in a pest intensive cropping system
John C. Palumbo
2:15 PM0861Are organic, IPM, and conventional production systems different (beyond the pesticide choices) from researchers' standpoint?
William E. Chaney
2:35 PM0862Experience of a large conventional vegetable grower/shipper adding organic production
Mark Mason
2:55 PMBreak
3:10 PM0863The challenge of producing a consistent organic product
Todd Kodet
3:30 PM0864A systems approach to organic IPM
Martin Guerena
3:50 PMConcluding Remarks
3:55 PM0865Thrips damage to dry bulb onions in Washington State
Ronald Wight, Douglas Walsh
4:07 PM0866The role of IR-4 in facilitating registrations of reduced risk pesticides for minor crops: the Spinosad odyssey
Keith W. Dorschner, John Jachetta, Ken Samoil, Brian Bret
4:19 PM0867Developing integrated pest management for insect pests of crucifers
Susanna Bamfo, John, D. Stark
4:31 PM0868Impact of living mulches on Lepidopteran pests of broccoli in Hawaii
Cerruti R.R. Hooks, Marshall W. Johnson
4:43 PMBusiness Meeting

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