Tuesday, 19 November 2002
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This presentation is part of : Display Presentations, Section F. Crop Protection Entomology

Insect tests in support of IPM: New insect test kit developments

Willye Bryan1, Chet Sutula1, Norma Hoffman1, Murali Bandla1, Jeffrey P. Shapiro2, Patricia F. O'Leary3, Michael Roe4, and Donald C. Steinkraus5. (1) Agdia, Inc, 30380 County Road 6, Elkhart, IN, (2) CMAVE ARS USDA, 1700 SW 23rd Drive, P. O. Box 14565, Gainesville, FL, (3) Cotton Incorporated, 6399 Weston Parkway, Cary, NC, (4) North Carolina State University, Dearstyne Entomology - Box 7647, West Ligon Street Extension, Raleigh, NC, (5) University of Arkansas, Entomology, 319 AGRI, Fayetteville, AR

Four insect test kits were developed at Agdia in support of insect diagnostics for IPM programs throughout the cotton belt. This assay technology should also be applicable to other crops. The model systems developed have been Hel-ID, the Helicoverpa/Heliothis egg identification kit; the cotton aphid fungus, Neozygites fresenii (Nowakowski) Test Kit; the Orius Yolk-Protein Test, a parasite/predator reproductive fitness test kit; and a Feeding Disruption Test (FDT), a kit used to monitor Helicoverpa/Heliothis for developing tolerance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and other chemical insecticides.

Species 1: Lepidoptera Noctuidae Helicoverpa zea (cotton bollworm, corn earworm)
Species 2: Lepidoptera Noctuidae Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm)
Keywords: Bacillus thuringiensis

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