Wednesday, 20 November 2002: 7:00 AM-7:00 PM

Hall A (Convention Center, Ground Level)

Display Presentations, Subsection Ca. Biological Control

D0528Biological control of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, by the parasitic wasp Trichogramma ostriniae in bell peppers
Karen L. Friley, Ric Bessin, Brent Rowell
D0529Biological control of European corn borer in sweet and field corn with Trichogramma ostriniae
Michael P. Hoffmann, Mark G Wright, Thomas P. Kuhar, Jeffrey Gardner, Sylvie Pitcher, Abby Seaman
D0530Insect parasitoids of the corn leafhopper Dalbulus maidis (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) in Mexico
Gustavo Moya-Raygoza
D0531Importation of parasitoids for control of Lygus hesperus in California
Charles H. Pickett, Kris Godfrey, Debra Mayhew, Kim Hoelmer, Dominique Coutinot, Pete Goodell
D0532Biological control of alfalfa weevil in New Mexico
J Breen Pierce, A. Richardson, P. Yates, C. Sutherland, J. Ellington
D0533Effects of in-furrow insecticides and seed treatments in cotton on Orius insidiosus (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae)
Glenn E. Studebaker
D0534Evaluating releases of Franklinothrips orizabensis Johansen as a biological control agent for Scirtothrips persea (Nakahara) in an avocado orchard
Pascal Oevering, Mark S. Hoddle, John L. Rodgers, Ben A. Faber, Phil A. Phillips
D0535The relationships between western flower thrips, twospotted spider mites, and Amblyseius cucumeris
Xuenong Xu, Christian Borgemeister, Hans-Michael Poehling
D0536Classical biological control of Bactrocera oleae in California: Renewed foreign exploration
Kim Hoelmer, Alan Kirk, Nassera Kadiri, R.H. Messing, Robert A. Wharton, Robert S. Copeland, Charles H. Pickett
D0537The use of a fungal-feeding mite for control of grape powdery mildew under vineyard conditions
Greg English-Loeb, Andrew Norton, David M. Gadoury, Wayne F. Wilcox, Robert C. Seem
D0538The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), grape mealybug (Pseudococcus maritimus) pest complex in the Napa and Sonoma valleys of California: Ant baiting and Pseudaphycus angelicus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) release trials
M.L. Cooper, K. M. Daane, K.R. Sime, B.N. Hogg, Michael K. Rust
D0539Grape leaf morphology strongly influences the abundance of the phytoseiid Typhlodromus pyri
Jan Nyrop, Greg English-Loeb, Kiran Goldman
D0540Biology of Psyllaephagus bliteus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a parasitic wasp attacking the red-gum lerp psyllid on California Eucalyptus
K.R. Sime, K. M. Daane, B.N. Hogg, Donald L. Dahlsten
D0541Acoustically mediated host finding by Syngaster lepidus, a parasitoid of the Eucalyptus longhorned borer
Andrea L. Joyce, Jocelyn G. Millar, Timothy D. Paine
D0542Field release of Tetrastichus setifer, a parasitoid of Lilioceris lilii
Lisa A. Tewksbury, Marion S. Gold, Richard A. Casagrande
D0543Parasitoids of Lilioceris lilii: Potential for biological control
Marion S. Gold, Lisa A. Tewksbury, Richard A. Casagrande
D0544Parasitism of pink hibiscus mealybug by parasitoids inside sleeve cages
Earl Andress
D0545Entomopathogenic fungi and an egg parasitoid--Can they collaborate? New strategies for biological control of the greenhouse leafhopper Empoasca decipiens Paoli
Agbeko K. Tounou, Komi Agboka, Katharina Raupach, Hans-Michael Poehling, Christian Borgemeister
D0546SIT and augmentative release of the parasitoid Diglyphus isaea for Liriomyza trifolii control in greenhouse crops
Roy Kaspi, Michael P. Parrella
D0547The Florida/Israeli Protected Agriculture Project
Silvia Rondon, Daniel Cantliffe, Nicole Shaw, Elio Jovicich, Ashwin Paranjpe, Juan Carlos Rodriguez
D0548Identification of tachinid parasitoids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Nearctic Choristoneura species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
James E. O'Hara
D0549Predators attracted to the sex pheromones of Matsucoccus spp. in pine-dominated forests in eastern Tennessee
John D. Nelson, Paris L. Lambdin
D0550Foreign exploration of natural enemies for the hemlock woolly adelgid in China
Gabriella M. G. Zilahi-Balogh, Thomas J. McAvoy, Loke T. Kok, Scott M. Salom
D0551Metamasius callizona (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in Florida: Biology, distribution, and biological control
Ronald D. Cave, Barbra C. Larson, J. Howard Frank
D0552Effects of temperature and Wolbachia on the production of diploid males in Habrobracon hebetor
Laura Anne Weiser, George Heimpel, Michael F. Antolin

The 2002 ESA Annual Meeting and Exhibition