Wednesday, 20 November 2002: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM | |||
Room 315 (Convention Center, Third Floor) | |||
Predicting Host Range in Weed Biological Control | |||
| Moderator(s): | Gregory S. Wheeler Paul D. Pratt | ||
| 1:00 PM | Welcoming Remarks | ||
| 1:05 PM | 1051 | Reconciling theoretical and empirical perspectives on host specificity Peter McEvoy | |
| 1:25 PM | 1052 | Biocontrol of weeds safety - science within cultural-temporal-contexts Robert W. Pemberton | |
| 1:45 PM | 1053 | Pre-release evaluation of potential agents in the country of origin John A. Goolsby | |
| 2:05 PM | 1054 | Quarantine host plant specificity testing Lincoln Smith | |
| 2:25 PM | 1055 | Use of neurophysiology to examine behavioral cues important for host selection Gregory S. Wheeler | |
| 2:45 PM | Break | ||
| 3:05 PM | 1056 | Performance of two herbivore populations on plants in the same genus Phil Tipping | |
| 3:25 PM | 1057 | Assessing non-target effects and other environmental risks to native fauna James P. Cuda | |
| 3:45 PM | 1058 | Use of standardized long-term monitoring protocols to assess success or failure of weed biocontrol programs Bernd Blossey | |
| 4:05 PM | 1059 | Quantifying the quarantine-based host specificity predictions for Oxyops vitiosa, a biological control agent of Melaleuca quinquenervia Paul D. Pratt | |
| 4:25 PM | 1060 | Post-release evaluation of pre-release host range predictions: The houndstongue root weevil story Mark Schwarzlaender | |