The 2005 ESA Annual Meeting and Exhibition
December 15-18, 2005
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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Thursday, December 15, 2005: 8:45 AM-12:00 PM

Room 305 (Convention Center, Third Floor)

Symposium: Challenges and Prospects for Feeding the Masses (of Insects) in an Insect-Starved World

Organizer(s): Jeffrey P. Shapiro, jshapiro@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu
Margaret L. Allen, mlallen@msa-stoneville.ars.usda.gov
8:45 AMWelcoming Remarks
8:50 AM0032Artificial diets for arthropod natural enemies: Integrating knowledge across disciplines  [ Recorded presentation ]
Patrick De Clercq, Patrick.DeClercq@ugent.be, Simon Grenier, sgrenier@jouy.inra.fr
9:10 AM0033Importance of nutritional and physical characteristics of diets for mass rearing screwworm and pink bollworm
Norman C. Leppla, ncl@mail.ifas.ufl.edu, Muhammad F. Chaudhury, mchaudhury2@unl.edu, Fred D. Stewart, fred.d.stewart@aphis.usda.gov
9:30 AM0034Diet development for rearing the masses for area wide control programs in SIT and biological control: From pilot project to the bug factory floor  [ Recorded presentation ]
Gregory S. Simmons, gregory.s.simmons@aphis.usda.gov, Kenneth A. Bloem, ksbloem@nettally.com, Ernie D. Miller, Ernie.D.Miller@aphis.usda.gov, Fred D. Stewart, fred.d.stewart@aphis.usda.gov
9:50 AMBreak
10:05 AM0035Diet development for predatory Pentatomidae using a nutrigenomic approach  [ Recorded presentation ]
George D. Yocum, yocumg@fargo.ars.usda.gov, Thomas A. Coudron, coudront@missouri.edu, Sandra Brandt
10:25 AM0036Mixtures and mealybugs: Response surface methodology for development and optimization of insect diets  [ Recorded presentation ]
Terence Evens, tevens@ushrl.ars.usda.gov, Stephen L. Lapointe, slapointe@ushrl.ars.usda.gov, Randall Niedz, rniedz@ushrl.ars.usda.gov
10:45 AM0037Use of life and fertility tables for evaluation of artificial diets and development of quality control procedures for mass propogation  [ Recorded presentation ]
Juan Morales-Ramos, jmorales@msa-stoneville.ars.usda.gov, M. Guadalupe Rojas, grojas@msa-stoneville.ars.usda.gov
11:05 AM0038Identifying prey-derived factors and their nutritional and reproductive roles in rearing Orius insidiosus (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae)  [ Recorded presentation ]
Steve Ferkovich, sferkovich@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu, Jeffrey P. Shapiro, jshapiro@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu
11:25 AMConcluding Remarks
11:35 AM2006 Symposium Arrangements

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