Wednesday, December 13, 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room 108 (Convention Center)

Symposium: Arthropod Mass Rearing, Research that Keeps on Giving

Organizer(s): Margaret L. Allen, mlallen@msa-stoneville.ars.usda.gov
Jeffrey P. Shapiro, jshapiro@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu
8:00 AMWelcoming Remarks
8:10 AM0979Weed biological control agents: The impact of nutritional and non-nutritional chemistry on establishment  [ Recorded presentation ]
Gregory Wheeler, wheelerg@saa.ars.usda.gov
8:40 AM0980Artificial diets to expedite insect rearing for biological control of weeds in the rhizosphere  [ Recorded presentation ]
Nada Carruthers, ntc@pw.usda.gov
9:10 AM0981Plant-based rearing of the mile-a-minute weed weevil, Rhinoncomimus latipes: Lessons and challenges  [ Recorded presentation ]
Judy Hough-Goldstein, jhough@udel.edu, Daniel Palmer, daniel.palmer@ag.state.nj.us
9:40 AMInsect Rearing Symposium Arrangements
9:55 AMBreak
10:10 AM0982Rearing insects for genetic modification
Margaret L. Allen, mlallen@msa-stoneville.ars.usda.gov
10:40 AM0983Mass-rearing transgenic insects for genetic control programs: Quality control, strain stability and phenotype monitoring  [ Recorded presentation ]
Gregory S. Simmons, gregory.s.simmons@aphis.usda.gov, Neil Morrison, neil.morrison@oxitec.com, Sinead O'Connell, sinead.oconnell@oxitec.com, Luke Alphey, luke.alphey@oxitec.com, Ernie D. Miller, ernie.d.miller@aphis.usda.gov
11:10 AM0984Genetic considerations for mosquito colonization and stock-keeping
Mark Q. Benedict, mqb0@cdc.gov
11:40 AMConcluding Remarks

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