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 AM			Welcoming Remarks
8:10 AM	0979		Weed biological control agents: The impact of nutritional and non-nutritional chemistry on establishment   Gregory Wheeler, wheelerg@saa.ars.usda.gov
8:40 AM	0980		Artificial diets to expedite insect rearing for biological control of weeds in the rhizosphere   Nada Carruthers, ntc@pw.usda.gov
9:10 AM	0981		Plant-based rearing of the mile-a-minute weed weevil, Rhinoncomimus latipes: Lessons and challenges   Judy Hough-Goldstein, jhough@udel.edu, Daniel Palmer, daniel.palmer@ag.state.nj.us
9:40 AM			Insect Rearing Symposium Arrangements
9:55 AM			Break
10:10 AM	0982		Rearing insects for genetic modification Margaret L. Allen, mlallen@msa-stoneville.ars.usda.gov
10:40 AM	0983		Mass-rearing transgenic insects for genetic control programs: Quality control, strain stability and phenotype monitoring   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 AM	0984		Genetic considerations for mosquito colonization and stock-keeping Mark Q. Benedict, mqb0@cdc.gov
11:40 AM			Concluding Remarks

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