Sunday, December 10, 2006: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room 107 (Convention Center)

Section F Symposium: Current State and Future of Non-conventional Pest Management Methods in Urban Environments

Organizer(s): Raj Saran, rsara001@student.ucr.edu
Michael K. Rust, mikerust@ucr.edu
1:30 PMIntroductory Remarks  [ Recorded presentation ]
1:45 PM0132Use of microbial agents to manage termite populations
Maureen S. Wright, mswright@srrc.ars.usda.gov
2:05 PM0133A new approach to marking termites for feeding and dispersal studies
Paul Baker, pbaker@ag.arizona.edu, James Hagler, JHagler@wcrl.ars.usda.gov, Ruben Marchosky, rjmarcho@Ag.arizona.edu, David Bellamy, dave.bellamy@gmail.com
2:25 PM0134Parasitism of subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae; Termitidae) by entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae; Heterorhabditidae)  [ Recorded presentation ]
Hao Yu, hyu@ag.arizona.edu
2:45 PMBreak
3:00 PM0135Current biocontrol agents in use or in development against fire ants
Steven Valles, svalles@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu
3:20 PM0136Biological control of fire ants with microsporidan pathogens
David Oi, doi@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu
3:40 PM0137Use of global information technology for mosquito sampling, surveillance, and control
Donald R. Barnard, dbarnard@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu
4:00 PM1150Bed bug dogs: A new application of a proven technology  [ Recorded presentation ]
Doug Summers, molddogenvironmental@tampabay.rr.com
4:20 PMDiscussion
4:40 PMConcluding Remarks

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