Wednesday, December 13, 2006: 7:00 AM-3:00 PM

Exhibit Hall D (Convention Center)

Display Presentations, Section Ca. Biological Control

D0437Sampling, distribution, and biological control of armored scales infesting cycads in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas
Eustorjio Rivas, Daniel Flores
D0438Estimating the local suitability of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid biological controls using compiled existing knowledge in a spatial framework
R. Talbot Trotter, Michael Montgomery, Kathleen Shields
D0439The Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri (Homoptera: Psyllidae) in southern Texas: Sampling plans, incidence, and biological control
Daniel Flores
D0440Range expansion of Pseudacteon spp. (Diptera: Phoridae) in Alabama
L. C. "Fudd" Graham, Vicky Bertagnolli, Kenneth E. Ward, Rufina N. Ward
D0441Status of the Japanese beetle parasitoid Tiphia vernalis Rohwer in Connecticut
Darryl Ramoutar, Ana Legrand
D0442Prospects for biological control of weeds in Arkansas
Robert N. Wiedenmann, Timothy Kring, Johnnie L. Gentry
D0443Control of tansy ragwort in Montana: The successful integration of biological control into a landscape scale weed management program
George P. Markin, Jeffrey L. Littlefield
D0444Implementation of biological control of saltcedar by the Diorhabda leaf beetle in Texas
Allen E. Knutson, Mark Muegge, C. Jack DeLoach
D0445Biological control of giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta) in East Texas waterways and the impact on dissolved oxygen levels
Jason Carlson, Daniel Flores
D0446The effect of artificial defoliation on swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum spp.) performance
Lindsey Milbrath, Jeromy Biazzo
D0447Laboratory biology of Apocnemidophorus sp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a new candidate for biological control of Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolius (Anacardiaceae)
James Cuda, Julio Medal, Bolivar Garcete Barrett
D0448Cannibalism by Geocoris punctipes and Geocoris uliginosus (Hemiptera: Geocoridae), and intraguild predation between these species
Kenneth Yeargan, Kimberly Decker
D0450Host plant honeydew as an essential food source for hexapod larvae of Phytoseiulus persimilis (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae)
M. Guadalupe Rojas, Juan A. Morales-Ramos
D0451Ovigeny in selected generalist predators
Jesusa Crisostomo Legaspi, Mark Jervis, Benjamin Legaspi
D0452Occurrence of key natural enemies on common plants of North Carolina urban landscapes
Christine Casey
D0453Effect of larval host species on development of immature hunter flies, Coenosia attenuata Stein (Diptera: Muscidae)
Todd Ugine, Stephen P. Wraight, John Sanderson
D0454Suitability of aphids parasitized by Lysiphlebus testaceipes for the development and survival of Hippodamia convergens and Coccinella septempunctata
Kody Mullins, Kris Giles
D0455Insectary crops to enhance syrphid fly activity in organic lettuce on California’s Central Coast
William E. Chaney, Franklin K. Dlott, Hugh A. Smith
D0456The importance of syrphid predators in suppressing aphids in organically-grown romaine on California’s Central Coast
Hugh A. Smith, William E. Chaney
D0457Biological activities of some plant extracts on plum curculio
Ayhan Gokce, Mark E. Whalon

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