Sunday, December 9, 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Salon One, Garden Ballroom, Second Floor (Town & Country)

Symposium: Global Concerns and Impact of Stored-Product Insects

Organizer(s): Xingwei Hou, xhou@ksu.edu
Frank Arthur, frank.arthur@gmprc.ksu.edu
James Campbell, cambell@usgmrl.ksu.edu
8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM 0050Global implications and concerns regarding the phase-out of methyl bromide
David Mueller, d.mueller@insectslimited.com
8:25 AM0051Alternatives to methyl bromide in food processing facilities
Paul Fields, pfields@agr.gc.ca
8:45 AM0052Fumigants and fumigant alternatives for killing pests in stored products
Thomas W. Phillips, twp1@ksu.edu
9:05 AM0053Pest management on stored rice in Portugal
Franklin H. Arthur, arthur@gmprc.ksu.edu, Maria Otilia Carvalho, motiliac@netcabo.pt, James Campbell, cambell@usgmrl.ksu.edu
9:25 AM 0054Trap captures of Tribolium castaneum adults after fumigation in food-processing facilities
Xingwei Hou, xhou@ksu.edu, Bhadriraju Subramanyam, sbhadrir@ksu.edu, James Campbell, cambell@usgmrl.ksu.edu
9:45 AM Break
10:00 AM0055Commercialization of spinosad as a grain storage protectant: Current status and future prospects
Mark B. Hertlein, mbhertlein@dow.com, Nathan Wright, nlwright@agriliance.com, Glenn Karaffa, glen.karaffa@bayercropscience.com, Bhadriraju Subramanyam, sbhadrir@ksu.edu, Bill Hendrix, wmhendrix@dow.com
10:20 AM0056Freezing stored product pests: Considerations for making this control method practical
Stephen Kells, kells002@umn.edu
10:40 AM0057New reduced-risk insecticides to control stored product insects in Middle Europe
Vaclav Stejskal, stejskal@vurv.cz
11:00 AM0058Grain chilling for insect management in South America: An overview
Flavio Lazzari, flazzari@ksu.edu
11:20 AM0059Information resources on stored-product entomology
Bhadriraju Subramanyam, sbhadrir@ksu.edu, David Hagstrum
11:40 AM Concluding Remarks

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