Wednesday, December 12, 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Royal Palm Salon Two, Royal Palm Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)
Symposium: Soybean Aphid in the North Central US: Implementing IPM at the Landscape Scale
Organizer(s):	Christina DiFonzo, difonzo@msu.edu Mary M. Gardiner, gardin18@msu.edu
8:00 AM				Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM	Recorded presentation Audio File	1225		Introduction: A brief history of soybean aphid in the northcentral U.S. & objectives of the RAMP project Christina DiFonzo, difonzo@msu.edu
8:25 AM	Recorded presentation Audio File	1226		Comparison of IPM management alternatives for soybean aphid Matthew E. O'Neal, oneal@iastate.edu, Kevin D. Johnson, john2057@iastate.edu
8:45 AM	Recorded presentation Audio File	1227		Potential impact of soybean rust disease management on soybean aphid populations Karrie A. Koch, kochx141@umn.edu, David W. Ragsdale, ragsd001@umn.edu
9:05 AM		1228		Economic impact of soybean aphid and management alternatives in the midwestern USA Scott Swinton, swintons@msu.edu, Feng Song, songfeng@msu.edu
9:25 AM	Recorded presentation Audio File	1229		Producer perceptions of soybean aphid damage and management Kent Olson, kdolson@umn.edu, Thaddee Badibanga, badi0012@umn.edu
9:45 AM				Break
9:55 AM	Recorded presentation Audio File	1230		Landscape diversity impacts predation of soybean aphid across the north-central region Mary M. Gardiner, gardin18@msu.edu, Doug A. Landis, landisd@msu.edu, Chris DiFonzo, difonzo@msu.edu, Claudio Gratton, cgratton@wisc.edu, Matthew E. O'Neal, oneal@iastate.edu, George E. Heimpel, heimp001@umn.edu, Emily Mueller, Nick Schmidt, schmidni@iastate.edu, Jeremy Chacon
10:15 AM		1231		Relationship of natural enemies and plant and soil nutrient profiles to soybean aphid populations across the varied landscape of the northcentral US Takuji Noma, noma@msu.edu, Michael J. Brewer, brewerm@msu.edu
10:35 AM		1232		Classical biocontrol of soybean aphid: Risk assessment and releases George E. Heimpel, heimp001@umn.edu
10:55 AM	Recorded presentation Audio File	1233		Soybean aphid as a virus vector in the landscape Claudio Gratton, cgratton@wisc.edu, Emily Mueller, eem@wisc.edu
11:15 AM				Business Meeting for RAMP Participants

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