Organics Strategum Efficacy---So Many Choices, So Little Time

Sunday, November 16, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room D10, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizer :
Jennifer C Johnson
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:54 PM
Microbial control of insect pests in temperate orchard systems: Potential for incorporation into IPM
Lawrence Lacey, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory; David Shapiro-Ilan, USDA - ARS
2:30 PM
A 30-year effort to develop the mole cricket nematode product, Nematac S®
Norman C. Leppla, University of Florida; Jennifer L. Gillett, University of Florida; Eda Reinot, Becker Underwood
2:48 PM
Assessment of risk of insect-resistant transgenic crops to nontarget arthropods
Jarrad Prasifka, USDA - ARS; Richard L. Hellmich, USDA - ARS
3:06 PM
On-farm habitat to provide multiple ecological services
David Orr, North Carolina State University; Chris Reberg-Horton, North Carolina State University; Chris Moorman, North Carolina State University; H. Michael Linker, North Carolina State University
3:42 PM
Caffeine and used coffee grounds effects on biological features of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): Response in successive generations and efficiency versus preparation concentration and age
Hermione E. Melara de Campos Bicudo, Universidade Estadual Paulista - Instituto de Biociencias, Letras e Ciencias Exatas; Antonio Jose Manzato, Universidade Estadual Paulista - Instituto de Biociencias, Letras e Ciencias Exatas; Alessandra Th. Laranja, Universidade Estadual Paulista - Instituto de Biociencias, Letras e Ciencias Exatas; Mary M. Itoyama, Universidade Estadual Paulista - Instituto de Biociencias, Letras e Ciencias Exatas; Marluci M. Guirado, Universidade Estadual Paulista - Instituto de Biociencias, Letras e Ciencias Exatas
4:54 PM
Behavioral manipulation of Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) using sex pheromones and horticultural oils
Maya L. Evenden, University of Alberta; Andreas Wins-Purdy, University of Alberta; Gary Judd, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
5:12 PM
Community-based intervention to reduce pesticide exposure to farmworkers and potential take-home exposure to their families
Rosemary Castorina, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health; Asa Bradman, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health
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