Session: An Entomological Perspective Addressing Challenges in the Developing World: New Frontiers in Food and Bio-security (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room C2/C3, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Organizers:

Lambert Kanga
Moses T.K. Kairo
Sonja Brannon
Joseph E. Munyaneza

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

0967

Climate change: Potential impact on insect vectors and vector-borne diseases

Kenneth J. Linthicum, USDA-ARS

8:25 AM

0968

Improving control of pest fruit flies in Veracruz through conservation of forest reservoirs of fruit fly parasitoids

Martin Aluja, Instituto de Ecología; Roy Gene Van Driesche, University of Massachusetts; John Sivinski, USDA

8:45 AM

0969

Insect adaptability to warmer environments: Implications for natural resources and human livelihoods

John T. Trumble, University of California

9:05 AM

0970

Globalization of the Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research and Support Program (IPM CRSP): Addressing current pest threats to vegetable production

Rangaswamy R. Muniappan, Virginia Tech

Audio File

9:25 AM

0971

BioNET-AndinoNET: A way to minimize the taxonomic impediments in the Andean Region

José Clavijo, Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola Francisco Fernández Yépez (MIZA)

Audio File

9:45 AM

Break

9:55 AM

0972

New chemistries versus repackaging of old products: Implications of a global economy in the developing world

Joel Coats, Iowa State University

Audio File

10:15 AM

0973

Impacts of insects on livestock and crops in developing countries

Jerome A. Hogsette, USDA - ARS

10:35 AM

0974

Challenges, opportunities and future directions of biotechnology for pest management in developing countries

Fikru Haile, Dow AgroSciences

10:55 AM

0975

Untapped resource or just poor marketing?: Are insects the potential food resource for the future?

Raymond L. Hix, Florida A&M University

11:15 AM

0976

Strengthening cooperative linkages and partnerships in research and training in developing countries

Henry Y. Fadamiro, Auburn University; Joseph E. Munyaneza, USDA - ARS

Audio File

11:35 AM

Concluding Remarks

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