Session: From North American Pest to European Threat: 21st Century Western Corn Rootworm Management at Home and Abroad (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

From North American Pest to European Threat: 21st Century Western Corn Rootworm Management at Home and Abroad

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

Room A6, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Organizers:

Joseph L. Spencer
Bruce E. Hibbard
Stefan Vidal

8:00 AM

Introduction to the Symposium - J Spencer

8:05 AM

Western corn rootworm in Europe: Actual research and management projects, and future directions

Stefan Vidal, Georg-August-Universität

8:30 AM

Invasion of Europe by the western corn rootworm: What can population genetics tell us?

Thomas Guillemaud, INRA

8:55 AM

Dispersal behaviour of western corn rootworm in Europe

Stefan Toepfer, CABI; Jozsef Kiss, Szent Istvan University; Nora Levay, Szent Istvan University; Ulrich Kuhlmann, CABI

9:20 AM

Population density of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte in Serbian first-year and continuous maize

Ivan Sivcev, Institute for Plant Protection and Environment; S. Stankovic, Institute for Science Application in Agriculture; M. Kostic, Institute for Medicinal Plant Research "Dr. Josif Pancic"; N. Lakic, N/A; Z. Popovic, Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic"

9:45 AM

Exploiting scents of distress: Herbivore-induced plant odours and the prospects of using them in the control of agricultural pests

Ted C. J. Turlings, University of Neuchâtel

10:10 AM

Break

10:20 AM

Down-regulation of maize defense genes by Diabrotica virgifera virgifera-vectored Wolbachia

Georgia Davis, University of Missouri

10:45 AM

Rootworm-host interactions: Current research and potential applications

Bruce E. Hibbard, USDA - ARS; Elisa Bernklau, Colorado State University; Louis Bjostad, Colorado State University

11:10 AM

Managing western corn rootworm behavior in transgenic corn and other crops

Joseph L. Spencer, University of Illinois; S. Raghu, Arid Zone Research Institute

11:35 AM

IPM and IRM for western corn rootworms in North America: Past and current practices should enlighten our future plans

Kevin Steffey, University of Illinois; Michael Gray, University of Illinois

12:00 PM

Concluding Remarks

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