Session: Turfgrass & Ornamental Pest Management: Celebrating Colleagues, Science, and New Ideas (2009 ESA Annual Meeting, December 13-16, 2009)

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 7:00 AM-11:00 AM

Room 208, Second Floor (Convention Center)

Organizers:

Eric Rebek
Frederick P. Baxendale

7:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

7:05 AM

0634

Tritrophic interactions in turf and ornamentals

S. Braman, University of Georgia

7:25 AM

0635

The effect of native and alien plants on arthropod biodiversity and the ecosystem service of biological control

Paula M. Shrewsbury, University of Maryland; Ellery A. Krause, University of Maryland; Douglas W. Tallamy, University of Delaware; Michael J. Raupp, University of Maryland

7:45 AM

0636

Bronze birch borer resistance in native versus European birch: integrating primary and secondary chemistry

Vanessa Muilenberg, The Ohio State University, OARDC; P. Larry Phelan, The Ohio State University; Pierluigi Bonello, The Ohio State University; Daniel A. Herms, The Ohio State University

8:00 AM

0637

Virgins to the North: the precarious fate of female bagworms

Marc Rhainds, Purdue University; Clifford S Sadof, Purdue University

8:15 AM

0638

Vectors and host range of bacterial leaf scorch in Oklahoma

Lisa M. Overall, Oklahoma State University; Eric Rebek, Oklahoma State University

8:30 AM

0639

The worm turns: history and future of earthworm management for golf courses and sport fields

Daniel A. Potter, University of Kentucky; Carl T. Redmond, University of Kentucky; David Williams, University of Kentucky