The Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) Past, Present, and Future: Integrating Management and Reality

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 1:30 PM-4:35 PM
Room 210, Second Floor (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Kathleen Schnaars-Uvino
Serena Gross
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
In memory of Dr. Alford
Andrei Alyokhin, University of Maine
2:10 PM
Excretion and metabolism of 14C-imidacloprid in resistant and susceptible Colorado potato beetles
David Mota-Sanchez, Michigan State University; Mark E. Whalon, Michigan State University
2:35 PM
Scared Sick?  Predator-pathogen facilitation strengthens Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) control
Ricardo Ramirez, Texas A&M University; William E. Snyder, Washington State University
3:00 PM
Break
3:40 PM
Conservation biological control of Colorado potato beetles in the eastern United States
Zsofia Szendrei, Rutgers University; Matthew H. Greenstone, USDA - ARS; Mark Payton, Oklahoma State University; Donald C. Weber, USDA-ARS
4:05 PM
4:30 PM
Concluding Remarks
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