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Mite Invasions: Learning From the Invaders

Sunday, December 13, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:10 PM
Room 202, Second Floor (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Jose Carlos V. Rodrigues
Jorge E. Peña
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:50 PM
0045
Recent mite invasions in US
Amy L. Roda, USDA - APHIS; C. W. Welbourn, University of Florida; Jorge E. Peña, University of Florida; Jose Carlos V. Rodrigues, University of Puerto Rico; Marjorie A. Hoy, University of Florida; Ronald Ochoa, USDA - ARS; Russell Duncan, USDA APHIS IS
2:10 PM
0046
Invasive plant mite species in South America
D. Navia, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia
2:30 PM
0047
The hibiscus erineum mite, Aceria hibisci (Acari: Eriophyidae) a new introduction in the Caribbean and a potential threat to the United States
C. W. Welbourn, University of Florida
2:50 PM
0048
The panicle rice mite, Steneotarsonemus spinki Smiley, a re-discovered pest of rice in the United States
N.A. Hummel, LSU AgCenter; Boris A. Castro, Dow AgroSciences; Ronald Ochoa, USDA - ARS; Eric McDonald, USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
3:10 PM
0049
Factors affecting invasive success of the tomato spider mite, Tetranychus evansi, in Europe
Francisco Ferragut, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
3:30 PM
Break
3:40 PM
0050
New and reemerging viruses transmitted by Brevipalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)
Elliot W. Kitajima, Universidade de Sao Paulo
4:00 PM
0051
Raoiella indica in the New World: impacts and progress on its control
Jorge E. Peña, University of Florida; Jose Carlos V. Rodrigues, University of Puerto Rico; Amy L. Roda, USDA - APHIS; Daniel Carrillo, University of Florida
4:20 PM
0052
Origin and invasion routes of the red palm mite, Raoiella indica, and related species
Ashley PG. Dowling, University of Arkansas; Jenny Beard, Queensland Museum; Ronald Ochoa, USDA - ARS
4:40 PM
0053
Classical biological control of the red palm mite, Raoiella indica (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) in the US
Marjorie A. Hoy, University of Florida
5:00 PM
0054
Tenuipalpid mite pests hitch a ride on ornamental plants and become a global problem
Jose Carlos V. Rodrigues, University of Puerto Rico; Elliot W. Kitajima, Universidade de Sao Paulo; Jorge E. Peña, University of Florida; Carl C. Childers, University of Florida; Sandra P. Zanotto, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas; R. Trincado, Servicio Agrícola Ganadero; Neusa L. Nogueira, Universidade de Sao Paulo
5:20 PM
Concluding Remarks
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