Advances in the Application of Molecular and Biochemical Methods for Biological Control Research

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 6:00 PM-8:30 PM
Regency Ballroom EF, Second Floor (Hyatt Regency Hotel)
Organizers:
James R. Hagler
Jonathan G. Lundgren
6:00 PM
IOBC-NRS Business Meeting
6:30 PM
Graduate Student Award
6:45 PM
Distinguished Scientist Award
7:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
7:10 PM
Pinpointing Arthropod Predation Events
James R. Hagler, USDA - ARS
7:30 PM
Advancing PCR-based gut content analysis of predators under field conditions: new approaches to increase its relevancy to biological control
Jonathan G. Lundgren, USDA - ARS; Donald C. Weber, USDA-ARS; Matthew H. Greenstone, USDA - ARS
7:50 PM
The application of ELISA to evaluate biological control
James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky
8:10 PM
HPLC sugar analysis to study insect feeding and physiology
Felix L. Wackers, Lancaster University
8:30 PM
IOBC Mixer
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