Celebration of Entomology–Advances in Stable Fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, Research

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Room 106, First Floor (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Sarah M. Butler
Pia Olafson
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
Economic impact of stable flies on cattle production
David Taylor, USDA - ARS; Roger D. Moon, University of Minnesota
1:55 PM
Blue and black cloth targets: status of target development and stable fly management programs
Jerome A. Hogsette, USDA - ARS; Lane Foil, Louisiana State University
2:15 PM
Potential use of treated targets for control of stable flies
Sarah M. Butler, Louisiana State University; Lane Foil, Louisiana State University
2:35 PM
Dispersal and population dynamics of stable flies in northern climates
J.F. Sutcliffe, Trent University; David V. Beresford, Trent University
2:55 PM
Overwintering and spring dispersal of stable flies
Roger D. Moon, University of Minnesota; David Taylor, USDA - ARS
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Celebrating a lack of insecticide resistance in stable flies!
Phillip E. Kaufman, University of Florida; Jimmy Pitzer, University of Florida
3:50 PM
Selecting for pyrethroid resistance in stable flies: screening the sodium channel gene for mutations associating with the resistant phenotype
Pia Olafson, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Phillip E. Kaufman, University of Florida; Jimmy Pitzer, University of Florida; Felix Guerrero, USDA - ARS
4:30 PM
Delivering scientific information in applied terms to our stakeholder colleagues
Donald A. Rutz, Cornell University; P.E. Kaufman, University of Florida; J. Keith Waldron, NYS IPM Program
4:50 PM
Concluding Remarks
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