Building Sustainable Urban Landscapes

Wednesday, December 16, 2009: 7:15 AM-11:00 AM
Room 205, Second Floor (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Sarah J. Vanek
Andrea J. Bixby
7:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
7:20 AM
Native plants as drivers of conservation biological control
Douglas W. Tallamy, University of Delaware
7:45 AM
Broadening the playing field for native plants: plant characteristics associated with natural enemy abundance
Anna Fiedler, Michigan State University; Douglas Landis, Michigan State University
8:10 AM
Microbial control of turfgrass pests: problems and prospects
Andrea J. Bixby, University of Kentucky; Daniel A. Potter, University of Kentucky
8:35 AM
9:00 AM
Break
10:05 AM
Targeting ant-accomplices in soft scale outbreaks on woody landscape plants
Sarah J. Vanek, University of Kentucky; Daniel A. Potter, University of Kentucky
10:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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