Session: Ten-Minute Papers: A New Generation of Research and Extension Activity in Forest and Urban Entomology and Insect-pathogen-tree Interactions: A Celebration of the 80th Birthday of Professor David L. Wood (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Sunday, December 12, 2010: 1:00 PM-4:40 PM

California (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Organizer :

Steven Seybold

Moderator:

J. Kenneth Grace

1:00 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:05 PM

0244

Chemical communication in the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)

Kelli Hoover, Pennsylvania State University; Maya Nehme, Pennsylvania State University; Aijun Zhang, USDA - ARS; James McNeil, Penn State University; Melody A. Keena, USDA - Forest Service

1:17 PM

0245

What do ambrosia beetles have to do with resistance of coast live oak to Phytophthora ramorum? Another Dave Wood tale

Pierluigi Bonello, The Ohio State University

1:29 PM

0246

Chemical ecology of bark beetles Dendroctonus brevicomis and Ips paraconfusus in California (1973-1987)

John A. Byers, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

1:41 PM

0247

Contrasting roles for host plant recognition in Group IX Ips and solitary bees

James H. Cane, USDA - ARS (retired)

1:53 PM

0248

A tribute to Dave Wood, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley: An inspiration for a young scientist to develop a new research program in invasion biology

Nadir Erbilgin, University of Alberta

2:05 PM

0249

A tribute to Dave Wood, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, professor of entomology: A personal view of his contributions to our industry and colleagues

Gail M. Getty, University of California-Berkeley

2:17 PM

0250

Death in the forest and the case of the missing vector

Tom Gordon, U.C. Davis

2:29 PM

0251

Host colonization behavior and aggregation pheromones in the walnut twig beetle: Echoes of the Ph.D. research of David L. Wood

Andrew D. Graves, USDA - Forest Service; Stacy Hishinuma, University of California, Davis; Shakeeb M. Hamud, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station; Deguang Liu, University of California; David M. Rizzo, University of California, Davis; Steven Seybold, USDA - Forest Service

2:41 PM

0252

The future of semiochemical research in host selection and pest management of the red turpentine beetle (Dendroctonus valens).

Kenneth R. Hobson, University of Oklahoma

2:53 PM

0253

Professor David Wood’s contributions to urban entomology, termites, and a wild and crazy protégée.

Vernard Lewis, University of California

3:05 PM

Break

3:20 PM

0254

Would the disease be called sudden oak death without ambrosia and bark beetle attacks?

Brice A. McPherson, University of California; David L. Wood, University of California; Nadir Erbilgin, University of Alberta; Andrew J. Storer, Michigan Technological University; Pavel Svihra, University of California Horticulture Emeritus

3:32 PM

0255

From pines to eucalyptus: the long legacy of beetles and trees

Timothy D. Paine, University of California

3:44 PM

0256

Getting weevils to carry fungi to kill trees: A novel approach to biological control of tree of heaven

Amy Lynne Snyder, Virginia Tech; Scott M. Salom, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Loke T. Kok, Virginia Tech

3:56 PM

0257

Rearing forest entomologists: honoring David Wood, the mentor

Willis C. Schaupp, USDA Forest Service