Session: Light Brown Apple Moth: Invasion Biology, Scientific Credibility and Public Policy (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Light Brown Apple Moth: Invasion Biology, Scientific Credibility and Public Policy

Tuesday, December 14, 2010: 1:00 PM-4:40 PM

Hampton (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Organizer :

Deborah K. Letourneau

1:00 PM

Introductory remarks: Science, uncertainty and public perception

Deborah K. Letourneau, University of California, Santa Cruz

1:05 PM

Risk perceptions before and after the light brown apple moth invasion

Robert C. Venette, University of Minnesota

1:30 PM

Discovery of LBAM in California and the role of local faunal surveys in documenting establishment and spread of exotic insects

Jerry A. Powell, University of California

1:55 PM

LBAM biology, range extension and control

D. M. Suckling, New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Ltd

2:20 PM

Break

2:30 PM

LBAM: What do we know, and what can we expect?

Nick J. Mills, University of California-Berkeley

2:55 PM

The failed LBAM eradication in California: A triumph of hysteria over science

Andrew M. Liebhold, USDA - Forest Service

3:20 PM

Engaging the public with the risks of LBAM

Keith D. Warner, Santa Clara University

3:45 PM

LBAM Panel Discussion with symposium speakers and invited panelists

Robert Dowell, California Department of Food and Agriculture; James R. Carey, University of California, Davis; Daniel Harder, University of California, Santa Cruz; Gregory Simmons, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T

4:30 PM

Concluding Remarks

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