Session: The Multiple “Personalities” of <i>Cactoblastis cactorum</i>: a Multi-Disciplinary Response to the Biological Impacts of the Moth’s Geographical Wanderings. (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

The Multiple “Personalities” of Cactoblastis cactorum: a Multi-Disciplinary Response to the Biological Impacts of the Moth’s Geographical Wanderings.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010: 1:00 PM-5:40 PM

Garden Salon 1 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Organizers:

Stephen Hight
James E. Carpenter

1:00 PM

Welcome and background to Cactoblastis cactorum symposium

Stephen Hight, USDA - ARS; James E. Carpenter, USDA - ARS

1:10 PM

The diverse impacts of Cactoblastis cactorum: the good, the bad, and the unknown

Walther Enkerlin, Programa Regional Moscamed

1:30 PM

Importance of Opuntia species in North America and the threat of Cactoblastis cactorum to a region of Opuntia endemism

Jon Rebman, San Diego Natural History Museum

1:50 PM

Evolution of cactus feeding in Pyralidae and phylogeography of Cactoblastis cactorum in the southeastern United States

Thomas Simonsen, Natural History Museum; Richard L. Brown, Mississippi Entomological Museum; Felix Sperling, University of Alberta

2:10 PM

Genetic diversity of Cactoblastis cactorum in the moth's native range and implications for future spread

Christopher P. Brooks, Mississippi State University; Gary N. Ervin, Mississippi State University

2:30 PM

Preference and survival of Cactoblastis cactorum on a diversity of host plants in the insects’ native Argentine range, OR, “Does mother know best?”

Laura Varone, USDA - ARS; Mariana Manteca Acosta, USDA-ARS-SABCL; Guillermo Logarzo, USDA - ARS; Juan Briano, Fundación para el Estudio de Especies Invasivas; Stephen Hight, USDA - ARS; James E. Carpenter, USDA - ARS

2:50 PM

Diverse mortality factors for Cactoblastis cactorum and the insects’ response in its native Argentine range

Guillermo Logarzo, USDA - ARS; Laura Varone, USDA - ARS; Juan Briano, Fundación para el Estudio de Especies Invasivas; Stephen Hight, USDA - ARS; James E. Carpenter, USDA - ARS

3:10 PM

Break

3:20 PM

Developing tools for monitoring the geographic expansion of Cactoblastis cactorum.

Juan Cibrian, Colegio de Postgraduados

3:40 PM

Diversity in control and management techniques for Cactoblastis cactorum and the insect’s response in its adventive North American range

James E. Carpenter, USDA - ARS; Stephen Hight, USDA - ARS

4:00 PM

How Mexico turned the geographical expansion of Cactoblastis cactorum into a success story

Rebeca Gutiérrez, SENASICA-DGSV

4:20 PM

Addressing the current mitigation program against Cactoblastis cactorum in the US

Robyn Rose, USDA - APHIS

4:40 PM

Lessons learned from Cactoblastis cactorum geographical expansion and implications for the future

Peter Stiling, University of South Florida; Heather Jezorek, University of South Florida

5:00 PM

Cactoblastis cactorum at the crossroads: Where do we go from here?

Stephen Hight, USDA - ARS; James E. Carpenter, USDA - ARS

5:10 PM

Discussion

5:30 PM

Concluding Remarks

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