Ten-Minute Papers, P-IE: Biological Control of Insects & Weeds

Wednesday, December 15, 2010: 1:45 PM-3:55 PM
Garden Salon 1 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizer :
Paul W. Borth
Moderators:
Steve Arthurs
Cheri M. Abraham
1:45 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:50 PM
Management of a ficus thrips, Gynaikothrips uzeli, using anthocorid bugs
Steve Arthurs, University of Florida; Mahmut Dogramaci, University of Florida; A. D. Ali, The Davey Tree Expert Co
2:02 PM
Biological control of chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), on peppers by Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and Orius insidiosus (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)
Mahmut Doğramacι, University of Florida; Steve Arthurs, University of Florida; Jianjun Chen, University of Florida; Lance Osborne, University of Florida
2:26 PM
Larinus minutus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a biological control agent of spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos), established in Arkansas
Carey R. Minteer, University of Arkansas; Timothy J. Kring, University of Arkansas; Y. J. Shen, University of Arkansas; Robert N. Wiedenmann, University of Arkansas
2:38 PM
Biological control of exotic toadflax (Linaria spp.):  Matching agent and target weed genotypes
Sharlene Sing, USDA - Forest Service; Sarah Ward, Colorado State University; André Gassmann, CABI; Ivo Tosevski, CABI; Rose DeClerck-Floate, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; David K. Weaver, Montana State University
3:26 PM
Arthropod biological control candidates of perennial pepperweed, an invasive weed native to Eurasia
Brian G. Rector, USDA - ARS; Esther Gerber, CABI Europe-Switzerland; Levent Gultekin, Ataturk University; Rüstem Hayat, Ardahan University; Hariet L. Hinz, Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI); Livy Williams, USDA - ARS; Massimo Cristofaro, Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), Centro Ricerche Casaccia, Labor
3:50 PM
Concluding Remarks