Ten-Minute Papers, MUVE: Urban Entomology Social Insects

Wednesday, December 15, 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Royal Palm, Salon 1 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizer :
Eugene D. White
Moderator:
Shripat T. Kamble
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
Interactions of the Formosan subterranean termite with three species of wood rot fungi
Mary Cornelius, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Kelley S. Williams, USDA-ARS; Mary P. Lovisa, USDA-ARS; Anthony J. De Lucca II, USDA-ARS
8:41 AM
Tunnel excavation through wood by the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Paul Bardunias, State University of New York; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida
9:05 AM
Solving the hundred-year controversy of Coptotermes taxonomy in Taiwan
Hou-Feng Li, University of Florida; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida; Wen-Jer Wu, National Taiwan University
9:17 AM
Break
9:29 AM
Field validation of subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) control with Recruit® HD, a new termite bait from Dow AgroSciences
Joe Eger, Dow AgroSciences; Joe DeMark, Dow AgroSciences, LLC; Jackie A. Lee, Dow AgroSciences; Mike P. Tolley, Dow AgroSciences, LLC; M.D. Lees, Dow AgroSciences; Marc L. Fisher, Dow AgroSciences; Ronda L. Hamm, Dow AgroSciences; Mike W. Melichar, Dow AgroSciences; Ellen M. Thoms, Dow AgroSciences
9:41 AM
The annual alate swarm of Formosan subterranean termites in New Orleans’ French Quarter:  What does it reveal about progress in the area-wide program?
Frank S. Guillot, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Region Research Center (SRRC); Dennis R. Ring, Louisiana State University; Alan Lax, USDA - ARS; Alan L. Morgan, Louisiana State University AgCenter; Kenneth S. Brown, City of New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board; Claudia Rielgel, City of New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board
9:53 AM
Field performance of Recruit® HD against Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in the New Orleans, Louisiana, area
Kenneth S. Brown, City of New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board; Claudia Riegel, City of New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board; Barry P. Yokum, City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite & Rodent Control Board; Joe DeMark, Dow AgroSciences, LLC; Joe Eger, Dow AgroSciences
10:05 AM
Resource discovery and dominance as a tool for the management of Solenopsis invicta Buren
Natalie T. Cervantes, Texas A&M University; Molly Keck, Texas A&M University; Bart Drees, Texas A&M University; Alejandro A. Calixto, Texas A&M University
10:29 AM
Break
10:41 AM
Nylanderia NEAR puben, How Near?
Liming Zhao, National Biological Control Laboratory; Jian Chen, USDA - ARS
11:05 AM
Mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase developmental and environmental expression in Solenopsis invicta
Liming Zhao, National Biological Control Laboratory; Jian Chen, USDA - ARS
11:17 AM
Altriset®:  A new generation termiticide from DuPont with excellent efficacy and very favorable environmental and toxicological profile
Raj K. Saran, DuPont Crop Protection; Sara Kudlie, DuPont Crop Protection; Elaine McClurg, DuPont Crop Protection; Clay Scherer, Syngenta Plant Protection; Mark A. Coffelt, DuPont Crop Protection
11:29 AM
Argentine ant IPM:  Reduced pyrethroid applications
Michael K. Rust, University of California; Donald A. Reierson, University of California; Les Greenberg, University of California
11:53 AM
Concluding Remarks