ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Host Plant Volatiles: Identifying New Approaches for Insect Pest Management

Sunday, November 13, 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room A5, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Ian Kaplan
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:35 PM
Seasonal fluctuations of host plant volatiles, intra-specific variation in the herbivore's perception, and consequences on pest management
Silvia Dorn, ETH Zürich; Jaime C. Piñero, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich; Adriana Najar-Rodriguez, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich
1:55 PM
Manipulating native populations of entomopathogenic nematodes with herbivore induced plant volatiles to enhance pest control
Jared G. Ali, University of Florida; Hans T. Alborn, USDA - ARS; Raquel Campos-Herrera, University of Florida; Fatma Kaplan, Insect Chemistry Unit; Larry W. Duncan, University of Florida; Inna Kuzovkina, Institute of Plant Physiology; Lukasz L. Stelinski, University of Florida
2:15 PM
How plant volatile blends, field borders, and crop matrix interactively shape natural enemy communities
Joseph E. Braasch, Purdue University; Ian Kaplan, Purdue University
2:35 PM
Using herbivore-induced plant volatiles to enhance biological control in western apple, pear and walnut orchards
Vincent P. Jones, Washington State University; Nicholas J. Mills, University of California; David R. Horton, USDA - ARS; Shawn A. Steffen, Washington State University; Thomas R. Unruh, USDA - ARS; Peter W. Shearer, Oregon State University
2:55 PM
Host plant volatiles to improve detection and management of pepper weevil, Anthonomus eugenii, in pepper
Karla Addesso, Tennessee State University; Heather McAuslane, University of Florida; Hans T. Alborn, USDA - ARS
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Response of predaceous arthropods to methyl salicylate in agricultural fields
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Ian Kaplan, Purdue University; Livy Williams, USDA - ARS
3:50 PM
Using host plant volatiles to improve the trap tree strategy for management of plum curculio
Starker E. Wright, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Tracy C. Leskey, USDA - ARS
4:10 PM
Host plant volatiles as tools for monitoring and manipulating natural enemies
Shawn A. Steffan, Washington State University; Vincent P. Jones, Washington State University; Callie C. Baker, Washington State University; Eugene Miliczky, USDA - ARS; David R. Horton, USDA - ARS
4:50 PM
Host plant volatile effects on arthropods in cotton fields
Livy Williams, USDA - ARS; Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Sandra C. Castle del Conte, University of Idaho
5:10 PM
How methyl salicylate evolved from candy to crop protection tool
David G. James, Washington State University; David James; Lawrence C. Wright, Washington State University; Sandra Castle del Conte, Washington State University; Tessa R. Grasswitz, New Mexico State University; Vincent R. Hebert, Washington State University; Marja Simpson, Charles Sturt University; Geoff Gurr, Charles Sturt University
5:30 PM
Concluding Remarks
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