ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Insect Rearing as Science: Building an Education and Research Infrastructure

Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 8:00 AM-10:50 AM
Room A11, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizer :
Allen C. Cohen
8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:05 AM
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How can we educate mass-rearing specialists to handle the versatility-requirements in rearing systems
Gregory Simmons, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T
8:25 AM
1409
Insect rearing education at Mississippi State University: past, present and future
John Schneider, Mississippi State University; Frank M. Davis, Mississippi State University
8:45 AM
1410
What kinds of scientific and practical backgrounds are needed for a successful rearing specialist in industry?
Jared S. Ostrem, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc
9:05 AM
1411
Improving insect rearingfrom an ARS scientist's perspective
Thomas A. Coudron, USDA - ARS
9:25 AM
Break
9:40 AM
1412
How to increase the real and perceived professionalism of insect rearing specialists
Norman C. Leppla, University of Florida; Frank M. Davis, Mississippi State University
10:00 AM
1413
A view of the future of insect rearing from a graduate student’s perspective
Kelly F. Oten, North Carolina State University
10:20 AM
1414
Insect rearing as science
Allen C. Cohen, North Carolina State University
10:40 AM
Concluding Remarks
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