Ten-Minute Papers,  P-IE Section,  Biocontrol - Entomopathogens and Weed Management

Leonard, B. Rogers

ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Ten-Minute Papers, P-IE Section, Biocontrol - Entomopathogens and Weed Management

Tuesday, November 15, 2011: 1:30 PM-4:15 PM

Room A16, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Organizers:

B. Rogers Leonard
Bonnie Pendleton

Moderator:

John Tooker

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:35 PM

1191

Entomopathogen biodiversity increases host mortality

Randa Jabbour, University of Wyoming; David W. Crowder, University of Arizona; Elizabeth Aultman, Washington State University; William E. Snyder, Washington State University

1:47 PM

1192

Control of rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) with Metarhzium sp. in Malaysia

Dave Moore, CABI

1:59 PM

1193

The effect of Wolbachia on lifetime reproductive success of parasitoid wasps

Michal Segoli, University of California, Davis; Jay A. Rosenheim, University of California, Davis; Richard Stouthamer, University of California

2:11 PM

1194

Microbial control potential in strawberry pest management

Surendra K. Dara, University of California; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University

2:23 PM

1195

Identification of candidate entomopathogenic fungi for biorational control of katydid pests in PNG

Genet M. Tulgetske, University of California, Riverside; Raymond J. St. Leger, University of Maryland; Thomas A. Miller, University of California

2:35 PM

1196

Biological control of the invasive weed Brazilian pepper with Gracillariidae species of leaf blotchers

Gregory S. Wheeler, USDA - ARS; F. McKay, USDA - ARS; Don Davis, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian

2:47 PM

Break

2:59 PM

1197

Biological control of Hygrophila: results of native range surveys

Abhishek Mukherjee, Texas A&M University; Carol Ellison, CABI; James Cuda, University of Florida; William A. Overholt, University of Florida

3:11 PM

1198

Biological control of water hyacinth with Megamelus scuttelaris (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) in Louisiana

Anna Meszaros, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Seth J. Johnson, Louisiana State University AgCenter; Lee J. Eisenberg, Louisiana State University AgCenter; Michael J. Grodowitz, US Army; Katherine A. Parys, USDA - ARS

3:23 PM

1199

Greenhouse-based rearing and initial field releases of Jaapiella ivannikovi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a classical biocontrol agent of the exotic Russian knapweed, Acroptilon repens (Asteraceae), in the western US

Jeffrey L. Littlefield, Montana State University; Richard Hansen, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST

3:35 PM

1200

Relationships of host plant phylogeny, plant chemistry and host plant specificity of a prospective biological control agent of yellow starthistle

Lincoln Smith, USDA - ARS; John J. Beck, USDA - ARS; John Gaskin, USDA - ARS

3:47 PM

1201

Effect of temperature on the survival and development of Metamasius callizona, an invasive bromeliad-eating weevil in Florida

Teresa M. Cooper, University of Florida; R. D. Cave, University of Florida