ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Discovery and evaluation of native predators of Pityophthorus juglandis on black walnut in eastern Tennessee

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Exhibit Hall A, Floor One (Knoxville Convention Center)
Katheryne Nix , Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Paris L. Lambdin , Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Jerome F. Grant , Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Mark T. Windham , Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Albert E. Mayfield , Division of Forestry, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Tallahassee, FL
Paul Merten , Southern Research Station, USDA, Forest Service, Asheville, NC
In East Tennessee, three clerid species have been observed feeding on the walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis, the vector for Thousand Cankers disease on black walnut.  These predators were collected from black walnut and are under evaluation as potential biological control agents for the walnut twig beetle.
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