ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Biofuel Crop Entomology and Pest Management: Global, National and Local Developments

Tuesday, November 13, 2012: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom F, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizers:
Gregg S. Nuessly
G. David Buntin


8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:40 AM
Insects in bioenergy feedstocks: Back to the basics
Jeffrey D. Bradshaw, University of Nebraska ; Jarrad Prasifka, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Michael E. Gray, University of Illinois ; Kyle G. Koch, University of Nebraska ; Tiffany M. Heng-Moss, University of Nebraska
9:00 AM
A case for entomology as a copartner with agronomy in the evaulation of biofuel crops: Sweet sorghum in Florida
Gregg S. Nuessly, University of Florida ; Ronald H. Cherry, University of Florida ; Hardev Sandhu, University of Florida, IFAS ; Nicholas Larsen, University of Florida ; Yueguang Wang, University of Idaho
9:20 AM
Field screening of sweet sorghum inbred lines and experimental hybrids for insect resistance
Xinzhi Ni, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; William F. Anderson, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Joseph E. Knoll, University of Georgia
9:40 AM
Insect and disease pests affecting conventional and bio-energy sugarcane and sorghum cultivars in the multi-use landscapes of the Gulf Coast
T. E. Reagan, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; B. E. Wilson, Louisiana State University AgCenter ; J. M. Beuzelin, LSU AgCenter ; M.T. VanWeelden, LSU AgCenter ; M. O. Way, Texas AgriLife Extension Service (TAES)
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
Insects associated with winter legume cover crops in a sorghum for bio-fuel and cotton rotation system
Dawn M. Olson, USDA-ARS ; Ted Webster, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Brian Scully, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Tim Strickland, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Richard Davis, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; William F. Anderson, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
10:35 AM
Challenges of evaluating and integrating natural enemy impacts on pests of bioenergy crops at a landscape level
Brian P. McCornack, Kansas State University ; Ximena Cibils-Stewart, Kansas State University ; Kristopher L. Giles, Oklahoma State University ; James R. Hagler, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Timothy J. Kring, University of Arkansas ; S. L. Donelson, Oklahoma State University ; Kody Mullins, Oklahoma State University ; Casi N. Jessie, Oklahoma State University ; W. Jessie, Oklahoma State University ; N. Bradford, Oklahoma State University
10:55 AM
Hybrid poplars: A multiple use woody plant
John J. Brown, Washington State University ; R. Andrew Rodstrom, GreenWood Resources, Inc. ; A. Del Pozo, North Carolina State University ; Jack C. Niedbala, Washington State University ; Eugene R. Hannon, Fresno County ; Neal T. Kittelson, Idaho Department of Lands ; Douglas B. Walsh, Washington State University ; John D. Stark, Washington State University ; Richard S. Zack, Washington State University
11:15 AM
Insect biodiversity and ecosystem services in bioenergy landscapes: Lessons from a five-year study
Doug A. Landis, Michigan State University ; Benjamin Werling, Michigan State University ; Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University ; Julianna Tuell, Michigan State University ; Ashley Bennett, Michigan State University ; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin ; Timmothy D. Meehan, University of Wisconsin ; Heidi Liere, University of Wisconsin
11:35 AM
Concluding Remarks
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