Session: MUVE Section Symposium: Bed Bug Research: Catching Up With The Global Bed Bug Resurgence (2012 ESA Annual Meeting (November 11-14, 2012))

Richard Cooper, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Changlu Wang, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Narinderpal Singh, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

8:50 AM

1380

Methods of bed bug detection

Phil Koehler, University of Florida ; Roberto M. Pereira, University of Florida

9:05 AM

1381

Exploring new tactics for bed bug management

Dong-Hwan Choe, University of California, Riverside

9:20 AM

1382

Genetic insights into the origins and dispersal of bed bugs

Edward L. Vargo, North Carolina State University ; W. Booth, North Carolina State University ; Virna Saenz, North Carolina State University ; Richard G. Santangelo, North Carolina State University ; Coby Schal, North Carolina State University

9:35 AM

Break

9:50 AM

1383

Sampling bed bugs for DNA/forensic evidence to protect from conflicts or litigations

Shripat T. Kamble, University of Nebraska ; Ralph Narain, University of Nebraska

10:05 AM

1384

Bed bug impacts on the commercial viability of multi-unit housing

Dini M. Miller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

10:20 AM

1385

Evolution and implications of insecticide resistance

Kenneth F. Haynes, University of Kentucky ; Michael F. Potter, University of Kentucky ; Jennifer Gordon, University of Kentucky ; Fang Zhu, University of Kentucky ; Subba R. Palli, University of Kentucky

10:35 AM

1386

Susceptibility of recently-collected bed bugs to several insecticides

Alvaro Romero, University of Kentucky

10:50 AM

1387

Screening chemicals for efficacy against bed bugs

Mark F. Feldlaufer, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

11:05 AM

1388

Effectiveness of a new botanical insecticide for control of bed bugs

Susan C. Jones, Ohio State University ; Andrew T. Hoelmer, Ohio State University