Session: P-IE Section Symposium: Ecological Services of Insect Microbial Control Agents (2013 ESA Annual Meeting)

P-IE Section Symposium: Ecological Services of Insect Microbial Control Agents

Wednesday, November 13, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Meeting Room 7 (Austin Convention Center)

Organizers:

Denny Bruck
Steven P. Arthurs

1:30 PM

Opening Remarks

Denny Bruck, DuPont Pioneer

1:35 PM

Biocontrol services potential of urban soils: Predictions and implications for urban agriculture

Parwinder Grewal, University of Tennessee

2:05 PM

Just another day in paradise: Orange trees, herbivores, EPNs and their enemies

Larry W. Duncan, University of Florida ; Fahiem El-Borai, University of Florida ; Raquel Campos-Herrera, University of Florida

2:35 PM

Abundance, distribution and community structure of fungal entomopathogens in agro-ecosystems: Implications for microbial control

Nicolai Meyling, University of Copenhagen ; Bernhardt Steinwender, University of Copenhagen ; Jürg Enkerli, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon ART ; Stephen Rehner, USDA-ARS Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory ; Jørgen Eilenberg, University of Copenhagen

3:05 PM

Break

3:20 PM

Biological control of plant pathogens using insect pathogenic fungi

David Chandler, University of Warwick ; John Clarkson, University of Warwick ; Gill Prince, University of Warwick

3:50 PM

Plant-Metarhizium interactions

Raymond J. St. Leger, University of Maryland ; Hsiao-Ling Lu, University of Maryland

4:20 PM

Closing remarks

Steven P. Arthurs, University of Florida

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