P-IE Section Symposium: Corn Rootworm Management: Current Status, Challenges & Novel Strategies

Sunday, November 10, 2013: 12:30 PM-5:30 PM
Ballroom F (Austin Convention Center)
Organizers:
Murugesan Rangasamy
Nandi Nagaraj


12:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
12:50 PM
1:10 PM
A tale of two pests: Successes and challenges with the billion-dollar insects
Marlin Rice, DuPont Pioneer ; Clinton D. Pilcher, DuPont Pioneer ; Timothy M. Nowatzki, DuPont Pioneer
1:30 PM
Resistance of Western Corn Rootworm to Bt Corn: Data from the Laboratory and Field
Aaron J. Gassmann, Iowa State University ; Jennifer L. Petzold-Maxwell, Iowa State University ; Eric H. Clifton, Iowa State University ; Mike W. Dunbar, Iowa State University ; Amanda Hoffmann, Iowa State University ; David A. Ingber, Iowa State University
1:45 PM
Laboratory selection and an evaluation of techniques for quantifying resistance of western corn rootworm larvae to transgenic corn
Bruce Hibbard, USDA-ARS, University of Missouri ; Kenneth Ostlie, University of Minnesota ; Sarah N. Zukoff, Kansas State University ; Anthony Zukoff, Kansas State University ; Lee French, French Agricultural Research
2:05 PM
Characterization of a Cry34/35 corn rootworm laboratory resistant colony
Analiza P. Alves, DuPont Pioneer ; Stephen D. Thompson, DuPont Pioneer ; Andre Crespo, DuPont Pioneer ; J. Lindsey Flexner, DuPont Agricultural Biotechnology
2:40 PM
Break
2:50 PM
Discovery of novel proteins with activity against western corn rootworm
Deepa Balasubramanian, Bayer Cropscience ; Kimberly Sampson, Bayer CropScience ; Jonathan D. Giebel, Bayer CropScience
3:10 PM
Using transcriptomics and RNAi to better understand gene functions and identify novel targets for the control of western corn rootworm
Chitvan Khajuria, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Kenneth Narva, Dow AgroSciences LLC ; Huarong Li, Dow AgroSciences LLC ; Murugesan Rangasamy, Dow AgroSciences LLC ; Seong-il Eyun, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Haichuan Wang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Blair Siegfried, University of Nebraska
3:25 PM
Effectiveness of dsRNA versus siRNA in RNAi mediated knock-down in western corn rootworm ( Diabrotica virgifera virgifera)
Huarong Li, Dow AgroSciences LLC ; Chitvan Khajuria, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; Murugesan Rangasamy, Dow AgroSciences LLC ; Blair Siegfried, University of Nebraska ; Kenneth Narva, Dow AgroSciences LLC
3:40 PM
Strategies to address corn rootworm control challenges
William J. Moar, Monsanto Company ; Matthew W. Carroll, Monsanto Company ; Graham P. Head, Monsanto Company ; Thomas L. Clark, Monsanto Company ; Gerrit Segers, Monsanto Company
4:00 PM
How does RNAi work to control western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) larvae
Renata Bolognesi, Monsanto Company ; Parthasarathy Ramaseshadri, Monsanto Company ; Ronald D. Flannagan, Monsanto Company ; Juraj Koci, Monsanto Company ; Gerrit Segers, Monsanto Company ; Yoonseong Park, Monsanto Company
4:20 PM
Withdrawn
4:40 PM
Performance of SmartStax® Technology for control of western corn rootworm
Dwain M. Rule, Dow AgroSciences, LLC ; Kevin Johnson, Dow AgroSciences, LLC ; Amanda Jacobson, Dow AgroSciences, LLC ; Nicholas Storer, Dow AgroSciences
4:55 PM
Agrisure Duracade™ EZ Refuge a Novel Corn Rootworm Trait
Isaac Oyediran, Syngenta Biotechnology Inc. ; Craig Nichols, Syngenta Biotechnology Inc. ; Von Kaster, Syngenta Seeds ; Jon Sagers, Syngenta Biotechnology Inc. ; Scott Hubert, Syngenta Biotechnology Inc. ; Miloud Araba, Syngenta Lawn & Garden ; Dirk Benson, Syngenta Seeds
5:10 PM
Ecological Risk Assessment for an RNAi plant incorporated protectant
Pamela M. Bachman, Monsanto Company ; Bonnie Ayden, Monsanto Company ; Renata Bolognesi, Monsanto Company ; David Carson, Monsanto Company ; Samuel Dubelman, Monsanto Company ; Joshua Fischer, Monsanto Company ; William Moar, Monsanto Company ; Geoffrey Mueller, Monsanto Company ; Mark S. Paradise, Monsanto Company ; Parthasarathy Ramaseshadri, Monsanto Company ; Jianguo Tan, Monsanto Company ; Joshua Uffman, Monsanto Company ; JoAnne Warren, Monsanto Company ; Elizabeth Wiggins, Monsanto Company ; Steven Levine, Monsanto Company
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