Member Symposium: Challenges and Opportunities for Classical Biological Control:  A Roadmap for New Investigators

Tuesday, November 12, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Meeting Room 10 C (Austin Convention Center)
Organizers:
Robert M. Nowierski
Kim A. Hoelmer


1:30 PM
1258
Introduction
Robert Nowierski, USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture ; Kim A. Hoelmer, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
1:35 PM
1259
Identifying appropriate targets for classical biological control and determining their place of origin
John Goolsby, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
1:50 PM
1260
Importance of taxonomic support for classical biocontrol programs and the contributions of molecular genetics
John Gaskin, USDA-ARS
2:05 PM
1261
Gathering stakeholder and monetary support for biological control
Robert Nowierski, USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
2:20 PM
1262
Importance of foreign collaborators and knowledge of access and benefits sharing in donor countries
Kim A. Hoelmer, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
2:35 PM
1263
Foreign exploration: benefits of experience
Mark S. Hoddle, University of California, Riverside
2:55 PM
1264
International conventions, standards and commercial carriers
Dominique Coutinot, USDA ARS
3:10 PM
1265
Customs and border protection/APHIS-PPQ inspection stations, importation permits & hand carrying
Robert H. Tichenor, USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
1266
Host specificity studies in quarantine facilities and/or place of origin of natural enemy (physiological vs. ecological host range)
George Heimpel, University of Minnesota
3:55 PM
1267
Regulatory challenges – biological control of weeds
Alfred F. CoFrancesco, United States Army, Corps of Engineers
4:10 PM
1268
Regulatory challenges – biological control of arthropods
Peter Mason, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
4:25 PM
1269
Withdrawn
4:40 PM
1270
Environmental release, redistribution, and monitoring
Charles H. Pickett, California Department of Food and Agriculture
4:55 PM
1271
Evaluation of impacts – target and non-target
Russell Messing, University of Hawaii
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