P-IE Section Symposium: Solutions for Invasive Insect Pests in a Connected World

Wednesday, November 13, 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Meeting Room 16 A (Austin Convention Center)
Organizers:
Suhas Vyavhare
Raul F. Medina
MO. Way
Bonnie B. Pendleton


8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
Withdrawn
8:25 AM
Growing problems with stink bugs in the Neotropics and potential species to invade the US
Antônio R. Panizzi, National Wheat Research Center - Embrapa
9:05 AM
Seasonal abundance, damage potential and control of redbanded stink bug, Piezodorus guildinii, in Texas soybeans
MO. Way, Texas A&M University ; Suhas Vyavhare, Texas A&M University ; Raul F. Medina, Texas A&M University
9:25 AM
Stink bug feeding behavior and potential for disease transmission
Jesus Esquivel, USDA-ARS ; Lori Hinze, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Enrique Medrano, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
9:45 AM
Break
9:55 AM
New frontiers for management of stink bugs in crop protection: multimodal communication
Miguel Borges, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia
10:15 AM
Life history and management of the intrusive Megacopta cribraria in soybeans
Alejandro Del Pozo, North Carolina State University ; Mark R. Abney, North Carolina State University ; Clyde Sorenson, North Carolina State University ; Jack S. Bacheler, North Carolina State University ; Dominic R. Reisig, North Carolina State University
10:35 AM
Japan partnership toward the classical biological control of Megacopta cribraria
Walker Jones, USDA - ARS ; Keiji Takasu, Kyushu University ; John Ruberson, Kansas State University ; Jeremy Greene, Clemson University
10:55 AM
11:15 AM
Concluding Remarks
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