ESA Eastern Branch Meeting Online Program

New Pest Roundup, Detection and Status Update for the Eastern Branch (IDEP Symposium)

Monday, March 18, 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
State Room (Eden Resort and Suites)
Organizers:
Robert B. Trumbule
Eric R. Day


8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:05 AM
046
Current pest status of gypsy moth in the eastern US
Karen Walker, USDA/APHIS PPQ
8:30 AM
047
Flat mites of the world interactive identification key for economically important species in the family Tenuipalpidae.
J.J. Beard, USDA ; Ronald Ochoa, USDA-ARS-PSI, Systematic Entomology Laboratory ; Gary R. Bauchan, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; M.D. Trice, USDA - APHIS-PPQ-CPHST ; A.J. Redford, USDA - APHIS-PPQ-CPHST ; Terrence Walters, USDA - APHIS-PPQ-CPHST ; Charles Mitter, University of Maryland
8:55 AM
048
Comparative attractiveness of a single-component isomer vs. the racemic blend of a mating pheromone in Prionus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) traps.
Arthur Agnello, Cornell University
9:20 AM
049
Pests recently changed to non-reportable status and new pests intercepted in the Mid-Atlantic
James Young, USDA-APHIS-PPQ
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
050
Using AphID for identification of cosmopolitan and polyphagous aphid species.
Gary L. Miller, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Colin Favret, Université de Montréal
10:25 AM
051
Status of hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Annand), and biological control efforts in western Maryland
Biff Thompson, Maryland Department of Agriculture
10:50 AM
052
Emerald ash borer update
Coanne O'Hern, USDA-APHIS-PPQ
11:15 AM
053
New drosophilids of Virginia
Douglas G. Pfeiffer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
11:40 AM
Group discussion and updates on new pests, please bring specimens of new insects you are finding. Microscopes will be provided
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