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Late-Breaking Symposium: Classical Biological Control of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål)

Sunday, November 16, 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
D136 (Oregon Convention Center)
Organizers:
Ernest Delfosse
Kim A. Hoelmer
Moderators:
Ernest Delfosse
Kim A. Hoelmer


8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:05 AM
Systematics and biological control: Past meets present in Project Trissolcus. Part I
Matthew L. Buffington, USDA - ARS ; Elijah Talamas, USDA - ARS ; Kim A. Hoelmer, USDA - ARS ; Christine Dieckhoff, University of Delaware ; Norman Johnson, The Ohio State University
8:17 AM
Trissolcus as biological control agents of brown marmorated stink bug: II. Species-level taxonomy
Elijah Talamas, USDA - ARS ; Matthew L. Buffington, USDA - ARS ; Norman Johnson, The Ohio State University
8:37 AM
Trissolcus spp. as biological control agents of Halyomorpha halys: III. Molecular-based species delineation
Marie-Claude Bon, USDA - ARS ; Elijah Talamas, USDA - ARS ; Matthew L. Buffington, USDA - ARS ; Kim A. Hoelmer, USDA - ARS ; Tim Haye, CABI
8:57 AM
Trissolcus as biological control agents of brown marmorated stink bug: IV. Behavioral aspects of host choice
Christine Dieckhoff, University of Delaware ; Kim A. Hoelmer, USDA - ARS
9:17 AM
Break
9:37 AM
Seasonal field parasitism of Halyomorpha halys and co-occurring non-target species in China
Tim Haye, CABI ; Tara Gariepy, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada ; Dave R. Gillespie, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada ; Peter Mason, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada ; Jinping Zhang, CABI
9:57 AM
Host range testing for Trissolcus japonicus (Hymenoptera:Platygastridae): A potential biological control agent for the brown marmorated stink bug
Barry Bai, Oregon Department of Agriculture ; Christopher Hedstrom, Oregon Department of Agriculture ; Helmuth W. Rogg, Oregon Department of Agriculture
10:17 AM
Laboratory rearing of Pentatomoidea for host-specificity testing
Patricia Samota, Michigan State University ; Ernest Delfosse, Michigan State University
11:17 AM
Concluding Remarks
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