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Member Symposium: Advances in Pest Management for Turfgrass and Ornamentals

Wednesday, November 18, 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
200 B (Convention Center)
Organizer :
R. Murphey Coy
Moderator:
R. Murphey Coy


8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:33 AM
Assessing portable devices for detecting stress induced ethanol emissions from trees
Christopher Ranger, Rutgers University ; Peter B. Schultz, Virginia Tech
8:47 AM
Urban bee conservation and woody ornamentals
Bernadette Mach, University of Kentucky ; Abiya Saeed, University of Kentucky ; Carl T. Redmond, University of Kentucky ; Daniel Potter, University of Kentucky
9:01 AM
Assessing and mitigating neonicotinoid insecticide residues in nectar and pollen of flowering lawn weeds and woody ornamental plants
Daniel Potter, University of Kentucky ; Jonathan Larson, University of Nebraska ; Bernadette Mach, University of Kentucky ; Abiya Saeed, University of Kentucky ; Carl T. Redmond, University of Kentucky
9:15 AM
Sod webworms: Distribution, biology and management
Steven P. Arthurs, University of Florida ; Nastaran Tofangsazi, University of California ; Ronald H. Cherry, University of Florida
9:29 AM
Withdrawn
9:43 AM
Fungicides alter soil biota and ecological services in turfgrass
Kyle Wickings, Cornell University ; Huijie Gan, Cornell University
9:57 AM
Break
10:07 AM
Characterizing movement of ambrosia beetles in nurseries and surrounding habitats
Michael E. Reding, USDA - ARS ; Christopher Ranger, Rutgers University ; Blair Sampson, USDA - ARS ; Chris Werle, Louisiana State University ; Jason B. Oliver, Tennessee State University ; Peter B. Schultz, Virginia Tech
10:21 AM
The effects of urban habitats on herbivore life history and street tree ecosystem services
Adam Dale, North Carolina State University ; Steven Frank, North Carolina State University
10:35 AM
Does bacterial inoculation of bermudagrass induce systemic acquired resistance? 
R. Murphey Coy, Auburn University ; David Held, Auburn University ; Joseph Kloepper, Auburn University
11:03 AM
Pest and environmental factors influencing the success of young street trees in urban tree planting programs
Kristi Backe, North Carolina State University ; Steven Frank, North Carolina State University
11:17 AM
Recent advances in the ecophysiology of Japanese beetles and implications for management
David Held, Auburn University ; Adekunle Adesanya, Auburn University ; Shahid Karim, University of Southern Mississippi ; Nannan Liu, Auburn University ; Steven Adamson, University of Southern Mississippi
11:45 AM
Reproductive diapause in annual bluegrass weevil Listronotus maculicolis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Shaohui Wu, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Olga Kostromytska, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Albrecht Koppenhöfer, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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