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Member Symposium: Partnerships for Developing Synergistic Solutions Addressing an Invasive Soybean Pest: A Six-Year Study of the Kudzu Bug Megacopta cribraria

Tuesday, November 17, 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
212 AB (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Peter Nelson
Steven Reyna
Alejandro Del Pozo
Moderators:
Peter Nelson
Steven Reyna
Alejandro Del Pozo


8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:05 AM
0953
Diet of the bean plataspid, Megacopta cribraria, in north central Alabama
David Johnson, Samford University ; Riley Lovejoy, University of Alabama
8:25 AM
0954
Pest status and management of the kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria, in Georgia crops
G. David Buntin, University of Georgia ; Phillip M. Roberts, University of Georgia ; Alton N. Sparks, Jr., University of Georgia ; John All, University of Georgia ; Michael Toews, University of Georgia ; Joni L. Blount, University of Georgia ; Wayne Gardner, University of Georgia
8:45 AM
0955
Classical biological control of Megacopta cribraria and the worldwide connections required
Walker A. Jones, USDA - ARS ; Keiji Takasu, Kyushu University
9:05 AM
0956
Commodity involvement in addressing emerging production issues: The kudzu bug in soybean
Richard Joost, United Soybean Board
9:25 AM
SD0957
Megacopta cribraria in soybean agro-ecosystem
Joni L. Blount, University of Georgia ; G. David Buntin, University of Georgia ; Phillip M. Roberts, University of Georgia ; Michael Toews, University of Georgia
9:25 AM
SD0958
Welcome to the neighborhood: Tennessee's response to the new kid on the block
Kadie Britt, University of Tennessee ; Jerome F. Grant, University of Tennessee ; Scott Stewart, University of Tennessee ; Gregory J. Wiggins, University of Tennessee ; Steve D. Powell, Tennessee Department of Agriculture
9:25 AM
SD0959
Antibiosis in soybean breeding lines to the invasive kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Plataspidae)
Bradley Fritz, North Carolina State University ; Clyde E. Sorenson, North Carolina State University ; Thomas Carter, USDA - ARS ; Dominic Reisig, North Carolina State University
9:25 AM
SD0960
Development of gene silencing for control of kudzu bug in soybeans
Lucas Hietala, University of Tennessee ; Jerreme J. Jackson, University of Tennessee ; Margaret Staton, University of Tennessee ; Rahul Banerjee, University of Tennessee ; C. Neal Stewart, University of Tennessee ; Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, University of Tennessee
9:25 AM
SD0961
Molecular analysis of internal composition of Megacopta cribraria
Riley Lovejoy, University of Alabama ; David Johnson, Samford University
9:25 AM
SD0962
Kuzdu bug bacterial packets important in larval development
Robert Mitchell, North Carolina State University ; R. Michael Roe, North Carolina State University
9:25 AM
SD0963
Fitness consequences of host plant choice on kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria (F.), development and dispersal
James Murphy, Clemson University ; Patricia Moore, University of Georgia ; Michael Toews, University of Georgia ; Alexander Erwin, University of Georgia
9:25 AM
SD0964
Assessment of a cross-vane trap as a tool for sampling the invasive Megacopta cribraria in soybean
Francesca Stubbins, Clemson University ; Jeremy Greene, Clemson University ; Francis Reay-Jones, Clemson University
9:25 AM
SD0965
Kudzu bug distribution in Virginia, overwintering occurrence, and egg parasitoid survey
Rebecca Whalen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; D. Ames Herbert, Virginia Tech ; Sean Malone, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
9:25 AM
Intermission: Poster session and refreshments
9:55 AM
0966
Megacopta cribraria discovery in North America initiates a population genetic study across two hemispheres
Tracie M. Jenkins, University of Georgia
10:15 AM
0967
Impact of kudzu bug (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) feeding on soybean yield and implications for management
Nicholas Seiter, University of Arkansas ; Alejandro Del Pozo, North Carolina State University ; Jeremy K. Greene, Clemson University ; Francis Reay-Jones, Clemson University ; Phillip M. Roberts, University of Georgia ; Dominic Reisig, North Carolina State University
10:35 AM
0968
Preliminary studies of host plant resistance in soybeans against Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Plataspidae)
Sriyanka Lahiri, North Carolina State University ; Bradley Fritz, North Carolina State University ; Thomas Carter, USDA - ARS ; Dominic Reisig, North Carolina State University
10:55 AM
0969
Ecology of two native egg parasitoids of the kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria, in Japan
Keiji Takasu, Kyushu University
11:15 AM
Concluding Remarks
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