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How fundamental research contributes to improving biological control programs

Tuesday, June 2, 2015: 8:00 AM-11:00 AM
Konza Prairie (Manhattan Conference Center)
Organizers:
Jim Nechols
Debbie Finke
Moderators:
Jim Nechols
Debbie Finke


8:00 AM
Opening remarks
Jim Nechols, Kansas State University
8:10 AM
73
Predator attraction to induced plant volatiles: From ecological curiosity to agricultural application
Ian Kaplan, Purdue University
8:30 AM
74
Responses of beneficial insects to volatile chemicals in agricultural plots
Louis Hesler, USDA - ARS
8:50 AM
75
Use of plant-mediated indirect herbivore interactions to evaluate and predict enemy releases for weed biological control
Jim Nechols, Kansas State University ; Lindsey Milbrath, USDA - ARS
9:10 AM
76
Beyond consumption: The unexpected benefits of predators in agroecosystems
Debbie Finke, University of Missouri
9:30 AM
Break
9:40 AM
77
Using the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis to inform conservation biological control: where is the middle ground?
Matt O'Neal, Iowa State University ; Thelma Heidel-Baker, Iowa State University
10:00 AM
78
A population genetic signature of human releases in introduced seven-spotted ladybird beetles, Coccinella septempunctata, in the USA
Yukie Kajita, University of Tennessee ; Eric O'Neill, University of Tennessee ; Yanbing Zheng, University of Kentucky ; John Obrycki, University of Kentucky ; David Weisrock, University of Kentucky
10:20 AM
79
How basic research on bacterial endosymbionts can inform biological control
Jennifer White, University of Kentucky
10:40 AM
80
Summary comments and group discussion
Debbie Finke, University of Missouri
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