Wednesday, MARCH 6

 

7:00 – 12:00         Audiovisual, Job Placement, Public Relations – Riverside East

 

7:00 – 12:00         Associates Lounge – Edgehill

 

7:00 – 12:00         Registration and ESA Certification Board Information Foyer

 

7:00 – 5:00           SE Branch Insect Festival-State Fairgrounds, Little Rock

 

8:00 – 10:00         Industry meeting (By invitation only)

                                Angus Catchot, Monsanto, Organizer

                                Riverside West

 

 

 

 

Wednesday Morning, MARCH 6

 

8:00 – 11:45     ARMYWORM SYMPOSIUM

                                Room:  Palisades

 

 

Organizers and Moderators:            John Adamczyk, Jr. USDA ARS SIMRU, Stoneville, MS and Jim Carpenter, USDA, ARS, Tifton, GA.

 

8:10        91           INTRODUCTION.

 

8:15        92.          BEET ARMYWORM POPULATIONS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA: 1994-2001.  D.W. Hubbard and J.J. Adamczyk, Jr. USDA-ARS-SIMRU, Stoneville, MS [1-2]. [digital]

 


8:30        93.          POPULATIONS OF FALL ARMYWORM (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) LARVAE AND ASSOCIATED PATHOGENS AND PARASITIC NEMATODES IN SIX STATES OF MEXICO.  J. Molina-Ochoa, R. Lezama-Gutierrez, A. Pescador-Rubio, M. Gonzalez-Ramirez, M. Lopez-Edwards and M. A. Rodriguez-Vega.  Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Tecomán, Colima, México [1,2,4,5]; Centro Universitario de Investigación y Desarrollo Agropecuario, Universidad de Colima, Tecomán, Colima, México [3].  [  ]

 

8:45        94.          Influence of Herbivore-Damaged Corn and Cotton in the Field Recruitment of Braconid Parasitoids from Feral Populations.  J. E. Carpenter and D. K. Jewett. USDA ARS, Tifton, GA [1]; USDA, Forest Service, Athens, GA [2].  [  ]

 

9:00        95.          VARIETAL, INSECTICIDAL, AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR EFFECTS ON BEET ARMYWORMS AND LOOPERS IN COTTON AND DETECTION OF FEEDING DAMAGE WITH REMOTE SENSING.  D.L. Sudbrink Jr., F.A. Harris, J.T. Robbins and P.J. English; Mississippi State Univ., Delta Res. & Ext. Cntr., Stoneville, MS [1-4].  [slides]

 

9:15        96.          EFFECT OF LEAF EXTRACTS OF TEOSINTE, Zea diploperennis L., AND A MEXICAN MAIZE CRIOLLO VARIETY ON THE GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF THE FALL ARMYWORM (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE).  L. A. Farias-Rivera, J. L. Hernandez-Mendoza, J. Molina-Ochoa, A. Pescador-Rubio and M. Lopez-Edwards.  Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Tecomán, Colima, México [1, 3, 5]; Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México [2]; Centro Universitario de Investigación y Desarrollo Agropecuario, Universidad de Colima, Tecomán, Colima, México [4]. [  ]

 

9:30        97.          CHARACTERIZING FALL ARMYWORM DAMAGE TO BOLLS IN COTTON: IMPACTS ON YIELD.  J.J. Adamczyk, Jr., USDA-ARS-SIMRU, Stoneville, MS.  [digital]


9:45        98.          CONTROL OF TRUE ARMYWORM, Pseudaletia unipuncta, IN WHEAT USING VARIOUS INSECTICIDES.  D.R. Johnson, J.D. Reaper, J.D. Hopkins, G.M. Lorenz, T.J. Kring, J.B. Welch,  D. Edmund and L. Walton.  Univ. of Arkansas Cooperative Ext., Lonoke Agricultural Cntr., Lonoke, AR [1-4]; Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR [5]; Univ. of Arkansas Cooperative Ext., Lonoke County, Lonoke, AR [6]; DuPont Crop Protection, Little Rock, AR [7]; and  Dow AgroSciences, Tupelo, MS [8].  [ digital]

 

10:00 – 10:30  BREAK

 

10:30     99.          MONITORING TRUE ARMYWORM, Pseudaletia unipuncta, IN WHEAT USING A PHEROMONE TRAPPING SYSTEM.  J.D. Reaper, D.R. Johnson, J.D. Hopkins, P. Sims, R. Talley and K. Lawson. Univ. of Arkansas Cooperative Ext., Lonoke Agricultural Cntr., Lonoke, AR [1,2,3]; Univ. of Arkansas Cooperative Ext., Arkansas County, Stuttgart, AR [4]; Univ. of Arkansas Cooperative Ext., Monroe County, Clarendon, AR  [5]; and Univ. of Arkansas Cooperative Ext., White County, Searcy, AR [6]. [digital]

 

10:45     100.        WHEAT DEFOLIATION BY ARMYWORM: CHANGING THE THRESHOLD.  T.J. Kring, G.M. Lorenz and D.R. Johnson.  Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR  72701 [1]; and Coop. Ext. Srvc., Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR [2,3].  [digital]

 

11:00     101.        AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS OF Spodoptera frugiperda (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) POPULATIONS FROM MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES: A RESEARCH PROJECT.  J. Molina-Ochoa, F. A. Suinaga, S. Maliphan, S. E. Skoda and J. E. Foster.   Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Tecomán, Colima, México [1]; Insect Genetics laboratory, Department of Entomology, Univ. of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE [2,3,5]; USDA-ARS, Midwest Livestock Insects Research Unit, Lincoln, NE [4].  [  ]

 

11:15     102.        Heritability of Sub‑lethal Effects of Bt on the Beet Armyworm.  Douglas V. Sumerford, USDA,ARS,SIMRU, Stoneville, MS.  [  ]

 

11:30     103.        CLOSING COMMENTS.


 

Wednesday Morning, MARCH 6

 

8:00 – 12:15    Symposium:

                        Turf and Ornamentals

                                Room:  Salon A

 

 

Organizer and Moderator:  Catharine Mannion, Univ. of Florida, TREC, Homestead, FL.

 

8:00        104.        Introduction.

 

8:05        105.        Influence of pest-resistant turfgrass cultivars on beneficial arthropods.  S. K. Braman, Univ. of Georgia, Georgia Experiment Station, Griffin, GA.

 

8:25        106.        Release of Larra bicolor (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), a parasitoid of introduced mole cricket, into South Georgia. W. Hudson and H. Frank. Univ. of Georgia, Department of Entomology, Tifton, GA [1]; Univ. of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, FL [2].

 

8:45        107.        Concerns about the use of Marathon in the ornamental market.  J. Dobbs, Olympic Horticultural Products, Roswell, GA.

 

9:05        108.        TetraSan – A new miticide for spider mites.  J. Chamberlin, Valent U.S.A. Corporation, Snellville, GA.

 

9:25        109.        New opportunities for IPM in Ornamentals. N. C. Leppla, Univ. of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, FL.

 

9:45        110.        Liriomyza trifolii on greenhouse crops.  R. Oetting, Univ. of Georgia, Department of Entomology, Griffin, GA.

 

10:05 – 10:20  BREAK


10:20     111.        Trapping as a potential tool for the management of European hornet damage to susceptible nursery stock.  J. B. Oliver, P. Landolt, M. Halcomb and K. Vail.  Coop. Agriculture Research Program, Tennessee State Univ. Nursery Crop Research Station, McMinnville, TN [1]; USDA-ARS, Yakima Agriculture Research Laboratory, Wapato, WA [2]; Univ. of Tennessee, McMinnville, TN [3]; and K. Vail, Univ. of Tennessee, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Knoxville, TN [4].

 

10:40     112.        Mealybugs of importance to ornamentals: Recognition, biology and management.  M. L. Williams and T. Kondo, Auburn Univ., Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn Univ., AL [1,2].

 

11:00     113.        Deraeocoris nebulosus (Hemiptera: Miridae): A biological control agent for ornamentals. D. W. Boyd, Jr., USDA ARS, Small Fruits Research Station, Poplarville, MS.

 

11:20     114.        Exotic pests attacking ornamentals in south Florida. T. Weissling, USDA ARS, Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, Miami, FL.

 

11:40     115.        Management of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in ornamentals. C. M. Mannion, Univ. of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Cntr., Homestead, FL.

 

12:00     116.        Final Remarks.

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