Grad P-IE: Biocontrol - Parasitoids

Moderator(s)

• CL

  Conrad Labandeira

  Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
  Washington, District of Columbia

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MT

  Assessment of aphicides on pecan aphids and their primary parasitoid in an experimental pecan orchard
  

  Presenting Author: Kyle K. Slusher – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Ted E. Cottrell – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Angelita Acebes-Doria – University of Georgia
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MT

  Field densities and natural enemy exclusion studies of the roseau cane scale (Nipponaclerda biwakoensis) in the native and adventive ranges
  

  Presenting Author: Tanner Sparks – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Rodrigo Diaz – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Amado Cortez – National Chung Hsing University

  Co-Author: Hannah J. Broadley – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Shaw-Yhi Hwang – National Chung Hsing University
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MT

  Influence of insectary plants on Trissolcus japonicus dispersal and biological control of Halyomorpha halys
  

  Presenting Author: Emma O. Waltman – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  Co-Author: Anne Nielsen – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MT

  New pest alert: Ramie moth,Arcte coerula (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in Hawaiʻi
  

  Presenting Author: Michelle G. Au – University of Hawaii

  Co-Author: Mark G. Wright – University of Hawaii
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MT

  Spatiotemporal insights into Halyomorpha halys and its egg parasitoid, Trissolcus japonicus: Are parasitoid captures correlated with those of its host?
  

  Presenting Author: Jared E. Dyer – Virginia Tech AHS AREC

  Co-Author: Elijah Talamas – Florida State Collection of Arthropods

  Co-Author: Tracy Christine Leskey – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: James C. Bergh – Virginia Tech AHS AREC
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MT

  The use of Trichogramma ostriniae for biological control in semi-arid western Nebraska
  

  Presenting Author: Jeffrey D. Cluever – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Julie A. Ann Peterson – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Robert Wright – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Jeffrey D. Bradshaw – University of Nebraska
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MT

  Adaptation of the Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) to its parasitoid, Trichopoda pennipes (Diptera: Tachinidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Kendall J. Stacey – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Lillie M. Rooney – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Norman C. Leppla, BCE – University of Florida
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MT

  Mechanical hedge-pruning strategies influence the abundance of a specialist aphid parasitoid in pecan orchards
  

  Presenting Author: Pedro Felipe S. Toledo – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Jason M. Schmidt – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Angelita Acebes-Doria – University of Georgia
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MT

  Augmentative biological control of squash bug using releases of egg parasitoid, Gryon pennsylvanicum
  

  Presenting Author: Sean M. Boyle – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Donald C. Weber – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Thomas P. Kuhar – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University