Tomorrow's Rice Pests Are on the Move, How Can Our Entomology Science Stop Them Today?

Organizer(s)

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  Nupur Sarkar (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Research Associate
  Department of Entomology, AgriLife Research
  Texas A&M University
  Beaumont, Texas
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  Lina Bernaola

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Entomology
  Texas A&M University
  Beaumont, Texas

The proposed symposium will cover recent advances in rice pest management research and applications, focusing on the interactions between key insect pests and rice. Topics covered will include management of invasive and native insect pests, host plant and insecticide resistance, climate change, and pest resurgence.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Nupur Sarkar (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University
• 1:35 PM – 2:05 PM MST

  Global trends in pest management in rice: Implications for U.S. rice
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Stout (he/him/his) – Louisiana State University
• 2:05 PM – 2:25 PM MST

  Unique pests for a unique production system: Past and recent arthropod issues in California rice
  

  Presenting Author: Luis Espino – University of California

  Co-author: Ian Grettenberger – University of California
• 2:25 PM – 2:45 PM MST

  Biological control of rice stink bugs in Brazil: An overview
  

  Presenting Author: Thais Freitas (she/her/hers) – Federal University of Pampa
• 2:45 PM – 3:05 PM MST

  Rice billbug and its impact in furrow-irrigated rice production systems
  

  Presenting Author: Chase Floyd – University of Missouri

  Co-Author: Nick Bateman – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Ben Thrash – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Donald Cook – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Tyler B. Towles – Mississippi State University
• 3:05 PM – 3:10 PM MST

  Break
• 3:10 PM – 3:30 PM MST

  Investigating the impact of silicon accumulation on constitutive and herbivore-induced gene expression using OsLsi1 deficient mutant rice lines
  

  Presenting Author: Jyoti Sharma – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Rajat Pruthi – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Thomas Tai – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Michael Stout (he/him/his) – Louisiana State University
• 3:30 PM – 3:50 PM MST

  Promoting biodiversity for climate-resilient pest management in rice
  

  Presenting Author: Nurmi Pangesti – Country Representative for Cambodia

  Co-Author: Sokheng Keo (he/him/his) – International Rice Research Institute

  Co-Author: Maria Liberty Perez Almazan – International Rice Research Institute

  Co-Author: Carmencita C. Bernal – International Rice Research Institute

  Co-Author: Sovanroth Heng – Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute

  Co-Author: Sathya Khay – Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute
• 3:50 PM – 4:10 PM MST

  Managing rice stink bug in mid-south rice production
  

  Presenting Author: Nick Bateman – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Ben Thrash – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Glenn Studebaker – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Donald Cook – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Chase Floyd – University of Missouri
• 4:10 PM – 4:30 PM MST

  Combatting the rice Delphacid: Current strategies and future directions in Texas rice
  

  Presenting Author: Nupur Sarkar (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Rebecca A. Pearson – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Lina Bernaola – Texas A&M University
• 4:30 PM – 4:50 PM MST

  Rice insects in Florida: Monitoring and management in a sentinel state for invasive species
  

  Presenting Author: Julien Beuzelin – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Matthew VanWeelden – University of Florida

  Co-Author: De-fen Mou (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Susan Halbert – University of Florida
• 4:50 PM – 5:10 PM MST

  Efficacy of the parasitoid Telenomus remus (Nixon, 1937) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) as biological control agent against the fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Cambodia
  

  Presenting Author: Sokheng Keo (he/him/his) – International Rice Research Institute

  Co-Author: Rica Joy Flor – International Rice Research Institute

  Co-Author: Samoul Oeurn – Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries

  Co-Author: Ti Nit – Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries

  Co-Author: Sokvisal Kong – Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute

  Co-Author: Sovanroth Heng – Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute

  Co-Author: Sathya Khay – Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute

  Co-Author: Nurmi Pangesti – Country Representative for Cambodia
• 5:10 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Panel discussion