Stored Product Pests vs. Technology

Organizer(s)

• EK

  Emily Kaul (she/her/hers)

  Canadian Grain Commission
  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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  Rachel Harman (she/her/hers)

  Post-doctoral Research Fellow
  Stored Product Insect and Engineering Research Unit
  USDA-ARS
  Manhattan, Kansas

Presentations:

• 9:30 AM – 9:35 AM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Rachel R. Harman (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
• 9:35 AM – 9:50 AM MST

  Using a biofuel by-product as a novel insect growth regulator against stored product insects as a climate-friendly adaptation
  

  Presenting Author: William R. Morrison, III (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Sabita Ranabhat (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Kun Yan Zhu – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Alexander Bruce – University of Tennessee
• 9:50 AM – 10:05 AM MST

  Flying under the radar no more: Using flight mills to enhance stored product pest control
  

  Presenting Author: Jacqueline M. Maille (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: William Rust – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Melanie Kessler-Mathieu – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Daniel Brabec – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Kun Yan Zhu – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Erin D. Scully – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Jaden Reed – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: William R. Morrison, III (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Nicholas Sixbury – USDA-ARS
• 10:05 AM – 10:20 AM MST

  Advances in remote monitoring
  

  Presenting Author: James Feston, BCE – Insects Limited, Inc.

  Co-Author: Patrick J. Kelley, BCE (he/him/his) – Insects Limited, Inc.

  Co-Author: Samantha Kiever – Insects Limited, Inc.

  Co-Author: Ethan Estabrook – Insects Limited, Inc.
• 10:20 AM – 10:35 AM MST

  Use of automated next-generation trapping to reliably sample stored product insects in real-time in a commercial food facility
  

  Presenting Author: Jennifer Abshire – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Ronnie Opone Serfa Juan, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Erin D. Scully – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Kun Yan Zhu – Kansas State University

  Co-author: Alison R. Gerken – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: William R. Morrison, III (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Dante A. Castaldi – Kansas State University

  Co-author: Jacqueline M. Maille (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University
• 10:35 AM – 10:50 AM MST

  Development of a suite of molecular tools for identification of khapra beetles
  

  Presenting Author: Yunke Wu – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Michael Domingue – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Scott Myers – USDA-APHIS
• 10:50 AM – 11:05 AM MST

  Break
• 11:35 AM – 11:50 AM MST

  Application of nanoparticle-mediated RNAi for efficient gene silencing and pest control
  

  Presenting Author: Anil Moola (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Subba Reddy Palli (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
• 11:50 AM – 12:30 PM MST

  Panel discussion