10-min: PBT, Applied Toxicology and IPM

Moderator(s)

• 

  Dara Stockton, Ph.D.

  Assistant Lab Director
  Tropical Crop Commodity Research Protection Unit- ARS, Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center
  USDA-APHIS
  Edinburg, Texas
• 

  William Walker, III

  Research Geneticist
  ARS
  USDA-ARS
  Wapato, Washington

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:12 PM MST

  Comparative toxicity and efficacy of growth-regulating larvicides to Culex mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Grey Raven Smith – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Haley Fleetwood – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Heather Marie Hernandez – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Leslie Rault – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Troy Anderson – University of Nebraska
• 2:12 PM – 2:24 PM MST

  Effects of sulfoxaflor on caste development in the common eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens)
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah Elizabeth Orr – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Kayla Murray – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Robert L. Bossard – Bossard Consulting

  Co-Author: Michael Goodisman – Georgia Tech
• 2:24 PM – 2:36 PM MST

  Enhancing hazelnut protection: Low-rate pheromone dispensers for filbertworm mating disruption
  

  Presenting Author: Kyoo Park – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Serhan Mermer – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Betsey Miller – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Christopher Hedstrom – Pacific Biocontrol

  Co-Author: Peter McGhee – Pacific Biocontrol

  Co-Author: Vaughn Walton – Oregon State University
• 2:36 PM – 2:48 PM MST

  Evaluation of oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel) [Diptera: Tephritidae] response to methyl eugenol using lynfield traps on mango trees
  

  Presenting Author: Elechi Franca Asawalam, Ph.D. – Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture Umudike

  Co-Author: Damian Asawalam – Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike
• 2:48 PM – 3:00 PM MST

  Factors affecting success in the survival of a parasitoid wasp, Diachasmimorpha longicaudata
  

  Presenting Author: Seo Hyun Kim – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Michael R. Strand – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Gaelen R. Burke – University of Georgia
• 3:00 PM – 3:12 PM MST

  Spinosad insecticide resistance in Hawaii fruit flies: the extent of the problem, solutions, and challenges to changing approach
  

  Presenting Author: Dara G. Stockton, Ph.D. – USDA-APHIS
• 3:12 PM – 3:24 PM MST

  Understanding the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC): who we are and what we do?
  

  Presenting Author: Meredith Cocks – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Serhan Mermer – Oregon State University
• 3:24 PM – 3:36 PM MST

  Investigating the honey bee virus dynamics in fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren) colonies
  

  Presenting Author: Bita Valizadeh Gever – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Julie Hardy – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Jian Chen – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Esmaeil Amiri – Mississippi State University
• 3:36 PM – 3:48 PM MST

  Fire ant control targeting the Pheromone Biosynthesis Activating Neuropeptide (PBAN) Ligand-Receptor system
  

  Presenting Author: Robert Kenneth Vander Meer – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Man-Yeon Choi – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Satya P. Chinta – USDA-ARS