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July 25 - Afternoon
DANR Biological Control Workgroup Meeting
We will be adding some files from the DANR workgroup
meeting soon.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Citrus
and Biological Control. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
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Welcome. Overview of
the Centennial of the University of
California's Citrus Research Center-Agricultural Experiment
Station.
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Overview of citrus biological control
programs. Robert Luck, University of California
Riverside.
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Citrus biological control in the San Joaquin
Valley of California. Beth Grafton-Cardwell, University of
California Riverside.
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Biological control of citrus pests in
Australia. Daniel Papacek, Bugs for Bugs, Australia.
Diaprepes root weevil and Asian citrus
psyllid. Newcomers to California? Kris Godfrey,
CDFA, Sacramento, California.
Panel Discussion
Risk Assessment and Weed Biological Control
- Host specificity testing of weed biocontrol agents: can and
should the phylogenetic method be modernized? David Briese,
CSIRO, Canberra, Australia.
- Emerging invasive weeds and the potential for biological
control. Joe DiTomaso, University of California Davis.
- Risk assessment of Ceratopion basicorne, a rosette
weevil of yellow starthistle. Lincoln Smith, USDA-ARS,
Albany, California.
- How to best select an agent for weed biological control.
Andy Sheppard, CSIRO, Montferrier-Sur-Lez, France.
- Biological control of squarrose knapweed in northern
California: a burgeoning success story? Dale Woods, CA
Dept. Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California
- Update on the biological control of Tamarix spp. in
the western United States. Ray Carruthers, USDA-ARS,
Albany, California.
- Panel Discussion
Thursday, July 27
Urban Forestry A Tribute to Dr. Donald
Dahlsten
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Biological control in the urban forest: A
tribute to Donald Dahlsten. Andrew Lawson, Fresno State
University, Fresno, California.
- Biological control of the ash whitefly and giant whitefly.
John Kabashima, UC-Cooperative Extension, Orange County,
California.
- Chemical ecology of insects in the urban forest. Steven
Seybold, USDA, ARS, Pacific Southwest Res. Station, Davis,
California.
- Biological control of eucalyptus pests. Timothy Paine,
University of California Riverside.
- Elm Pests and Better New Elm Trees for California. Steven
Dreistadt, University of California Davis.
- Panel Discussion
Biological Control in the Urban Environment
- Behavioral interactions between ants, pests and parasitoids
Implications for biological control. Michael Rust,
University of California - Riverside.
- Invading terrestrial arthropods; overview, pathway analysis
and pest status. Robert Dowell, California Department of
Food & Agriculture.
- CityBugs: the Dahlsten legacy continues
Vernard Lewis,
University of California Berkeley.
- Incorporating biologically-based management materials into
current production in turf. Edwin Lewis, University of
California Davis
- Panel Discussion
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Download the full
CCBC V
Proceedings as a PDF here.
If you would like a CD or hard copy of the Proceedings,
contact
Lynn LeBeck.
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Organizations Involved In Planning This
Event Include:
Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service, USDA
Association of Natural Biocontrol Producers (ANBP)
California County Agricultural Commissioners
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
California Department of Pesticide Regulation
Citrus Research Board of California
The California State University System
The Center for Biological Control, UC-Berkeley
The University of California System
UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
UC-IPM Exotic Pests and Diseases Research Program
UC Center for Invasive Species Research
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Thank you to our
generous Supporters!
Association of Natural Biocontrol Producers (ANBP)
California County Agricultural Commissioners
UC-IPM Exotic Pests and Diseases Research Program
Citrus Research Board of California
The Center for Biological Control, UC-Berkeley
The University of California - Davis
UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
(DANR)
and
The College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences
Deans Office, UC Riverside
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