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W2185 Officers
2010 Chair
Dr. Mark Schwarzlaender
Dept. of Plant, Soil, and
Entomological Sciences
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho
markschw@uidaho.edu
Secretary for 2010
Dr. Andrew Norton
Dept. of Bioagricultural Sciences
and Pest Management
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
andrew.norton@colostate.edu
Member-at-Large for 2010
Dr. Lincoln Smith
USDA-ARS
Exotic and Invasive Weeds
Research Unit
Albany, California
lincoln.smith@ars.usda.gov
Link to:
Joint Meeting
of the W-2185 and S-1034
Link to Agena
Portland, Oregon
March 24-26, 2009
Portland Joint Meeting
Photo Gallery
Peter McEvoy and Moses Kairo
Meeting room at the
Doubletree Hotel
Jim Nechols enjoying tunes by our
resident pianist, Bob Nowierski
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Meeting 2009
Stanford Sierra Conference Center
at Fallen Leaf
Lake (near Lake Tahoe) California.
October 7-9, 2009
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The
annual meeting of CSREES Project W-2185, Biological Control in Pest
Management Systems of Plants was held from 8:00 AM, Thursday,
October 8, through 12:00 PM, Friday, October 9, at the Stanford
Sierra Conference
Center located on Fallen Leaf Lake near South Lake Tahoe,
California.
The weather was beautiful and the meeting productive! Take a look
at our Program (below) and check back as we add the Minutes and ppt
files from the speakers (where available).
Mike Pitcairn
Chair, 2009
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W-2185 Annual Meeting
Stanford
Sierra
Conference
Center
South Lake Tahoe,
California
PROGRAM
Thursday 8 October 2009
8:30 – 8:45 Mike
Pitcairn, California Department of Food and Agriculture;
Introductory remarks.
8:45 – 9:15 Daniel
Strickman, USDA ARS-OIRP, Beltsville;
Report on USDA-ARS Overseas Biological Control
Laboratories.
9:15 – 9:45 Urs
Schaffner,
CABI Europe-Switzerland;
Update of
CABI Europe-Switzerland’s activities in biological weed control
9:45 – 10:15 Massimo
Cristofaro,
Biotechnology and Biological
Control Agency, Rome, Italy and Lincoln Smith, USDA-ARS Albany, CA;
Biological control of Russian thistle and Scotch thistle: update of
overseas explorations and research activities.
10:15
– 10:45 Break.
10:45 – 11:00
Mike Pitcairn, Conclusion of
Business Meeting
11:00 – 11:45
Paul Ode, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; The effect of
plant chemistry on the
interactions between
herbivores and their natural enemies.
11:4 5 – 1:00 Lunch.
1:00 – 1:30 Rene
Sforza, USDA-ARS-EBCL and Massimo Cristofaro, BBCA; Foreign
exploration for new potential biological control candidates on saltcedar.
1:30 – 2:00 Lincoln
Smith, USDA-ARS Albany, CA; Recent issues and new challenges
regarding the permitting of new weed biological control agents.
2:00 – 2:45 Keith
Warner and Waide Hicks, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara,
CA; Assessing the institutional capacity for crop biological control at
a regional and national scale, with additional comments by Peter
McEvoy, Oregon State University.
2:45
– 3:15 Break
3:15 – 3:45 Kent
Daane, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Biological control of
the vine mealybug in California.
3:45 – 4:15 Les Ehler,
University of California, Davis, CA; Observations on the
use of hedgerows in conservation biological control.
4:15 – 4:45 Sean
Swezey, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Control of lygus
bug in strawberries using biological control and trap crops.
Friday 9 October 2009
8:30 – 8:45 Mark
Schwarzlaender, University of
Idaho; Discussion of Meeting in
2010
8:45 – 9:15 Tom
Coleman, USDA Forest Service, Santa Barbara, CA; The invasion of the
gold-spotted oak borer into California and potential for biological
control.
9:15 – 9:45 Richard
Stouthamer, University of California, Riverside, CA; Adaptation to
captive rearing and the success of biological control.
9:45 – 10:15 Joe
Ellington, New Mexico State University;
Precision
cotton production with implications to biological control.
10:15 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:15 Nick Mills,
University of California, Berkeley, CA; Biological control of the light
brown apple moth in California.
11:15 – 11:45 Bill
Roltsch, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento,
CA; Observations on native Trichogramma spp. on the light brown
apple moth in California.
11:45 – 12:00 Mike
Pitcairn, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Concluding remarks
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The Joint
Meeting of the W-2185 and S-1034
was held this past March in Portland.
Check out the program and photos below.
Our
joint meeting of CSREES Project W-2185,
Biological Control in in Pest
Management Systems of Plants, with Project S-1034
Biological Control of Arthropods and Weeds
was held
Sunday afternoon 22 March through the
evening of Monday 23 March 2009 at the
Doubletree Hotel,
Portland, Oregon. Our
meeting was affiliated with
the 6th
International IPM Symposium held following our meeting
on 24-26 March 2009 in Portland.
We had 78 attendees. See the
Program below and watch for
photos from the meeting!
Peter
B. McEvoy and
Moses Kairo
Organizers |
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W2185 and S1034 Joint Meeting
Doubletree Hotel, Portland, Oregon
Program
Sunday, 22 March 2009 |
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1:00 |
Registration |
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3:00-5:00 |
Moses Kairo and Peter McEvoy –
Organizers |
Agency Updates |
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3:00 |
Peter McEvoy (Oregon State University) and Moses
Kairo (Florida A&M University) |
Introductory remarks
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3:10 |
Robert Nowierski, USDA CSREES, Washington D.C. |
Organizational changes in CSREES, funding
opportunities, and coordination of invasive
species efforts at the national level |
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3:30 |
Shaharra Usnick,
USDA
APHIS PPQ |
USDA APHIS PPQ Update- Biocontrol in the West
and South. |
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3:50 |
Hariet Hinz,
CABI Europe-Switzerland |
Update of CABI Europe-Switzerland’s activities
in biological weed control
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4:20 |
Daniel Strickman USDA ARS, Beltsville,
Walker Jones, European
Biological Control Laboratory (BCL), Matthew
Purcell, Australian BCL, Hong-yin Chen,
Sino-American BCL, Juan Briano, South American
BCL |
USDA ARS Overseas Biological Control
Laboratories Reports |
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5:00 |
Close |
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5:10 |
Separate Business Meetings for W2185 and S1034
Projects |
Peter McEvoy and Lynn LeBeck - W-2185
Moses Kairo - S1034 |
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6:30 |
Close |
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6:30 – 8:00 |
Reception |
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Monday 23 March 2009
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Time |
Organizer/Presenters |
Session/Presentation Title |
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7:30 |
Registration |
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8:00-9:30 |
Russell Messing, University of Hawaii –
Organizer |
The New Regulatory Environment for Biocontrol |
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8:00 |
Russell Messing, University of Hawaii |
Introduction and Comments |
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8:10 |
John Goolsby, USDA-ARS Weslaco, Texas |
“Biocontrol Permitting: the NAPPO perspective” |
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8:30 |
Robert Flanders,
USDA-APHIS-PPQ |
“Upcoming changes in APHIS biocontrol
regulations” |
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9:00 |
Discussion and Feedback |
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9:30-11:20 |
Rich Hansen (APHIS Ft. Collins, CO) and David
Hall (ARS Ft. Pierce, FL) – Organizers |
Implementing Biological Control |
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9:30 |
Charlie Pickett (CDFA, Sacramento, CA) |
“Strategies for colonization of parasitoids:
examples from California” |
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9:45 |
John Goolsby (USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX) |
“Implementation of biological control program
for Arundo donax, an invasive weed of
the Rio Grande Basin”
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10:00-10:20 |
Mid Morning Break |
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10:20 |
David Hall (USDA-ARS, Ft. Pierce, FL) |
“Implementing biological control of insect pests
of plants - some Florida examples” |
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10:35 |
Dan Bean (Colorado Dept. of Agriculture,
Palisade, CO) |
“Getting the bugs out: the role of the Palisade
Insectary in biological control” |
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10:50 |
Rich Hansen (USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Ft. Collins, CO) |
“Developing partnerships for regional and
national biocontrol programs” |
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11:05 |
Discussion
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11:20-12:50 |
Bill Snyder (Washington State University,
Pullman) and James Harwood (University of
Kentucky, Lexington) – organizer s |
“Role of predators in biological control” |
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11:20 |
Steve Naranjo (USDA ARS,
Maricopa, AZ) |
“Interactions and comparative impact of
predators and parasitoids for biological control
of whiteflies”
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11:40 |
Ted Evans (Utah State University, Logan) |
“Contributions of biodiversity to biocontrol:
hidden intrigue among closely related
predators?”
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12:00 |
Tim Kring (University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville) |
“Natural control in cotton aphid management
systems: Exotic species are natural too” |
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12:20 |
James Harwood (University of Kentucky,
Lexington) |
“Biodiversity and biological control: are they
compatible?” |
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12:40 |
Discussion |
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12:50-2:00 |
Lunch Break |
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2:00-3:30 |
Molly (Martha) Hunter (University of Arizona) –
organizer |
Ecology and evolution of arthropod biological
control by parasitoids
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2:00 |
Julio Bernal (Texas A&M University)
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“Ecology of parasitoids in transgenic crops” |
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2:20 |
Jen White (University of Kentucky)
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“Parasitoid endosymbionts and biological
control” |
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2:40 |
Nick Mills (University of California at
Berkeley) |
“Sourcing parasitoid introductions: genetic or
climatic matching?” |
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3:00 |
George Roderick (University of California at
Berkeley)
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“Are biological invasions suitable models for
classical biological control of arthropods?” |
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3:20 |
Discussion
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3:30-3:50 |
Mid Afternoon Break
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3:50-5:00 |
Peter McEvoy (Oregon State University) -
organizer |
Weed control by arthropods: Challenges for
ecology and conservation |
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3:50 |
Ted Center (USDA ARS Ft. Lauderdale) |
“Biological control of invasive plants: its role
in Everglades restoration” |
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4:10 |
René Sforza (European Biological Control
Laboratory) |
“Exploration and biocontrol candidates of
medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae)” |
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4:30 |
Peter McEvoy (Oregon State University) |
“Predicting efficacy of prospective weed
biocontrol candidates”
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4:50-5:00 |
Discussion |
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5:00 |
Close |
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