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Sunday, 30 January 2005
15:00 Registration – Penthouse Foyer - Hotel
Crowne Plaza
·
Poster Installation
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Provision of PowerPoint Oral Presentations on CD
15:00 Welcome Coffee/Tea – Penthouse Foyer -
Hotel Crowne Plaza
16:00 Kick-off Session: Economic Importance of Lygus
in Crop Commodities
Chairman:
Peter Goodell
| 16:00 |
GOODELL Peter
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Introduction |
| 16:10 |
ELLSWORTH Peter C., BARKLEY Virginia |
Development of economic thresholds for Lygus hesperus
in Arizona COTTON |
| 16:30 |
GILLESPIE Dave R.
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Is omnivory the key to understanding Lygus impacts
on GREENHOUSE crops? |
| 16:50 |
VINCENT Charles
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The tarnished plant bug and its impact on APPLE ORCHARDS |
| 17:10 |
MOSTAFA Ayman M., HOLLIDAY Neil J. |
Population compositions and yield implications of plant bugs
in SEED ALFALFA in Manitoba |
| 17:30 |
CARCAMO Hector, OTANI Jennifer |
Impacts of Lygus plant bugs on CANOLA in western
Canada |
| 17:50 |
MOSTAFA Ayman M., HOLLIDAY Neil J. |
Impacts of Lygus plant bugs on yield patterns of
BUCKWHEAT in southern Manitoba |
| 18:10 |
BROADBENT Bruce
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Impacts of Lygus plant bugs on VEGETABLES AND BERRY
CROPS in North America |
18:30 End Kick-off Session
19:00 Welcome Reception - Penthouse Foyer – Hotel
Crowne Plaza
19:30 Welcome Dinner – Penthouse Panorama Room
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Welcome Address: Peter Mason
Monday, 31 January 2005
08:15 Scientific Session: Lygus Community Ecology
Chairman:
Dave Gillespie
| 08:15 |
GILLESPIE Dave |
Introduction |
| 08:20 |
GOODELL Peter B., LYNN Kris
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Approaches to understanding Lygus in an ecological landscape
context |
| 08:40 |
PARAJULEE Megha N., CARROLL Stanley C., ARNOLD Mark D., SHRESTHA
Ram B., CRANMER Andy M., BOMMIREDDY Padma L. |
Species composition and host-plant sequence of Lygus bugs
in the Texas high plains
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| 09:00 |
FLEURY Dominique, VINCENT Charles, MAUFFETTE Yves. |
Seasonal abundance of Lygus lineolaris adults inside and at
the periphery of a vineyard
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| 09:20 |
BANCROFT Jay |
Forecasting Lygus pressure in Kern County, California |
| 09:40 |
BOSTANIAN Noubar J., TRUDEAU Martin, LASNIER Jacques |
The population dynamics of the tarnished plant bug in Quebec
vineyards
|
10:00 Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 Scientific Session: Lygus Biology & Cultural
Controls for Lygus Management
Chairman:
Bruce Broadbent
| 10:30 |
BROADBENT Bruce |
Introduction |
| 10:35 |
COOK Donald R., COSTELLO R.W., BURRIS E., LEONARD B.R., BURNS
D.R. |
Effects of field margin vegetation management on tarnished
plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) densities
in cotton, Gossypium hirsutum (L.) |
| 10:55 |
HAGLER James
|
Potassium chloride reduces the feeding activity of Lygus hesperus |
| 11:15 |
CARRIERE Yves, ELLSWORTH Peter C., DUTILLEUL, Pierre, ELLERS-KIRK
Christa, BARKLEY Virginia, ANTILLA Larry |
The scale of Lygus movement between alfalfa and cotton
|
| 11:35 |
WILLIAMS Livy III, RODRIGUEZ-SAONA C., CASTLE S.C., MANRIQUE
V., BERNAL J.S., JONES W.A. Jones, Jr. |
Utilization of herbivore-induced plant volatiles for conservation
biological control of Lygus species - from lab to field
|
| 11:55 |
BLACKMER Jackie, NARANJO Steve E., RODRIQUEZ-SAONA Cesar,
WILLIAMS Livy III |
Dispersal and host location by Lygus spp.: underlying behavioral
and ecological mechanisms
|
12:15 Lunch Break
13:45 Scientific Session: Host Plant Resistance and
Insecticide Efficacy
Chairman:
Owen Olfert
| 13:45 |
OLFERT, Owen |
Introduction |
| 13:50 |
CELORIO MANCERA Maria de la Paz, AHMADI Hamid, GREVE Carl,
SHACKEL Kenneth A.TEUBER Larry R., BACKUS Elaine A., LABAVITCH
John M. |
Examining the potential utility of polygalacturonase- inhibiting
protein interactions for protecting crop plants against Lygus
bug
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| 14:10 |
TEUBER Larry R., CELORIO-MANCERA Maria de la paz, GREVE L.
Carl, AHMADI Hamid, SHACKEL Ken A., BACKUS Elaine A., LABAVITCH
John M. |
Selection for polygalacturonase inhibition as a means of developing
resistance to the Lygus bug
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| 14:30 |
SOROKA, Juliana, GLEDDIE, Steve, GERBER, George |
Host plant resistance of genetically modified canola cv Westar
to Lygus bugs |
| 14:50 |
VINCENT Charles, KHANIZADEH Shahrokh |
The quest for strawberry cultivars resistant to tarnished
plant bug: a behavioural study. |
| 15:10 |
LEONARD B. Roger, BURRIS E., COOK Donald |
Insecticide performance against tarnished plant bug, Lygus
lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), in southern cotton fields |
15:30 Coffee/Tea Break
16:00 Scientific Session: Poster Presentation (all
session themes)
Moderator:
Charles Vincent
| Poster 01 |
TEAGUE Tina Gray, COY Steven, DANFORTH Diana M.
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Interactions of Lygus lineolaris induced injury
and water deficit stress in Mid-South cotton: monitoring crop
response using COTMAN for pest management decision making |
| Poster 02 |
BURANGE Prasad S., Roehrdanz Richard L., BOETEL Mark A. |
Intraspecific genetic diversity of the Lygus genus
|
| Poster 03 |
OTANI Jennifer, CARCAMO Hector |
Overwintering survival and female reproductive status of Lygus
keltoni in northern Alberta agricultural habitat |
| Poster 04 |
SCHRAUFNAGEL Jacinta R., WILLIAMS Livy III, ROANE Timberley
M. |
Characterization of intestinal microbial flora of Lygus lineolaris
|
| Poster 05 |
WILLIAMS Livy III, CASTLE Sandra C., RODRIGUEZ-SAONA Cesar,
ZHU Su |
Electrophysiological responses of Lygus species (Heteroptera:
Miridae) and Anaphes iole (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) to herbivore-induced
plant volatiles |
| Poster 06 |
LORENZ Gus, GREENE Jeremy, STUDEBAKER Glenn, RODERY Steve,
CAPPS Chuck |
Area-wide management of tarnished plant bug in Arkansas
|
| Poster 07 |
RANCOURT Benoit, VINCENT Charles, OLIVEIRA Domingos |
Efficacy and persistence of an insect vacuum device against
the tarnished plant bug, (Hemiptera: Miridae) in strawberries. |
| Poster 08 |
BARKELY Virginia, ELLSWORTH C. Peter |
Transitioning Lygus chemical controls to more selective options
for Arizona cotton |
| Poster 09 |
WILLIAMS Livy III, MANRIQUE Verónica
|
Toxicity of field-weathered insecticide residues to Anaphes
iole (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Lygus lineolaris
(Heteroptera: Miridae) |
| Poster 10 |
WILLIAMS Livy III, LOGARZO Guillermo A., SHAW Scott R., MANRIQUE
Verónica |
Leiophron argentinensis Shaw (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): a
new species from Argentina and Paraguay, with information on
life history and potential for controlling Lygus bugs |
| Poster 11 |
MOSTAFA Ayman M., HOLLIDAY Neil J. |
Management of Lygus bugs in buckwheat using Cyhaothrin-Lambda
and Beauveria bassiana |
| Poster 12 |
MASON Peter G., GOULET Henri, BOSTANIAN Noubar J. |
Effect of harvest on parasitism of Lygus lineolaris and Adelphocoris
lineolatus (Hemiptera: Miridae) in alfalfa |
| Poster 13 |
WILLIAMS Livy III, ZHU Y. C., MANRIQUE Verónica, SNODGRASS
George L. |
Host plant affects oviposition pattern of Lygus lineolaris
and subsequent parasitism by Anaphes iole
|
| Poster 14 |
COUTINOT Dominique, HOELMER Kim |
Explorations in Europe and parasitoid species composition
by climatic association |
| Poster 15 |
HAYE Tim, KUHLMANN Ulrich
|
Lygus parasitoid species composition in natural and cultivated
habitats |
| Poster 16 |
BLODGETT Sue, BARIL Rebecca et al. |
Regional assemblages of Lygus species from Montana alfalfa
and canola |
| Poster 17 |
CARCAMO Héctor, HERLE Carolyn, GOULET Henri, OTANI
Jennifer |
Seasonal activity of Lygus spp. and nymphal parasitism by
native Peristenus wasps in southern Alberta
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| Poster 18 |
RÄMERT Brigitta HELLQVIST Sven KJOBEK PETERSEN Mette
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A survey of Lygus parasitoids in Sweden
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| Poster 19 |
ACCINELLI Gianumberto, LANZONI, A., RAMILLI F., TAVELLA L.,
BURGIO G. |
Faunistic studies on mirids (Rhynchota, Heteroptera) on field
margin areas in northern Italian agroecosystems
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17:30 End of Scientific Sessions
19:00 Dinner on your own
Tuesday, 1 February 2005
08:00 Scientific Session: Systematics/Taxonomy of Lygus
and Biological
Control
Agents
Chairman:
Bob Foottit
| 08:00 |
FOOTTIT Bob |
Introduction |
| 08:05 |
SCHWARTZ Michael D.
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The systematics of Lygus: generic phylogeny and relationships
to other plant bugs |
| 08:25 |
FOOTTIT Robert G. |
Molecular genetic diversity of Lygus spp. in North America |
| 08:45 |
GOULET Henri
|
Systematic problems and solutions for the species of Peristenus
and Leiophron associated with Lygus in Canada and the Northern
United States |
| 09:05 |
GARIEPY Tara D., KUHLMANN Ulrich,
GILLOTT Cedric, ERLANDSON Martin |
Detection and identification of European Lygus parasitoids
using a single-step multiplex PCR assay
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| 09:25 |
HUBER John T.
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Taxonomic problems in egg parasitoids of Lygus bugs and implications
for biological control |
09:45 Coffee/Tea Break
10:15 Scientific Session: Biology/Ecology of Biological
Control Agents
Chairman:
Ulli Kuhlmann
| 10:15 |
KUHLMANN Ulli |
Introduction |
| 10:20 |
LELAND Jarrod E., MCGUIRE Michael R. |
Development of Beauveria bassiana for control of Lygus spp.
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| 10:40 |
KAPONGO Jean Pierre, SHIPP Les, KEVAN Peter, BROADBENT Bruce |
Optimal concentration of Beauveria bassiana as vectored by
bumblebees for control of Lygus lineolaris and Myzus persicae
on greenhouse sweet pepper |
| 11:00 |
HAGLER James
|
Identifying key predators of Lygus hesperus using protein
markers |
| 11:20 |
WILLIAMS Livy III, BEACH J. Peirce |
Nectar and honeydew sugars influence gustatory response and
longevity of Anaphes iole, an egg parasitoid of Lygus |
| 11:40 |
TAVELLA Luciana, GUIDONE Loredana
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Distribution and abundance of nymph parasitoids of Lygus rugulipennis
Poppius (Heteroptera: Miridae) in northwestern Italy |
| 12:00 |
KUHLMANN Ulrich, HAYE Tim, BROADBENT Bruce, WHISTLECRAFT Jay |
Reproductive biology of Peristenus digoneutis and Peristenus
stygicus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), parasitoids of Lygus species |
12:20 Lunch Break
13:30 Social Program: Curling
19:00 Dinner on your own
Wednesday, 2 February 2005
08:15 Scientific Session: Host Specificity of Biological
Control Agents
Chairman:
Kim Hoelmer
| 08:15 |
HOELMER Kim |
Introduction |
| 08:20 |
HAYE Tim, KUHLMANN Ulrich, MASON Peter G., GOULET Henri |
Comparison of the physiological and ecological host range
of the biological control agents Peristenus stygicus and Peristenus
digoneutis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) |
| 09:00 |
MASON Peter G., BROADBENT A. Bruce, GILLESPIE Dave R., WHISTLECRAFT
Jay |
Peristenus digoneutis and Peristenus stygicus host-range testing
in Canada
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| 09:20 |
WATERS Tim, WALSH Doug, BUSH Mike, FERGUSON Holly, WIGHT Ron |
Host range of Peristenus spp. attacking Lygus hesperus in
Washington State, USA
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| 09:40 |
GARIEPY Tara D., HAYE Tim, KUHLMANN Ulrich, GILLOTT Cedric,
ERLANDSON Martin |
Potential for evaluating the ecological host range of Peristenus
digoneutis and Peristenus stygicus using a single-step multiplex
PCR technique |
10:00 Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 Scientific Session: Release, Post-release Evaluation
and Monitoring of
Biological
Control Agents
Chairman:
Livy Williams
| 10:30 |
WILLIAMS Livy |
Introduction |
| 10:35 |
PICKETT Charles H., RODRIGUEZ R., BROWN J., COUTINOT Dominique,
HOELMER Kim A., ERTLE L. |
Importation and establishment of Lygus parasitoids in California
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| 10:55 |
BROADBENT A. Bruce, MASON Peter G., WHISTLECRAFT Jay W., GOULET
Henri, GILLESPIE Dave R. |
Release of Peristenus digoneutis in Canada for biological
control of Lygus lineolaris
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| 11:15 |
BARBOUR Jim, MOWRY Thomas, SEYMOUR Lorraine |
Determination of Lygus spp. parasitism by Peristenus spp.
in crop and non-crop hosts using polymerase chain reaction |
| 11:35 |
MASON Peter G., GOULET Henri, SCHWARTZ Michael D. |
Parasitism of Miridae in crop and non-crop habitats in eastern
Ontario and southwestern Quebec |
| 11:55 |
ERLANDSON Martin, ASHFAQ Muhammad, BRAUN Lorraine
|
Hyperparasitism by Mesochorus curvulus (Hymenoptera : Ichneumonidae)
in Peristenus species (Hymenoptera : Braconidae) and development
of molecular markers for hyperparasitoid detection |
12:15 Lunch Break
13:45 Final Discussion:
Is
an IPM approach feasible to control Lygus in crop commodities?
Moderators:
Peter Ellsworth & Peter Mason
15:45 Coffee/Tea Break
16.30 End of Meeting
19:00 Farewell Pub Dinner
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