Purpose. This meeting brought together the majority of RAMP PIs and several collaborators and colleagues to review our progress on over 30 RAMP projects, identify challenges and pending objectives, and to strategize on successful completion of RAMP objectives.
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Notes
Meeting Format
Day 1 included an overview of the RAMP project goals and rationale by Peter Ellsworth and a presentation on project assessment by Al Fournier. The rest of Day 1 was dedicated to oral project updates presented around 4 major themes:
(1) Plant/Pest/Pesticide Interactions
(2) Individual Behavior & Local Movement
(3) Regional Ecology, Movement & Modeling
(4) Game Training Simulation
Day 2 consisted of dedicated discussions around each of these 4 themes. The discussions focused on four goals:
(1) To develop a clear understanding of our current progress in Meeting RAMP objectives
(2) To discuss results and how they may related to other RAMP components
(3) To identify unmet objectives and set goals for accomplishing them
(4) To identify expected outputs and applications of the research
Peter Ellsworth, University of Arizona, Department of Entomology. The Lygus RAMP, Why are we doing this? (PDF, 1.2MB)
Al Fournier, University of Arizona, Maricopa Agricultural Center. Project Evaluation and Impact Assessment. (PDF, 1.8MB)
Steve Naranjo, USDA Arid Lands Agricultural Research Center. Plant / Pest / Pesticide interactions. (PDF, 1.4MB)
James Hagler, USDA Arid Lands Agricultural Research Center. Individual Behavior & Local Movement. (PDF, 1.6MB)
Colin Brent, USDA Arid Lands Agricultural Research Center. Regulation of Development and Reproduction of Lygus hesperus. (PDF, 1.9MB)
Yves Carrière, University of Arizona, Department of Entomology. Regional Ecology, Movement & Modeling. (PDF, 795KB)
Peter Ellsworth, University of Arizona, Department of Entomology. The Game Training Simulation Discussion. (PDF, 61KB)
Lygus-RAMP PIs and affiliates gathered for the June 22-23 RAMP Partners Meeting at the Maricopa Agricultural Center. From left to right: Larry Godfrey, James Hagler, Pete Goodell, Dale Spurgeon, Rodney Cooper, Jay Rosenheim, Steve Naranjo, Peter Ellsworth, Yves Carrière, Colin Brent, Stan Carroll, Lolita Mathew, Russ Tronstad, Christa Ellers-Kirk, Megha Parajulee, Shujuan (Lucy) Li and Al Fournier.