International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods

1st International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods. USDA-Forest Service FHTET-03-05. June 2003.

Day 4: Conservation of Natural Enemies

van Emden, H.F. Keynote presentation
     Conservation biological control: from theory to practice

SESSION 9 - NECTAR FEEDING BY PARASITOIDS
Organizers: George Heimpel, Department of Entomology (University of Minnesota) and Robert Pfannensteil (USDA-ARS, Weslaco, Texas)

• Wratten, S., L. Berndt, J. Tylianakis, P. Ernando, and R. Didham
       Adding floral diversity to enhance parasitoid fitness and efficacy
• Keller, M.A. and G. Baker
       Impact of conservation biological control practices on natural enemies: a case study of
       diamondback moth and its parasitoids
• Lee, J.C. and G.E. Heimpel
       Nectar availability and parasitoid sugar feeding
• Wäckers, F.L.
       The effect of food supplements on parasitoid-host dynamics

SESSION 10 - ALTERNATIVE HOSTS AND HABITAT REFUGES FOR NATURAL ENEMIES
Organizers: R. Pfannenstiel (USDA-ARS, Weslaco, Texas) and G. Heimpel (Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota)

• Schellhorn, N.A and L. Siberbauer
       The role of surrounding vegetation and refuges: increasing the effectiveness of predators and
       parasitoids in cotton and broccoli systems
• Harmon, J. and D. Andow
       Alternative foods as a mechanism to enhance a generalist ladybird’s predation of target prey
• Fox, T.B. and D.A. Landis
       Impact of habitat management on generalist predators of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines
• Pfannenstiel, R.S. and T.R. Unruh
       Conservation of leafroller parasitoids through provision of alternate hosts in near crop habitats

SESSION 11 - EFFECTS ON NATURAL ENEMIES OF USING BT CROPS IN IPM SYSTEMS
Organizer: Brian Federici (Department of Entomology, University of California at Riverside)

• Dively, G. P. and R. Rose
       Effects of Bt transgenic and conventional insecticide control on the non-target natural
       enemy community in sweet corn
• Moar, W. J., M. Eubanks, B. Freeman, S. Turnipseed, J. Ruberson, and G. Head
       Effects of Bt cotton on biological control agents in the southeastern United States
• Venditti, M.E. and K.L. Steffey
       Field effects of Bt corn on the impact of parasitoids and pathogens on
       European corn borer in Illinois
• Naranjo, S.E. and P.C. Ellsworth
       Arthropod communities and transgenic cotton in the western United States:
       Implications for biological control
• White, J.A. and D.A. Andow
       Natural enemies and resistance management in Bt corn: Parasitoid searching behavior
       and host spatial distribution [ABSTRACT ONLY]

SESSION 12 - PESTICIDE EFFECTS ON NATURAL ENEMIES
Organizer: Livy Williams (USDA-ARS, Stoneville, Mississippi)

• Hagler, J. and S. Naranjo
       Sublethal effects of insecticides on predator feeding behavior:
       a gut content evaluation [ABSTRACT ONLY]
• Tillman, P. G.
       Toxicity of indoxacarbTM to the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Hemiptera: Miridae),
       and the big-eyed bug, Geocoris punctipes (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)
• Sterk, G., F. Heuts, N. Merck, and J. Bock
       Sensitivity of non-target arthropods and beneficial fungal species to chemical and biological
       plant protection products: results of laboratory and semi-field trials
• Stark, J. D. and S. Bamfo
       Population-level outcomes of differential susceptibility among life stages
       of the aphid parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae to pesticides

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