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Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Member Symposium

Recent Advances in Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management (IPPM) Research and Applications

IPPM for wildlife-friendly ornamental plant production

Sunday, November 13, 2022

8:40 AM – 9:00 AM PT

Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 119/120

Presenting Author(s)

Bernadette M. Mach

Research Scientist
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Co-author(s)

Adam Dale

Associate Professor
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Co-Author(s)

JD

Jaret Daniels

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Insecticides used during plant production can pose significant risks to adult and larval pollinators. Most pollinator toxicological data focus on bee species, but lepidopterans are also pollinators and can respond in markedly different ways than bees to the same insecticide. Consequently, many products compatible with bee conservation pose an unknown risk to larval pollinators. Using the monarch butterfly-milkweed-oleander aphid system, we conducted leaf and whole-plant feeding assays to evaluate acute toxicity and chronic effects of insecticides to monarch caterpillars.