Biological Control of Major Invasive Pests: Achievements and Current Development

Organizer(s)

• AB

  Antonio Biondi

  Professor
  University of Catania
  Catania, Sicilia, Italy
• XW

  Xingeng Wang

  Research Entomologist
  Agriculture Research Service- Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit
  USDA-ARS
  Newark, Delaware
• 

  Joe Kaser

  Biological Science Technician
  Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit-ARS
  USDA-ARS
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• ND

  Nicolas Desneux

  Research Director
  French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food & Environment (INRAE)
  Sophia Antipolis, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France

Invasive insects and weeds cause enormous ecological and economic damage to agriculture, forestry, and native ecosystems. The symposium will cover recent case studies on importation (=classical), augmentative and conservation biological control of these currently important invasive pests and weeds around the world.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Antonio Biondi – University of Catania
• 1:35 PM – 1:50 PM PT

  European achievements for biological control of Tuta absoluta following 2006 invasion
  

  Presenting Author: Antonio Biondi – University of Catania

  Co-author: Lucia Zappala – University of Catania

  Co-author: Nicolas Desneux – French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food & Environment (INRAE)
• 1:50 PM – 2:05 PM PT

  Classical biological control of the spotted-wing drosophila in USA
  

  Presenting Author: Kent Daane – University of California
• 2:05 PM – 2:20 PM PT

  Classical biological control of spotted-wing drosophila in Italy
  

  Presenting Author: Marco Valerio Rossi Stacconi – Fondazione Edmund Mach
• 2:20 PM – 2:35 PM PT

  Chemical ecology to boost the biological control of the spotted-wing drosophila
  

  Presenting Author: Emilio Guerrieri (he/him/his) – National Research Council of Italy

  Co-author: Massimo Giorgini – National Research Council of Italy
• 2:35 PM – 2:50 PM PT

  Current status of Halyomorpha halys biological control in USA
  

  Presenting Author: Kim Alan Hoelmer – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Joe M. Kaser – USDA-ARS
• 2:50 PM – 3:05 PM PT

  Panel discussion
• 3:05 PM – 3:20 PM PT

  Break
• 3:20 PM – 3:35 PM PT

  Status of the classical biological control of the African citrus psyllid, Trioza erytreae, in mainland Europe
  

  Presenting Author: Alejandro Tena – Institut Valencià d'Investigacions Agràries (IVIA)
• 3:35 PM – 3:50 PM PT

  Progress towards biological control of Asian longhorned beetle
  

  Presenting Author: Xingeng Wang – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Juli R. Gould – USDA-APHIS

  Co-author: Xiao-Yi Wang – Chinese Academy of Forestry

  Co-Author: Seunghyun Lee – Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 3:50 PM – 4:05 PM PT

  Biological control of invasive ambrosia beetles of the genus Xylosandrus
  

  Presenting Author: Antonio Gugliuzzo – University of Catania

  Co-Author: Antonio Biondi – University of Catania
• 4:05 PM – 4:20 PM PT

  Progress towards classical biocontrol of spotted lanternfly
  

  Presenting Author: Juli R. Gould – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Hannah J. Broadley – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Yunke Wu – Cornell University; USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Kim Alan Hoelmer – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Xiao-Yi Wang – Chinese Academy of Forestry
• 4:20 PM – 4:35 PM PT

  New invasive insect species in Hawaii, classical biological control and resident biotic resistance
  

  Presenting Author: Mark G. Wright – University of Hawai'i
• 4:35 PM – 4:50 PM PT

  Biological control of invasive Asian citrus psyllid in commercial citrus orchards
  

  Presenting Author: Jawwad A. Qureshi – University of Florida
• 4:50 PM – 5:05 PM PT

  Panel discussion
• 5:05 PM – 5:10 PM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Antonio Biondi – University of Catania