Invasive Insects Around the World: Global Challenges & Strategies for Addressing Invasive Herbivores

Organizer(s)

• DC

  David Coyle

  Assistant Professor
  Forestry and Environmental Conservation
  Clemson University
  Clemson, South Carolina
• 

  Hannah Burrack

  Michigan State University
  Okemos, Michigan

This symposium, hosted by the P-IE Section Invasive Species WIG team, aims to facilitate opportunities for networking and exchanging ideas about invasive insects. It includes seven presentations and a panel discussion from internationally recognized leaders and experts who will highlight challenges and strategies for detecting and managing invasive insect species.

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Ashley N. Schulz – Mississippi State University
• 9:05 AM – 9:25 AM PT

  Factors driving historic intercontinental invasions of European pine bark beetles
  

  Presenting Author: Juan Corley – Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche

  Co-author: Gimena Vilardo – Universidad de Buenos Aires

  Co-Author: Massimo Faccoli – Università degli Studi di Padova

  Co-author: M. Victoria Lantschner – Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche
• 9:25 AM – 9:40 AM PT

  No tree is an island entire of itself: The search for forest invasion relationships in Europe
  

  Presenting Author: Angela M. Mech – University of Maine

  Co-author: Andrew M. Liebhold – USDA-Forest Service

  Co-author: Jiri Trombik – Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

  Co-author: Maartje Klapwijk – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
• 9:40 AM – 9:55 AM PT

  The fall armyworm invasion in Africa: An overview of its economic and ecological impacts
  

  Presenting Author: Johnnie van den Berg – North-West University

  Co-Author: Hannalene du Plessis – North-West University
• 9:55 AM – 10:05 AM PT

  Break
• 10:05 AM – 10:20 AM PT

  Mitigating international trade barriers with biopesticides
  

  Presenting Author: Kevin B. Rice – University of Missouri

  Co-author: Grace Lennon – Minor Use Foundation

  Co-author: Wayne Jiang – Michigan State University

  Co-author: Jason Sandahl – Ag Aligned Global
• 10:20 AM – 10:35 AM PT

  Influence of non-native arthropods and their management on citrus production in Florida
  

  Presenting Author: Emilie P. Demard – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Lauren M. Diepenbrock – University of Florida
• 10:35 AM – 10:50 AM PT

  Managing pest movement to novel ecosystems through application of phytosanitary measures
  

  Presenting Author: Meghan Noseworthy (she/her/hers) – Canadian Forest Service
• 10:50 AM – 11:00 AM PT

  Break
• 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM PT

  Indigenous perspectives on invasive species management and EDRR in a changing climate: Overcoming the culture of invasion biology to have the tough conversations we avoid
  

  Presenting Author: Jennifer Grenz (she/her/hers) – The University of British Columbia
• 11:20 AM – 12:00 PM PT

  Panel discussion and closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: David R. Coyle – Clemson University