P-IE: Biocontrol - Weeds

Moderator(s)

• AZ

  Ari Zakroff

  Master's Student
  Department of Biological Sciences
  Wright State University
  Dayton, Ohio
• IJ

  Ian Jones

  Postdoctoral researcher
  Forestry
  University of Toronto
  Whitby, Ontario, Canada

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT

  Ambrosia and bark beetles emerging from herbicide-treated Brazilian pepper: Unintended consequences of a restoration project of South Florida
  

  Presenting Author: Gregory Wheeler – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Paul E. Kendra – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Aaron S. David – USDA-ARS
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT

  Evaluation of field releases of Hypena opulenta (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) for biological control of invasive Vincetoxicum spp. in New England
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Tewksbury (she/her/hers) – University of Rhode Island

  Co-Author: Alexandra Johnson – University of Rhode Island

  Co-Author: Alana A. Russell – University of Rhode Island

  Co-Author: Hazelynn Rios – University of Rhode Island
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT

  Flexible feeding by the biological control agent, Pseudophilothrips ichini causes greater damage than expected to the weed Brazilian peppertree
  

  Presenting Author: Gregory Wheeler – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Rebecca Nestle – USDA-ARS
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM PT

  Leaf-roll gall formation in Fallopia bohemica and its implications for biological control
  

  Presenting Author: Ian M. Jones – University of Toronto

  Co-Author: Daisuke Kurose – Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI)

  Co-Author: Rob Bourchier – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Sandy Smith – University of Toronto
• 10:00 AM – 10:12 AM PT

  Mesquite twig girdler, Oncideres rhodosticta: Should spillover during high population densities limit biological control potential?
  

  Presenting Author: David C. Thompson – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Ikju Park – Kyungpook National University

  Co-Author: Kristen Bowers – New Mexico State University
• 10:12 AM – 10:24 AM PT

  Native range surveys of Prosopis L. (Fabaceae) in the southwestern United States reveal potential biological control agents
  

  Presenting Author: Kristen Bowers – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: David C. Thompson – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Joel DuBois – Oklahoma State University
• 10:24 AM – 10:36 AM PT

  Break
• 10:48 AM – 11:00 AM PT

  Recently permitted biological control agents in California: Overview of rearing and releases by the CDFA Biological Control Program
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher Borkent – California Department of Food and Agriculture

  Co-Author: Charles Pickett – California Department of Food and Agriculture

  Co-Author: Viola Popescu – California Department of Food and Agriculture

  Co-Author: Ricky Lara – California Department of Food and Agriculture

  Co-Author: Michael J. Pitcairn – California Department of Food and Agriculture

  Co-Author: Vincent Maiquez – California Department of Food and Agriculture
• 11:00 AM – 11:12 AM PT

  Synergistic effects of fertilizer and a biological control agent on the growth attributes of a perennial target weed in an outdoor environment
  

  Presenting Author: Dale Allen Halbritter (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Eutychus Kariuki – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Min Rayamajhi – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Gregory Wheeler – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Carey Minteer – University of Florida
• 11:24 AM – 11:36 AM PT

  Using stem boring moths Archanara neurica (Hübner) and Lenisa geminipuncta (Haworth) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) for biological control of introduced Phragmites australis australis
  

  Presenting Author: Michael McTavish – University of Toronto

  Co-Author: Sandy Smith – University of Toronto

  Co-Author: Rob Bourchier – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• 11:36 AM – 11:48 AM PT

  Exotic shrub supports lower herbivore diversity and abundance than native counterpart
  

  Presenting Author: Ari Zakroff – Wright State University

  Co-Author: John O. Stireman – Wright State University