Recent Trends and Prospects for the Future in Several Key Plant-Insect Ecosystems Sub-Disciplines

Organizer(s)

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  David Onstad

  Senior Research Scientist
  Corteva Agriscience
  Port Orchard, Washington
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  Nicholas Larson

  Post-Doctoral Research Molecular Biologist
  IIBBL, SRS
  USDA-ARS
  Baltimore, Maryland

Are you interested in knowing how sub-disciplines in entmology are doing? Do trends suggest good or bad prospects for the future? Has funding or employment changed significantly? Will they change? Join us to learn about the health of entomology and how ESA can improve our ability to prosper.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: David W. Onstad – Corteva Agriscience
• 8:05 AM – 8:20 AM PT

  Recent history and future trends in biological control
  

  Presenting Author: Norman C. Leppla, BCE – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Houston Wilson – University of California
• 8:20 AM – 8:35 AM PT

  Recent history and future trends in insect pathology and microbial control
  

  Presenting Author: Navneet Kaur – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Surendra K. Dara – Oregon State University
• 8:35 AM – 8:50 AM PT

  Recent history and future trends in host plant resistance
  

  Presenting Author: Michael J. Stout – Louisiana State University

  Co-author: Flor E. Acevedo – Pennsylvania State University
• 8:50 AM – 9:05 AM PT

  Recent history and future trends in the study of insect vectors of plant pathogens
  

  Presenting Author: Sanford D. Eigenbrode – University of Idaho

  Co-author: Kerry Elizabeth Mauck – University of California
• 9:05 AM – 9:20 AM PT

  Break
• 9:20 AM – 9:35 AM PT

  Recent history and future trends in extension entomology
  

  Presenting Author: Kelley J. Tilmon – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Katelyn A. Kesheimer – Auburn University
• 9:35 AM – 9:50 AM PT

  Recent history and future trends in forest entomology
  

  Presenting Author: Nicole F. Quinn – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Brian Aukema – University of Minnesota
• 9:50 AM – 10:05 AM PT

  Recent history and future trends in entomology concerning bees
  

  Presenting Author: James P. Strange (he/him/his) – Ohio State University

  Co-author: Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University
• 10:05 AM – 10:20 AM PT

  Recent history and future trends in studies of insect behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Maya L. Evenden – University of Alberta

  Co-Author: Joanna Katarzyna Konopka – Johns Hopkins University
• 10:20 AM – 10:35 AM PT

  Rethinking everything: ESA Sections in the 21st century
  

  Presenting Author: Robert K. D Peterson – Montana State University
• 10:35 AM – 10:40 AM PT

  Break
• 10:40 AM – 11:10 AM PT

  Panel discussion