Advances in Harnessing Insects as Upcyclers and Feed

Organizer(s)

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  Michael Crossley

  Assistant Professor / Agricultural Entomologist
  Dept of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology
  University of Delaware
  Newark, Delaware
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  Laura Ingwell

  Assistant Professor
  Entomology
  Purdue University
  West Lafayette, Indiana

Insects and the microbes they associate with represent a promising means to bridge the widening nutrient gap between agroecosystems and the growing human populations they sustain. In this symposium, we will feature research that is advancing the potential to harness insects as upcyclers and feed for a growing world population.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Michael S. Crossley – University of Delaware
• 1:35 PM – 1:50 PM PT

  Fraud, contamination, espionage, and intellectual property
  

  Presenting Author: Jeffery K. Tomberlin – Texas A&M University
• 1:50 PM – 2:05 PM PT

  Harvesting insects from intensive agricultural settings
  

  Presenting Author: Lee W. Cohnstaedt – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Sabrina Swistek – Mississippi State University

  Co-author: Kortnee VanDonge – Kansas State University

  Co-author: Phillip Shults – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Alexandra Chaskopoulou – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Annie Donoghue – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Palmy Jesudhasan – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Brenda Oppert – USDA-ARS
• 2:05 PM – 2:20 PM PT

  Effects of introducing Pseudomonas putida to black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) Gainesville diet
  

  Presenting Author: Heather Jordan – Mississippi State University

  Co-author: Drew Dygert – Mississippi State University

  Co-author: Islam Elsayed – Mississippi State University

  Co-author: El Barbary Hassan – Mississippi State University

  Co-author: Jac Varco – Mississippi State University

  Co-author: Rebecca Waters – Mississippi State University
• 2:35 PM – 2:50 PM PT

  Break
• 3:20 PM – 3:35 PM PT

  Application of black soldier flies in urban agriculture: Developing a circular economy
  

  Presenting Author: Laura L. Ingwell – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Catherine S. Terrell – Purdue University
• 3:35 PM – 3:50 PM PT

  Turning waste into feed: Diet composition impacts life history traits for black soldier fly larvae
  

  Presenting Author: Casey A. Flint – Texas A&M University

  Co-author: Chelsea Miranda – Texas A&M University

  Co-author: Jeffery K. Tomberlin – Texas A&M University
• 3:50 PM – 4:05 PM PT

  Spent oyster mushroom substrate additions in cricket feed yield poor growth performance in farmed Gryllus bimaculatus
  

  Presenting Author: Martin Ventura – University of Wisconsin

  Co-author: Valerie Stull – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Susan M. Paskewitz – University of Wisconsin
• 4:05 PM – 4:10 PM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Michael S. Crossley – University of Delaware