Woody Plant Insect Pest Ecology and Management

Organizer(s)

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  Chris Riley

  Research Entomologist and Technical Support Specialist
  Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
  Arlington, Virginia
• KC

  Kevin Chase

  Research Entomologist
  Research
  Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
  Charlotte, North Carolina
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  Adam Baker

  Technical Advisor, Pollinator Ecologist
  Davey Institute
  Davey Tree Expert Company
  Akron, Ohio

This session will bring together participants from a variety of backgrounds (industry, research, extension) to cover new developments pertaining to entomology and the associated fields of arboriculture, urban forestry, and urban ecosystem management.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Chris B. Riley – Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
• 8:05 AM – 8:20 AM PT

  Are preventative soybean oil applications effective to reduce spongy moth populations across the landscape?
  

  Presenting Author: Kevin Daniel Chase – Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
• 8:20 AM – 8:35 AM PT

  Efficacy of methyl salicylate lures as natural enemy attractants within an urban landscape
  

  Presenting Author: Chris B. Riley – Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
• 8:35 AM – 8:50 AM PT

  Insecticide options for protecting palms from South American palm weevil (Rhynchophorus palmarum) in California
  

  Presenting Author: Erik Lindberg – Rainbow Ecoscience
• 8:50 AM – 9:05 AM PT

  Drones - A powerful IPM tool for applying low risk pesticides
  

  Presenting Author: Stanton Gill – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Brian Kunkel – University of Delaware

  Co-author: David Clement – University of Maryland

  Co-author: Karen Rane – University of Maryland

  Co-author: Kirk Floyd – Kdrone Services, LLC

  Co-author: Suzanne Klick – University of Maryland
• 9:05 AM – 9:15 AM PT

  Break
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PT

  Horned oak gall wasp (Callirhytis comigera): A once thought cosmetic pest now causing decline in oaks in the southern US
  

  Presenting Author: Adam M. Baker – Davey Tree Expert Company
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM PT

  Phosphonate soil treatments improve tree health and suppress foliar nematode populations in American beech with beech leaf disease
  

  Presenting Author: Daniel Herms – Davey Tree Expert Company

  Co-author: Daniel Volk – Cleveland Metroparks

  Co-author: Constance Hausman – Cleveland Metroparks

  Co-author: Anand B. Persad, BCE – ACRT Services

  Co-author: Brady Holko – Davey Tree Expert Company
• 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM PT

  Assessing drivers of insect biodiversity change in urban green spaces
  

  Presenting Author: Holly Martinson – McDaniel College

  Co-author: Steven Frank – North Carolina State University

  Co-author: Michael J. Raupp – University of Maryland
• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PT

  Trees as critical IPM components of landscape ecosystems
  

  Presenting Author: Steven Frank – North Carolina State University
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM PT

  Landscape company use of commercial biocontrols on trees and shrubs
  

  Presenting Author: Carol S. Glenister (she/her/hers) – IPM Laboratories Inc.
• 10:30 AM – 10:40 AM PT

  Break
• 10:40 AM – 10:55 AM PT

  Efficacy of Aphidoletes predator releases to mitigate aphid populations on linden street trees
  

  Presenting Author: Thomas Whitney – Davey Tree Expert Company

  Co-author: A.D. Ali – Davey Tree Expert Company
• 10:55 AM – 11:10 AM PT

  Understanding the biology and ecology of the generalist egg parasitoid, Anastatus reduvii, towards improved biological control of the brown marmorated stink bug
  

  Presenting Author: Madeline E. Potter – University of Maryland

  Co-author: Paula Shrewsbury – University of Maryland
• 11:10 AM – 11:25 AM PT

  Determining the importance of propagule pressure and wind dispersal of invading crapemyrtle bark scale populations
  

  Presenting Author: Erika Wright – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Kevin Daniel Chase – Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories

  Co-author: Samuel F. Ward – Mississippi State University
• 11:25 AM – 11:40 AM PT

  Factors that influence chemical control of scale insects
  

  Presenting Author: Carlos Quesada – West Virginia University
• 11:40 AM – 11:45 AM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Chris B. Riley – Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories