• Project No. and Title: NE1332 - Biological Control of Arthropod Pests and Weeds
• Dates: 01/11/2017 to 01/11/2017
• Contacts: [Scott Salom]

This authorizes the annual meeting: .
The meeting will be held on 01/11/2017 at Loews Annapolis Hotel, Annapolis, Maryland. :

Admin Advisor: Jan P. Nyrop (jpn2@cornell.edu)

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 11, 2017 Northeast Biocontrol Regional Project (NE-1332): Honoring 27 years of Leadership by Dick Reardon in Research and Implementation of Biological Control of Forest Pests 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. <br /> <br /> Moderator: Scott M. Salom Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA <br /> <br /> 1:00 p.m. Biological control of the winter moth in the Northeastern US. Joseph Elkinton, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA <br /> <br /> 1:15 p.m. The long term perspective of emerald ash borer biocontrol: Can introduced natural enemies protect North American ash in the aftermath forests of invasion?, Jian Duan, USDA ARS, Newark, DE <br /> <br /> 1:30 p.m. TBA . Ann Hajek, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1:45 p.m. The biological control effort for hemlock woolly adelgid: No one said that it would be easy. Scott Salom, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA <br /> <br /> 2:00 p.m. Global progress in the biological control of weeds. Mark Schwazlander, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID <br /> <br /> 2:15 p.m. Biological control for invasive knotweeds (Fallopia spp.) in North America. Fritzi Grevstad, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR <br /> <br /> 2:30 p.m. A decade of using Verticillium nonalfalfae as a biocontrol of the invasive Ailanthus altissimus in the eastern US. Matt Kasson, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV <br /> <br /> 2:45 p.m. Outrunning the invasive species treadmill: Integrating biological control and other management techniques to restore invaded sites. Ellen Lake and Judy Hough-Goldstein, University of Delaware, Newark, DE