• Project No. and Title: S1073 - Biological Control of Arthropod Pests and Weeds
• Dates: 03/19/2024 to 03/19/2024
• Contacts: [Adam Dale]

This authorizes the annual meeting: .
The meeting will be held on 03/19/2024 at Augusta GA- as part of the Southeastern Branch Entomological Society of America meeting. :

Admin Advisor: Amy Grunden (amgrunde@ncsu.edu)

S1073: Biological Control of Arthropod Pests and Weeds<br /> Multistate Research Project Annual Business Meeting Agenda<br /> <br /> Location: August, GA<br /> Date: 3/19/2024<br /> Time: 2PM – 5PM<br /> <br /> 2PM – Welcoming remarks – Adam Dale, S1073 President<br /> <br /> 2:05 PM – Classical biological control in Tennessee: Looking back to the future<br /> Jerome Grant, University of Tennessee<br /> <br /> 2:18 PM – Developing ways to be more proactive with reactive control strategies<br /> Carey Minteer, University of Florida<br /> <br /> 2:31 PM – Field validation of sorghum aphid natural enemy thresholds: summation of type I and type II error rates<br /> Kristopher Giles, Oklahoma State University<br /> <br /> 2:44 PM – Fortuitous biocontrol: what we know about the roseau cane scale parasitoid complex in Louisiana<br /> Tanner Sparks, University of Georgia<br /> <br /> 2:57 PM – Revealing parasitoid-aphid food webs in pecans for building future biological control programs<br /> Pedro Felipe Toledo, University of Georgia<br /> <br /> 3:10 PM – Interactions between multiple biocontrol agents used to control the invasive plant, air potato<br /> Philip Hahn, University of Florida<br /> <br /> 3:23 PM – Opportunities for using real-time satellite monitoring to improve the impact of weed biological control<br /> Rodrigo Diaz, Louisiana State University<br /> <br /> 3:36 PM – Business meeting discussion among working group members<br /> <br /> 3:51 PM – European pepper moth plant preferences and insecticide susceptibility<br /> Steven Frank, North Carolina State University<br /> <br /> 4:04 PM – Trichopoda pennipes host preference and suitability when reared on species of pentatomids and coreids<br /> Norman Leppla, University of Florida<br /> <br /> 4:17 PM – Exploring conservation biological control in urban lawns: opportunities and limitations<br /> Adam Dale, University of Florida<br /> <br /> 4:30 PM – Development of conservation and augmentative biological control tools for management of chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, in strawberry<br /> Sriyanka Lahiri, University of Florida<br /> <br /> 4:43 PM – Occurrence of entomopathogenic fungi in soil collected from citrus groves with and without cover crops: a baseline analysis<br /> Pasco Avery, University of Florida<br /> <br /> 4:56 PM – Business meeting discussion among working group members. Identifying collaborative opportunities, program synergies, and areas for future work and funding.<br /> <br /> 5:15 PM – Closing remarks and wrapping up the business meeting.