Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Abney, MR, JR Ruberson, GA Herzog, TJ Kring, DC Steinkraus & PM Roberts. 2008. Rise and fall of cotton aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) populations in Southeastern cotton production systems. Journal of Economic Entomology 101:23-35.

Cave, R.D. 2008. Biological control of the Mexican bromeliad weevil. Biocontrol News & Information 29: 1N-2N.

Cave, R.D. 2008. Lixadmontia franki Wood and Cave released to control the Mexican bromeliad weevil. Tachinid Times 21: 12-14.

Chapman EG, Harwood JD (2008). Using snail-killing fly larvae as biological control agents of invasive slugs. IOBC-NRS Newsletter 30(3), 5.

Chen, Y & JR Ruberson. 2008. Impact of variable nitrogen availability on arthropods in cotton. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 126: 281-288.

Chen, Y, E Schmelz, F Wäckers, JR Ruberson. 2008. Cotton plant, Gossypium hirsutum L., defense in response to nitrogen fertilization. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34: 1553-1564.

Chen, Y, JR Ruberson & DM Olson. 2008. Nitrogen fertilization rate affects larval performance and feeding, and oviposition preference of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, on cotton. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 126: 244-255.

Copeland, C., Matthews, R., Gonzalez, J., Aluja, M., Sivinski, J. 2008. Wolbachia in two populations of Melittobia digitata Dahms (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Neotropical Entomol. 37: 633-640.

Cuda, J.P. 2008. Biological control of weeds, pp. 501-506. In Capinera, J.L. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Entomology, Second Edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht, Netherlands.

Cuda, J.P., Charudattan, R., Grodowitz, M.J., Newman, R.M., Shearer, J.F., Tamayo, M.L., Villegas, B. 2008. Recent advances in biological control of submersed aquatic weeds. J. Aquat. Plant Manage. 46: 15-32.

Cuda, J.P., Gillmore, J.L. Medal, J.C., Pedrosa-Macedo, J.H. 2008. Mass rearing of Pseudophilothrips ichini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), an approved biological control agent for Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolius (Sapindales: Anacardiaceae). Fla. Entomol. 91: 338-340.

Diaz, R., Overholt, W., Samayoa, A., Sosa, F., Cordeau, D., Medal, J. 2008. Temperature-dependent development, cold tolerance, and potential distribution of Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent of tropical soda apple, Solanum viarum (Solanaceae). Biocontrol Sci. Technol. 18: 193-207.

Diaz, R., Overholt, W., Cuda, J., Pratt, P., Fox, A. 2008. Temperature-dependent development, survival, and potential distribution of Ischnodemus variegatus (Hemiptera : Blissidae), a herbivore of west Indian marsh grass. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am.101: 604-612.

Diaz, R., Overholt, W.A., and K. Langeland, K. 2008. Jamaican Nightshade (Solanum jamaicense): A threat to Floridas hammocks. Invasive Plant Science and Management 1: 422-425.

Diaz, R., Samayoa, A.C., Overholt, W.A., Pitty, A. 2008. Solanum viarum Dunal (Solanaceae), primer reporte para Honduras. Ceiba 49: 133-134.

Dilling, C. I., P. L. Lambdin, J. F. Grant, and J. R. Rhea. 2008. Assessment of imidacloprid and horticultural oil on non-target phytophagous and transient canopy insects associated with eastern hemlock in the southern Appalachians, pg. 224. IN Proc. of the Fourth Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Eastern United States, Onken, B. and R. Reardon (Eds.). February 12-14, Hartford, CT.

Dilling, C., P. Lambdin, J. Grant, and R. Rhea. 2009. Community response of insects associated with eastern hemlock to imidacloprid and horticultural oil treatments. Environ. Entomol. 38:53-66.

Dilling, C., P. Lambdin, J. Grant, J. Rhea. 2008. Community response of phytophagous and transient non-target canopy insects associated with eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière, to imidacloprid and horticultural oil applications. Proceedings of the XXIII International Congress of Entomology, pg. 135. July 6-12, 2008, Durban, South Africa.

Duguma, D. 2008. Seasonal dynamics and impact of Urophora quadrifasciata (Meigen) (Tephritidae: Diptera) on spotted knapweed in the Arkansas Ozarks. MS Thesis. University of Arkansas. 104 pp.

Duguma, D. D., T. J. Kring, R. N. Wiedenmann and A. Mauromoustakos. 2009. Seasonal dynamics of Urophora quadrifasciata on spotted knapweed in the Arkansas Ozarks. Canadian Entomologist. 141: 70-79.

Emmert, C.J., Mizell III, R.F., Andersen, P.C., Frank, J.H., Stimac, J.L. 2008. Effects of contrasting diets and temperatures on reproduction and prey consumption by Proprioseiopsis asetus (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Exp. Appl. Acarol. 44: 11-26.

Frank, J.H. 2008. Steinernema scapterisci as a biological control agent of Scapteriscus mole crickets. Chap. 7, p. 115-131 in: Hayek, A., Glare, T., OCallaghan, M. (eds). Use of microbes for control and eradication of invasive arthropods. [Progress in Biological Control vol. 6] Dordrecht; Springer.

Frank, J.H. 2008. Winter Moth, Operophtera brumata (L) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and its Biological Control [in:] Capinera, J. L. (ed) Encyclopedia of Entomology. Dordrecht; Springer; 2nd edn., 4 vols., 4: 4276-4279.

Frank, J.H., Fish, D. 2008. Potential biodiversity loss in Florida bromeliad phytotelmata due to Metamasius callizona (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), an invasive species. Fla Entomol. 91: 1-8.

Frank, J.H., Giardina, D., Andrus, T., Monzón, J. 2007. Searching in Guatemala for more parasitoids to use against Metamasius callizona in Florida. J. Bromeliad Soc. 57: 253-258.

Frank, J.H., Leppla, N.C. 2008. Mole Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) and their Biological Control [in:] Capinera, J.L. (ed) Encyclopedia of Entomology. Dordrecht; Springer; 2nd edn., 4 vols., 3: 2442-2449.

Frank, J.H., Mizell III, R.F. 2008. Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera). [in:] Capinera, J.L. (ed) Encyclopedia of Entomology. Dordrecht; Springer; 2nd edn., 4 vols., 3: 2120-2130.

Gates, M., Mena Correa, J., Sivinski, J., Ramírez-Romero, R., Córdova-García, G., Aluja, M. 2008. Description of the immature stages of Eurytoma sivinskii Gates and Grissell (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae), an ectoparasitoid of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) pupae in Mexico. Entomol. News 119: 354-360.

Gibbs, M. M., P. L. Lambdin, J. F. Grant and A. M. Saxton. 2008. Diversity of ground-dwelling insects in a mixed hardwood southern Appalachian forest in eastern Tennessee. TN Acad Sci. 82:49-56.

Giles, K. L., G. Hein, and F. Peairs. 2008. Areawide Pest Management of Cereal Aphids in Dryland Wheat Systems of the Great Plains. In (Koul et al. Eds.) Areawide pest management: Theory and Implementation. CABI, UK. Pgs. 441-466.

Grant, J. F., P. L. Lambdin, and R. Rhea. 2008. Establishing Sasajiscymnus tsugae in the South, pp. 39-44. IN Proc. of the Fourth Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Eastern United States, Onken, B. and R. Reardon (Eds.). February 12-14, Hartford, CT.

Grant, J., A. Hakeem, P. Lambdin, F. Hale, J. Rhea. 2008. Impact of selected pesticides on canopy-dwelling predatory guilds on eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis. Proceedings of the XXIII International Congress of Entomology, pg. 1491. July 6-12, 2008, Durban, South Africa.

Grant, J., P. Lambdin, G. Wiggins, and J. Rhea. 2008. Impact of invasive insect pests on eastern hemlock in the southern Appalachians, USA: Novel approaches to evaluating biological control agents for forest health management. Proceedings of the XXIII International Congress of Entomology, pg. 1260. July 6-12, 2008, Durban, South Africa.

Hakeem, A. 2008 (May). Non-target effect of imidacloprid on the predatory arthropod guild on eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carriere, in the Southern Appalachians. M.S. Thesis, The University of Tennessee, 78 pp.

Hall, D. G., Hentz, M.G., Adair, R.C. 2008. Population ecology and phenology of Diaphorina citri in two Florida citrus groves. Environ. Entomol. 37: 914-924.

Harwood JD (2008). Are sweep net sampling and pitfall trapping compatible with molecular analysis of predation? Environmental Entomology, 37, 990-995.

Harwood JD (2008). Slugs: the overlooked invasive pests of North America? IOBC-NRS Newsletter 30(1), 1-2.

Harwood JD, Greenstone MH (2008). Molecular diagnosis of natural enemy-host interactions. In: Recent Advances in Insect Physiology, Toxicology and Molecular Biology (Ed. Liu N). Research Signpost, Trivandrum, India, pp. 41-57.

Henne, D.C. and Johnson, S.J. 2008. Sampling and dynamics of a fire ant parasitoid. Environmental Entomology (In press)

Henne, D.C., Hilbun, W.S., and Johnson, S.J. 2008. Spatio-temporal population sampling of a fire ant parasitoid. Entomologia experimentalis et Applicata 129: 132-141.

Herrick, N.J., Reitz, S.R., Carpenter, J.E., O'Brien, C.W. 2008. Predation by Podisus maculiventris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) larvae parasitized by Cotesia plutellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and its impact on cabbage. Biological Control 45: 386395.

Hix, R. L., M. T. Kairo and S. Reitz. 2008. Does secondary plant metabolism provide a mechanism for plant defenses in the tropical soda apple Solanum viarum (Solanales: Solanaceae) against Spodoptera exigua and S. eridania (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)? Florida Entomologist 91(4):566-569.

Iponga, D.M., Cuda, J.P., Milton, S.J., Richardson, D.M. 2008 Megastigmus wasp damage to Schinus molle (Peruvian pepper tree) seeds across a rainfall gradient in South Africa: Implications for invasiveness. African Entomol. 16: 127-131.

Jones, D. B., K. L. Giles and N. C. Elliott. 2008. Supercooling points of Lysiphlebus testaceipes and its host Schizaphis graminum. Environ. Entomol. 37: 1063-1068.

Lambdin, P. J. Grant, and R. Reardon. 2008. Density and distribution of the elongate hemlock scale on eastern hemlock in the southern Appalachians, pp. 36-38. IN Proc. International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies.

Lambdin, P. L., J. F. Grant, and S. Schlarbaum. 2008. Rare outbreak of the oak eriococcin, Acanthococcus quercus,on northern red oak, Quercus rubra, in eastern Tennessee, pp. 71-74. IN Proc. International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies.

Legaspi, J. C., Baez, I. 2008. Intercropping sunflower varieties with bell pepper: effect on populations of Orius insidiosus (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) and thrips. Subtrop. Pl. Sci. 60: 13-20.

Legaspi, J. C., Gardner, C., Queeley, G., Leppla, N.C., Cuda, J., Legaspi, B.C. Jr. 2007. Effect of organic and chemical fertilizers on growth and yield of hot pepper, and insect pests and their natural enemies. Subtrop, Pl. Sci. 59: 75-84.

Legaspi, J. C., Legaspi, B.C. Jr. 2008. Ovigeny in selected generalist predators. Fla. Entomol. 91: 133-135.

Legaspi, J.C., Legaspi, B.C. Jr., Simmons, A.M., Soumare, M. 2008. Life table analysis for immatures and female adults of the predatory beetle, Delphastus catalinae, feeding on whiteflies under three constant temperatures. J. Insect Sci. 8, art. 7, 9 pp.

Manrique, V., Cuda, J.P., Overholt, W.A., Diaz, R. 2008. Temperature-dependent development and potential distribution of Episimus utilis (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a candidate biological control agent of Brazilian peppertree (Sapindales: Anacardiaceae) in Florida. Environ. Entomol. 37: 862-870.

Manrique, V., Cuda, J.P., Overholt, W.A., Williams, D.A., Wheeler, G. 2008. Effect of host-plant genotypes on the performance of three candidate biological control agents of Brazilian peppertree in Florida. Biological Control 47: 167-171.

Mena-Correa, J., Sivinski, J., Gates, M., Ramirez-Romero, R, Aluja, M. 2008. Biology of Eurytoma sivinskii, an unusual eurytomid (Hymenoptera) parasitoid of fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) pupae. Fla. Entomol. 91: 598-603.

Mizell, R.F. 2007. Impact of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on native arthropod predators in pecan and crape myrtle. Fla. Entomol. 90:524-536.

Moser SE, Harwood JD, Obrycki JJ (2008). Larval feeding on Bt-hybrid and non-Bt corn seedlings by predacious coccinellids. Environmental Entomology 37, 525-533.

Mukherjee, A., Cuda, J.P., Overholt, W.A., Ellison, C. 2008. Biological control of Hygrophila polysperma: Searching for natural enemies in India- first trip report. Aquatics 30: 20-22.

Ni, X, G Gunawan, SL Brown, PE Sumner, JR Ruberson, GD Buntin, CC Holbrook, GD Lee, DA Streett, JE Throne, and JF Campbell. 2008. Insect-attracting and antimicrobial properties of antifreeze for monitoring insect pests and natural enemies in stored corn. Journal of Economic Entomology 101: 631-636.

Overholt, W., Diaz, R., Markle, L., Medal, J. 2008. Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae) does not feed on Jamaican nightshade Solanum jamaicense (Solanaceae). Fla. Entomol. 91: 121-123.

Overholt, W.A, Markle, L., Rosskopf, E., Manrique, V., Albano, J., Cave, E., Adkins, S. 2009. The interactions of tropical soda apple mosaic tobamomvius and Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), an introduced biological control agent of tropical soda apple (Solanum viarum). Biological Control 48: 294-300.

Peterson JA, Harwood JD (2008). Fate and exposure pathways of Bt-endotoxins in terrestrial food webs. Chemical & Engineering News 86(26), June 30, 2008.

Phoofolo, M. W., K. L. Giles and N. C. Elliott. 2008. Life History Responses to Food Deprivation in Three Species of Predatory Lady Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Environ. Entomol. 37: 315-322.

Phoofolo, M. W., N. C. Elliott and K. L. Giles. 2009. Analysis of growth and development in the final larval instar of three species of predatory Coccinellidae under varying prey availability. Entomol. Exper. Appl. In Press.

Pluke, R.W., Qureshi, J.A., Stansly, P.A. 2008. Citrus flushing patterns, Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) populations and parasitism by Tamarixia radiata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Puerto Rico. Fla. Entomol. 91: 36-42.

Qureshi, J.A., Rogers, M.E., Hall, D.G., Stansly, P.A. 2009. Incidence of invasive Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) and its introduced parasitoid Tamarixia radiata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Florida citrus. J. Econ. Entomol. 102: 247-256.

Rohrig, E., Sivinski, J., Wharton, R. 2008. Comparison of parasitic Hymenoptera captured in malaise traps baited with two flowering plants, Lobularia maritima (Brassicales: Brassicaceae) and Spermacoce verticillata (Gentianales: Rubiaceae). Fla. Entomol. 91: 621-627.

Rohrig, E.A., Sivinski, J.M., Teal, P.E., Stuhl, C.J., Aluja, M. 2008. A floral-derived compound attractive to the tephritid fruit fly parasitoid Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 34: 549-557.

Royer, T. A., K. L. Giles and M. M. Lebusa. 2008. Preference and suitability of greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Hemiptera: Aphididae) parasitized by Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as a food source for Coccinella septimpunctata and Hippodamia convergens (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Biological Control. 47: 82-88.

Ruberson, JR, and KW Wickings. 2008. Importance of natural enemies for stink bug control in Georgia. In: Cotton Research-Extension Report 2007 (Grey, T., M. Toews, and C. Perry, Eds.) UGA/CPES Research  Extension Publication No. 6, pp. 111-121. Found online at http://ugacotton.com

Sellers, B.A., Diaz, R., Overholt, W.A.Langeland, K.A., Gray, C.J. 2008. Control of West Indian marsh grass with glyphosate and imazapyr. J. Aquat. Pl. Manage. 46: 189-192.

Simmons, A.M., Legaspi J.C., Legaspi. B.C. 2008. Responses of Delphastus catalinae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a predator of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), to relative humidity: oviposition, hatch, and immature survival. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 101: 378-383.

Suazo, A., Cave, R.D., Frank, J.H. 2008. Reproductive biology and development of Lixadmontia franki (Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasitoid of bromeliad-eating weevils. Fla. Entomol. 91: 453-459.

Torres, JB & JR Ruberson. 2008. Interactions of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin in genetically engineered cotton with predatory heteropterans. Transgenic Research 17: 345-354.

Wiggins, G., J. Grant, and P. Lambdin. 2008. Identifying areas of potential non-target feeding by biological control agents of invasive weeds using GIS. Proceedings of the Tennessee Entomological Society (The Firefly) 23:[in press].

Wiggins, G., J. Grant, and P. Lambdin. 2008. Use of GIS to characterize areas of non-target feeding by biological control agents of invasive weeds: A case study in Tennessee, USA. Proceedings of the XXIII International Congress of Entomology, pg. 1665. July 6-12, 2008, Durban, South Africa.

Williams, D., Muchugu, E., Overholt, W., Cuda, J. 2007. Colonization patterns of the invasive Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolius, in Florida. Heredity 98: 284-293.

Xie, Y., P. Lambdin, J. Grant, and C. Lynch. 2008. Behavior and consumption of Scymnillus horni (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on the elongate hemlock scale, Fiorinia externa (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), pp. 39-42. IN Proc. International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies.

Yokoyama, V.Y., Rendon, P.A, Sivinski, J. 2008. Psyttalia cf. concolor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for biological control of olive fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in California. Environ. Entomol. 37: 764-773.