11:30 - 12:00
Scientific Program
11:30 -
12:00 Aubrey Moore &
Ross Miller, University of Guam.
Establishment of the lady beetle, Rhyzobius
lophanthae, on Guam for biological control of the
Asian cycad scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui.
12:00 - 1:15
Lunch (catered by Sheraton)
1:15 -
1:45
Mark Wright, University of
Hawaii - Manoa; The use of molecular procedures in
determining the origin of Erythrina gall
wasp.
1:45 - 2:15
Neil Reimer,
Hawaii Department of Agriculture;
Classical biological control of Erythrina gall
wasp in Hawaii.
2:15 -
2:45 Robert Foottit, Agriculture
& Agrifood
Canada-Ottawa; Molecular
considerations in the host selection for
biological control.
2:45 - 3:15 Gabor
Neumann, USDA-ARS-PBARC (Hilo); Host specificity
testing of Encarsia diaspidicola and biological
control prospects for white peach scale in Hawaii.
3:15 -
3:45
Break
3:45 -
4:15
Lincoln Smith, USDA-ARS
Albany, CA; Possible ways to revolutionize biological
control of weeds.
4:15 -
4:45
Adam Vorsino, Anna M.
Wieczorek, Mark G. Wright, and Russell H. Messing,
University of Hawaii
- Manoa; Genetic change associated
with a host shift in a biological control (Diachasmimorpha
tryoni) in the Hawaiian Islands.
4:45 - 5:00
Discussion on retaining the USDA scale insect
systematist position at the Systematic Entomology Lab in
Beltsville.
5:00
Adjourn
Dinner On your own
Thursday - 18 October 2007
Breakfast On your own
8:00 - 8:30
Charlie Pickett, California Department of
Agriculture;
Strips of alfalfa as a trap crop in
strawberries.
8:30 - 9:00
Gary Piper, Washington State
University, Pullman; Integrated weed
management: The nuts and bolts.
9:00 - 9:30
Joe Balciunas, USDA-ARS, Albany;
The Code of Best Practices for Biological Control of
Weeds: Is it having an impact?
9:30 - 10:00
Brian Rector, USDA-EBCL,
Montpelier, France; All dressed
up and no place to go - Biological control candidates of
invasive teasels (Dipsacus spp.) looking for a
home in the US.
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:00 Hariet Hinz, CABI;
Exotic invasive knotweeds: ecosystem impact and
potential for biological control.
11:00 - 11:30 Mark Shwarzlander, University of
Idaho, Moscow; A permit for
interstate movement and release of the milfoil weevil
Euhrychiopsis lecontei in Idaho - USDA APHIS PPQ
versus the State of Idaho.
11:30 - 12:00 Where are we, where do we go?
(plus follow-up on the SEM systematist position).
Adjourn
Friday - 19 October 2007
Volcanoes National Park (depending on interest
and availability of transportation - contact
Ross Miller).
Kayak/snorkeling tour to
Captain Cook Monument (contact
Mark Wright).
