International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods

1st International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods. USDA-Forest Service FHTET-03-05. June 2003.

Day 1: Issues and Techniques

Hoddle, M. S. Keynote presentation
     Classical biological control of arthropods in the 21st century

Cullen, J. and D. Sands
     Douglas Frew Waterhouse–A Dedication

SESSION 1 - ISSUES IN FUTURE EXPANDED USE OF CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
Organizer: Roy Van Driesche (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)

• Cock, M.J.W.
       Risks of non-target impact versus stakeholder benefits in classical biological control of
       arthropods: selected selected case studies from developing countries
• Loope, L.L. and F.G. Howarth
       Globalization and pest invasion: where will we be in five years?
• Barratt, B.I.P., J.M. Cullen, A. Moeed, and A. Rose
       Legal issues surrounding importation of natural enemies [ABSTRACT ONLY]
• Sands, D. and R.G. Van Driesche
       Host range testing: techniques for parasitoids and predators

SESSION 2 - METHODS TO COLONIZE, EVALUATE AND MONITOR NATURAL ENEMIES
Organizers: John Goolsby and Roger Fuester (USDA-ARS)

• De Barro, P. and S. Schmidt
       The relationship between parasitoids and their native whitefly hosts in Australia
       – the development of rules for host specificity testing
• Hoelmer, K. and J. Goolsby
       Release, establishment, and monitoring of Bemisia tabaci natural enemies in the
       United States
• Paine, T.D. and J.G. Millar
       Biological control of introduced pests of eucalyptus in California

SESSION 3 - USE OF MOLECULAR METHODS IN CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
Organizer: Marjorie A. Hoy (University of Florida)

• Alvarez, J.M. and M.A. Hoy
       Molecular markers in classical biological control of the citrus leafminer: taxonomic and
       ecological evaluations
• Hoy, M.A. and A. Jeyaprakash
       Long PCR is a sensitive method for detecting Asian greening disease in parasitoids
       undergoing risk assessment in quarantine [ABSTRACT ONLY]
• Hoogendoorn, M. and G.E. Heimpel
       PCR-based gut content analysis of insect predators: a field study
• Greenstone, M.H.
       Assessing insect endoparasitism by PCR: applications to classical biological control

SESSION 4 - MODELING AND THEORY AS TOOLS TO CLARIFY CAUSES OF SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF BC PROJECTS
Organizer: Nigel Barlow (AgResearch, New Zealand)

• Barlow, N.D., J.M. Kean, and S.L. Goldson
       Biological control lessons from modeling of New Zealand successes and failures
• Mills, N.J.
       Parasitoid interactions and biological control
• Hochberg, M.E.
       The decline of the regulation paradigm in classical biological control and the possible
       role of rare species
• Kindlmann, P. and A.F.G. Dixon
       Insect predator prey dynamics and the biological control of aphids by ladybirds

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