International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods

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

Day 2: Augmentation of Natural Enemies

SESSION 5 - SUCCESSES IN AUGMENTATIVE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
Organizer: Kevin Heinz (Texas A and M University)

• Heinz, K.: Keynote presentation
       Successes in the use of biological control agents in greenhouse crops [TITLE ONLY]
• Mills, N.J.
       Augmentation in orchards: improving the efficacy of Trichogramma inundation
• Head, J. and K.F.A. Walters
       Augmentation biological control using the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema feltia
       against the South American leafminer Liriomyza huidobrensis

SESSION 6 - ECONOMICS OF PRODUCTION AND USE OF REARED NATURAL ENEMIES
Organizer: Ron Valentin (Koppert Canada, Inc.)

• Carpenter, J.E. and S. Bloem
       Performance of natural enemies reared on artificial diets
• Ramakers, P.M.J.
       Costs of chemical and biological components in integrated plant protection
       in glasshouses in The Netherlands [ABSTRACT ONLY]
• Valentin, R.J.
       Economics of marketing and technical support in the commercial biological control industry
• Matteoni, J.A.
       Economics of banker plant systems in Canadian greenhouse crops

SESSION 7 - POST-RELEASE DISPERSAL, DISTRIBUTION, AND IMPACT OF AUGMENTED NATURAL ENEMIES IN FIELD SETTINGS
Organizer: Livy Williams (USDA-ARS, Stoneville, Mississippi)

• Hagler, J. and C.G. Jackson
       Novel methods for measuring dispersal of the whitefly parasitoid
       Eretmocerus ethiopia [ABSTRACT ONLY]
• Lundgren, J.G. and G.E. Heimpel
       Augmentation of Trichogramma brassicae for control of cruciferous Lepidoptera
• Fournier, V., J.A. Rosenheim, M.W. Johnson, and J. Brodeur
       Augmentative releases of predatory mites on papaya in Hawaii: failure and success
• Bayoun, I.M. and G.P. Walker
       Evaluation of egg parasitoids attacking the beet leafhopper,
       Circulifer tenellus [ABSTRACT ONLY]

SESSION 8 - SURVEY OF ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL USE IN OUTDOOR CROPS
Organizer: Robert Luck (University of California at Riverside)

• Luck, R.F., L.D. Forster, and G. Scriven
       Augmentative biological control in North America as a foundation for agricultural pest
       management: its potential and limitations. [ABSTRACT ONLY]
• Bueno, V.H.P. and J.C. van Lenteren
       The popularity of augmentative biological control in Latin America: history and state of affairs
• Hale, M.A. and D.P. Elliot
       Successes and challenges in augmentative biological control in outdoor
       agricultural applications: a producer’s perspective
• James, D.G., T.S. Price, and L.C. Wright
       Mites and aphids in Washington hops: candidates for augmentative or
       conservation biological control?

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