NCERA-148


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Migration and Dispersal of Agriculturally-Important Biota

 
 
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2005 Meeting and State Reports

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2005 Annual Meeting

Agenda for the 2005 annual meeting held in Chicago, IL, October 25-26, 2005

Minutes from the 2005 annual meeting held in Chicago, IL, October 25-26, 2005

2005 State Reports

Arizona - David N. Byrne, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Oösorption by Eretmocerus eremicus
Relationship between oögenesis and migration in whitefly parasitoids.
Carbohydrate feeding by whitefly parasitoids.

Illinois - Joe Spencer, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL
Behavior and ecology of western corn rootworm beetles moving between corn and rotated crops.
Intra-field movement of western corn rootworm beetles in cornfields.
Intra-field movement of WCR within two different configurations of transgenic corn and non-transgenic refuges.
Soybean aphid monitoring.

Iowa - Tom Sappington, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA
First-flight adult European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) distribution in roadside vegetation relative to cropping patterns and corn phenology.
Dispersal of newly-eclosed European corn borer moths (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from corn into small-grain aggregation plots.
Genetic structuring of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) populations in the U.S. based on microsatellite loci analysis.
Multiple transatlantic introductions of the western corn rootworm.
Using genetic markers and population assignment techniques to infer origin of boll weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) unexpectedly captured near an eradication zone in Mexico.

Maine - Andrei Alyokhin, University of Maine, Orno, ME
Effect of environmental disturbance and canopy structure on inter-plant dispersal of potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas).

Michigan - Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Development of a trap for dispersing nematodes for japanese beetle control.
Emerald ash borer flight potential.
Principles of the atmospheric pathway for invasive species applied to soybean rust.

Pennsylvania - Scott Isard, Penn State University, State College, PA
Synopsis of activities in 2004-2005.

Texas - John Westbrook, USDA-ARS, College Station, TX
NSF-ITR: Advanced Imaging and Information Technology for Assessing the Ecological and Economic Impact of Brazilian Free-tailed Bats on Agroecosystems.





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