Friday, 6 January 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Salon J (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference - Session B
Presiding:Glenn Studebaker, University of Arkansas, Keiser, AR
8:00 AM
Characterization of toxicity in Indian transgenic Bt cotton cultivars and effects on growth and food utilization of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Humber) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
M. Kannan and S. Uthamasamy, Tamil Nadu Agricultural Unoversity, India., Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
8:15 AM
Delivering the goods - Extension in the Australian Cotton Industry Dr Julie O'Halloran, NSw Department of Primary Industries, Moree, NSW, Australia
8:30 AM
Determination of the high dose status of cotton events expressing Cry1Ab David R. O'Reilly1, Victor Mascarenhas2, Mike Green3, Avian Townley4, Alan Potts4 and Alan McCaffery5, (1)Syngenta Biotechnology Inc, Durham, NC, (2)Syngenta Crop Protection, Greensboro, NC, (3)Syngenta, Vero Beach, FL, (4)Syngenta, Berkshire, United Kingdom, (5)Syngenta, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6EY, United Kingdom
8:45 AM
Use of short-season cotton management for pink bollworm control in transgenic cotton systems in the Imperial Valley, California C.C. Chu1, E.T. Natwick2 and T.J. Henneberry1, (1)USDA, ARS, WCRL, Phoenix, AZ, (2)UC Cooperative Extension, Imperial County, Holtville, CA
9:00 AM
Peak occurrences of spiny bollworm Earias insulana(Boisd.) in relation to accumulated heat units and host plants
9:15 AMAdjourn
9:30 AM
Evaluation of Host Preference of Lygus hesperus  [ Recorded presentation ] Apurba K. Barman1, M. N. Parajulee2, Stanley C. Carroll1 and Ram B. Shrestha1, (1)Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX, (2)Lubbock, TX
9:45 AM
Protection Mechanism by Lignin Additives for Baculoviruses against the Negative Effect of Uv Radiation
Ahmed A. Hamed Amin1, Magda M. Khattab1, Salah Elnagar2 and G. Fédière3, (1)Plant Protection Res. Institute, Giza, Egypt, (2)Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, (3)Center of Virology, Institut de Recherche pour Le Dèveloppement (IRD, Giza, Egypt
10:00 AM
Dow AgroSciences solutions for cotton bollworms in India  [ Recorded presentation ] Nandi J. Nagaraj, Dow AgroSciences, Bangalore, India, Gary D. Thompson, Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, IN and Suresh Ramachandran, Dow AgroSciences, Mumbai, India
10:15 AM
Bio-control Program For cotton Key Pests in Middle Egypt
Malak Farah Gergis, Plant Protection Res. Institute, Giza, Egypt
10:30 AM
Defining Resistance of Tobacco Budworm to Pyrethroid Insecticides with Topical Application Bioassay in Texas Dan A. Wolfenbarger, Certified Entomologist, Brownsville, TX
10:45 AM
Defining Resistance to Pyrethroids by Larvae of Tobacco Budworm with Vial Bioassay in Texas Dan A. Wolfenbarger, Certified Entomologist, Brownsville, TX
11:00 AM
Definition of Resistance to Insecticides by Bollworm from Corn, Cotton and Sorghum in Texas Dan A. Wolfenbarger, Certified Entomologist, Brownsville, TX
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