Thursday, January 11, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:45 PM
Balconies J & K (New Orleans Marriott)
Cotton Insect Research and Control - Thursday Afternoon - Student Paper Competition and Session B
Presidings:John R. Ruberson, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA and Ralph D. Bagwell, LSU Agcenter, Winnsboro, LA
Part 1 
1:30 PM 
Sublethal Effects of Low Plant Nitrogen on Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Development and Its Feeding   
Yi Gen Chen and John Ruberson, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA
1:45 PM 
Determining Efficacy of Various Seed Treatments for Control of Thrips/Nematodes in Cotton by Monitoring Plant Growth and Development   
Craig Shelton, Univ. of Arkansas CES, Fayetteville, AR, G. M. Lorenz, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Little Rock, AR, Kyle Colwell, Little Rock, AR and Jarrod T. Hardke, Univ. of Arkansas CES, Little Rock, AR
2:00 PM 
Rynaxypyr™: A Novel Insecticide for Control of Heliothines in Conventional and Bollgard Cotton   
Jarrod T. Hardke1, Gus M. Lorenz1, Kyle Colwell1, Craig Shelton2 and Richard Edmund3, (1)University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR, (2)University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Fayetteville, AR, (3)DuPont Agricultural Products, Little Rock, AR
2:15 PM 
Age-specific Mortality of Heliothine Larvae on Flower Buds (Squares) of VipCOT Cotton   
P. L. Bommireddy, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA and B.R. Leonard, LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station, Winnsboro, LA
2:30 PM 
Associations of External Bug-induced Boll Damage with Internal Damage, Lint Yield and Quality 
Eric L. Blinka1, John W. Van Duyn2, D. Ames Herbert3, Sean Malone3, Phillip M. Roberts4, J.R. Bradley1 and Jack Bacheler1, (1)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (2)North Carolina State University, Plymouth, NC, (3)Virginia Tech, Suffolk, VA, (4)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA
2:45 PM 
Progress in Evaluating Converted Cotton Race Stocks for Resistance to Whiteflies and Aphids 
M. M. Toothaker1, M. K. Harris1 and C. Wayne Smith2, (1)Texas A&M University Department of Entomology, College Station, TX, (2)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
3:00 PM 
Survey of Stink Bug (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) Egg Parasitoids in Wheat, Soybean and Vegetable Crops in Southeast Virginia 
Amanda L. Koppel, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, D. Ames Herbert, Virginia Tech, Suffolk, VA and Thomas Kuhar, Virginia Tech, Painter, VA
3:15 PM Break - Student Paper Competition Concludes 
Part 2 
4:00 PM 
Arkansas Boll Weeil Eradication Program Update - 2006   
Danny Kiser, Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradiction Program, Little Rock, AR and Michael Catanach, Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Program, Little Rock, AR
4:15 PM 
Update on Southeastern Boll Weevil Eradication Programs 
Jim Brumley, Southeastern Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Tallassee, AL, Farrell J. Boyd, Southeastern Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Clinton, MS, Ron Seward, Southeastern Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Brownsville, TN and Jaye Massey, Southeastern Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Malden, MO
4:30 PM 
Reduced Predation on Lepidopteran Eggs Due to the Boll Weevil Eradication Program in South Texas, 2005-2006   
R. S. Pfannenstiel, USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX
4:45 PM 
Boll Weevil Eradication: the Texas Program   
Charles T. Allen, Larry E. Smith, Lindy Patton and Richard Newman, Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Abilene, TX
5:00 PM 
Pink Bollworm Eradication in Texas   
Larry E. Smith, Edward Herrera, Charles T. Allen, Lindy Patton and Richard Newman, Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Abilene, TX
5:15 PM 
Susceptibility of Selected Lepidopteran Cotton Pest to RynaxapyrTM (DPX-E2Y45)   
Joshua H. Temple1, P. L. Bommireddy1, D. R. Cook2, Paula Marcon3 and B. R. Leonard4, (1)LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA, (2)LSU AgCenter, St. Joseph, LA, (3)DuPont Crop Protection, Newark, DE, (4)LSU AgCenter, Winnsboro, LA
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