Wednesday, 4 January 2006
4:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Thursday, 5 January 2006
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday, 6 January 2006
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Salon H (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference Posters
The Poster Board Session will be held in Marriott Rivercenter Salon H. Posters will be displayed starting at 4:30 PM on Wednesday, January 4 through the remainder of the conference. Poster Board Exhibitor Set up is scheduled from 12:00 PM till 4:00 PM on Wednesday, January 4.

ComboLuresTM - Improved Pheromone and Insecticide Delivery Systems for Use in Active and Post Eradication Boll Weevil Programs
Timothy B. Johnson1, Ralph Bagwell2, Ken Pierce3, J. Scott Plato4 and Tom Plato4, (1)Plato Industries, Ltd., Langhorne, PA, (2)Louisiana State University, Winnsboro, LA, (3)Texarkana, TX, (4)Plato Industries, Ltd., Houston, TX

Effect of proactive spraying on boll weevil damage to bolls
Allan T. Showler, USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX

Effect of adult boll weevil feeding on cotton squares
Allan T. Showler and Raul V. Cantu, USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX

Identifying The Predators That Interfere With Boll Weevil Trapping and Evaluating a Lure/Insectcide Combination J. Scott Armstrong, USDA, ARS, Area Wide Pest Management Research Unit, Weslaco, TX and David B. Richman, New Mexico State University Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science, Las Cruces, NM

Status on the Use of "Attract & Control" Technology in Boll Weevil Control, Prevention, Suppression & Eradication Programs in Latin America during Crop Cycle 2005/2006 THOMAS PLATO, O.G. MANESSI, M. MARGULIS, S.E. PLATO, J.S. PLATO and R. SANZ, PLATO INDUSTRIES, LTD., HOUSTON, TX

Interactions between trap placement and boll weevil colonization of cotton Dale W. Spurgeon, USDA-ARS, APMRU, College Station, TX and Manda Cattaneo, Texas Cooperative Extension, Weslaco, TX

Boll weevil trap captures as a function of distance from brush lines Dale W. Spurgeon and Roger Anderson, USDA-ARS, APMRU, College Station, TX

Sterile Insect Release for Pink Bollworm Eradication - The First Two Years Michelle L. Walters1, Robert T. Staten1, Charles Allen2, Edward Herrera3, Joseph Friesen4, Leighton Liesner4, Fred Stewart5 and Ernie Miller5, (1)USDA, APHIS, PPQ, CPHST, Phoenix, AZ, (2)Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Abilene, TX, (3)Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Tornillo, TX, (4)New Mexico Boll Weevil/PBW Eradication, Las Cruces, NM, (5)USDA, APHIS, PPQ, PBWRF, Phoenix, AZ

Evaluation of multiple bug sampling techniques for effectiveness and efficiancy Jonathan W. Sharp and Ralph D. Bagwell, LSU Agcenter, Winnsboro, LA

Insecticide efficacy against cotton insect pests using air induction and hollow cone nozzles B. R. Leonard, LSU Agcenter, Winnsboro, LA, Jeff Gore, Stoneville, MS, Josh Temple, Baton Rouge, LA and Paul P. Price, LSU AgCenter, Winnsboro, LA

Evaluation of Insecticides for Whitefly Control In Cotton E. T. Natwick and M. I. Lopez, University of California, Holtville, CA

Identifying Sources of Resistance for Cotton Fleahopper in Cotton
Serene.M. Isaacs, Texas A&M Research & Extenstion Center, Dallas, TX, Allen Knutson, Texas A&M Research and Extension Center, Dallas, TX and C. Wayne Smith, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Stink Bug Distribution Based on Black Light Trap Captures Across North Carolina in Relation to Surrounding Agricultural Host Plant Ratios Eric L. Blinka1, Jack Bacheler2, J. R. Bradley1 and John W. Van Duyn3, (1)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (2)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (3)North Carolina State University, Plymouth, NC

Impact of Alternate Host Crops on Bug Densites in Cotton R. D. Bagwell and J. Sharp, LSU Agcenter, Winnsboro, LA

Actual and Simulated Damage to Cotton by a Creontiades Plant Bug in South Texas
J. Scott Armstrong, USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX, Randy Coleman, USDA-ARS BIRU, Weslaco, TX and Brian Duggan, Australian Cotton Cooperative Research Center, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Narrabri, Australia

Efficacy of Selected Insecticides For Plant Bug Control in Arkansas, 2005 Kyle Colwell1, Gus Lorenz1, Jarrod Hardke2, Craig Shelton3, Jeremy K. Greene4, C. Capps5, G.E. Studebaker6 and R. Edmund7, (1)University of Arkansas, Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR, (2)University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR, (3)Univ. of Arkansas CES, Jonesboro, AR, (4)University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR, (5)Univ. of Arkansas SEREC, Monticello, AR, (6)Cooperative Extension Service University of Arkansas, Keiser, AR, (7)DuPont Agricultural Products, Little Rock, AR

Relative Sampling Efficiency of the Keep-It-Simple-Sampler for Cotton Fleahoppers
Charles P.-C. Suh, USDA-ARS, APMRU, College Station, TX

Management Considerations for the Sucking Bug Complex - 2005
Jeremy Greene1, Chase Milligan2, Chuck Capps1, Gus Lorenz3, Kyle Colwell4 and Glenn Studebaker5, (1)University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR, (2)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, (3)University of Arkansas, Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR, (4)Little Rock, AR, (5)University of Arkansas, Keiser, AR

Control Options for Thrips - 2005
Jeremy Greene1, Chuck Capps1, Gus Lorenz2, Kyle Colwell3 and Glenn Studebaker4, (1)University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR, (2)University of Arkansas, Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR, (3)Little Rock, AR, (4)University of Arkansas, Keiser, AR

Efficacy of Selected Insecticides for Control of Cotton Aphid (Aphis gossypii) and Bandedwinged Whitefly (Trialeurodes abutilonea) in Cotton -- 2005 Jarrod T. Hardke1, Gus M. Lorenz1, Kyle Colwell1, Craig Shelton2 and Wes Kirkpatrick3, (1)Univ. of Arkansas CES, Little Rock, AR, (2)Univ. of Arkansas CES, Jonesboro, AR, (3)University of Arkansas, McGehee, AR

Whitefly resurgence on cotton from the Yaqui Valley Sonora Mexico Jose L. Martinez-Carrillo, INIFAP, Cd. Obregon, Sonora, Mexico

Transitioning Lygus Chemical Controls to More Selective Options for Arizona Cotton
Virginia Barkley, University of Arizona, Maricopa,, AZ and Peter Ellsworth, University of Arizona, Maricopa, AZ

Early-Season Dispersal of Cotton Fleahoppers Relative to Atmospheric Factors
John K. Westbrook, Jesus F. Esquivel and Charles P.-C. Suh, U. S. Department of Agriculture, College Station, TX

EFFICACY OF SELECTED COMPOUNDS FOR TWO-SPOTTED SPIDER MITE (Tetranychus urticae) CONTROL IN ARKANSAS 2005 Craig Shelton, Univ. of Arkansas CES, Jonesboro, AR, Gus M. Lorenz, Univ. of Arkansas CES, Little Rock, AR, Kyle Colwell, Little Rock, AR, Jarrod Hardke, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR, Jenny Stacks, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Blytheville, AR and Craig Allen, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Harrisburg, AR

Feeding disruption in Myzus persicae by a new insecticide, flonicamid
Bruce C. Black, FMC Corporation, Princeton, NJ

Development of a novel all natural tick and insect repellent, BioUD, as a DEET replacement and for use on cotton fabric R. Michael Roe1, Kevin V. Donohue1, Allen Jones2, Matthew B. Vanderherchen1, Charles S. Apperson1, Matthew Isherwood1 and Russell J. Linderman1, (1)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (2)Homs, LLC, Clayton, NC

Flonicamid represents a novel mode-of-action for piercing sucking insects
Bruce C. Black, Rathnam Chaguturu, Leo Dungan, Russ Eldridge, Jon Hayashi, Jeff Herron, Amy Wrzesinski and Debbie Yuhas, FMC Corporation, Princeton, NJ

Flonicamid mechanism-of-action studies using whole-cell patch-clamping of cultured insect neurons
Jon H. Hayashi1, Geralyn Kelly2 and Lyle P. Kinne1, (1)FMC, Princeton, NJ, (2)Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ

Effect of Wheat Covercrop Burndown Timing on In-Furrow Insecticides
Glenn E. Studebaker1, Gus Lorenz2, Jeremy Greene3, Chuck Capps3 and Kyle Colwell4, (1)University of Arkansas, Keiser, AR, (2)University of Arkansas, Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR, (3)University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR, (4)University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR

Glutathione S-Transferases Are Involved in Malathion Resistance Development in the Tarnished Plant Bug Yu Cheng Zhu1, Gordon Snodgrass1 and Ming-Shun Chen2, (1)USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS, (2)USDA-ARS, Manhattan, KS

Susceptibility of Bollworm (Helicoverpa zea) Adults from Across the Mid-Atlantic States to Pyrethroid Insecticides-2003-2005 Greg Payne, State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, Galen Dively, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Shelby Fleischer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Ames Herbert, Virginia Tech, Suffolk, VA, Joseph Ingerson-Mahar, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Thomas Kuhar, Virginia Tech, Painter, VA and Joanne Whalen, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Thrips Efficacy Trials in South Georgia J. David Griffin, John R. Ruberson, Russell J. Ottens and Phillip M. Roberts, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA

Control of the tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolaris) in cotton using the entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana and the insect growth regulator Diamond Jennifer Lund, Arkansas State University, State University, AR, Donald C. Steinkraus, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, Tina Gray Teague, University of Arkansas Agricultual Experiment Station - Arkansas State University, State University, AR and Jarrod E. Leland, USDA-ARS-SIMRU, Stoneville, MS

Laboratory Evaluation of Selected Insecticides on Field-Collected Populations of Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm Larvae--Update 2005 Greg Payne, State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA

Visual and volatile preferences of the generalist herbivore, Lygus hesperus (Heteroptera: Miridae) Jackie L. Blackmer1, John A. Byers1 and Cesar Ramiro Rodriguez-Saona2, (1)USDA-ARS-WCRL, Phoenix, AZ, (2)PE Marucci Blueberry and Cranberry Center, Chatsworth, NJ

Cotton races in Aphis gossypii evidenced by microsatellite markers and life history traits Thierry Brévault1, Jérôme Carletto2, Sébastien Picault1 and Flavie Vanlerberghe-Masutti2, (1)CIRAD, Montpellier, France, (2)INRA, Sophia Antipolis, France

Final Irrigation Timing and Late Season Crop Susceptibility to Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus Lineolaris Palisot De Beauvois) 2005 – Using Cotman to Make Crop Termination Decisions Tina Gray Teague, University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station - Arkansas State University, State University, AR, Jennifer Lund, University of Arkansas Agriculture Experiment Station - Arkansas State University, State University, AR and Diana Danforth, University of Arkansas Dept of Agri Economics and Ag Business, Fayetteville, AR

Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for Heliothis virescens and Helicoverpa zea
O.P. Perera1, Brian Scheffler2 and Carlos Blanco1, (1)USDA, ARS, SIMRU, Stoneville, MS, (2)USDA-ARS-CGRU, Stoneville, MS

Comparative Efficacy of Bollgard II® and Non-Bt Cotton on the Noctuid Complex in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas S. M. Greenberg, Areawide Pest Management Research Unit ARS-USDA, Weslaco, TX, J. S. Armstrong, Areawide Pest Management Research Unit, ARS-USDA, Weslaco, TX, Tong-Xian Liu, Texas A&M University AES, Weslaco, TX, R. J. Coleman, Beneficial Insects Research Unit, Weslaco, TX and J. J. Adamczyk, Southern Insect Management Research Unit, Stoneville, MS

Fall Armyworm survivorship and damage in Bollgard and Bollgard 2 Cotton B.R. Leonard, K.V. Tindall and K.D. Emfinger, LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station, Winnsboro, LA

Yield Compensation From Simulated Bollworm Losses in Acala 1517-99 Jane Breen Pierce, Artesia, NM, Patricia Yates Monk, New Mexico State University, Artesia, NM and Patricia F. O'Leary, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC

Efficacy of WideStrikeTM for Control of the Bollworm/Tobacco Budworm Complex in Northwest Louisiana S. Micinski, W.F. Waltman and H.L. Spaulding, LSU AgCenter, Bossier City, LA

WideStikeTM Trait Efficacy Under Variable Infestations of Helicoverpa zea in Greenhouse and Field Tests J. N. All, University of Georgia, Athens, GA and L. B. Braxton, Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, IN

Lygus hesperus Feeding Injury to Bt Cotton in New Mexico Stacey R. Bealmear and C. Scott Bundy, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Bollgard cotton and pyrethroid resistance in tobacco budworm in Tamaulipas, Mexico Antonio P. Teran, INIFAP, Ciudad Cuauhtemoc, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Carlos A. Blanco, USDA, Stoneville, MS, Concepcion Rodriguez, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Mexico and Jose L. Martinez-Carrillo, INIFAP, Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico
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