Wednesday, 4 January 2006: 1:30 PM-6:05 PM
Salons K & L (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
USDA-ARS and Cotton Incorporated Lygus and Stink Bug Workshop: Management, Control, and Insecticide Resistance
In the light of boll weevil eradication and wide scale adoption of Bollgard cotton, the importance of the sucking bug complex has increased throughout the U.S. cotton belt. In the southeastern U.S., stink bugs contribute to significant yield losses annually. In the mid-southern states, yield reductions and control costs associated with the tarnished plant bug have increased in recent years. Similarly, the importance of the western tarnished plant bug has increased in the western cotton belt. The following workshop has been designed to address key issues surrounding this pest complex. Formal presentations will be made on three broad areas (1) sampling and thresholds, (2) area-wide control, and (3) chemical control and resistance. Ample time will be included at the end of each section for discussion about the importance of these pests, future research directions, and critical issues.
Organizers:	Craig Abel, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS and Patricia F. O'Leary, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
1:30 PM			Update on Regional Tarnished Plant Bug Sampling in the Mid-South   Fred Musser1, Scott D. Stewart2, Ralph D. Bagwell3, Angus Catchot1, Gus M. Lorenz4, Jeremy Greene5 and Glenn Studebaker6, (1)Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (2)The University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN, (3)LSU Agcenter, Winnsboro, LA, (4)Univ. of Arkansas CES, Little Rock, AR, (5)University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR, (6)University of Arkansas, Keiser, AR
1:45 PM			Correlating Tarnished Plant Bug Sampling Procedures with Associated Yield Reductions Jeff Gore, Stoneville, MS
2:00 PM			Sampling Lygus Bugs in West Texas   Megha N. Parajulee, Texas Agricultural Experimental Station, Lubbock, TX
2:15 PM			Identifying Practical Knowledge and Solutions for Managing The Sucking Bug Complex in Cotton: Research In The Southeast Region: A Progress Report Jack Bacheler1, Phillip Roberts2, Eric Blinka1, Dan Mott1, John Van Duyn3, Ames Herbert4, John Ruberson2, Carter Goerger4, David Morrison5, Tom Pegram6, J.R. Bradley1, Tommy Walker7 and Ronald Smith8, (1)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (2)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, (3)North Carolina State University, Plymouth, NC, (4)Virginia Tech, Suffolk, VA, (5)North Carolina State University, Laurinburg, NC, (6)North Carolina State University, Monroe, NC, (7)Clemson University, Ridgeland, SC, (8)Auburn University, Auburn, AL
2:30 PM			Discussion
2:45 PM			USDA-ARS – Overview of the USDA-ARS Area-wide Control Program for Tarnished Plant Bug Craig Abel, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS
3:00 PM			USDA-ARS Area-Wide Control Program for Tarnished Plant Bug: Louisiana Update   Don Cook, Gene Burris and Dennis Burns, LSU AgCenter, St. Joseph, LA
3:10 PM			Arkansas Update Gus Lorenz, Jeremy Greene, Glenn Studebaker, Chuck Capps and Kyle Colwell, University of Arkansas, Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR
3:20 PM			Tennessee Update - Areawide Tarnished Plant Bug Management   Scott D. Stewart, Kevin Willis and Sandy Steckel, The University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN
3:30 PM			San Joaquin Valley Area-wide Management   Peter B. Goodell, Cooperative Extension, Univ Calif, Parlier, CA
3:45 PM			Break (Beverages and Snacks Provided)
4:15 PM			Discussion
4:35 PM			Status of Chemical Control Strategies Roger Leonard, Louisiana State University, Winnsboro, LA
4:50 PM			Insecticide Efficacy Against Stink Bug Pests   Jeremy Greene, University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR
5:05 PM			In "High Cotton" or Big Trouble: New Chemistries for Control of Lygus spp Peter Ellsworth, University of Arizona, Maricopa, AZ
5:20 PM			Status of Resistance in Tarnished Plant Bug Gordon Snodgrass, Stoneville, MS
5:35 PM			Concepts of IRM and Applicaton to the Lygus Problem Caydee Savinelli, Syngenta, Greensboro, NC
5:45 PM			Discussion
Sponsor:	Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference

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