Wednesday, January 10, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Balconies I, J & K (New Orleans Marriott)
Plant Bug and Stink Bug Management Workshop
The goal of this workshop is to stimulate new ideas for management of plant bugs in cotton. The focus of the workshop will be: (1) sampling techniques - which methods provide the best information for making management decisions?; (2) thresholds - do existing thresholds reduce grower risks by keeping bug populations below economic injury levels?; (3) control options - can cultural and biological methods of control be utilized in a comprehensive IPM program?; (4) insecticide efficacy and resistance - which insecticides currently provide the best level of control, what is the pipeline and what is the status of insecticide resistance?
Presidings:Scott D. Stewart, The University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN and Patricia O'Leary, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
Organizers:Gus Lorenz, University of Arkansas, Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR, John J. Adamczyk, KSARC, USDA, ARS, Weslaco, TX, Scott D. Stewart, The University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN and Patricia O'Leary, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
1:30 PM Welcoming Remarks - Patricia O'Leary, Cotton, Inc 
Part 1 
1:35 PM 
Mid-South Tarnished Plant Bug Sampling Methods   
Fred Musser1, Angus Catchot1, Scott D. Stewart2, Gus M. Lorenz3, Glenn Studebaker4, Ralph D. Bagwell5 and Jeremy Greene4, (1)Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (2)The University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN, (3)Univ. of Arkansas CES, Little Rock, AR, (4)University of Arkansas, Keiser, AR, (5)LSU Agcenter, Winnsboro, LA
1:55 PM 
Early Season Evaluation of Thresholds in the Mid-South   
Gus M. Lorenz1, Ralph D. Bagwell2, Glenn E. Studebaker3, Fred Musser4, Angus Catchot4 and Scott D. Stewart5, (1)Univ. of Arkansas CES, Little Rock, AR, (2)LSU Agcenter, Winnsboro, LA, (3)University of Arkansas, Keiser, AR, (4)Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (5)The University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN
2:10 PM 
Mid-Season Evaluation of Thresholds in the Mid-South   
Angus Catchot1, Fred Musser1, Scott D. Stewart2, Gus M. Lorenz3, Glenn Studebaker1 and Ralph D. Bagwell4, (1)Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (2)The University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN, (3)Univ. of Arkansas CES, Little Rock, AR, (4)LSU Agcenter, Winnsboro, LA
2:30 PM 
Plant Bug Thresholds in Western Cotton   
Peter Ellsworth, University of Arizona, Maricopa, AZ
2:50 PM Discussion 
Part 2 
3:05 PM 
Host Plant Utilization for Plant Bug Species in Texas High Plains Cotton   
Megha N. Parajulee, Texas AgriLife Research, Lubbock, TX
3:25 PM 
Characterizing the Damage and Oviposition of a Creontiades Plant Bug to South Texas Cotton   
J. Scott Armstrong1, R. J. Coleman1 and Brian Duggan2, (1)Beneficial Insects Research Unit, Weslaco, TX, (2)Oregon State University , Central Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Madras, OR
3:40 PM 
Creontiades signatus: A Plant Bug Pest of Cotton in South Texas   
Randy J. Coleman, USDA, ARS, Beneficial Insects Research Unit, Weslaco, TX
3:55 PM 
Correlation of Remote Sensing Data and Plant Bug Densities in Cotton   
Ralph D. Bagwell and B. R. Leonard, LSU Agcenter, Winnsboro, LA
4:15 PM 
Insecticidal Control of Tarnished Plant Bug in the Midsouth   
Scott D. Stewart, The University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN, Gus M. Lorenz, Univ. of Arkansas CES, Little Rock, AR, Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, B. R. Leonard, LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station, Winnsboro, LA and Jeff Gore, USDA, ARS, SIMRU, Stoneville, MS
4:30 PM 
Managing Difficult to Control Tarnished Plant Bugs in the Mid-South   
Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University, DREC, Stoneville, MS, Gordon Snodgrass, Ryan Jackson and Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
4:50 PM 
Status of Insecticide Resistance for the Tarnished Plant Bug   
Gordon L. Snodgrass and Jeff Gore, USDA-ARS, SIMRU, Stoneville, MS
5:10 PM Discussion 
Sponsor:Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference

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