Cotton Insect Research and Control - Wednesday Afternoon - Student Paper Competition

Wednesday, January 7, 2009: 1:45 PM-6:00 PM
Salon J (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
Presiding:
Scott D. Stewart
1:45 PM
Cotton Boll Susceptibility to Lygus hesperus in Relation to Boll Age
Mahendra B. Adhikari, Texas AgriLife Research; Megha N. Parajulee, Texas AgriLife Research; Ram B. Shrestha, Texas AgriLife Research
2:00 PM
Evaluating Tarnished Plant Bug Distribution within Cotton Plants Post-Insecticide Application
Kyle A. Fontenot, LSU AgCenter; B. R. Leonard, LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station; Joshua H. Temple, LSU AgCenter; J. Hardke, LSU AgCenter
2:15 PM
Intra and Inter-Crop Movement of Tarnished Plant Bugs
Ankit Kumar, Mississippi State University; Fred Musser, Mississippi State University
2:30 PM
Evaluating Effectiveness of Flonicamid on Lygus hesperus
Abhilash Balachandran, Texas AgriLife Research; David L. Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Megha N. Parajulee, Texas AgriLife Research
2:45 PM
Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Stink Bug Populations in Cotton
Richard B. Reeves, Clemson University; Jeremy K. Greene, Clemson University; Francis P. F. Reay-Jones, Clemson University; Ahmad Khalilian, Clemson University; Michael D. Toews, University of Georgia; Patrick D. Gerard, Clemson University
3:15 PM
Quantifying Tarnished Plant Bug Resistance to Acephate in Louisiana Cotton
Josh T. Copes; Gordon L. Snodgrass, USDA; R. D. Bagwell, LSU Agcenter; Jonathan W. Sharp, LSU Agcenter
4:00 PM
Evaluation Of Intercrop Movement Of Lygus Between Cotton And Roadside Alfalfa
Ram B. Shrestha, Texas AgriLife Research; Megha N. Parajulee, Texas AgriLife Research; Stanley C. Carroll, Texas AgriLife Research; Anup Bastola, Texas AgriLife Research
4:15 PM
Feasibility Of A Novel Feeding Disruption Test (FDT) Bioassay Kit For Rapid Resistance Detection Of Sucking Pests Of Cotton
J. B. Van Kretschmar, North Carolina State University; R. Michael Roe, North Carolina State University; Leonardo C. Magalhaes, North Carolina State University; Allen C. Cohen, Insect Diet and Rearing Research, LLC; Jiwei Zhu, North Carolina State University
4:30 PM
Resistance to Pyrethroid Insecticides in Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Bradley W. Hopkins, Texas AgriLIFE Research; Patricia V. Pietrantonio, Texas AgriLIFE Research
4:45 PM
Impact of VipCot on Fall Armyworm Survival and Development
Jarrod T. Hardke, LSU AgCenter; B. Rogers Leonard, LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station; Joshua H. Temple, LSU AgCenter
5:00 PM
Cotton Yield Loss from Mid-to-Late Season Twospotted Spider Mite Damage
John Frederick Smith, Mississippi State University; Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University; Fred Musser, Mississippi State University