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

Wednesday, January 6, 2010: 1:45 PM-4:00 PM
Mardi Gras Ballroom Salons B & C (New Orleans Marriott)
Presiding:
Dominic D. Reisig
Organizer:
Glenn E. Studebaker
1:45 PM
Can We Rely on a Single Insecticide for Tarnished Plant Bug Control in Louisiana Cotton?
Jonathan W. Sharp, LSU Agcenter; B. R. Leonard, LSU AgCenter; Josh T. Copes; Eugene Burris, LSU Agricultural Center, Northeast Research Station; Paul P. Price, LSU AgCenter; Joshua H. Temple, LSU AgCenter; Jarrod T. Hardke, LSU AgCenter
2:00 PM
Tarnished Plant Bug Movement in a Cotton / Corn Ecosystem
Ankit Kumar, Mississippi State University; Fred Musser, Mississippi State University
2:15 PM
Fruit Injury and Developing Action Thresholds in Dual Gene Transgenic Cotton
Ben Von Kanel, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service; Gus Lorenz, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service; Kyle Colwell, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service; Nikki Taillon, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service; Heather Wilf, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
2:30 PM
Effects of Seed and Soil Applied Insecticides on Twospotted Spider Mite on Cotton
J. F. Smith, Mississippi State University; A. L. Catchot, Mississippi State University; F. R. Musser, Mississippi State University; J. Gore, Mississippi State University
2:45 PM
Mechanisms of Pyrethroid Insecticide Resistance in Helicoverpa Zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Bradley W. Hopkins, Texas A&M University; Patricia V. Pietrantonio, Texas AgriLife Research
3:00 PM
Defining the Toxicity of Novel Insecticides against Fall Armyworm
Jarrod T. Hardke, LSU AgCenter; Joshua H. Temple, LSU AgCenter; B. R. Leonard, LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Research Station
3:30 PM
Genetic Population Structure of Lygus hesperus in the Texas High Plains
Ram B. Shrestha, Texas AgriLife Research; Megha N. Parajulee, Texas AgriLife Research; Stanley C. Carroll, Texas AgriLife Research