Cotton Insect Research and Control - Thursday Late Afternoon - Session A

Thursday, January 6, 2011: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Marquis Imperial A (Atlanta Marriott Marquis)
Presiding:
Timothy J. Dennehy
4:00 PM
Update on Monitoring of Resistance to Bt Cotton In Key Lepidopteran Pests In the USA
Timothy J. Dennehy, Monsanto Company; Matthew Carroll, Monsanto Company; John T. Greenplate, Monsanto Company; Graham P. Head, Monsanto Company; William Moar, Monsanto Company; Paula A Price, Monsanto Company; Waseem Akbar, Monsanto Company; D. Scott Akin, University of Arkansas; J.R. Bradley, Chemtrol Scientific Testing; D. R. Cook, Mississippi State University Extension Service; Jeremy K. Greene, Clemson University; Ryan Jackson, USDA-ARS, SIMRU; David Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; B. Rogers Leonard, LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station; Juan Lopez, USDA-ARS-SPARC; Phillip Roberts, University of Georgia; Ronald Smith, Auburn University; John VanDuyn, North Carolina State University; Gopalan C. Unnithan, University of Arizona
4:15 PM
First Instance of Field Failure of First-Generation Bt Cotton Documented with Pink Bollworm In Gujarat State, India
P. J. Suresh, Monsanto India Limited; K.S. Mohan, Monsanto Research Center; K.C. Ravi, Monsanto Research Center; Graham Head, Monsanto Company; Timothy J. Dennehy, Monsanto Company
4:30 PM
WideStrike® Insect Protection: Adoption, Performance, and Observations Since Commercialization
J.D. Siebert, Dow AgroSciences; M.W. Siebert, Dow AgroSciences; N. P. Storer, Dow AgroSciences; L. B. Braxton, Dow AgroSciences; J. S. Richburg, Dow AgroSciences
4:45 PM
Synergistic Interaction of Bio-Active Reagents with Bt Against Cotton Worms
Yu Cheng Zhu, USDA-ARS; Zibiao Guo, USDA-ARS; Randy Luttrell, USDA-ARS
5:15 PM
Business Meeting