Cotton Insect Research and Control - Friday Late Morning - Session B

Friday, January 7, 2011: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Marquis - 106 & 107 (Atlanta Marriott Marquis)
Presiding:
Michael D. Toews
10:30 AM
Broad-Spectrum Biosensors for Monitoring Current and Any Future Transgenic Plant Technologies for Insect Control
R. M. Roe, North Carolina State University; Ana Cabrera, North Carolina State University; Hosam Ezzeldin, North Carolina State University; J. Van Kretschmar, North Carolina State University; B.W. Bissinger, Department of Entomology, NC State University
10:45 AM
Temporal Analysis of Electronic Nose (E-nose) Detection of Stink Bug-Injured Cotton Bolls Under Laboratory and Field Conditions
David Degenhardt, Clemson University; Jeremy K. Greene, Clemson University; Ahmad Khalilian, Clemson University
11:00 AM
Drought Stress and Genotype Interactions Influence Oviposition of Spider Mite on Cotton
Xavier Martini, Texas AgriLife Research; Natalie Kincy, Texas Tech University; Christian Nansen, Texas AgriLife Research
11:15 AM
Gene Knockdown In Lygus Lineolaris by RNA Interference
Margaret L. Allen, US Department of Agriculture; William Benjamin (III) Walker, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
11:30 AM
Challenges for Rearing of the Stink Bug: Successes, Failures, and RNAi Screening
Jaap B. van Kretschmar, North Carolina State University; A. Dhammi, North Carolina State University; D. Reisig, North Carolina State University; R. M. Roe, North Carolina State University
11:45 AM
Bio-Control Potential of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Beauveria Bassiana on Mole Crickets, Gryllotalpa Gryllotalpa (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae)
Ahmed A. Hamed Amin, Plant Protection Res. Institute; Idris Salam, Plant Protection Res. Institute