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

Friday, January 6, 2012: 8:15 AM-10:00 AM
Crystal Ballrooms N-P (Orlando World Center Marriott)
Presiding:
Eric Blinka
8:15 AM
Occurence and Impact of Kurtomathrips Morrilli: A New Pest of Cotton on the Texas High Plains
David L. Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Manda Anderson, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Brant Baugh, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Dustin Patman, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Bo Kesey, Texas Agrilife Research and Extension Service
8:30 AM
Endophytic Colonization of Cotton by Fungal Entomopathogens for Effective Pest Management
Gregory A. Sword, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University; Maria Julissa Ek Ramos, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University; Wenqing Zhou, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University; Cesar Valencia, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University; Gaylon Morgan, Texas AgriLife Extension; David L. Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service
8:45 AM
Potential for Southern Green Stink Bug Nymphs to Acquire An Opportunistic Cotton Pathogen
Enrique Gino Medrano, USDA-ARS-SPARC; Jesus Esquivel, USDA- ARS Areawide Pest Management Research Unit
9:00 AM
Verde Plant Bug Association with Boll Damage Including Cotton Boll Rot and Potential In-Season Indicators of Damage
Michael J. Brewer, Corpus Christi AgriLife Research and Extension Center; J. Scott Armstrong, USDA, ARS, BIRU; E. Gino Medrano, USDA-ARS-SPARC
9:15 AM
Incidence of Spider Mites in South Texas Cotton Fields
Raul T. Villanueva, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension - Weslaco; Michael Brewer, Corpus Christi AgriLife Research and Extension Center; J. S. Armstrong, USDA-ARS