Cotton Insect Research and Control - Tuesday Early Afternoon - Session A

Tuesday, January 7, 2014: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Galerie 3 (New Orleans Marriott)
1:30 PM
Cotton Insect Losses - 2013
Michael R. Williams, Williams Pest Censors
1:45 PM
A Biological Comparison of Tarnished Plant Bug Populations from Different Regions in Mississippi
Brian P. Adams, Mississippi State University; Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University; Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University
2:00 PM
Effects of Foliar Applied Jasmonic Acid and Seed Applied Imidacloprid on Phytohormone Expression and Twospotted Spider Mite Populations in Cotton
Sebe Brown, LSU AgCenter; Michael Stout, LSU AgCenter; T. Shelby Williams, LSU AgCenter; Jenna Lindsay, LSU AgCenter; David D Kerns, LSU AgCenter
2:15 PM
Macronutrient Preference and Effect on Performance in Lygus Hesperus (Heteroptera: Miridae)
Carrie Deans, Texas A&M University; Greg Sword, Texas A&M University; Spencer Behmer, Texas A&M University; Megha Parajulee, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
2:30 PM
Methodology for Running Diet-Incorporated Bioassays with the Diamides
Andrew Adams, Mississippi State University; Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University; Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University; Fred Musser, Mississippi State University; Don Cook, Mississippi State University Delta Research and Extension Center
2:45 PM
Microbial Degradation of Neonicotinoid Insecticides in the Soil
Cory Vineyard, The University of Tennessee; Scott D Stewart, The University of Tennessee
3:00 PM
Effects Of Tillage, Irrigation and Thrips On Cotton Yield
Dominic Reisig, North Carolina State University; Alan Meijer, North Carolina State University