Cotton Insect Research and Control - Wednesday Morning - Session A

Wednesday, January 7, 2015: 8:00 AM-10:45 AM
Salon H (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
Presiding:
Moneen M. Jones
8:00 AM
Singles, Mixes, or Sequentials: Foliar Application Strategies for Plant Bugs in Tennessee
Sandy Steckel, University of Tennessee; Scott D Stewart, The University of Tennessee
8:15 AM
Modifying a Plant Mapping Program to Measure and Visualize Plant Bug Injury to Cotton
Darwin Anderson, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Juan A Landivar, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Michael Brewer, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
8:30 AM
Selective Application Timing for Late Season Tarnished Plant Bug Control in Irrigated and Rainfed Management Zones in Center Pivot Irrigated Cotton
Tina G Teague, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station; David Wildy, Wildy Family Farms
8:45 AM
Performance of Transform WG in Western U.S. Cotton
Jesse M Richardson, Dow AgroSciences; Peter C Ellsworth, University of Arizona; Larry D Godfrey, Univ. of California Davis; Melissa W Siebert, Dow AgroSciences
9:00 AM
Late Season Lygus Bug Management in Texas Cotton
Megha N. Parajulee, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center; Abdul Hakeem, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center; Stanley C. Carroll, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center
9:15 AM
Incorporation of Transform Insecticide in Tarnished Plant Bug Programs: Efficacy, Yield and Economics in Large Plot Demonstration Trials
Larry Walton, Dow AgroSciences; Bobby Haygood, Dow AgroSciences; Gary Thompson, Dow AgroSciences; Ryan Viator, Dow AgroSciences; Melissa W Siebert, Dow AgroSciences
9:30 AM
Microbial Flora of the Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus lineolaris; Impacts on Natural Populations
Omaththage P Perera, USDA-ARS; Gordon Snodgrass, USDA-ARS; Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University; Randall G Luttrell, USDA ARS
10:00 AM
Management of Late-Season Infestations of Cotton Aphids and Sweet Potato Whiteflies in Pima Cotton in the San Joaquin Valley
Larry D Godfrey, Univ. of California Davis; Treanna Pierce, UC Davis Entomology; Surendra K. Dara, UC Cooperative Extension
10:15 AM
Early Identification of Cotton Fields Using Mosaicked Aerial Imagery
Chenghai Yang, USDA-ARS; Charles P.-C. Suh, USDA-ARS; John Westbrook, USDA-ARS; Ritchie S. Eyster, USDA-ARS
10:30 AM
Can Plant Health Sensors Detect Insect Injury and Water Stress in Cotton?
Michael Brewer, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Juan A Landivar, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Ruixiu Sui, USDA ARS Crop Production Systems Research Unit