Friday, January 5, 2018: 8:00 AM-10:45 AM
Salon H (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
8:15 AM
Management of Thrips in Mid-South Cotton
Don Cook, Mississippi State University;
Scott D. Stewart, The University of Tennessee;
Sebe Brown, LSU AgCenter;
Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University;
Gus Lorenz, The University of Arkansas;
Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University;
Glenn Studebaker, University of Arkansas;
Nick Seiter, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture;
David Kerns, Texas A&M University;
Fred Musser, Mississippi State University
8:45 AM
Continuous Monitoring of the Susceptibility of Helicoverpa Zea in the Southern U.S. to Different Bt Proteins
Fei Yang, Texas A&M University;
David Kerns, Texas A&M University;
Sebe Brown, LSU AgCenter;
Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University;
Fred Musser, Mississippi State University;
Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University;
Don Cook, Mississippi State University;
Gus Lorenz, The University of Arkansas;
Scott D. Stewart, The University of Tennessee;
Nick Seiter, University of Illinois
10:00 AM
Introduction of Bollgard 3
John T. Fowler, Monsanto;
Eric Blinka, Monsanto;
Dan Pitts, Monsanto;
Chris Daves, Monsanto;
George J Baley, Monsanto
10:30 AM
Mechanisms of Fungal Endophyte-Mediated Herbivore Resistance in Cotton
Gregory A. Sword, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Entomology;
Cody Gale, Texas A&M University;
Charles P.-C. Suh, USDA-ARS ICCDRU;
Jose L. Perez, USDA-ARS ICCDRU;
Polly Harding, Texas A&M University, Department of Entomology;
Greg B Wilson, Texas A&M University, Department of Entomology;
David Kerns, Texas A&M University;
Michael V Kolomiets, Texas A&M Plant Pathology Department