Innovations in Invasive Species Response

Organizer(s)

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  Joshua Vlach

  Entomologist
  Oregon Department of Agriculture
  Wilsonville, Oregon
• MR

  Max Ragozzino

  Oregon Department of Agriculture
  Salem, Oregon

The scale of the invasive species crisis is poorly understood. Impacts include increased pesticide use, loss of pollinator diversity, shrinking forests, and extinction. Yet little attention is given. Management faces new pests to anticipate, identify, monitor, understand and control. We will discuss efforts to innovate, respond and future needs.

Presentations:

• 9:30 AM - 9:35 AM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Max Raggozino – Oregon Department of Agiculture
• 9:35 AM - 9:52 AM Pacific

  Regulatory solutions to stop the invasion
  

  Presenting Author: Joshua Vlach – Oregon Department of Agriculture
• 9:52 AM - 10:09 AM Pacific

  Oviposition, behavior, and establishment studies of Leucotaraxis silver flies: Insights into a specialist biocontrol agent of hemlock woolly adelgid
  

  Presenting Author: Olivia Andrews – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Albert Mayfield – USDA-FS Southern Research Station

  Co-Author: Mark Whitmore – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Thomas Kuhar – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Scott S. Salom – Virginia Tech
• 10:09 AM - 10:26 AM Pacific

  Mediterranean oak borer status in Oregon
  

  Presenting Author: Christine Buhl – Oregon Department of Forestry

  Co-Author: Wyatt Williams – Oregon Department of Forestry
• 10:26 AM - 10:43 AM Pacific

  Evaluating Dryinus sinicus, a nymphal parasitoid of spotted lanternfly and a promising biological control agent
  

  Presenting Author: Lisa Tewksbury – University of Rhode Island

  Co-Author: Hannah Broadley – U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Forest Pest Methods Laboratory

  Co-Author: Steven Sipolski – U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Forest Pest Methods Laboratory

  Co-Author: Corrine Losch – U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Forest Pest Methods Laboratory

  Co-Author: Greg J. Wiggins (he/him/his) – North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services

  Co-Author: Charles Bartlett – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Xingeng Wang – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Dana Terrill – University of Rhode Island, Department of Plant Science and Entomology

  Co-Author: Alexandra Johnson (she/her/hers) – University of Rhode Island
• 10:43 AM - 10:53 AM Pacific

  Discussion
• 10:53 AM - 11:07 AM Pacific

  Break
• 11:07 AM - 11:24 AM Pacific

  History of emerald ash borer survey and readiness planning in Oregon
  

  Presenting Author: Christine Buhl – Oregon Department of Forestry

  Co-Author: Wyatt Williams – Oregon Department of Forestry
• 11:24 AM - 11:41 AM Pacific

  Advances in proactive pest management of EAB in California
  

  Presenting Author: Ricky Lara – California Department of Food and Agriculture

  Co-Author: Daniel Roberts – California Department of Food and Agriculture

  Co-Author: Vincent Maiquez – California Department of Food and Agriculture
• 11:41 AM - 11:58 AM Pacific

  Early detection of Agrilus planipennis using environmental DNA
  

  Presenting Author: Blythe Layton – Clean Water Services

  Co-Author: Hannah Ferguson – Clean Water Services

  Co-Author: Taylor Warnick – Clean Water Services

  Co-Author: Matthew Mills – Oregon Department of Forestry

  Co-Author: Randy Lawrence – Clean Water Services

  Co-Author: Max Ragozzino – Oregon Department of Agriculture
• 11:58 AM - 12:15 PM Pacific

  Effect of oviposition substrates on egg-laying behavior in Agrilus planipennis: Implications for development of traps to detect the beetle eggs
  

  Presenting Author: Jian Duan – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Mitchell Green – University of New Hampshire
• 12:15 PM - 12:25 PM Pacific

  Discussion
• 12:25 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Max Raggozino – Oregon Department of Agiculture