Applied Use of Chemical Ecology in Integrated Pest Management

Organizer(s)

• XM

  Xavier Martini

  Associate Professor
  University of Florida
  Quincy, Florida
• JG

  Jessica Griesheimer

  University of Florida
  Quincy, Florida

This session will feature presentations focused on integrating chemical ecology into IPM programs. We will discuss pheromone-based lures for pest removal, chemical ecology between predators and prey, parasitoid attraction, and belowground herbivore plant chemistry. The symposium will focus on practical applications of chemical ecology to control agricultural pests.

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Pacific

  Integrated field management strategies using an oviposition deterrent pheromone for pepper weevil
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica Griesheimer – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Xavier Martini – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Phillip G. Hahn, Dr – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Dakshina R. Seal, PhD – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Balasubramani Rathinasabapathi – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Gaffke Alexander – USDA-ARS
• 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific

  Chemical cues from entomopathogenic nematodes influence plant-insect interactions and enhance biological control
  

  Presenting Author: Anjel M. Helms – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Fatma Kaplan – Pheronym, Inc

  Co-Author: David Shapiro-Ilan (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: John Grunseich – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Skai Peterson – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Adriane Fifield (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Stacy Byrd – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Steven Hobbs – Pheronym, Inc
• 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Pacific

  Sensory ecology and management of Lygus lineolaris in strawberry production
  

  Presenting Author: Christelle Guedot (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin
• 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific

  Non-consumptive effects in action: Using predator semiochemicals as a tool for pest management
  

  Presenting Author: Sara Hermann – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Mahendra Pawar – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Jessica Kansman (she/her/hers) – Montana State University
• 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific

  Role of leaf volatiles in spotted-wing drosophila attraction to blueberry fruits
  

  Presenting Author: Cesar Rodriguez-Saona (he/him/his) – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Kevin Cloonan – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat – IRTA

  Co-Author: Caitlin Rering – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Beth Ferguson (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Yahel Ben-Zvi (he/they) – Rutgers University
• 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific

  Use of semiochemicals to attract biological control agents: The Good, the bad, and the ugly
  

  Presenting Author: Xavier Martini – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Jessica Griesheimer – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Iris Strzyzewski – Disney

  Co-Author: Lukasz Stelinski – University of Florida
• 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific

  The use of chemical ecology for the management of ambrosia beetles in the rapid ʻŌhiʻa death pathosystem
  

  Presenting Author: Kelsey Tobin – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Kylle Roy – USDA-Forest Service

  Co-Author: Dan Mikros – USDA-ARS-PBARC

  Co-Author: Ellen Dunkle – Hawaiʻi Cooperative Studies Unit