Flatheaded Borers in Specialty Crops: Lessons Learned and the Challenges Ahead

Organizer(s)

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  Karla Addesso

  Professor and Research Center Director
  Tennessee State University
  McMinnville, Tennessee
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  Cynthia Perkovich

  Ashland University
  Norton, Ohio
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  Alfred Daniel Johnson

  Post Doctoral Fellow
  University of Guam
  Mangilao, Guam

This session will provide research updates on Chrysobothris spp. and other Buprestids of concern in specialty crop production. Topics will include species diversity and phylogenetics, behavioral ecology and management in diverse systems. The symposium will end with a discussion of unanswered questions, emerging problems and future directions for research.

Presentations:

• 9:30 AM - 9:35 AM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Karla M. Addesso – Tennessee State University
• 9:35 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific

  Molecular phylogeny of selected North American Chrysobothris species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) inferred from assembled mitochondrial genomes
  

  Presenting Author: Axel Gonzalez Murillo – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: John Moulton – The University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Kurt Lamour – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Karla M. Addesso – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: Joshua Basham – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Jhalendra Rijal (he/him/his) – University of California

  Co-Author: William Klingeman – University of Tennessee
• 9:50 AM - 10:05 AM Pacific

  Novel host-plant association for Chrysobothris mali Horn, 1886 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) larvae found infesting Pyrus communis L. 'Bartlett' (Rosaceae) fruit in Lake County, California orchards
  

  Presenting Author: Cindy Kron – UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

  Co-Author: Axel Gonzalez Murillo – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Clebson Goncalves – University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources

  Co-Author: Broc Zoller – The Pear Doctor, Inc.

  Co-Author: Karla M. Addesso – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: William Klingeman – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: John Moulton – The University of Tennessee
• 10:05 AM - 10:20 AM Pacific

  Unraveling host selection in Chrysobothris: Stress cues, cultivar resistance, and future directions in buprestid ecology
  

  Presenting Author: Cynthia Perkovich – Ashland University

  Co-Author: Asmita Gautam – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Paul O'Neal – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: Karla M. Addesso – Tennessee State University
• 10:20 AM - 10:35 AM Pacific

  Unintended invitations: Herbicide stress signals favor Chrysobothris oviposition in red maples
  

  Presenting Author: Melanie Eichler – Ashland University

  Co-Author: Cynthia Perkovich – Ashland University
• 10:35 AM - 10:45 AM Pacific

  Break and poster session
• 10:35 AM - 10:45 AM Pacific

  Risk factors for insect borer attack in Georgia's urban landscapes
  

  Presenting Author: Zia Valerie Williamson – University of Georgia
• 10:35 AM - 10:45 AM Pacific

  The genus Chrysobothris: Future research directions
  

  Presenting Author: Karla M. Addesso – Tennessee State University
• 10:35 AM - 10:45 AM Pacific

  Trap development for targeting Chrysobothris spp.
  

  Presenting Author: Jason Oliver – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: Nadeer Youssef – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: Asmita Gautam – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Paul O'Neal – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: Karla M. Addesso – Tennessee State University
• 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific

  Irrigation and cover cropping as cultural management practices for prevention of Chrysobothris damage in nursery fields
  

  Presenting Author: Alfred Daniel Johnson – University of Guam

  Co-Author: Karla M. Addesso – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: Anthony Witcher – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: Jason Oliver – Tennessee State University
• 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Pacific

  Comparing monitoring traps and experimental lures for the surveying of Chrysobothris species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Florida southern highbush blueberries
  

  Presenting Author: Alexis Zapata – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Esnai Munthali – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Arden R. Lambert – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Joshua Basham – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Karla M. Addesso – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: Oscar Liburd – University of Florida
• 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific

  Multi-year effort in developing IPM tools for Pacific flatheaded borer, Chrysobothris mali, in California walnuts
  

  Presenting Author: Jhalendra Rijal (he/him/his) – University of California

  Co-Author: Samaneh Sakaki (she/her/hers) – UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

  Co-Author: Sudan Gyawaly – University of California

  Co-Author: Karla M. Addesso – Tennessee State University
• 11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Pacific

  Break and poster session
• 11:40 AM - 11:55 AM Pacific

  Biology and management of flatheaded borers in Oregon hazelnuts
  

  Presenting Author: Nik Wiman – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Heather E. Andrews – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Erica Rudolph – FMC Corporation

  Co-Author: Mathhew Pedersen – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Kody Transue – Oregon State University North Willamette Research and Extension Center
• 11:55 AM - 12:10 PM Pacific

  Assessment of flatheaded borers infesting fruit and nut crops in Texas
  

  Presenting Author: Eddie Slusher – Texas A&M University
• 12:10 PM - 12:25 PM Pacific

  Chronicles of Agrilus cuprescens across North America as an introduced a pest of Rosa and Rubus
  

  Presenting Author: Justin O'Dea – Washington State University
• 12:25 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Karla M. Addesso – Tennessee State University