A Multi-State Update on Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Battling an Invasive Pest with Science & Policy

Organizer(s)

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  Md Tafsir Nur Nabi Rashed (he/him/his)

  Graduate Research Assistant
  Entomology and Nematology
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida
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  Jasleen Kaur (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Research Associate
  Entomology and Nematology Department
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida
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  Amanda Hodges

  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida

This symposium provides current updates on the invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in U.S. agriculture, highlighting its spread, impact, and management. Speakers will address science-based strategies, regulatory challenges, and multi-state efforts in research, extension, and policy to combat this invasive pest and protect diverse agricultural systems.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM - 1:40 PM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Md Tafsir Nur Nabi Rashed (he/him/his) – University of Florida
• 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific

  Pentatomids are the pits: Refining stink bug management in southeastern peach orchards
  

  Presenting Author: Brett Blaauw – University of Georgia
• 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Pacific

  10 years of biological control of Halyomorpha halys with Trissolcus japonicus in Oregon
  

  Presenting Author: Claire K. Donahoo (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Nik Wiman – Oregon State University

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

  Co-Author: Maggie Freeman – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Christopher Adams – Oregon State University
• 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Pacific

  Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys, within the complex of Pentatomidae pests within Florida tomato, peach, and various small organic vegetable crops
  

  Presenting Author: Amanda Hodges – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Gideon Alake – University of Florida
• 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific

  The podisi group of Telenomus and the taxonomic frontier for biological control of BMSB
  

  Presenting Author: Elijah Talamas – Florida State Collection of Arthropods

  Co-Author: Jonathan Bremer – Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  Co-Author: Gonzalo Avila – New Zealand Plant & Food Research
• 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Pacific

  A quarter century of BMSB in NJ: Population trends, management, and biological control of a devastating-turned-manageable pest
  

  Presenting Author: Emma Waltman – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Janine M. Spies – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Kaitlin Quinn – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Dean Polk – Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Anne Nielsen – Rutgers University
• 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Pacific

  Break
• 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Pacific

  Developing stink bug threshold in soybean using pheromone baited clear sticky traps
  

  Presenting Author: Kevin Rice – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Kyle Matthew Bekelja – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Kelley Tilmon – The Ohio State University
• 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Pacific

  Parallel paths: Perspectives on BMSB invasion, management, and collaboration from the eastern US
  

  Presenting Author: Thomas Kuhar – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Benjamin Aigner – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Tracy C. Leskey – United States Department of Agriculture
• 4:20 PM - 4:40 PM Pacific

  Current status and management updates of brown marmorated stink bug in Washington
  

  Presenting Author: Joshua Milnes – Washington State Department of Agriculture
• 4:40 PM - 5:00 PM Pacific

  The brown marmorated stink bug and associated parasitoid species in agricultural systems in Georgia and Alabama
  

  Presenting Author: Patricia Tillman – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Erin Grabarczyk – Valdosta Univesity

  Co-Author: Ted Cottrell – USDA, ARS

  Co-Author: Brett Blaauw – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Scott Graham – Auburn University
• 5:00 PM - 5:10 PM Pacific

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Amanda Hodges – University of Florida