Insect Ecology and Management in Ornamental Landscapes

Organizer(s)

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  Thomas Whitney

  Technical Advisor
  Davey Tree Expert Company
  Vancouver, Washington
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  Kendra Wagner (she/her/hers)

  Research Scientist
  Research and Development
  Rainbow Ecoscience
  Minneapolis, Minnesota
• AB

  Adam Baker, PhD

  Davey Tree Expert Company
  Kent, Ohio

Implementation of sound IPM and/or promotion of biodiversity within nurseries, urban forests and other managed landscapes has many challenges. This symposium seeks to shine a light on new ornamental plant-insect interaction research with downstream benefits for the green industry.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Thomas D. Whitney – Davey Tree Expert Company
• 8:05 AM - 8:20 AM Pacific

  Up and coming pest in nurseries: Update on red-headed flea beetle biology and management
  

  Presenting Author: Jason Bielski – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Julie Brindley – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Co-Author: Ellie Sanders – National Pest Management Association

  Co-Author: Alejandro Del-Pozo – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 8:20 AM - 8:35 AM Pacific

  Sap beetle diversity and their role in the spread of oak wilt in Texas
  

  Presenting Author: Demian Gomez – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Grace Pietsch – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Meher Ony – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Erin Davis – Texas A&M Forest Service

  Co-Author: J. Kevin Moulton – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Denita Hadziabdic – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: William Klingeman – University of Tennessee
• 8:35 AM - 8:50 AM Pacific

  Conservation outcomes on trees with sap-feeding pest outbreaks
  

  Presenting Author: Daniel Rhodes – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Adam G. Dale – University of Florida
• 8:50 AM - 9:05 AM Pacific

  Initial insights into the recently established invasive Mediterranean oak borer (Xyleborus monographus) within a novel host, Quercus garryana, in the Willamette Valley, Oregon
  

  Presenting Author: Allison Monroe – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Curtis Ewing – CalFIRE

  Co-Author: Max Ragozzino – Oregon Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Christine Buhl – Oregon Department of Forestry

  Co-Author: Dave Shaw – Oregon State University
• 9:05 AM - 9:20 AM Pacific

  Integrated pest management in a botanic garden
  

  Presenting Author: Ryan Garrison – University of Washington
• 9:20 AM - 9:35 AM Pacific

  Using citizen science to expand invasive species monitoring in Kentucky
  

  Presenting Author: Jonathan Larson – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Blake Newton – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Carl Harper – Kentucky Office of the State Entomologist
• 9:35 AM - 9:45 AM Pacific

  Break
• 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific

  Tissue analysis of horned oak gall infested trees to determine translocation of pesticides
  

  Presenting Author: Kayla Kearns – Davey Tree Expert Company

  Co-Author: Christopher M. Ranger (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Chris Fields-Johnson – Davey Tree Expert Company

  Co-Author: Adam Baker, PhD – Davey Tree Expert Company
• 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific

  Advancing applications of paclobutrazol in landscape pest control
  

  Presenting Author: Kendra Wagner (she/her/hers) – Rainbow Ecoscience

  Co-Author: Adam G. Dale – University of Florida
• 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific

  Exploring silicon supplementation as an alternative tool to enhance resistance to azalea lace bug (Stephanitis pyrioides) (Scott) (Hemiptera: Tingidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Katerina Graham – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Eric Janasov – USDA - ARS

  Co-Author: Ryan Paul – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Carolyn Scagel – USDA ARS Horticultural Crops Plant Genetics and Improvement Research Unit

  Co-Author: Jana Lee – USDA-ARS
• 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Pacific

  The impact of ants on augmentative biological control efficacy against crapemyrtle bark scale
  

  Presenting Author: Amber Stiller – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Jeremy Slone – Bartlett Tree Experts

  Co-Author: Kevin Chase – Bartlett Tree Research Lab

  Co-Author: Isabel Márez – The R.A. Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory

  Co-Author: Caitlin Littlejohn – The R.A. Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory

  Co-Author: Kayla I. Perry – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Samuel F. Ward, M.S., Ph.D. (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University
• 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific

  Enhancing natural enemy activity by planting flowering shrubs beneath pest-infested urban trees
  

  Presenting Author: Zoë York – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Caleb J. Wilson – University of Kentucky
• 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Pacific

  Successful biocontrol strategies in the landscape
  

  Presenting Author: Carol Glenister – IPM Laboratories Inc