Presentations at Scientific Meetings

Invited Presentations

Bernon, G. and K. A. Bloem. 2001. Formal Conference on Insect Rearing, Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA.

Bloem, K.A. 2000. International Congress of Entomology, Symposium on Areawide Approaches to Insect Population Regulation: the Management to Eradication Continuum, Iguassu Falls, Brazil.

Bloem, K.A. 2000. Participant in a Consultants Meeting on the “Improvement of Codling Moth SIT to Facilitate Expansion of Field Application”, 30 October - 3 November 2000; IAEA, Vienna, Austria.

Bloem, K.A. 2000. Participant in a Consultants Meeting on the “Improvement of Codling Moth SIT to Facilitate Expansion of Field Application”, 30 October - 3 November 2000; IAEA, Vienna, Austria.

Bloem, K.A. 2001. Participant in a Research Coordination Meeting (RCM) sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for "Evaluating the Use of Nuclear Techniques for the Colonization and Production of Natural Enemies of Agricultural Insect Pests" in Tapachula, Mexico, June 2001.

Bloem, S. 2001. Consultant to South Africa for the International Atomic Energy Agency, to assess the feasibility of initiating area-wide control programs for the codling moth, Cydia pomonella, and false codling moth, Cryptophlebia leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), based on inherited sterility.

Bloem, S. 2001. Consultant to Mauritius for the International Atomic Energy Agency, to implement an area-wide control program for the diamondback moth, , Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), that includes inherited sterility and augmentative biological control.

Flowers, R.W. 2001. Participant in international workshop on Coleoptera indentification, sponsored by the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), Santo Domingo, Costa Rica.

Legaspi, J. C. 2001. Sugarcane Biotechnology: Tool for a Biologically-based Integrated Pest Management, USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service seminar on Agricultural Biotechnology: facts, fears and future directions. Manila, Philippines.

O’Brien, C. W. 2001. Entomological Society of America, San Diego, California.

O’Brien, C. W. 2001. Entomological Collections Network, San Diego California.

O’Brien, C. W. 2001. Entomological Workshop on Ecology and Systematics. ECOSUR, San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico.

O’Brien, C. W. 2001. Chair of the North American weevil conference. Coleopterist Society, San Diego, California.

O’Brien, C. W. 2001. The Practice of Biological Control: Importation and control of Natural Enemies and Agents. Biological Control Symposium. Bozeman, Montana.

O’Brien, C. W. 2001. Florida Lake Management Society 12th Annual Conference, Turnbull Conference Center, FSU, Tallahassee, Florida.

Reitz, S. R. 2001. Behavioral Influences on the Distribution and Abundance of Frankliniella Thrips in the Field. 7th International Symposium on Thysanoptera and Tospoviruses, Reggio di Calabria, Italy.

Submitted Presentations

2000

Baez, I., S. R. Reitz and J. E. Funderburk. Distribution of flower thrips Frankliniella and the predator Orius insidiosus in tomato interplanted with pepper. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. Dec., 2000.

Bloem, K., T. Holler, P. Rendon, and J. Sivinski. Safeguarding U.S. agriculture: Biological control of the Mediterranean fruit fly in Mexico and Central America. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. Dec., 2000.

Bloem, S. and R.F. Mizell III. A predictive model to enhance safeguarding capabilities against weevil based ecology, behavior and phylogeny. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. Dec., 2000.

Carpenter, J. E. and S. Bloem. Interaction of insect strain and diet on diamondback moth development and reproduction. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. Dec., 2000.

O’Brien, C. W. and P. Kovarik. Symposium, in taxonomy and biological control. XXI International Congress of Entomology, Iguassu Falls, Brazil. Aug., 2000.

Reitz, S. R., X. Yan and E. L. Yearby. Frankliniella thrips species complex and their within plant distribution in north Florida tomatoes. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. Dec., 2000.

Yearby, E., T. Momol, and S. Reitz. Differential acquisition of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) in Frankliniella species in vegetable crops. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. Dec., 2000.

2001

Bloem, K., J. E. Carpenter, and S. Bloem. Development and integration of F sterility for research and management of the cactus moth in North America. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, Dec., 2001.

Bloem, S., R. F. Mizell, K. Luhring, and P. Rotstein. Building a relational database to enhance safeguarding capabilities against invasive weevils. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, Dec., 2001.

Carpenter, J. E., S. Bloem, and K. Bloem. Season-long releases of partially sterile males for control of codlingmoth, Cydia pomonella (L.), (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Washington apples. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, Dec., 2001.

Flowers, R. W. Leaf beetle communities in some Costa Rican forest ecosystems (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, Dec., 2001.

French, J.V., J. C. Legaspi and R. R. Saldana. Management of citrus leafminer on Texas citrus. Rio Grande Valley Horticultural Society meeting. Weslaco, Texas. Jan., 2001.

French, J.V., J. C. Legaspi and R. R. Saldana. Management of citrus leafminer on Texas citrus. Annual meeting of the Southwestern Branch of the Entomological Society of America, San Antonio, Texas, Feb., 2001.

French, J.V., J. C. Legaspi, J. Anciso and D. Flores. “Biological Control of Florida Red Scale in south Texas” Annual meeting of the Florida Entomological Society, Hutchinson Island, Florida, Aug., 2001.

Hansen, E. and S. Reitz. Observed behaviors of Frankliniella thrips on sweet pepper and their fecundities reared on green bean. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, Dec., 2001.

Lauziere, I. and J. C. Legaspi. Jalisco fly, a parasitoid of the Mexican rice borer. Rio Grande Valley Horticultural Society meeting. Weslaco, Texas, Jan., 2001. (won 3rd prize in poster competition).

Setamou, M., Bernal, J. and J. C. Legaspi. Parasitism and host location by Cotesia flavipes, a larval parasitoid of Diatraea saccharalis, as affected by transgenic sugarcane expressing snowdrop lectin. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, Dec., 2001.