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Research and IPMGrants Programs: Exotic/Invasive Pests and Diseases Research
UC Exotic/Invasive Pests and Diseases Research Program
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Agenda |
| 7:00 a.m. | Technical/Program Advisory Committee Breakfast Meeting | |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Registration/check-in | |
| Continental breakfast available | ||
| 9:00 | Opening Remarks/Welcome | |
| Agricultural Systems Reports | ||
| 9:10 a.m. | Evaluation of the role of arthropods in the persistence and dispersal of exotic Newcastle disease (END) in Southern California | |
| Alex Gerry, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Carol Cardona, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis |
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| 9:20 | Origins, thresholds and management of the tomato psyllid in California | |
| John Trumble, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Richard Stouthamer, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside |
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| 9:30 | Using molecular markers to identify origins and trace spread of herbicide resistance in Echinochloa oryzoides and E. phyllopogon infesting rice fields of California | |
| Marie Jasieniuk, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis Albert Fischer, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis |
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| 9:40 | Identification of the parasitoid fauna associated with California sharpshooters and host specificity testing of exotic mymarid parasitoids released for classical biological control of glassy-winged sharpshooter | |
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Mark Hoddle, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside |
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| 9:50 | Using population structure to identify effective parasitoid biotypes for biological control of mealy plum aphid, Hyalopterus pruni in California | |
| Nicholas Mills, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Insect Biology Division, UC Berkeley | ||
| 10:00 | An educational program for California concerning the identification and damage potential of Asian citru psyllid, Diaphorina citri | |
| Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside | ||
| 10:10 | Developing an Argentine ant baiting program for organic agriculture | |
| John Klotz, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Michael Rust, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside |
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| 10:20 | Characterization of invasive isolates of Verticillium dahliae in lettuce | |
| Krishna Subbarao, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis | ||
| 10:30 | Hyperparasitoids and predators, two potential biotic factors disrupting the biological control of the walnut aphid in California | |
| Nicholas Mills, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Insect Biology Division, UC Berkeley | ||
| 10:40 | Break | |
| Urban Systems Reports | ||
| 10:55 a.m. | Quantifying the risk of pitch canker to susceptible pines in California | |
| Thomas Gordon, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis | ||
| 11:05 | Assessing the vulnerability of forests to exotic pathogens through analysis of tree ring patterns | |
| John Battles, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Ecosystem Sciences, UC Berkeley | ||
| 11:15 | Applied ecology and management of Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) in Fall River | |
| Joseph DiTomaso, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis | ||
| 11:25 | Developing pheromone-based detection methods for exotic cerambycid beetles | |
| Jocelyn Millar, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside | ||
| 11:35 | Monitoring environmental conditions and mating during swarming of the red imported fire ant | |
| Michael Rust, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Les Greenberg, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside |
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| 11:45 | Poster session begins | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Buffet | |
| 1:30 | Invited Presentation: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Citrus Experiment Station at UC Riverside Donald Cooksey, Executive Associate Dean, Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension, UC Riverside |
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| Natural Systems Reports | ||
| 1:45 p.m. | Physiological basis for invasiveness of Sahara mustard, Brassica tournefortii, in southwestern deserts | |
| Jodie Holt, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside | ||
| 1:55 | Functional use of geographic information systems to model the range and abundance of vine mealybug and its natural enemies | |
| Andrew Gutierrez, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Ecosystem Sciences, UC Berkeley Kent Daane, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Insect Biology Division, UC Berkeley |
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| 2:05 | Disease progression plot monitoring and plotless evaluation of Phytophthora ramorum incidence in different forest types in coastal California | |
| Richard Standiford, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Ecosystem Sciences, UC Berkeley N. Maggi Kelly, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Ecosystem Sciences, UC Berkeley |
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| 2:15 | New relationships among the sudden oak death pathogen, native bark and ambrosia beetles, and decay fungi colonizing North American oaks | |
| David Wood, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Insect Biology Division, UC Berkeley | ||
| 2:25 | Development of a ranked inventory of invasive plants that threaten wildlands | |
| Joseph DiTomaso, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis | ||
| 2:35 | Ecological and economic risk assessment and expansion dynamics of wild pigs in oak woodland ecosystems in California | |
| Richard Sweitzer, Department of Biology, University of North Dakota Ronald Loggins, Department of Biology, University of North Dakota |
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| 2:45 | The establishment of pitch canker in the Sierra Nevada | |
| Thomas Gordon, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis | ||
| 2:55 | Ecological influences on invasion success of introduced genes in California tiger salamanders | |
| H. Brad Shaffer, Section of Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis | ||
| 3:05 | Determination of the biology and methods for monitoring and treatment of the Asian woolly hackberry aphid, Shivaphis celti in California | |
| Andrew Lawson, Department of Plant Science, CSU Fresno | ||
| 3:15 | Break | |
| Natural Systems Reports continued | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Development of artificial diets to rear new biological control agents of yellow starthistle and other alien weeds | |
| Lincoln Smith, Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit, USDA-ARS | ||
| 3:40 | Invasive annuals in the Mojave Desert: interactions of nitrogen deposition and soil type | |
| Edith Allen, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside | ||
| 3:50 | Controlling establishing infestations of herbaceous perennials in the Lake Tahoe basin | |
| Mark Renz, University of New Mexico, Extension Plant Sciences William Frost, UC Cooperative Extension, El Dorado County |
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| 4:00 | Wrap-up/Closing Remarks | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Adjourn | |
Posters |
Poster Session begins at 11:45 a.m.
| Agricultural Systems | |
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| 1. | Development of management strategies for the corn leafhopper and corn stunt disease |
| Charles Summers, Department of Entomology, UC Davis | |
| 2. | Detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum, the cause of Fusarium wilt of cotton, in seed and soil |
| R. Michael Davis, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis | |
| 3. | Characterization of the expression, spatial distribution, and spread of glyphosate resistance in exotic ryegrasses (Lolium spp.) of California |
| Marie Jasieniuk, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis | |
| 4. | Survey of predaceous mites in California agriculture and training in identification |
| Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside | |
| 5. | Economic injury level for cottony cushion scale |
| Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside John Trumble, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside |
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| 6. | Management of avocado lace bug in California |
| Mark Hoddle, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Joseph Morse, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Richard Southamer, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside |
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| 7. | Investigation of non-host/ host resistance to viruses in citrus and tomato |
| James Ng, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Riverside | |
| 8. | Abiotic root stress and calcium in relation to susceptibility of ornamental hosts to Phytophthora ramorum |
| Richard Bostock, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis | |
| 9. | Novel diagnostics and management to protect California agriculture from invasion of false root knot nematode |
| James Baldwin, Department of Nematology, UC Riverside | |
| 10. | Flush phenology, indigenous natural enemies and biological control: is citrus leafminer an economic pest of bearing citrus? |
| Robert Luck, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Joseph G. Morse, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside John M. Heraty, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside |
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| 11. | Entomopathogenic nematodes for the control of the citrus root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus |
| Edwin Lewis, Department of Nematology, UC Davis Harry Kaya, Department of Nematology, UC Davis |
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| 12. | Determination of baseline susceptibility to select insecticides for vine mealybug control in California |
| Carmen Gispert, UC Cooperative Extension, Indio Office | |
| 13. | The response of a recently introduced pathogen to the deployment of race-specific resistance |
| Thomas Gordon, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis | |
| Urban Systems | |
| 14. | Impact and management of the Mediterranean pine engraver and red-haired bark beetle in urban pines of California |
| Mary Louise Flint, Department of Entomology, UC Davis Steven Seybold, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station |
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| 15. | Implementing a statewide biological control program for the spotted gum psyllid, an invasive pest of spotted and lemon gum eucalyptus |
| Timothy Paine, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Kent Daane, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Insect Biology Division, UC Berkeley |
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| 16. | Introduction and establishment of a specialist egg parasitoid, Avetianella near longoi, for control of the eucalyptus longhorned borer Phoracantha recurva |
| Jocelyn Millar, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Timothy Paine, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside |
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| 17. | Determination of the origin and diversity of Magnaporthe grisea causing rice blast and gray leaf spot of turf in California |
| Frank Wong, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Riverside Greg Douhan, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Riverside |
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| Natural Systems | |
| 18. | Evaluation of vector potential for five beetle species that carry the pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum |
| David Wood, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Insect Biology Division, UC Berkeley Thomas Gordon, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis |
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| 19. | A biological basis of plant invasions: a nascent protocol for screening potentially invasive exotic woody species |
| Marcel Rejmanek, Section of Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis Eva Grotkopp Kuo, Section of Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis Jennifer Erskine Ogden, Section of Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis |
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| 20. | Origin and mechanisms of spread of Ludwigia hexapetala invading freshwater wetlands of California, as revealed by molecular markers |
| Marie Jasieniuk, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis Brenda Grewell, Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit, USDA-ARS |
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| 21. | The impact of barb goatgrass on soil nutrients and microbial community dynamics in California grasslands |
| William Horwath, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis | |
| 22. | Effects of Puccinia jaceae var. solstitialis on root growth, reproductive biology, and competitiveness of yellow starthistle |
| Joseph DiTomaso, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis Alison Fisher, Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit, USDA-ARS Dale Woods, California Department of Food and Agriculture |
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| 23. | Risk assessment and predictive modeling: supporting exclusion and early detection of invasive plants that threaten California wildlands |
| Joseph DiTomaso, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis | |
| 24. | The impacts of introduced predators on restoration of native Olympia oysters |
| Edwin Grosholz, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis | |
| 25. | An early warning system for the planktonic dispersal of non-native and invasive marine species with DNA-based methods |
| Steven Morgan, Bodega Marine Lab, UC Davis | |
| 26. | Temporal and spatial impacts of Sahara mustard (Brassica tournefortii) on southwestern desert habitats: developing effective control strategies |
| Edith Allen, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside | |
| 27. | Predicting the success of the fungal pathogen Puccinia jaceae var. solstitialis in diverse California habitats and the identification of factors that affect pathogen survival |
| Lincoln Smith, Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit, USDA-ARS Thomas Gordon, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis |
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| 28. | Genetic and behavioral discrimination of host plant populations of the leafbeetle, Psylliodes chalcomera, for biological control of yellow starthistle |
| Lincoln Smith, Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit, USDA-ARS | |
| 29. | Control of exotic grasses in natural coastal grasslands using biotic and abiotic factors |
| Claudia Luke, Bodega Marine Lab, UC Davis | |
| 30. | Ecological basis for biological control of giant reed (Arundo donax) in California |
| Thomas Dudley, Marine Science Institute, UC Santa Barbara | |
| 31. | Impact of exotic Mediterranean annual grasses on detrital food webs |
| Douglas Bolger, Environmental Studies Department, Dartmouth College Kathryn Cottingham, Biology Department, Dartmouth College Elizabeth Wolkovich, Environmental Studies Department, Dartmouth College |
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| 32. | Investigating the differential pathogenicity of an emerging fungal disease of amphibians in California |
| Cheryl Briggs, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley | |
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