Proceedings, 18th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2007

Abstract

Contains 60 abstracts and papers of oral and poster presentations on gypsy moth and other invasive species biology, molecular biology, ecology, impacts, and management presented at the annual U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species.

Titles contained within Proceedings, 18th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2007

• Cascading consequences of introduced and invasive species on imperiled invertebrates
• Gypsy moth males reaction to different pheromone concentrations in sparse and dense populations
• Emerald ash borer has reached Europe
• Screens for resistance to Amylostereum areolatum infection in loblolly pine
• Curbing introductions of forest insects and diseases on nursery stock
• Considerations in robotic invasive control: tree-of-heaven
• An indepth look at new viral strains for use in Gypchek
• Living with emerald ash borer: which trees were attacked first in Michigan's Upper Peninsula?
• Living with emerald ash borer: ash reduction models as silvicultural tools
• Evaluating lures to detect siricids infesting conifers of the Sierra Nevada and the Allegheny mountains: potential for trapping Sirex noctilio
• Biological impact of and control measures for cogongrass in the southeastern United States
• Sudden oak death and Phytophthora ramorum: an update on research with implications for regulations and management
• Evaluation of public awareness of issues relating to firewood movement and the exotic emerald ash borer in Michigan
• Biology and host specificity of Gonioctena tredecimmaculata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): a potential biological control agent for kudzu
• Insects contributing to ash mortality in eastern Pennsylvania
• The dynamics of eastern hardwood forests with and without beech bark disease
• Whey-based fungal micro-factories for in situ production of entomopathogenic fungi
• How risky is bark that is associated with treated wood packing material?
• Dispersal of gypsy moth pathogens into areas newly colonized by gypsy moth
• Evaluating the practical utility of hyperspectral remote sensing imagery: an EAB case study
• Invasive plants in the Gordon Natural Area: influence of past land use on cover of selected invasives
• Impact of kudzu on soil nitrogen and soil microbial communities
• Molecular identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with the American chestnut
• Two approaches for quantifying transmission of microsporidia in semi-field conditions
• Biological control of mile-a-minute weed
• Spatiotemporal dynamics of invasive bark beetles: modeling dispersal strategies
• How long does it take teneral adult Asian longhorned beetles to scleritize and then chew out of the wood?
• Douglas-fir as a new host plant for Siberian moth-a potential invader
• Development of novel ash hybrids to introgress emerald ash borer resistance into North American ash species
• Dispersal and impact of the mile-a-minute weevil: a two-year study in southeastern Pennsylvania
• The exotic banded elm bark beetle and the smaller European beetle: abundance host attraction
• Distribution patterns of imidacloprid in saplings and large trees
• Aerial application of spinosad for EAB control in woodlots
• Exploring ways to serve your science: providing forest threat information to a variety of audiences
• Supplemental food preference for the weaver ant, a potential biological control agent of the mahogany shoot borer
• Comparison of Laricobius nigrinus sampling methods and prevalence in native and introduced habitats
• Community-level effects of the Amur honeysuckle in southwestern Ohio
• Living with emerald ash borer: effects of insect and host density on trapping success
• Behavioral responses to Asian longhorned beetle pheromones
• DNA based detection of forest pathogens
• Prophylactic pesticide applications species diversity: do they create outbreaks in the urban forest?
• Invasive insect species in Europe: first results of the DAISIE program
• Risk assessment and treatment of garlic mustard in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
• The effects of alkaloids on the feeding behavior of gypsy moth larvae
• Production of Gypchek in the Wave® cell bioreactor: comparison to production stirred tank bioreactor
• Native natural enemies of native woodborers: potential as biological control agents for the Asian longhorned beetle
• Behavioral ecology of host selection in the Asian longhorned beetle: implications for surveying, detecting, and monitoring adult beetles
• Efficacy of Lambda-Cyhalothrin for control of the Asian longhorned beetle
• Aulacaspis yasumatsui on Guam: the race to save cycads
• Preserving native coral trees in Hawaii: efficacy of systemic insecticides against the erythrina gall wasp
• Living with emerald ash borer: three years of a risk based survey in Michigan and Wisconsin
• The new pheromone delivery system for gypsy moth mating disruption
• Allee effects and gypsy moth invasions
• Modeling environmentally driven life cycles for hemlock woolly adelgid and the biological control agent Scymnus sinuanodulus
• Relationship between the fungal pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga and the gypsy moth on the Monongahela National Forest
• A simple, rapid, and sensitive assay for evaluating Bacillus thuringiensis strains for their insecticidal activity toward target insects
• Localization of the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin receptor in gypsy moth by immuno electron microscopy
• Evaluating the impact of invasive species in forest landscapes: the southern pine beetle and the hemlock wooly adelgid
• Evaluation of imidacloprid treatment on hemlock woolly adelgid in Pennsylvania
• Integrated modeling of forest invasive alien species risks in Canada

Citation

Gottschalk, Kurt W., ed. 2008. Proceedings, 18th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2007. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-28. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 99 p.